Motors And Music- A Great Way To Spend A Sunny Saturday

With summer winding down, everyone is trying to take advantage of the nice weather and the great outdoors. This past weekend, there was a great new outdoor music festival that allowed us to spend some time outside and enjoy some great bands and entertainment.

Organized in part by Matt Dalton, Motors and Music Experience brought together several different bands from different ends of the music spectrum. Our day started off with Chiodos, the Michigan natives who recently reunited. Although they played early in the day, they had quite a few of their die-hard fans there, some of which even traveled from out of state to see these guys.

After Chiodos, we walked around and checked out some of the other entertainment, including The Detroit Circus and some motorcycle stunt men. Since there was such a variety of music playing throughout the day, it was awesome that there were also some other types of entertainment for attendees to check out if they weren't quite into the performers on stage at that time.

In addition to the entertainment there were some sweet cars to look at as well as some pretty good eats to grab. R.U.B BBQ was even there, which was a big surprise compare to the nachos and cheese and $6 slices of pizza most concerts and festivals have on hand.

Although we had to head out early to get to Tesco Fest, Motors and Music was a fun way to spend a beautiful Saturday. We hear that head-liners Stone Temple Pilots and Ice-T and CoCo both put on great shows. To see some great pictures from later in the day, head over to the Motors and Music Experience Facebook page. Hopefully this festival will return next year and will be even bigger and better than this year. And hopefully this and other events continue to make The Silverdome their home so we can bring this landmark back to life.

~CSB

Motors & Music

Fresh off the heels of the infamous Dirt Fest at Birch Run, the Metro Detroit area will host a new festival for the first time this year called Motors and Music. This is a festival created by the same man who brought you Dirt Fest, Matt Dalton. Taking his knowledge of festivals and what people want to do and hear, he has created a new event dedicated to music and cars, two things we love here in the Motor City.

The festival will take Place August 18 in the parking lot of the Pontiac Silverdome, which was once the play place of the Detroit Lions. This event features music from a wide array of acts including Stone Temple Pilots, Ice T and Coco, the return of Chiodos, Trick Trick, Hush, Mayer Hawthorne, The High Strung and even a DJ set by Dominic Raiola (Detroit Lions). They will also have a car show and other acts including performers from the Detroit Circus. Basically, this won’t just be a concert, but it will be a full day of drinking, eating, music, cars and fun!

The whole event kicks off at 11 a.m. and tickets are only $35 for general admission for the day. Ballers who want to have an even more intense experience can purchase VIP tickets that include a designated seat close to the stage and your own private bar to drink at with little to no lines throughout the day!  

~S 

Gettin' Down & Dirty at Dirt Fest!

This past Saturday the weekend took us on a short road trip. We drove up I-75 to Birch Run, but not to go to the outlet stores. Instead we were there for a day of drinking, fun, and oh yeah there was some music too!

Saturday was Dirt Fest 2012 featuring  a bunch of awesome bands including Clutch, Chiodos, Wilson and The Scenery. At first the weather had us a little worried, but the rain stayed away for most of the day. The show was a huge hit, thanks to the hard work of  Matt Dalton, along with his family and crew. Here are some pictures highlighting the day, along with a couple of songs from The Scenery and Bye Bye Birdy. (Special thanks to the beautiful and talented Jennica!)

  

If you missed out on Dirt Fest this year, don't you worry. It will be back around next year. If you can't wait until then, there is another great festival this weekend. It is presented by some of the same great folks, with a couple of the same great bands plus many, many more. Motors & Music Experience will be making its way to The Pontiac Silverdome this Sunday. The lineup includes Chiodos, Stone Temple Pilots and Mayer Hawthorne, just to name a few. For a full lineup, click here. 

Great job to all of the bands and people involved with Dirt Fest. It was a ton of fun! And thanks to everyone that hung out with us Saturday! We hope you had as much fun as we did! 

~C

Dirt Fest Lineup!

The lineup for two of the stages at Dirt Fest has been released and we wanted to let you know set times for the bands we can't wait to see.

On the Deja Vu/ Little Darling Main Stage, you do not want to miss Beast in the Field at 12, Chiodos at 7:25, Wilson at 8:15, and Clutch at 8:55.  

On the 37 Studios Stage, Bye Bye Birdy was just added to play at 5:30.  

There are three other stages, but we are unsure of when and where a few of our other favorites are playing. We look forward to The Scenery and Trash the Dress who we have been waiting impatiently to catch live. Those set times will be announced the day of the show so make sure you get there early so you don't miss a beat!  

Dirt Fest is still only $25 a ticket, but will go up to $35 if you buy them at the door. Make sure to grab your tickets now!  

To download a full schedule to your phone, you can go to here and fill out the form. They will be emailing out changes the day of the fest. You can also text dirtfest to 88460 for a schedule of autograph signings at the Ink Addict booth.  

Can't wait to party with all of you this Saturday!

~S

Dirt Fest Is Coming Up Soon!

Have you bought your tickets for Dirt Fest yet? It's coming up soon on August 11, so you better hurry! Tickets are only $25 presale, and $35 at the door. The festival goes from noon to 10 p.m. at the Birch Run Expo Center.

There are going to be a lot of great bands there like Clutch, Wilson, The Scenery, Chiodos, Beast in the Field plus TONS more! You can see the full lineup here. 

If you didn't catch our hilarious interview with Dirt Fest founder, Matt Dalton, you can still check it out right here:

Hope to see everyone August 11!