River Days 2018, located on the Detroit Riverfront, is a celebration of music, food, and fun. This festival features delicious food from around Michigan, carnival rides, endless activities, and some of the greatest talent in Metro Detroit.
The best of metro Detroit’s classic rock, country, funk and soul bands will play on the Soaring Eagle Stage, located along on the GM Plaza in front of the Renaissance Center.
Nadir and the band will bring the heat at 2:30pm
Currents Music Festival features 12 bands with 12 hours of stellar original music, a Beer Garden featuring craft beer from River’s Edge Brewery, Draught Horse, and Drafting Table. The event is free with a $2 cover for the Beer Garden. There will also be food from local restaurants available.
Here’s the Lineup:
The Messenger Birds
Feral Ground
The Social Bandits
Laura Rain and The Caesars
Blueflowers
Mexican Knives
Nina & The Buffalo Riders
The Hacky Turtles
Red Herring
Chris Canas
Sons of Ditches
Nadir Omowale
Vinotecca features a wine bar, a small plates menu and world cuisine. Bassist Christopher Spooner, drummer/percussionist Lauren Johnson and guitarist/vocalist Nadir Omowale will bring a full course helping of the funk.
Vinotecca is located at 210 S. Old Woodward Avenue in downtown Birmingham.
For more information or to make reservations, please visit Vinotecca’s web site www.vinotecca.com or call 248-203-6600.
“The Year of Living Stevie” is host Daryl Bean’s biweekly podcast about life, creativity, and the music of Stevie Wonder. In each episode, musicians explore Stevie’s influence, and the affect his music has had on them.
In this episode, musician/vocalist/songwriter/
One FUNomenally Funky Night of Detroit style grooves!
Kat’s Funkaholic is a rocking funky group of top notch musicians playing songs from her CDs plus covers of Prince, Rick James, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Time, Bruno Mars and more!
Nadir opens the show with his funky trio featuring Christopher Spooner and Lauren Johnson. It’s gonna be a nasty, stanky, funky night!
Funk Assassin Nadir Omowale, bass ninja Christopher Spooner and super drummer Lauren Johnson present a Power Funk Trio set as part of a benefit for the Musician Friends of Porter Creasman Trust Fund. Other artists on the bill include Greg Blucher, Jason Milan and Anthony Retka.
Musician Friends of Porter was established for the young son of local musician Brandon Creasman who passed away in 2010. Creasman’s son Porter is autistic, and music has been very therapeutic in his development. All proceeds from the concert will benefit the Porter Lorien Creasman Support Trust.
HAMTRAMCK MUSIC FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR 2018!
Now in its fifth year, Hamtramck Music Fest returns to fill Hamtramck with four nights of local music starting Thursday, March 1. For one weekend bands from all over Michigan will take over the town and perform in Hamtramck’s dive bars, music venues, and PLAV halls.
For the price of a $10 wristband, guests can roam Hamtramck for three days and nights of live music. If you’re in need of a new favorite local band, this is your festival to find them.
Hamtramck Music Fest Kickoff Party!
Ant Hall Schedule:
8p – Funkwagon
9p – Fizzbang
10p – Warhorses
11p – Nadir Omowale
12p – Duende
Ghost Light Hamtramck Schedule:
8:30p – Abul on Fire
9:30p – Lizerrd
10:30 – The My Ways
11:30p – Cye Pie & Ya Homies
Bar opens @ 7p
Music @ 8p
Funny Burger on the grill all night
For more information visit hamtramckmusicfest.com
Presented by Planet Ant| a 501(c)(3) non-profit
Free and open to all! 7pm – Midnight
Detroit’s first ever NIGHT MARKET comes to Beacon Park with cocktails, craft beer, food trucks, makers + entrepreneurs, an indie concert series (Featuring a LIVE performance by Nadir Omowale), and lawn games.
MetroArts is a television program entering its sixth season that features artists in and around the Metropolitan Detroit area representing the disciplines of visual, performing, and communication arts. They bring awareness to up-and-coming artists as well as support those artists who have worked in the Metro Detroit area by being arts advocates and taking an active role in their communities.
