Don’t forget that CityFest (previously known as TasteFest) starts tomorrow!
Comerica CityFest is a five-day outdoor food and culture rich entertainment street festival in Detroit’s historic New Center over each Fourth of July weekend. The event exemplifies city life, (what it is and what it could be), in one of Detroit’s fastest growing 24-hour districts.
A diverse and family friendly crowd looks forward each year to our free national and local talent on four stages, over 40 Michigan restaurants selling “tastes” of their specialties, free stage shows, activities for children, and a marketplace of unique Detroit products and memorabilia. Comerica CityFest is free and open to the public.
The festival is supported by many of Detroit’s top radio and television stations, as well as the local print media. Over 500,000 people attend our festival each year from throughout southeastern Michigan and Ontario.
Not only is it good fun, it’s good for the sponsoring neighborhood of New Center as well as the city as a whole. Be sure to support local businesses whenever possible.
Fans of techno be sure to check out the music at the Pure Detroit Stage. Starting tomorrow is:
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
12:00 Noon
DEMON DAYS: An official Planet E Selection
CARL CRAIG presents DETROIT LIVE featuring
MARCUS BELGRAVE (Tribe), WENDELL HARRISON (Tribe) & KELVIN SHOLAR (Q Tip band)
+ DJs
RECLOOSE (Planet E / Peacefrog / New Zealand)
DJ S2 (Los Hermanos / Ican)
GAMALL (Demon Days NYC)
+ SPECIAL SURPRISE GUEST TBA
Yes, C2 brings Demon Days back to the D. Thursday at 7:30 PM are local brokenbeat/jazz heroes Jeremy Ellis & John Arnold. And Saturday:
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
Liz Copeland/alternatetakeradio.com Presents:
3:00 PM Liz Copeland
4:30 PM Anthony “Shake” Shakir (Frictional Recording)
6:00 PM Freer
7:30 PM The High Strung
9:00 PM Heartthrob (live)
You’ll find Liz Copeland still presenting great music after the end of her show on WDET. Shake is a Detroit techno legend and Heartthrob is a newschool techno legend-in-the-making found on Windsor’s M_nus label.
And on the Motor City Casino Main stage find names like Femi Kuti, Spoon, Weird Al Yankovich, Yo La Tengo, and Cheap Trick. All for free!
Be sure to bring an appetite to taste many of Detroit’s finest foods. Menu here! For more info go to the Comerica CityFest website. The fest starts tomorrow, July 4th and goes til the 8th.
