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COMERICA CITYFEST | Detroit's Free Rock Fest, July 4-8

The big brother sounding Comerica CityFest is an annual FREE five-day food and music festival in Detroit's New Center. This year's festivities take place Wednesday, July 4th through Sunday, July 8th and include some killer acts: Spoon, Femi Kuti, Thunderbirds are Now!, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Lupe Fiasco, Yo La Tengo and Cheap Trick. Lots more acts will be announced for the events four stages.

Here's the main stage:

MOTORCITY CASINO MAIN STAGE Presented by The Detroit News (Fisher Building Parking Lot)
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
5:30 PM Femi Kuti and The Positive Force
8:30 PM SPOON

Thursday, July 5th, 2007
5:30 PM The Wailers
8:30 PM “Weird Al” Yankovic

Friday, July 6th, 2007
5:30 PM BRIAN CULBERTSON reunited with Steve Cole
7:30 PM The Detroit News Battle of the Bands Winner: The Displays
8:30 PM Lupe Fiasco

Saturday, July 7th, 2007
5:30 PM Deniece Williams
8:30 PM Yo La Tengo

Sunday, July 8th, 2007
3:00 PM Bobby “Blue” Bland
6:00 PM Cheap Trick

Other stage line-ups after the jump.........

PURE DETROIT STAGE Presented By Real Detroit Weekly (Second at Lothrop – Free)

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
12:00 Noon DEMON DAYS: An official Planet E Selection with Carl Craig

Thursday, July 5th, 2007
4:00 PM Hellen
5:00 PM The Fondas
6:00 PM Serenity Court
Fusicology Presents…
7:30 PM The Hentchmen
9:00 PM Detroit Hip Hop Showcase hosted by Renaissance Soul Detroit

Friday, July 6th, 2007
4:00 PM Carjack.
5:00 PM The Satin Peaches
6:00 PM SSM
Fusicology Presents…
7:30 PM Jeremy Ellis & John Arnold
9:00 PM Exchange Bureau featuring Billy Love “Live”

Saturday, July 7th, 2007 Liz Copland/alternatetakeradio.com Presents:
3:00 PM Liz Copland
4:30 PM Anthony "Shake" Shakir
6:00 PM Freer
7:30 PM The High Strung
9:00 PM Heartthrob (live)

Sunday, July 8th, 2007
2:30 PM God’s Army
4:00 PM The Singles
5:00 PM The Silent Years
6:30 PM The Hard Lessons

METRO PCS JAZZ & BLUES STAGE Presented by Hour Detroit Magazine (Grand Boulevard at Cass – Free)

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
12:00 Noon Gerard Gibbs & ReORGAN'YZ
2:00 PM GEQ
4:00 PM Jesse Palter
6:30 PM NILS
9:00 PM Ryan Shaw

Thursday, July 5th, 2007
12:00 Noon Paul Carey Quartet
2:30 PM Patrick Sweany
5:00 PM Measured Chaos
7:30 PM& 9:00 PM The Gorilla Funk Mob starring Allan Barnes

Friday, July 6th, 2007
12:00 PM Marvin Jones Trio featuring Cornelius "JuJu" Johnson Jr.
2:30 PM Malik Alston and Friends
5:00 PM Lin Roundtree
7:30 PM & 9:00 PM Hot Club of Detroit

Saturday, July 7th, 2007
12:00 PM Collaboration
2:30 PM Tumbao Bravo
5:00 PM Sandra Bomar and the Jazz Experience
w/ special guest Brenda Perryman
7:30 PM & 9:00 PM Rayse Biggs

Sunday, July 8th, 2007
12:00 Noon PicNap Poetry featuring The Detroit Slam Team
2:00 PM TFO
3:30 PM Reverend Robert Jones and Sweet Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church Choir
6:00 PM Detroit Soul and Blues Revue featuring Sir Mack Rice, Alberta Adams, Johnny Bassett, and RJ Spangler & the Rhythm Rockers


New Center Council Park Stage Presented by Metro Times
Produced Stirling
(New Center Park Stage-Free)

Wednesday, July 4th
11:45 AM & 1:00 PM GooseGator
6:00 PM Matt Dmits
7:00 PM Scott Kinson
8:00 PM Scream Ray
9:00 PM Inside Outlaws with Doop DuPrie, Ty Stone and Friends

Thursday, July 5th
11:45 AM & 1:00 PM Simplicity
6:00 PM Gretchen Wolff
7:00 PM Shotgun Wedding
8:00 PM Silent Violet
9:00 PM Thunderbirds Are Now!

Friday, July 6th
11:45 PM & 1:00 PM Baby Peppers and The Family Pleasers
6:00 PM The Syreens
7:00 PM The Drinking Problem
8:00 PM The Sirens
9:00 PM The Detroit Cobras

Saturday, July 7th
11:45 AM & 1:00 PM Roots Vibration
6:00 PM Dooley Wilson
7:00 PM The Expatriates
8:00 PM Siddhartha
9:00 PM The GO

Sunday, July 8th
11:45 AM & 1:00 PM Polka Floyd
4:00 PM Youth Group of Rome
5:00 PM Citizen Smile
6:00 PM The Cetan Clawson Revolution
7:00 PM The Displays

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Comments (7)

I for one can't wait for Exchange Bureau.
I saw them at the Buzz a while back and they killed it. The whole line up looks pretty fresh though!

You are the brick! Reading stuff like this written in the way like this is a great pleasure for me.

Indeed,it is true, it's always true. Comments ain't even necessary.

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