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Concert of Colors in Mexicantown
2025-06-28 13:00 - 2025-06-29 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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!

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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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