WDET's Rock & Roll Horror Show hosted by Jon Moshier
2023-10-27 19:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Cadieux Cafe, 4300 Cadieux Rd., Detroit, MI, 48224, United States
***PRE-SALE HAS ENDED. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR UNTIL EVENT IS SOLD OUT. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING WDET!***
On Friday, October 27, Jon Moshier’s annual Halloween special will crawl out of the grave and onto the stage! Garage rock royalty The Hentchmen and The 3-D Invisibles will curse us with undead performances under the moonlight on the outdoor stage of the Cadieux Cafe. Join us for a night of spooks and scares, and wear your best costume to be featured on stage as best dressed! We will be selling limited edition prints of our show poster and t-shirt designed by WDET’s Conor Anderson and featuring Tarot readings by Moon Club (CultureShift’s Amanda Le Claire and Detroit Artist Renee Willoughby).

Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM.
Tickets are $20 and will directly support WDET.
This is a 21+ event. Photo ID required for entry.
No outside food or beverage is allowed at the Cadieux Cafe.
The Cadieux Cafe is wheelchair accessible.

Colors of Detroit: A Benefit for WDET & Concert of Colors
2023-12-01 18:30 - 23:00 | The Motown Mansion, 918 W Boston Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, United States
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Join us on December 1, for the first ever COLORS OF DETROIT, a celebration of the rich diversity and multiculturalism of Detroit to benefit WDET, Detroit Non-Profit Public Radio and Concert of Colors.
Colors of Detroit will be held at the Motown Mansion in the Historic Boston-Edison neighborhood – former home of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, now owned by renowned arts consultant Alan Brown. This event will feature an on-site broadcast of The Don Was Motor City Playlist with WDET’s Ann Delisi, a live performance by Bomba group Rican Struction, DJ sets by WDET music hosts Ismael Ahmed and Nick Austin, a silent auction, and strolling heavy appetizers by some of Detroit’s most celebrated Chefs:

Mamba Hamissi (Baobab Fare)
Amado Lopez (Casa Amado)
Max Hardy (Coop Detroit)
James Rigato (Mabel Gray)
Warda Bouguettaya (Warda Patisserie)

Concert of Colors is Detroit’s only free annual diversity-themed music festival featuring global music at its finest. Over its rich 31-year history, the festival has blossomed into a celebrated, beloved highlight of metro Detroit’s summer festival season- one of the few remaining large scale, free-admission music festivals in the area. WDET (101.9FM) is Detroit’s listener-supported public radio station, dedicated to providing the community with accurate news and diverse cultural and music programming. WDET is housed on the campus of Wayne State University in the heart of the Cass Corridor.
Additional event information below.
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Doors open at 6:30PM.
Tickets are $275 + EventBrite’s Fees and will directly support WDET and Concert of Colors.
Due to the nature of this event, we are unable to accommodate dietary restrictions.
The Motown Mansion is located at 918 W Boston Blvd in the Boston Edison Neighborhood. Valet and street parking will be available.
What to wear: Celebrate Detroit’s diversity by wearing colorful and creative attire!
Please note that the venue will contain stairs between rooms. This is a private residence; there will be no elevator on site.
Open bar available, cash tips for staff encouraged.
The Don Was Motor City Playlist broadcast will begin promptly at 8PM and end at 10PM. Additional entertainment will be enjoyed throughout the mansion.
The event will conclude at 11PM. We ask that you please respect the neighborhood residents upon arrival and departure.
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COLORS OF DETROIT is supported by:

ARN & NANCY TELLEM + THE DETROIT PISTONS
JENNIFER & DAN GILBERT
TOM GORES
GRETCHEN GONZALES DAVIDSON
CINDY NICHOLSON
THIRD MAN RECORDS
DOEREN MAYHEW
MARX LAYNE
COREY HARRIS
CRAIN HOMES
UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION
ACCESS
COMCAST
THE CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM
DON MANVEL
AHMAD CHEBBANI
CHRISTINE & DAVID COLMAN
THOMAS SEBOLD & ASSOCIATES
COUP D’ETAT
HOLLY & MATT ROSSETTI
DAMIEN CRUTCHER
NJIA KAI
CBI INTERIORS
MARY ZATINA & KEVIN PRIHOD
KEN & PENNY FISCHER
MARIAM NOLAND & JIM KELLY

WDET Travel: Alpine Lakes & Scenic Trains Preview
2024-01-29 19:00 - 20:00
The WDET Travel tour heads to Switzerland and Italy for an incredible 11-day experience Oct. 3-13, 2024.

Cruise through Lago Maggiore and visit one of the beautiful Borromean Islands.
Stroll the lakeside boulevards of St. Moritz.
Journey through the Bernina Pass on one of the world’s most scenic railways.

Learn more at our virtual meeting on Monday, Jan. 29, starting at 7 p.m. ET.
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God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines - Immersive Screening at Marble Bar
2024-05-22 18:30 - 2024-05-23 00:00 | Marble Bar, 1501 Holden Street, Detroit, MI, 48208, United States
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Washington Hill Pictures, Marble Bar, and WDET are joining forces to host the first-ever nightclub screening of Detroit Techno documentary God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines: The Director’s Cut to kick off Detroit’s Techno Week festivities.
Doors open at 6:30pm for a cocktail hour with Donna Gardner. The film screening is from 7:30-9pm, followed by the first b2b performance between two Detroit dance music legends, Eddie Fowlkes and Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to 101.9 WDET Detroit Public Radio. In God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines, Director Kristian R. Hill and Executive Producer Jennifer Washington shine a light on the true Black origin story of Techno music in Detroit, and we are very excited to share this inspiring, immersive experience with Detroit techno fans from near and far.
**This event is ALL AGES, and capacity is LIMITED**

WDET Tigers Opening Day Drawing with Mario's Restaurant
2025-03-25 00:00 - 2025-04-03 15:00
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WDET is partnering with our neighbors at Mario’s Restaurant to offer a special drawing to celebrate Tigers Opening Day in Detroit! Simply fill out the form (linked above) between March 25th at 12:01AM and April 3rd at 3:00PM to enter for your chance to win the following:

Two tickets to the opening day game at Comerica Park on April 4th
Swag bag including merchandise from WDET, the Detroit Tigers, and Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Grand buffet for two on April 4th at Mario’s Restaurant (anytime between 11AM and 1PM)
Free parking and shuttle service to and from the game courtesy of Mario’s

Participants must be 18 or older to enter. Winner will be selected and called between 3 and 5PM on April 3rd, 2025. Winner will receive tickets via a digital link and will be required to pick up swag bag from Mario’s Restaurant in Midtown on game day, April 4th between 11AM and 1PM. For a complete list of WDET contest rules, click here.
WDET members are always the first to know about exciting events, promotions, and other WDET news! Interested in becoming a member? Visit www.wdet.org/give.
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WDET Record Store Day 2025 - Member Drawing
2025-04-11 - 2025-04-12 | On Air, Online, or on the WDET App
Drawing Opens April 11th
Calling all record collectors and vinyl lovers! Record Store Day returns to independent record shops around the world on April 12th, 2025. In an effort to showcase the incredible independent record stores in and around the Motor City, WDET is offering an exclusive Record Store Day member drawing! Anyone who makes a gift to WDET via wdet.org/give on April 11th or April 12th, 2025 will be automatically entered into the drawing to receive a swag bag filled with gift certificates from participating record stores, Third Man Records vinyl and more!*

“Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1400 independently-owned record stores in the US and thousands of similar stores internationally. The first Record Store Day took place on April 19, 2008. Today, Record Store Day is celebrated at independently-owned brick-and-mortar record stores around the world.
This is a day for the people who make up the world of the record store—the staff, the customers, and the artists—to come together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the special role they play in their communities. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, DJs spinning records, and on and on. In 2008 a small list of titles was released on Record Store Day and that list has grown to include artists and labels both large and small, in every genre and price point. For several years, 60% or more of the Record Store Day Official Release List came from independent labels and distributors. The list continues to include a wide range of artists, covering the diverse taste of record stores and their customers.” – Courtesy of recordstoreday.com
For a list of local independent record stores participating in Record Store Day on April 12th, click here.
*You must make a donation through wdet.org/give between 12:00AM on April 11th and 11:59PM on April 12th to be entered into the drawing. Winner will be notified on Monday, April 14th via telephone. For full WDET contest rules, visit wdet.org/rules.

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Concert of Colors in the Neighborhood: the Gospel Meets the Blues
2025-04-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Harpos Concert Theatre, 14238 Harper Ave., Detroit, MI, 48213, United States
WDET is partnering with Concert of Colors this year to promote their “In the Neighborhood” concert series. Concert of Colors and GenesisHOPE present The Gospel Meets the Blues featuring Thornetta Davis, Rev. Robert Jones and the Jones Family, and Nikki D. and Sisters of Thunder on Easter Sunday–April 20th–at the Harpo Concert Theater in Detroit.
Doors for this free event will open at 5:30PM and all are welcome–a continuation of Concert of Colors’ mission of accessible, global music for all of the citizens of Detroit. WDET’s Jay Butler, host of Jay’s Place will emcee the show, which begins at 6:00PM.
Parking for this event will be available in the rear of the Harpos Concert Theatre, located at 14238 Harper Avenue, near I-94E.

Movement 2025
2025-05-24 - 2025-05-26 | Hart Plaza, 1 Hart Plaza, Detroit, 48226, United States
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WDET is partnering with Paxahau as an official media partner for the 2025 Movement Electronic Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26! Tune in to WDET starting Friday, May 16 to experience special programming celebrating Detroit techno across various WDET music shows. For more information on our programming surrounding the festival and to learn how you can win a pair of Movement weekend passes, click here. Browse the festival lineup below and visit movementfestival.com for full schedule, wristbands, and more!

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Concert of Colors in the Neighborhood: Vibes with the Tribes
2025-06-07 14:00 - 2025-06-08 00:00 | Russell Industrial Center, 1600 Clay St., Detroit, 48211, United States
WDET is partnering with Concert of Colors this year to promote their “In the Neighborhood” concert series. This June, experience Vibes with the Tribes—Michigan’s premier Native Music & Cultural Festival—featuring TRAVIS THOMPSON and a powerful celebration of Indigenous music and art. This show will take place Saturday, June 7th at the Russell Industrial Center, beginning at 2 PM and admission is free and open to all!
Experience high-energy hip-hop and honest storytelling from one of today’s most compelling young voices:
Travis Thompson is a young rapper from Burien, WA, a Seattle suburb just 10 minutes outside of the city. A skater kid raised by A Navajo father and white mother- from one of the most diverse school districts in the nation- Travis brings a refreshing blend of perspective and authenticity to the music of today.   Thompson’s playful sound is guided by rhymes that combine evocative description and candid emotion. Travis began releasing singles & attention-grabbing visuals which quickly would turn into a devoted fanbase. After being featured on Macklemore’s 2017 song “Corner Store,” he made his major-label debut with the 2019 EP Runaways, which he followed the same year with the album Reckless Endangerment. Even gracing television stages such as the BET HIP-HOP AWARDS Cypher & WILD N’ OUT to promote it. His third LP, 2021’s BLVD BOY, featured guest spots from the likes of G-Eazy, Juicy J, KYLE, WS Boogie, Kota The Friend & more.   In a short amount of time, Travis has created a come up story and garnered a cult-like following that’s impossible to ignore. With millions of streams, on demand video views, tv appearances and more…it looks like Travis Thompson is here to stay.
Parking for this event is located in a lot adjacent to the industrial. For more information visit concertofcolors.com.

Concert of Colors in Mexicantown
2025-06-28 13:00 - 2025-06-29 20:00 | Mexicantown Mercado Plaza, 2826 Bagley, Detroit, MI, United States
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WDET is partnering with Concert of Colors this year to promote their “In the Neighborhood” concert series. Come celebrate Detroit Tejano music from 1-8 pm on Saturday, June 28 in Mexicantown!
We will be celebrating Michigan’s only historical marker dedicated to the pioneers of Detroit Tejano music as well as feature different styles of Latin music. Come enjoy live music, dancing and wonderful food.
Tejano music emerged in the mid-19th century along the Texas-Mexico border, as different musical styles and traditions mixed. Key instruments include the button accordion, bajo sexto, drums, and other instruments borrowed from mariachi, norteño, and conjunto music. Tejano encompasses a wide range of styles, including corridos (ballads), conjuntos (ensembles), rancheras (rural-life songs), and cumbias (rhythmic dance songs). Over time, it has evolved and incorporated elements from American country, rock and roll, pop, and even hip-hop.

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Descripción del evento:
Estamos felices de anunciar el line up del segundo Concierto de Colores anual en Mexicantown! Ahora, más que nunca, es importante que nos unamos para celebrar nuestra cultura. Por tal motivo, nos encantará que nos acompañen a el segundo Concierto Anual, donde celebraremos la única placa histórica estatal en Michigan dedicada a los primeros músicos tejanos en Detroit! El festival también presentará diferentes estilos de música latina!

¡Estamos ansiosos de verles allí!

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Saturday, June 28 | sábado 28 de junio
1 -8PM
Mexicantown Mercado Plaza: 2826 Bagley, Detroit
Free admission | Entrada gratuitaFree parking available behind the building Plaza del Norte
Estacionamiento gratuito disponible atrás del edificio Plaza del NorteThank you! | Gracias!

? Corpus Art Detroit Studio

For more information on the Concert of Colors, visit www.concertofcolors.com.

Concert of Colors 2025
2025-07-16 - 2025-07-21
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Concert of Colors 2025

The Concert of Colors returns this summer for its 34th annual free global music festival in the heart of Detroit and WDET is proud to be an official media partner. The Concert of Colors is one of the nation’s longest-running, largest, free and global music festivals featuring music from around the world at its best.
The Concert of Colors was established by Ismael Ahmed (host of WDET’s This Island Earth) and New Detroit in 1993 as a one-day event at Chene Park on Detroit’s riverfront. The inaugural event drew a modest crowd to Chene Park, but by 1999, some 10,000 music lovers were coming out each year. The festival expanded to three days in 2001, when it was part of the official festivities for Detroit’s 300th birthday, drawing an audience of 100,000. In 2019, the concert expanded to nine days. In addition to music, the Concert of Colors also brings global food and merchandise vendors, movies, poetry, children’s activities and much more to the members of the Detroit community.
2025 Featured Artists

Mavis Staples

Don Was

Femi Kuti

WAR

WDET Special Programming

Friday, July 18th | The Don Was Motor City Playlist live broadcast 8-10PM from the Concert of Colors with hosts Don Was and Ann Delisi.
Saturday, July 19th | Essential Music live broadcast 11AM-4PM from the Concert of Colors with hosts Ann Delisi and Rob Reinhart.
Saturday, July 19th | The Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue 9-10:30PM at the Detroit Film Theatre wsg Thornetta Davis, Chris Canas, Herschel Boone, Tosha Owens, Laith Al-Saadi, Rev Robert Jones, Steffanie Christi’an, and Mitch Ryder
Sunday, July 20th | Liz Warner & Shigeto live DJ set 9:30-11PM on the North Lawn Stage at the DIA.

Browse the full schedule below:
Wednesday, July 16th
Detroit Film Theatre
Niyaz – The Fourth Light Project
An Immersive multi-media experience (Pakistan and Iran).
The newest program of this Persian/Turkish/Indian electroacoustic musical tour de force NIYAZ, with whirling from Turkey and incredible visuals and sound. A mesmerizing experience.
Thursday, July 17th
Detroit Historical Museum
11:30AM – Nafada – An Audio Uprising (film screening)
2:00PM – Nafada – An Audio Uprising (second screening)
5:30PM – 6:15PM – Victor Ghannam (Palestine) & Sean Blackman’s (Armenia) Hye Salam, featuring David McMurray (Eastern Jazz)
6:45PM – 7:30PM – Bab L’Bluz (Morocco)
8:00PM – 8:45PM – Laith Al-Saadi (Blues afficionado & NBC’s The Voice finalist)
Michigan Science Center
1:00PM – 2:00PM – Shashu Amen-Ra, African dance lessons
4:00PM – 5:00PM – Mambo Marci, salsa class for beginners
(Arts & Scraps: Time TBD)
Third Man Records
8:00PM – 8:40PM – Nebula Sound Ensemble (21st-century experimental chamber music)
9:00PM – 10:00PM – Beautiful Noise featuring Kash Killion, Scott Amendola, Ben Goldberg, Don Was, Gretchen Gonzales, & Christ Peters (cosmic soundscapes)
Sosnick Courtyard @ The DSO
7:30PM – 9:30PM – New Music Detroit, Virtuoso (new & experimental contemporary classical ensemble)
Friday, July 18th
Aretha Franklin Ampitheatre
5:00PM – 6:00PM – Shashu Amen-Ra (African dance)
6:00PM – 6:45PM – The Luv Locz Experiment – (Carribean funk)
7:15PM – 8:15PM – Bab L’Bluz (Moroccan-French power blues quartet)
9:00PM – 10:00PM – Mavis Staples (blues, gospel, R&B legend)
Saturday, July 19th
Spot Lite Detroit
1:00PM – 3:00PM – Concert of Colors Forum by the Arab American National Museum: “The Homelands in Our Bodies: Embodying Artivism” moderated by Raed (founder of Yalla Punk)
Detroit Film Theatre @ The DIA
1:30PM – 2:30PM – Eljuri (Latin Reggae rock, Ecuador)
3:30PM – 5:00PM – Spanglish Fly (NY, Latin Boogaloo)
9:00PM – 10:30PM – Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue wsg Thornetta Davis, Chris Canas, Herschel Boone, Tosha Owens, Laith Al-Saadi, Rev Robert Jones, Steffanie Christi’an, and Mitch Ryder.
DIA: North Lawn Stage
2:30PM – 4:30PM – Mathangi Dance Company (Indian dance)
6:00PM – 7:30PM – Asha Puthli (Inda, spacy avante garde disco jazz)
6:45PM – 7:30PM – Tilted Axes (electric guitar processional)
9:00PM – 10:30PM – Yo La Tengo (American indie)
Sunday, July 20th
Detroit Film Theatre @ The DIA
2:30PM – 3:00PM – Wendell Harrison tribute to Pharoah Sanders
5:00PM – 6:30PM – AfroFlow: Detroit to Ethiopia with Mike-E (Ethiopia)
8:00PM – 9:30PM – Femi Kuti (Nigeria)
DIA: South Lawn (Children’s Stage & Tent)
1:00PM – 7:00PM – Youth Celebration

Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network presents Food Warriors: a hands-on food and agricultural workshop
Dream Arts Company Detroit hands-on workshop
Rhonda Greene book reading & writing workshop

Wolverine Stage (Sosnick Court @ UofM Detroit)
12:05PM – Carmen Jackson (Detroit, soul & jazz singer)
1:15PM – Jo Serrapere (Detroit, roots/folk/alt-country)
2:30PM – U of M Flint Jazz Ensemble
DIA: North Lawn Stage
12:05PM – Chris Canas Band
1:15PM – U of M Percussions
2:30PM – Mariachi Femenil Detroit
4:30PM – 6:00PM – Shadow Show (Detroit)
6:00PM – 7:00PM – Tilted Axes (Electric Guitar Precessional) on the lawn!
7:00PM – 8:30PM – War (California street band)
9:30PM – 11:00PM – Liz Warner & Shigeto (WDET DJs)
Scarab Club
6:00PM – 7:30PM – Kassan Belgrave & Allen Dennard with DJ Melo (acid jazz trio)
CCS Ford Campus Sculpture Garden Stage
Detroit’s Divine Five: Underground and modern sounds from five groundbreaking and iconic women DJs –
2:00PM – 3:00PM – DJ LADYMONIX
3:00PM – 4:00PM – DJ Auset
4:00PM – 5:00PM – DJ Taylor Monai
5:00PM – 6:00PM – DJ Jenny La Femme
6:00PM – 7:00PM – DJ Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale
And don’t forget to stop by the WDET tent to say hello and shop WDET swag!
For further information about the festival, please visit www.concertofcolors.com.

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