What You’ll Hear on WDET for the 2020 Concert of Colors
See the full lineup for the 28th annual Concert of Colors which lives on this year — free, broadcast and streamed!
Concert of Colors
Normally, the Concert of Colors brings together metro Detroiters of all backgrounds to celebrate diversity and global music.
This year, the celebration will continue — virtually.
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Now in its 28th year, the Concert of Colors is a “diversity-themed music festival” featuring a vast array of artists who highlight the unique multiculturalism that makes Detroit integral to world music.
Performances for this year’s festival were prerecorded at the Detroit Film Theatre inside the Detroit Institute of Arts and will be broadcast online, on DPTV, and on WDET from Wednesday, October 7 through Sunday, October 11.
This year’s program will feature a special tribute to WDET’s own Ed Love, the Don Was Allstar Revue paying tribute to John Lee Hooker, and more.
See the full lineup here and check out the WDET schedule below.
Here’s what you’ll hear on WDET:
| DAY | TIME | ACT |
| Wednesday, October 7 | 11 p.m. | Alina Morr & Fuego (world jazz) |
| 12 a.m. | Tribute to WDET’s Ed Love | |
| Leafar Village Tribute to Charlie “Bird” Parker | ||
| Thursday, October 8 | 9 p.m. | Sean Blackman (Balkan Fusion + Detroit jazz) |
| 10 p.m. | Digging Roots (Indigeneous Canadian root) | |
| Friday, October 9 | 9 p.m. | Xiao Dong Wei (Chinese erhu) |
| 10 p.m. | The Last Gasp Collective (World/Hip Hop/R&B/Soul) | |
| Saturday, October 10 | 9 p.m. | Don Was Detroit All Star Revue Tribute to John Lee Hooker |
| Sunday, October 11 | 3 p.m. | Alina Morr & Fuego (world jazz) – REAIR |
| 4 p.m. | Tribute to WDET’s Ed Love – REAIR | |
| Leafar Village Tribute to Charlie “Bird” Parker – REAIR | ||
| 8 p.m. | Concert of Colors edition of The Progressive Underground |
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