Showing posts with label July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

- Music - Concert Of Colors - Detroit - - 07 / 14-17 /2016 -



- Concert  Of  Colors -



            - Concert Of Colors 2016 - Palmieri - Was -

Friday, July 15, 2016

Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St.
Detroit, MI 48202
Doors 8:30 p.m.
Soft drinks $

9:30 p.m. Planet D Nonet (African Township jazz)

Detroit Institute of Arts (outdoors)

5200 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
Doors 5 p.m. for music on East Lawn
Doors 8:30 p.m. for film at Detroit Film Theatre
Food + Drink $
6 p.m. Dos Santos Cumbia Dance Party (Mexican Cumbian) East Lawn (along John R St.)


Saturday, July 16, 2016 

Detroit Institute of Arts

froDixieRemixes Listening Session: A John Sims Project
(spiritual, blues, gospel, jazz, funk, calypso, samba, soul, R&B, house, hip hop) -  Detroit Film Theatre

Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Ave.Detroit, MI 48201     -   Doors 1 p.m.
1-9 p.m. Build Bazaar vendors inside Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center           
              Growth Center vendors on Parsons Street          
              Food truck rally outdoors and indoor food vendorsNoon-10 p.m. Biergarten and BBQ on Parsons Street


Meijer Main Stage at Orchestra Hall
3 p.m.         Yuna (Malaysian pop)
5:30 p.m.    King Sunny Ade (Nigerian, world music pioneer)
8 p.m.         9th Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue: Showcase -100 Best Detroit Songs contest (eclectic)
Click here for more info and performer lineup

Comerica Diversity Stage (The Music Box)
2 p.m.        Fred Penner (children’s folk)
4:30 p.m.   Alsarah & The Nubatones (East-African retro pop)
7 p.m.       Brown Rice Family (roots/reggae)
9:30 p.m.   Palenke Soultribe (Afro-Colombian electronic)

Wolverine Outdoor Stage (Sosnick Court, behind Orchestra Place bldg.)
12 p.m.      (noon) Roots Vibrations (reggae)1:30 p.m.   The Sun Drummers (African drums)3 p.m.         Casual Sweetheart (indie pop)4:30 p.m.     Tahnz and The Filthy Animals (jazz/rock/blues)6 p.m.           Britney Stoney (neo-soul)
7:30 p.m.     MamaSol & Tha N.U.T.S. (hip hop/neo-soul)


Sunday, July 17, 2016 


Detroit Institute of Arts

7:30 p.m. Astrid Hadad (Mexican cabaret) in the Rivera Court

Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center

Meijer Main Stage at Orchestra Hall

3 p.m.       Cibo Matto (Japanese rock duet)
5:30 p.m.  The Mighty Sparrow (Calypso)


8 p.m. Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra (salsa)



Comerica Diversity Stage (The Music Box)

2 p.m.         Detroit Arab American Sound Experience- Detroit Jammerz, Compact Deity and Mazaj 
4:30 p.m. Howling Diablos (funky blues)
7 p.m.         Kiran Ahluwalia (Indian African fusion)
9:30 p.m.  Battle of Santiago (Latin rock)

Wolverine Outdoor Stage (Sosnick Court, behind Orchestra Place bldg.)

12 p.m.   (noon) Iyawo Dance Theatre + Folkloric Women’s Vocal Ensemble (dance)1:30 p.m. Buya (Puerto Rican drums)3 p.m.         Blue Black Hours (heavy psychedelic)4:30 p.m.    Tristan Brooke (acoustic rock)6 p.m.         Kevin Christian (R&B)7:30 p.m.     Sean Dobbins (jazz)



- See You There . . . . .




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Saturday, July 25, 2015

- Sunday - - - July 26, - 2015 - YA Salsa - Sunday Social - - -






  • Sunday, July 26, 2015

    5:30 PM

  • American Legion Post 346

    31775 Grand River Ave, Livonia, MI (map)


  • The YA Salsa Social is Detroit's biggest salsa dance party. 
    Hosted once per month by YA Salsa,
    attendees have the chance to learn salsa from some of the best instructors in Metro Detroit.
    WHAT :
    $10 at the door gets you:
    Beginner & Intermediate and On2 Salsa Lesson 
       starting at 5:30 ++ p.m.!
    Endless Beverages & Snacks!
    A huge wooden dance floor!
    The hottest salsa tracks spun by our volunteer guest DJ's
    ( Issac, Cisco,  MarcB)
    Two floors of dancing -
    Salsa and Cha Cha Cha upstairs,
    Latin Mix downstairs !
    Cash Bar!

    WHEN:
    Sunday, July 26 , 2015 , from 5:30 - 10 p.m. ---

    WHERE: American Legion Post 346
    31775 Grand River Ave, Farmington, MI ---

    WHO:
    All Ages welcome
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Friday, July 17, 2015

- - - Kiss Me in Ann Arbor - July 17 - 19 - 2015 - - - - - - Swing - Lindy - Big Band -

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- Kiss Me in Ann Arbor  -
July 17 - 19  -  2015
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Schedule

Friday, July 17, 2015

    Evening Dance
    Time: 8pm - Midnight
    Location: Concourse Hall
    Music: Miss Jubilee
    Cost: $20 ($18 for students/SAA/AACTMAD)
    Late Night Dance
    Time: Midnight - 5am
    Location: Concourse Hall
    Music: DJs
    Cost: $10 ($9 for students/SAA/AACTMAD)

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Sunday, July 19, 2015

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Venues

Getting Around

Michigan Union Ballroom
Saturday Afternoon & Evening Dances
530 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, 48109
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The Michigan Union opened in 1919, and is one of the oldest student unions in the country. The spacious ballroom floor is touted as one of the finest in all of Michigan.

AACTMAD Concourse Hall

Friday Evening Dance
Friday Late Night
Sunday Evening Dance
4531 Concourse Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
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Concourse Hall has a nice wood floor, plenty of parking, and really good air conditioning.

Island Park

Sunday Afternoon Dance & Picnic
1450 Island Drive
Ann Arbor, 48103-Island Park has a large shelter, plenty of parking, and a nearby river. Come dance, picnic, and wade in the water... you might want to bring a towel!

Jazzercise


Saturday Late Night
1945 S Industrial Hwy
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-Jazzercise has a nice wood floor and lots of mirrors.
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Saturday, June 20, 2015

- A2 - Summer Festival - TOP - A Few of the Bands - Nights -

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Our Favorite Dance + Nights – and Bands -
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- June 12 – Friday -
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The Appleseed Collective
June 12 - 8:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
Mix Django Reinhardt with the sweaty soul of Dixieland, a couple blades of bluegrass, a pinch of ragtime beat, and the swagger of swing and you’ll conjure up Ann Arbor’s Americana specialists The Appleseed Collective.
2014 proved to be a big year for the band, including
a multi-state tour,
opening The Ann Arbor Folk Festival,
the release of two albums, 
Young Love and Live at The Ark.
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Third Coast Kings
June 12 - 10:00 PM
North University Stage
Free
Ann Arbor’s proper deep funk and soul outfit inspired by the funk groups of the 60′s and 70′s.
Their sound is a raw concoction of horn driven hooks, heavy rhythm, in the pocket tightness, Meters style funk, Otis smoothness, and James Brown attitude.
In 2014, they released West Grand Boulevard on Record Kicks
and are making a triumphant return to the festiva after a tour in Japan.
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Salsa Lesson by Dance Revolution
June 13 - 8:15 PM
North University Stage
Free
We’re dancing in the street! Before the music begins, learn how to salsa with Dance Revolution!
fun beginner lesson  - B4 -  Tumbao Bravo.
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Tumbao Bravo
June 13 - 8:45 PM
North University Stage
Free
an Ann Arbor Latin jazz combo that brings the rhythms of Cuba to life with congas, timbales, sax, flute, trumpet, keyboard, and bass.
Winner of the 2005, 2007, and 2013 Detroit Music Awards for
Best Jazz Recording
Best World Music Band,
In 2012, famed Cuban percussionist Pepe Espinosa (Afro Cuban All Stars, Cubanismo) joined the band. Come early for Latin dance lessons before their set!
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Salsa Lesson by Dance Revolution
June 13 - 10:00 PM
North University Stage
Free
While the bands do a changing of the guard,
Dance Revolution will keep the party going with a fun salsa lesson.
All ages and skill levels are welcome!
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Orquesta RITMO
June 13 - 10:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
Orquesta RITMO specializes in authentic Salsa music and always draws a big crowd to Top of the Park. amazing 11-piece big band  -
Come early for free dance lessons before their set!
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June 16 - Tuesday 
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The Flutter and Wow
June 16  - 5:00 PM
North University Stage
Free
known for their captivating stage presence as they merge vocal harmonies, infectious rhythms, and strings into their brand of Rustbelt Americana.
they’ve been nominated for Detroit Music Awards for
Best Folk Band,
Best Acoustic Band,
Best Folk Recording.
In 2014, they released the EP, Urban Prairie.
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June 18 - Thursday 
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Julie Haven
June 18  - 5:00 PM
Acoustic Stage
Free
rich, textured vocals and deft piano compositions,
indie pop artist capturing the spotlight since she was a teenager,
first performing in coffee houses and eventually in clubs and festivals throughout Michigan.
In 2013, she put out her fifth release, a live album, and is making her festival debut.
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June 21 - Sunday 
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Laura Rain and The Caesars
June 21
8:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
electrifying retro modern soul.
Powerhouse vocalist Laura Rain’s rich tone, artistry, and talent for effortlessly gliding between registers have won her comparisons to Aretha Franklin and Etta James.
The Caesars, all veterans of the Detroit R&B, jazz, rock, and blues scenes.
released two albums, most recently Closer,
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June 24 - Wednesday 
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Salsa Lesson by Dance Revolution
June 24  - 6:00 PM
North University Stage
Free
Dance Revolution is calling your feet to TOP!
Two left feet welcome.
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Los Gatos
June 24
6:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
vibe-influenced Latin jazz quintet
elegant boleros, upbeat pachangas, fiery mambos, cha chas, and exotic, 6/8 Afro-Cuban dance numbers. embraced the “old-school” Latin jazz values set forth by
Cal Tjader,
Mongo Santamaria,
Tito Puente,
Joe Cuba. ..
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Las Cafeteras
June 24  - 8:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
Los Angeles, Las Cafeteras
uplifting, vibrant sound that remixes roots music and tells modern day
uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia and rock …
eclectic instrumentation, including
jarana,
requinto,
donkey jawbone,
West African bass instrument -marimbol, cajón,
wooden platform used to dance zapateado jarocho.
Recently they were named “Best Latin Alternative Band” by LA Weekly featured on NPR’s “World Cafe.”
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June 25 - Thursday 
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Jetty Rae
June 25 - 5:00 PM
Acoustic Stage
Free
Folksy, soulful, sweet, influences including Brandi Carlile, Cat Power, Ray Lamontagne, and Patty Griffin, Sarah McLachlan and Terry McBride chose her as the featured local artist at Lilith Fair in Detroit,
played SXSW this spring, and recently released the single “Forever & Always.”
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June 26 - Friday 
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Billy Mack and The Juke Joint Johnnies
June 26  - 7:00 PM
North University Stage
Free
high energy rockabilly, honky tonk, retro country, and swing!
Front man Billy Mack’s
Tony Handley on drums,
Gary Lintenmuth on bass,
Claybourne Stewart on sax and guitar,
boppers, rockers, two-steppers and swing dancers!
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Delilah DeWylde and The Lost Boys
June 26  - 9:00 PM
North University Stage
Free
original songs with vintage country and honky tonk hits, rockabilly favorites, and surf gems by such artists as Hank Williams, Sr., Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson, Buck Owens, Gene Vincent, and Dick Dale.
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Horse Cave Trio
June 26 - 10:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
music that travels the American landscape, from rockabilly to Kentucky blues, pure country to gospel.
In 2011, they released Hart County
nominated for  Detroit Music Awards in 2012 outstanding country album, band, and live performance. Touting themselves as “the band most likely to steal your whiskey,”
don’t forget your dancing shoes!
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June 28 - Sunday 
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The Chris Canas Band
June 28  - 8:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
he and his band have made it to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis several years
Their new album, Would You Mind (If I Play The Blues), is expected later this year.
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July  3 - Friday 
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Diana Lawrence
July 3  - 6:00 PM
Acoustic Stage
Top of the Park
Called a “drop dead show stopper” by Music Connection Magazine,
singer-songwriter pianist Diana Lawrence draws on pop, blues, folk, jazz, and cabaret.
musical director for The Second City, the Joffrey Academy of Dance, and The Chicago Symphony Chorus, The frontwoman for Diana & The Dishes.
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The Matt Besey Band
July 3  - 7:00 PM
North University Stage
Free
first gained notoriety in the early ‘90s as a guitar prodigy winning Honorable Mention in the 1996 National Fender Guitars Jimi Hendrix Competition.
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Jennifer Westwood and The Handsome Devils
July 3  - 8:45 PM
North University Stage
Free
After years of contributing vocals to R&B, soul, roots, and blues collaborations, and winning an Emmy for her vocal work and several DMA’s, she joined forces with veteran players the Handsome Devils, guitarist Dylan Dunbar (Rumpshakers, Whitey Morgan)
bassist JD Mackinder (Whitey Morgan, Deadstring Brothers)
to build out a swampy, bluesy, “dirty, greasy, and footstomping” sound.
May release, Greetings From This Town.
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July  4 - Saturday 
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Lady Sunshine and The X-Band
July 4  - 10:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
product of the Motor City and is a reflection of the very essence of Detroit
Sunshine and The X-Band were International Blues Challenge semifinalists
 in 2014, released their latest album, Big and Sexee!
Put on your dancing shoes  -  smokin’ hot set at Top of the Park!
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July  5 - Sunday 
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Hoodang
July 5  - 6:30 PM
North University Stage
Free
Kicking off So Long Sunday  -
hard-hitting country featuring gritty vocals, smart lyrics, and gleaming pedal steel.
In 2013, they released the much praised Blissfield,

singer-songwriter and rhythm guitarist Dave Rossiter
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