When Heaven was a Dance Floor in Detroit

A campaign to save Club Heaven’s legendary sound system is underway.

Club Heaven speakers

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In the early ’90s Club Heaven was a sanctuary for Detroit’s LGBTQ community, allowing a primarily gay, black, and young crowd a safe space to freely express themselves.

The club was a destination for locals and celebrities, all drawn to the dance floor by a legendary sound system.

The system, now in disrepair, is a valuable piece of Detroit’s electronic music history. 

Listen to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire talk with Damon Percy, Chair of the Detroit Sound Conservancy‘s Club Heaven Kickstarter campaign, about how the club changed the lives of those who spent a night on the dance floor. 

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and producer of the CuriosiD podcast for 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She served as the host of WDET's now discontinued program CultureShift, was a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, and a former host/reporter for Arizona Public Media.