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Electric Forest Festival announces 2016 lineup via Reddit
Electric Forest Festival — a four-day, multi-genre event with a focus on electronic acts and jam bands — returns to Rothbury, Michigan this summer for its sixth consecutive year. Once again, tickets sold out in record time, well in advance of the lineup announcement. Now the wait is over, as on Tuesday, Phase One…
Kraftwerk 3-D to headline 10-year anniversary of Movement
Months after a rare performance at The Masonic Temple, it was announced today that German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will make history with a first-ever appearance at the 10th anniversary of the Movement Electronic Music Festival. The GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will headline the event, which takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 28–30,…
The Year in Music 2015: Our Favorite Live Events
Detroit has always been a mecca for live music. Whether we were checking out old-timers trade blues licks at Campus Martius, getting our fix at the venerable Masonic Temple, bobbing our heads to hip-hop showcases at The Majestic Theatre or Paycheck’s Lounge, leaving it all on the dance floor of Two James Spirits’ Annex, or…
MotorCity Wine to host Memorial Weekend BBQ & Music Festival
For the past six years, MotorCity Wine has hosted a four-day party over Memorial Day weekend. Coinciding with the Movement Electronic Music Festival, the event attracts music fans from all over looking to escape the bustle of Hart Plaza and enjoy some classic American BBQ. This year’s installment features a special four-hour DJ…
The DMM Guide to Movement 2015
What started off as a small grassroots gathering of hometown heroes has now blossomed into one of the world’s most respected electronic music festivals. Every year on Memorial Day weekend, Hart Plaza turns into the capital of techno as people hail from far and wide to make a pilgrimage to the city where it all began. This year’s…
Electric Forest music festival to showcase Detroit and national acts
Electric Forest music festival is celebrating its fourth year of multi-genre entertainment with a four-day event at Rothbury, Michigan’s Double JJ Ranch campgrounds Thursday, June 26 – Sunday, June 29. The infamous Michigan music festival has become synonymous with electronic music heavyweights, Michigan vendors, fantastic nature-infused light shows, and eclectic crowds. Since 2011,…
Movement weekend parties of 2014
In conjunction with Movement Electronic Music Festival 2014, local pre-parties, day-parties, and after-parties have become a festival of their own. Movement performers and special guests showcase their most organic, underground, and unearthed material in the form of intimate performances hosted by nightclubs, area venues, and off-the-beaten-path concert spots. This year’s Movement festival provides…
Ableton music software to offer free pre-Movement workshop in Detroit
In conjunction with Detroit’s highly-anticipated Movement Electronic Music Festival 2014, music software giant Ableton and synthesizer and electronics space Detroit Modular will host the Movement Education Sessions on Friday, May 23 (7 pm – 10 pm). The free seminar is scheduled to include local artist presentations, the discussion of new music-making approaches with Ableton experts,…
Detroit Electronic Music Festival and FEMT cancelled, rescheduled for 2015
To the dismay of electronic music fans everywhere, the highly-anticipated Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF), and its counterpart Federation of Electronic Music Technology FEMT have announced postponement until July of 2015. The festivals’ cancellation will not affect Movement Electronic Music Festival on Memorial Day weekend, but it will lighten Detroit’s electronic music events calendar. The…