Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Hip In Detroit's Guide to The Hamtramck Music Festival 2016

One of the best weekends of the year is finally here! It's time for The Hamtramck Music Festival! This festival is one of the best events around, showcasing over 180 different bands and musicians at 24 venues throughout Hamtramck. With that many bands playing in one city, you'll not only get to see some of your local favorites, but you have the chance to check out some new ones too.

The festival is taking place this Thursday thru Sunday, March 3rd - 6th. The first night (Thursday) is the kickoff party, so everything is happening at the Fowling Warehouse. The lineup for the night features Moonwalks, James LinckBelterraLe VoyageThe Walking BeatThe Belle IslesThe ErersCosmic Light Shapes and Five Pound Snap vs. White Bee. This is a great chance to see some amazing musicians and bands all under one roof, and a great chance to pick up your passes for the weekend. A weekend pass will get you into all of the participating venues throughout the weekend and it will only cost you $10. You can also purchase a pass online here.

With 24 venues and close to 200 bands, the weekend can be a little difficult to navigate your way through. So we thought we'd make things a little easier for you. You can check out the full lineup for each venue below, and the bands that we definitely think you should try to see are in bold.


Friday, March 4th


12:30 AM - Dirty Copper
11:30 PM - Tin Foil
10:30 PM - Sros Lords
9:30 PM - Dear Darkness

12:30 AM - Palaces
11:30 PM - Dude
10:30 PM - The High Strung
9:30 PM - D’Coolette

5:30 PM - open house

10:00 PM - Black Shampoo
9:00 PM - Mike Galbraith

7:15 PM - Bingo Mama
6:30 PM - Old Man
5:45 PM - Ryan Dillaha
5:00 PM - Eye See

12:15 AM - Interfaith
11:15 PM - Lt.baD
10:15 PM - Ancient Language
9:15 PM - Halfcrash

8:00 PM-1:00 AM - Detroit Techno Militia

8:30 PM - Air is the Arche
6:30 PM - Arianna Bardoni & Nick Martin
5:30 PM - Emma Islands

11:15 PM - Lac La Belle
10:15 PM - Audra Kubat & Tamara Finlay
9:15 PM - Athena Akram

12:45 AM - Carjack.
11:45 PM - Decisions
9:45 PM - CRIM

1:00 AM - Dehydrated Vitamin DJ set
12:00 AM - Wooden Pipe
11:00 PM - Jura
10:00 PM - Pocket Candies
9:30 PM - Adam Pierce

12:30 AM - Rogue Satellites
11:30 PM - Pewter Cub
10:30 PM - The Landmarks
9:30 PM - Unlimited Head

1:00 AM - The Imaginatron
12:00 AM - Jp from the Hp
11:00 PM - Satan Face
10:00 PM - Beekeepers

12:15 AM - Sugarcoats
11:15 PM - Growwing Pains
10:15 PM - Prude Boys
9:15 PM - Sex Police

12:45 AM - Scott Morgan
10:45 PM - Crazy Toy
9:45 PM - The Sugar Bombs

12:15 AM - Flowers Bloom
11:15 PM - Blakdog
10:15 PM - Bermudas
9:15 PM - Mango Lane

12:00 AM - Pretty Ghouls
11:00 PM - Feelings
10:00 PM - Paint Thinner

12:15 AM - Two Cheers
11:15 PM - Howlin Mercy
9:15 PM - The He Bops

12:30 AM - Detroit CYDI
11:30 PM - LXL
10:30 PM - Destroy This Place
9:30 PM - Poor Player

12:15 AM - Reunion
11:15 PM - The Blueflowers
10:15 PM - Kelly Elizabeth

12:30 AM - Radio Burns
11:30 PM - Cheerleader
10:30 PM - Golden Torso
9:30 PM - Dirtwolf

12:15 AM - Casual Sweetheart
11:15 PM - The Deadly Vipers
10:15 PM - Blood Stone
9:15 PM - AM People

12:00 AM - Roxolydian
11:00 PM - Inn
10:00 PM - The Garden of Soul

12:00 AM - Tart
11:00 PM - Phosphor Elephants
10:00 PM - Market
9:00 PM - Taxon Clade


Saturday, March 5th

12:30 AM - Choke Chains
10:30 PM - The Britemores
9:00 PM - Leah Diehl

12:30 AM - Siamese
11:30 PM - Jeecy & the Jungle
10:30 PM - Go Tiger Go
9:30 PM - Jet Black Blonde

8:30 PM - Ornamatik
7:30 PM - Stella’s Ghost
6:15 PM - Klezmer DetrOYt
3:15 PM - Tabcat Detroit
11:30 AM - open house

12:00 AM - The Scrappers
11:00 PM - Craig Brown Band
9:00 PM - Jay Clark Reid

5:30 PM - Dr. James Cornish
4:45 PM - Jenny Junior
4:00 PM - Venusloc
3:15 PM - Stef Chura
2:30 PM - Emily Rose

12:15 AM - Odd Hours
11:15 PM - Catty Club
10:15 PM - Jack Oats & the Wardsmen
9:15 PM - Soft White

10:00 PM - A. Garcia
9:00 PM - Brian Borsa
8:00 PM - Tim Carnick
7:00 PM - Alex Jackson
5:00 PM - Get Physical
4:00 PM - Brent Scudder
3:00 PM - Nano Too Hype
2:00 PM - Jeffrey Woodward
1:00 PM - Bryan Trusmoke
12:00 PM - Warren from Warren

8:00 PM - Aster
7:00 PM - The Doozers
6:00 PM - School of Rock Farmington
5:00 PM - School of Rock Rochester

12:15 AM - Border Patrol
11:15 PM - Escaping Pavement
9:15 PM - Corn Potato Duo

12:45 AM - Terrible Twos
11:45 PM - Mexican Knives
10:45 PM - Fake Surfers
9:45 PM - K9 Sniffies

2:00 AM - 78 rpm dance party
8:00 PM - Folk Blues Night
6:00 PM - Phil Leslie’s Story & Song Hour for Children

12:30 AM - Duende!
10:30 PM - VSTRS
9:30 PM - Trancers

1:00 AM - The Hentchmen
12:00 AM - Jimmy Ohio
11:00 PM - Best Exes
10:00 PM - Mountain Babies

12:15 AM - The Kickstand Band
11:15 PM - 3FT
10:15 PM - Johnny Ill Band
9:15 PM - A Love That Forgives

1:00 AM - Stikyfut
11:45 PM - The Volebeats
10:45 PM - Cameron Jones
9:45 PM - Blue Black Hours

12:15 AM - The Creepos
11:15 PM - Vnesswolfchild
10:15 PM - Shady Groves
9:15 PM - Young Punk

11:00 PM - Colorwheel
10:00 PM - Primitiv Parts

12:15 AM - Eleanora
11:15 PM - Malo Konjche
10:15 PM - Disinformants

12:30 AM - Wasabi Dream
11:30 PM - Old Empire
10:30 PM - Lipstick Marquee
9:30 PM - Eric Allen

12:15 AM - Bronze Mambas
10:15 PM - Carmel Liburdi

12:30 AM - Valley Hush
11:30 PM - Warhorses
10:30 PM - Yum
10:00 PM - Shadow Klan
9:00 PM - The End Electric

12:15 AM - Deadbeat Beat
11:15 PM - River Spirit
10:15 PM - Junk Food Junkies
9:15 PM - Missionary

12:00 AM - Sick Smile
11:00 PM - Mountain Club
10:00 PM - 1592
9:00 PM - Doctor Pizza

12:00 AM - The Ill Itches
11:00 PM - The Q
10:00 PM - The Idiot Kids
9:00 PM - Six & the Sevens


To make it a little easier to bounce around from place to place throughout the weekend there will be a free shuttle taking festival goers from place to place. Trust us when we say, take advantage of this service! When you've had a few drinks, getting from the New Dodge to the PLAV Post 10 seems like it will be a quick walk, but it takes longer than you would think! The shuttle will get you from place to face much quicker, especially when your going from one side of town to the other. Check out the map and schedule for the shuttle here

This year there is also a new addition to the festival; Food Trucks! Five great food trucks will be scattered throughout the festival on Friday and Saturday night. The list includes Delectabowl FoodThe Mean WeenieHero Or Villain VanRollin Stone Wood Fired Pizza and The Mac Shack (Saturday only).

After three crazy nights of music and partying, things will wrap up on Sunday at PLAV Post #10 with a Hangover Brunch and The Detroit Square Dance Society will be on site providing some extra fun. Great way to wrap up a great weekend!

All proceeds from The Hamtramck Music Festival go towards Ben's Encore, a non-profit that provides instruments, music lessons and scholarships to youth and school music programs. So not only do you get to see a ton of great bands for the super low price of $10, but you're also supporting a great organization! For more info on The Hamtramck Music Festival and to see the schedule broke down by venue, head over to HamtramckMusicFestival.com or just watch the video below. 



~C

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