Make Music Detroit is a live, free celebration of music on June 21, the longest day of the year, with concerts on streets, sidewalks, and parks across the city.

About

Make Music Detroit – June 21st, 2016 marked the inaugural Make Music Detroit celebration. Detroit joined cities around the world to celebrate music in its many forms. Inspired by France’s Fête de la Musique (a national music party day inaugurated in 1982), Make Music Day or World Music Day takes place on the same day in more than 700 cities in over 100 different countries throughout the globe, including Germany, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Australia, Vietnam, Congo, Cameroon, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, South Africa, Nepal, Kenya, and Japan. For more information, please visit Make Music Day or Fête de la Musique‘s websites.

All Make Music Detroit events are:

Free (no tickets, musicians and audience members are not charged)
Participatory (open to any musician at any level who wish to participate)
All ages with genre restrictions
At multiple locations
On June 21st (the longest day of the year)

Mission – Make Music Detroit is more than a music event. Our purpose is to bring attention the importance of early music exposure for kids and the benefits of music in people’s daily lives. Detroit became a fountain of reverence in culture and humanities, in part, because of how the availability of music and arts education enriched its citizens. Every Detroit child deserves quality music education, and Make Music Detroit is dedicated to supporting this goal.

Participate

Completely different from a typical music festival, MMD is open to anyone who wants to perform, host, learn, or teach music.

No performer, venue, student or teacher will be turned away.

As long as you have a passion for music, Make Music Detroit is there!

Support

For sponsorship information, please send an email to detroit@makemusicday.org.

Past Programs

2017 ARTIST LIST:

#ENT Works, 24/7 West, 9T3, Ableton Workshop by DJ Heru (Spin Inc.), Adventures with Vultures, Aether Bleu, Akbar Walks, Al Luv, Alex Roch, Alexander Schwank, Ali McManus, Allye Gaietto, Anthony Retka, Asklepius, ATMIG, Audfeed, Audra Kubat, Axis Music Academy Performances & Workshop, Battersby Takes Bronze, Billy Davis Band w/ Harmonica Shah & Mighty Michael

Blackmail, Body Mechanic, Botanical Fortress, brave as a bear, Brotha Mike, Cayenne & Ginger, Chosen By Fate, Chrissii Key, City Lights!, Composetheway, Cosmic Music Collective, Crockett King, Daryl Beebe, Day 1$, DeadRomeo, Detroit School of the Arts – Achievers Ladies Female Vocal Ensemble, Detroit Youth Volume with Leslie DeShazor & Scott Murphy, DIME Student Performance, DJ Bigum Detroit, DJ Judy Adams, DJ Mel Wonder, Donovan Montgomery, Dr Mindbender, Drew Schultz & The Broken Habits featuring Melvin Davis, Electric Blanket, Elena Hirsch, Emma Guzman, FINALE, Frescobaldi, Greater Alexander, Grumpy Gus, Gyfted Band, Ian Fink / Alex White & Friends, In Transit Detroit featuring Sean Blackman and Liz Larin, Innerspirit Project, Inohs Sivad Evolution, IOTA, Jack Oats, JC & Royal Keys, Jemille Ali, Joei Redd, JordanL, JrocBLue, Julius De’Von, Kanem X, Keith Smith, Kira Blue, Konrad Lee, Large Extra Large ( LXL ), Lia K Catallo, Lindsey Jordyn, Lisa, Mary, Mahogany Jones, Maria Montoya, Mark Frechette & ANMLTALK (aka The Diers), Mary McGuire, Melvin Davis, Menace, Michael Elliott, Michigan Basement, Michigan Left, Mike Jellick Trio, Min. David A Whitfield II & Whitfield Productions, Min. SKS, Modern Vagrant, Mruzek, Mycah Ellis, Nadrel Brown, NuPraizz, Open Mic Night at Park Bar, Party Days, Pastor Waverly B. Bumbrey Sr & Refuge Temple Cathedral Voices, Phase, Phenom Band!, Phil Hale Quartet featuring Thornetta Davis, Piffle, Planet Funk on 313.FM, Pogo Rey, Poor Player, Psychotic Reaction, Qween Louie, Rebecca Goldberg, Greg Aubry & Nardo, Redd Edwards, Roschelle Laughhunn, RJ Spangler Quartet featuring, Larry Smith w / Youth Jam Session, Sam the Saxman, Sami Mei, Sashat, Sheila Slaughter, Shiver, SighWrens, Smiley & Friends, Sounds of Imani, Sousapalooza, Speak Easy, Spin Inc. DJ & Production Workshop w/ DJ Jungle, Stereo Boyz, Ted Nagy, Tez Honcho, The Arrangement, The Core, The Dermatones, The Masters of Harmony, The Matthews Brothers, The Mighty Ded Woods, The Mighty Funhouse, The Motor City Boogie Woogie Kid – Matthew Ball, The Old Adage, The Original Vandellas, The Plastic Bears, The Reissues, The Sane Abandoned, The War Balloons, Tim Ellerbe, Tino G and The Dumpster Machine featuring Charles “Buddy” Smith, Tonia, Tottionna, Vincie D & The Sensations, Wiggle, Wild Mountain Roses, Wingz Of Terror, Xi, XiNNiW

2017 PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS:

Detroit Institute of Arts, Northern Lights Lounge, Cass Cafe, Bert’s (Eastern Market), Garden Bowl at The Majestic, Alley Deck at Magic Stick, TheStudio Fitness Dance Culture, MotorCity Wine, Red Door, Great Hall of the People, Delores Bennett Park, The Baltimore Gallery, Fox Creek Feedom Freedom, Detroit Artists’ Test Lab, The Bottom Line Coffee House, ASHE Supply Co., DIME, Urban Bean Co., Hip n Zen in the Northend, Jazz Cafe at Music Hall, The Old Miami, Red Corridor Bar, PJ’s Lager House, Milliken State Park Lighthouse, Third Wave Music, Dequindre Cut

2016 ARTIST LIST:

Aaron Michael Butler, Alexander Schwank, Ali McManus, Amp Fiddler, Amp Fiddler’s Youth Music Workshop, Andrea Daniel, Andrew Iannaccone, Anthony Retka Music & Emily Rose, Art Rautenberg Music, Aster, Atmig, Bobby McManus, Brother Angel Drum Devils Youth Rhythm Workshop, Bunny hop, Cayenne & Ginger, Chrissii Key, Chrissy Morgan & Susie Woodman, Church Girlz, City Lights!, Clem Fortuna, Crockett King, Dante Evol, Dave Parks Five, Day, DrinkersClub SmokerzGang, Dear Annaa, Dennis Coffey at Northern Lights Lounge every Tuesday, Detroit Mixo, Detroit Party Marching Band, Detroit Steam Pistol, DJ Thornstryker, Doogatron, Dream Element, Elle Mar, Emma Guzman, Erica Mourad, ERNO, Evan Miller/Andrew Seivert, Fast Freddy Anderson, Fortuna / Knaggs, Great, Lakes Society of Soul, Greater Alexander, Greg Turner, Innerspirit Project, Isaac Prieto, James Mcglinnen, Jason Hogans (:brownstudy, Medium Parnell, Moot Zoo), Jeffrey Felch, Jennie Knaggs, Joe Smith, Jonathon Kiner, Judy Adams, Keith Smith, Kevin Reynolds, Krystal Styles, Knee Play, Lakes the Great, Larry Fratangelo, Lazy Lane, LeLe XO, Lia K Catallo, Lisa Mary, Liz Larin, Luke Jensen, Malena Quartet, Malik Alston, Maria Montoya, Marissa Guzman, Mark Frechette & ANMLTALK, Mark Stone Group, Michael Elliott-Carson, Mike Agent X Clark, milieu, Modern Vagrant, Motor City Music Cartel Featuring Scotty William, N4structure Band, NICK SPEED, Olivia Millerschin, Pablo R. Ruiz, Panda House, PhilHarmonic Sextet featuring Thornetta Davis, Piffle, Raz, Rebecca Goldberg & Nardo Navdo (Le Ren), RJ Spängler Quintet featuring Nikki Pearse and Larry Smith, Rustbelt Angels, Sam the Saxman w/ Luis Hirschlieb, Sami Mei Music, Sanubian Slay X O Kame Awoken, SECRETS, Sean Blackman, Sheila Slaughter, SighWrens, Sophia Avocado Music, Soul Pepper, Sounds of Imani Music Ministry, Stereo Boyz, Ted Nagy Trio, Ted Strunck, The Bed Band, The Blessing: World Music Youth Workshop, The Euphorics, The Illuminate Crew, The Mighty Funhouse, The Sun Drummers, Tosha Owens, Trop Fusion & Will Villain, Ulysses Newkirk, Val Mancini Music, WindStar Soul, Woodrow The-Entertainerer, Young Punk, Xi, Zac Brunell

2016 PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS:

Assemble Sound, Carr Center at Harmonie Park, Cass Cafe, Delores Bennett Park, Detroit Bureau of Sound at Spread Art, Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, DIME (Detroit Institute of Music Education), DIME Acoustic Space, Evola Music Center – Bloomfield Hills, Evola Music Center – Canton, Evola, Music Center – Shelby Township, Fox Creek Feed’em Freedom, Jazz Cafe at Music Hall, Jerry’s Garden, Lincoln Street Art Park, MIX Bricktown, Moore Community Council Park, Northern Lights Lounge, Old Miami, Red Door Great Hall of the People, TheStudio Dance Fitness Culture, The Under ground at DIME, Third Man Records, Thomas Magee’s, Urban Bean Co., WAYN Radio at Wayne State University

Contact

Do you have any questions, comments or inquiries?

Feel free to contact us at:

detroit@makemusicday.org