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7.23.09 

 














 






 

Downtown Detroit Partnership
600 Renaissance Center
Suite 1740, Detroit, MI 48243 313.566.8250
313.567.3474 fax www.DowntownDetroit.org
 

Rockin' on the Riverfront Returns July 24
Riverfront Plaza
– Ren Cen – Free – 8 p.m.
Detroit's riverfront will once again be rockin' on Friday evenings as Andiamo Detroit Riverfront, in partnership with WCSX-FM, presents the free 2009 Rockin' on the Riverfront series.  

2009 Rockin' on the Riverfront Lineup:
Rick Derringer – July 24
Leon Russell – July 31
The Rock Show & The Who Show – Aug. 7
Classic Rock All Stars – Aug. 14
Foghat – Aug. 21
Edgar White – Aug. 28
TBA  – Sep. 4

Find more information or call Andiamo Detroit Riverfront  313.567.6700


4th Fridays with Ford – July 24
Campus Martius Park
– Free

Presented by the Detroit 300 Conservancy

Friday, July 24 Lineup:
11:30 a.m. – Student ensembles from Jazz Week @ Wayne
4:00 p.m. – The Crowned Heads of Rhythm
6:00 p.m. – RJ's Rhythm Rockers featuring Alberta Adams
7:30 p.m. – Ford Half-Time Show – Giveaways & Raffle Prizes
8:00 p.m. – The Midnight Riders
9:30 p.m. – "The Blue Brothers" Film

After Party Tour
– Inside Detroit will lead a free tour of downtown pubs that will include food and drink specials.
 


Corktown Music Festival
Saturday, July 25 – 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Roosevelt Park (Michigan Ave. / Michigan Central Station)

This festival is slated to land in front of the old train station on Michigan Avenue this Saturday.  Very mysterious.
Check out the web site.

 

More Fun Downtown

Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago White Sox
Comerica Park – July 24 (1:05 & 7:05 p.m.),
July 25 (4:05 p.m.), July 26 (8:05 p.m.)


Friday Night Live! Detroit Institute of Arts
The new DIA is open late every Friday night with live music, art-making workshops, drawing in the galleries, & guided tours.
La Chispa y Compaρia – Flamenco – July 24, 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Volandismo – Paintings by Mark Dancey
View Contemporary Gallery thru July 25, 444 West Willis

Eastern Market Cooking Demonstration Series
Shed 2 – 10 a.m. - Noon
July 25
– Chef Nick Seccia (The Henry Ford)


WA3 Project Clean in New Center

July 25 – 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Meet outside the Fisher Building


38th Annual Arab & Chaldean Festival
Hart Plaza – July 25-26, noon-midnight

MotorCity Casino Hotel – Sound Board
Sinbad – July 25

The Fillmore Detroit
The Dead Weather – July 24; It's A Wrap – July 24

Chene Park
Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant  – July 24

 

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