Concert of Colors: Don Was Allstar Revue: Peace, Love, and Understanding
Register:
Sunday, Jul 21, 2024
8
– 9:30 p.m.
| Free with registration |
*Registration is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.
This year, the Don Was Allstar Revue takes on the theme of Peace, Love, and Understanding. The revue, a collection of anti-war songs that were chosen as a musical elixir of relief during troubled times, will be produced by Don Was and performed by legendary Motor City artists. Special guests include Marshall Crenshaw, Steffanie Chris’ tian, Milton Bennet, Herschel Boone, Carolyn Striho, Corktown Popes, Gretchen Gonzalez Davidson, Julie Benjamin, Kara Meister, MIK E.
Concert of Colors is Metro Detroit’s free annual global music festival, an upbeat event celebrating diverse World music traditions-including the indigenous music of the Motor City. The festival also hosts the Forum on Community, Culture and Race, a series of conversations with artists, cultural and community leaders examining the role of the arts in overcoming social barriers.
For a complete schedule of Concert of Colors programs at the Detroit Institute of Arts and neighboring institutions visit the festival website.
Concert of Colors is produced through the partnership of Culture Source, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS, University of Michigan – Detroit Center, Michigan Science Center, Detroit Historical Museum, College For Creative Studies, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, Third Man Records, Lowriders of Detroit, Science Gallery Detroit, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Midtown Inc., University of Michigan Dearborn, Arab American National Museum, WDET, The Scarab Club, International Institute of Metro Detroit and Marx Layne & Company.
This year, the Don Was Allstar Revue takes on the theme of Peace, Love, and Understanding. The revue, a collection of anti-war songs that were chosen as a musical elixir of relief during troubled times, will be produced by Don Was and performed by legendary Motor City artists. Special guests include Marshall Crenshaw, Steffanie Chris’ tian, Milton Bennet, Herschel Boone, Carolyn Striho, Corktown Popes, Gretchen Gonzalez Davidson, Julie Benjamin, Kara Meister, MIK E.
Concert of Colors is Metro Detroit’s free annual global music festival, an upbeat event celebrating diverse World music traditions-including the indigenous music of the Motor City. The festival also hosts the Forum on Community, Culture and Race, a series of conversations with artists, cultural and community leaders examining the role of the arts in overcoming social barriers.
For a complete schedule of Concert of Colors programs at the Detroit Institute of Arts and neighboring institutions visit the festival website.
Concert of Colors is produced through the partnership of Culture Source, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS, University of Michigan – Detroit Center, Michigan Science Center, Detroit Historical Museum, College For Creative Studies, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, Third Man Records, Lowriders of Detroit, Science Gallery Detroit, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Midtown Inc., University of Michigan Dearborn, Arab American National Museum, WDET, The Scarab Club, International Institute of Metro Detroit and Marx Layne & Company.