Hip In Detroit's Quick Guide to Mo Pop

Mo Pop returns to West Riverfront Park this Saturday and Sunday! This year's festival includes big names like Lizzo and Vampire Weekend, alongside local favorites like The Messenger Birds and Craig Brown Band. Whether you're going one day or both, here's everything you need to know all in one place!

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Festival Passes: 
Saturday Only $95
Sunday Only  $95
Weekend Pass $149.50
Four Pack Weekend Passes $549

You can also pick up fee-free tickets at UHF Records and Third Man Records, you can see the full list of fee-free ticket providers here.

Location:1801 W. Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48216.

Parking: Festival parking is $25 a day or $40 for the weekend but you can't keep your car there overnight. We suggest parking someplace else and Ubering, Lyfting, or riding over. Detroit Bike City is going to be offering secure bike parking at the entrance to the festival.


The Shipyard- This is where you can sit down and eat! This years food lineup includes Street Beet, Imperial, Antihero, Public House, Chilli Mustard Onions, Detroit Cookie Company and Hop Cat.

Food Trucks: Need a quick bite because you don't want to miss a second of the music? This is the spot! Here's what trucks will be on site:
Treat Dreams
Island Noodles
Nosh Pit
Hero or Villain
Chick-A-Dee
The Happy Patty
Big Dipper Edible Cookie Dough
Slows To Go
Rollin’ Stone
Shredderz
Detroit Taco Factory
Chicken Coupe
Fire and Rice
Little Brother’s Burgers
Los Dos Amigos

Craft Bazaar- Need a break from the music? Head over to the bazaar to check out lots of great local merchants including:
White Owl Jewelry
Vintage Liz
Subversive Image
Cool Critters
Artshark
The Moon Temples
Lurk & Destroy
Goldeluxe
Arthur's Plaid Pants
Outer Spaceways Apparel
Science Bee
Color Wheel
Gingerly Made
Alchemy Henna
Handmade Detroit
Reware Vintage
The Foxy Hipster
Artsy Fart
Detroit GT
Make Do Studio
Bringing the Happy
Plateful Jewelry
Solstice Handmade
Flint Candle Co.


Mo Arcade: Mo Pop has teamed up Offworld Arcade to build an air-conditioned tent filled with classic arcade games, high score contests, prizes, drinks, and local DJs.

What Should I Bring: Refillable water bottle (cannot be glass)
What Can I Bring: A blanket, an inflatable couch, sunscreen, hand sanitizer, cell phone charger
You CAN rent a locker! Learn more here. 


Saturday River Stage Music Schedule:
1:30 pm - The Messenger Birds
2:15 pm - Siena Liggins
3:35 pm - Roy Blair

5:05 pm - Snail Mail

6:45 pm - Wallows

8:40 pm - Lizzo

Saturday Grande Stage Schedule:

2:50 pm - The Band CAMINO

4:20 pm - Alec Benjamin

5:55 pm - J.I.D

7:40 pm - King Princess

10:00 pm - Vampire Weekend

Saturday Haute to Death and Friends Stage:

6:00 pm - Tammy Lakkis

7:30 pm - LADYMONIX x Whitney Fierce

10:30 pm - Haute to Death

Sunday River Stage Schedule:

1:30 pm - The Doozers
2:15 pm - Craig Brown Band

3:35 pm - Tiny Moving Parts

5:05 pm - Yellow Days

6:40 pm - The Story So Far

8:45 pm - Ella Mai

Sunday Grande Stage Schedule:

2:50 pm - Goth Babe

4:20 pm - Caamp

5:50 pm - Whitney

7:35 pm - Kali Uchis

10:00 pm - Tame Impala

Sunday Haute to Death and Friends Schedule:

6:00 pm - Problematic Black Hottie

7:30 pm - Ladylike

9:00 pm - Haute to Death

10:30 pm - Mira Fahrenheit

~S

Mo Pop Brings Bon Iver, The National and More to West Riverfront Park

This weekend, Mo Pop Festival will bring over 20 awesome acts to West Riverfront Park in Detroit. Now in its sixth year, this festival has featured big name national acts like Modest Mouse and Foster The People, with local and independent artists like Flint Eastwood and Stef Chura. This year, the fest has a packed lineup, with Bon Iver and The National headlining the event. Also on the bill are Portugal. The Man, St. Vincent, Vince Staples, Highly Suspect, Brockhampton, Daniel Caesar, Billie Eilish, Alvvays, Turnover, Rex Orange County, Dermot Kennedy, Homeshake, Jeff Rosenstock, Clairo, S. Carey, Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, lovelytheband, Empty Houses, Shortly, and Curtis Roach. This will be two amazing days of music that you definitely don't want to miss!

Mo Pop 2018 will be taking place on Saturday, July 28th and Sunday, July 29th. Tickets for the festival are $145 for the weekend or $95 per day. You can purchase your tickets in advance here. In addition to all of the great music at Mo Pop, there will be small "villages" set up throughout the festival with all sorts of fun features. For example, The Mo Arcade is an air conditioned tent featuring arcade games from Offworld Arcade, along with contests and DJs. There will also be artists, vendors, craft beers, and a food truck alley with some delicious eats!

Festival gates will open at 1 p.m. each day, with the first act hitting the stage at 1:30. Curtis Roach will kick the festival off on Saturday, and trust us when we say that you don't want to miss his set! Check out the full schedule for the weekend below.

And whether or not you can make it to Mo Pop this year, make sure you check out the official Mo Pop After Parties happening both nights at PJ's Lager House. Saturday night's lineup will feature Homeshake and Ohio Wild. Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers and Jerry Dreams will play on Sunday. Cover for each night is $20 and 21+ are welcome. For more info on Saturday's after party, click here. For info on Sunday's after party, click here.

For everything you need to know about Mo Pop and the After Parties, head over to MoPopFestival.com.

~C

Get Ready for Mo Pop this Week at The Loving Touch

This summer, Mo Pop will return to West Riverfront Park! The festival will take place on July 28th and 29th and will bring big names like Bon Iver and Portugal. The Man to the stage. But first, the folks behind Mo Pop will be partying at The Loving Touch this Wednesday night!

This Wednesday, the Loving Touch is hosting another installment of their epic tribute nights, but this time around they are paying tribute to the entire Mo Pop Festival, instead of one particular artist. They are bring some great locals out to perform songs from Mo Pop artists of the past and present. Some of the bands on the bill include JUNGLEFOWL  as St. Vincent, Jerry Dreams as alt-J, Boys  as Mac DeMarco, Marrow Streep as a combo of St. Vincent, Phantogram and Modest Mouse, and Throwaway + goodmorrow will be playing tunes from Run The Jewels and Vince Staples. It should be an awesome night and a great way to get you in the mood for Mo Pop next month!

Cover for the Mo Pop Tribute night is 100% free and all ages are welcome to attend. This is also a great opportunity to pick up your tickets to Mo Pop, because there will be folks from the festival on site selling them fee free. They will also be giving away records and other goodies at the show! It all kicks off at 7 p.m. this Wednesday night. To check out a full lineup for the evening and get more info on this show, click here. To check out this year's lineup for Mo Pop, click here.

~C

Win Tickets to See Curtis Roach at El Club

Just a couple of weeks ago, Mo Pop announced its lineup for 2018. One of the most anticipated events in Detroit every year, this festival has brought out huge names like Modest Mouse, Chromeo, Foster the People and Run the Jewels, performing alongside some of Detroit's biggest up and coming acts. Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Tunde Olaniran and Stef Chura are just a few of the local acts that have graced the stage at Mo Pop. Well, this year's lineup has been announced and Bon Iver, Portugal. The Man and St. Vincent are just some of the big names on the bill. As far as local acts go, Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers will be performing along with Empty Houses and Curtis Roach.

For those that aren't familiar with Curtis Roach, he is a hip-hop artist from right here in Detroit. His latest release Highly Caffeinated was named on the list of Best Hip Hop on Bandcamp. He sites 70's jazz, soul music and late 90's and early 2000's hip-hop as some of his influences. Give him a listen below.

Before you check out Curtis Roach at one of the biggest festivals of the year , you have a chance to see him perform live at El Club this Thursday night. Cover to see him at one of the best venues in Detroit is only $10 and tickets can be purchased in advance here. You can also win a pair of tickets to the show by sending your name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with #roach in the subject line. We will draw one lucky winner on Thursday morning and will send them details on how to claim their prize.

Things are set to kick off at 9:30 on Thursday and all ages are welcome.

~C

Don't Miss Your Chance to Win Passes to Mo Pop

Mo Pop Festival is only a few days away and hipindetroit.com still has a pair of passes to give away for the weekend! This year's two-day event will feature performances by an array of artists, including Alt-J, Foster The People, Run the Jewels, Solange, Tyler the Creator and more! We will be drawing our winner on the 29th so you still have time to enter.

If you would like to win passes to the show please share this article and tag us @hipindetroit. You can post this on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, just makes sure that you tag us and that your account is not set to private because if it is, we will not be able to see it! You can also guarantee yourself a good time by buying your tickets to the show here.

~S

Win Passes to Mo Pop Festival 2017!

Mo Pop Festival will be returning to the Detroit West Riverfront Park this Saturday and Sunday, July 29th and 30th. This is the fifth year that the fest will be hosted on the city's west riverfront and the lineup is better than ever! The two day event will feature a variety of musical acts including Foster The People, Run The Jewels, Alt-J, Solange, Tyler the Creator, Phantogram, Wavves, Stef Chura and more!

The festival also features a ton of cool things to keep you entertained throughout the day. This includes a food truck alley, a craft bazaar, a biergarten, an arcade, and a tech tent.  A few Detroit companies will also be at the festival to entertain and educate. This includes Citizen Yoga who will host open classes on Saturday and the Detroit Dart Club who will be serving up some serious game play throughout the weekend.

Tickets to attend the event range from $75 to $125 a piece depending on what days you want to attend and what kind of tickets that you want. Tickets are significantly cheaper if you purchase them in advance and there are special discounts if you buy a four pack or book a hotel with your passes. You can check out all the ticket options for the show here.

You can also enter to win a pair of passes to attend the entire show for free courtesy of AEG and hipindetroit.com. If you would like to enter to win please share this article on twitter, instagram, or Facebook and tag @hipindetroit. Don't forget, you have to add us or else we won't be able to see your tag and we won't be able to give you the tickets! We will draw one lucky person on Friday July 29th and they will win a pair of passes to check out the fest for free.

Doors for the show will open at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. No chairs or coolers are permitted, but you are allowed to bring refillable water bottles, which you can fill up for free throughout the day. For a list of local hotels that you can stay at over the weekend click here and for parking information click here. Bikes are welcome and there is a bike parking station located at the event courtesy of Detroit Bike Company.

There are also a few official after parties that you can attend during Mo Pop weekend, to learn more about those click here. 

~S

Mo Pop Brings Matt & Kim, Shakey Graves, Fidlar and More to Detroit

It's summer in the city which means one thing, festivals!!!! Movement has come and gone and Dirt Fest is still  a few weeks away, but Mo Pop is right around the corner!

Mo Pop is a 2 day festival in the heart of Detroit that has a killer musical lineup, a great lineup of food choices, and a bunch of really cool shops and activities to try throughout the day! First, we can talk about the music. Then we can talk about the food, and finally will talk about all the random fun that you can get into at the festival.

This year's festival will feature two stages, the Fender Stage and The Grande stage. Saturday, the Fender Stage will feature Tunde Olaniran, Quilt, Coast Modern, Twin Peaks, Borns, and Haim. The Grande stage will feature Panama Wedding, Bishop Briggs, Fidlar, Glass Animals and G-Eaxy. Sunday, the Fender Stage will feature The Greeting Committee, Lewis Del Mar, Raury, Kaleo, Shakey Graves, Father John Misty, and The Head & The Heart. The Grande stage will feature Banners, Nothing But Thieves, Mac Demarco, Matt & Kim, and M83. There will be live  music playing from 12:45 p.m. 'til 11p.m. both days!

This year's Food Truck Rally Alley will feature delicious treats from Detroit 75 Kitchen, Concrete Cuisine, Andiamo, Chicken Coupe, Dago Joes, Delectabowl , El Guapo, Go! Sy Thai, Hero or Villain,  Island Noodles, Living Foods to Go, Lod Dos Amigos, Mac Shack, The Mean Weenie, Rollin Stone, The Rolling Stoves, Shimmy Shack, Slows BBQ, The Pita Post, The Twisted Mitten, Treat Dreams, Bear Claw Coffee, and Mercurio Foods Chicken Truck.

Finally, there will be a lot to do throughout the day. There will be a craft bazaar that will feature vendors like All Things Grown, Aromaholic, Arthur's Plaid Pants, Blackenedruby, Burton And Levy, Courtney Fischer Jewelry, Gingerly Made, Glass Action, Handmade Detroit, Hooray Forever, Humbleebee Family Farm, Jodi Lynn's Emporium of Doodles, Mended, Reware Vintage, Re-Zip It, and Spazz Happy Line Design.

You can take a turn at vandalizing the PBR van or making your mark on the InkAddict wall. You can create your own record at the PBR record pressing station and play darts with the Detroit Dart Club. And you might be able to meet one of your favorite artists at the signings that will be announced the day of the show! There is also a beer tent with a variety of great beers and you can play an arcade game inside an air conditioned tent.

Mo Pop offers a lot more than music. They offer an experience to their guests. Tickets to attend the show are $89.50 a day for regular admission and $199.99 a day for VIP. You can buy weekend general admission passes for $125.00 and $249.00 for VIP.  You can also win a pair of tickets from us! AEG Live was nice enough to give us two pairs of tickets for both days of the show! To enter to win a pair of tickets to the show, you can email your full name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with your address. We will be mailing a pair of tickets to four lucky people first thing Monday morning so that they will have them before the show.

Mo Pop takes place in, West Riverfront Park, located along West Jefferson Avenue between Rosa Parks Boulevard and Joe Louis Arena.

~S

Win Tickets to Mo Pop!!!

This weekend there is a HUGE festival happening in Detroit featuring some of the biggest names in music right now. It's Mo Pop and it is going to be amazing! This is only the third edition of this festival, that started off in 2013 at Freedom Hill. The festival has already grown by leaps and bounds, adding a second day and featuring big names like Modest Mouse.

This year's Mo Pop will take place on Saturday, July 25th and Sunday, July 26th. It has changed venues and will now take place at West Riverfront Park, on Detroit's Riverfront west of Cobo and the rest of Downtown Detroit. The exact location is 1801 W. Jefferson in Detroit. The festival will feature 2 stages, food trucks, local crafters selling their goods, a biergarten featuring microbrews and Michigan made beers, and Mo Tech, featuring "local hacker spaces, artists, start-ups, and inventors".

Although the entire festival is pretty cool, the biggest part is obviously the music. This year's lineup is absolutely outstanding! Saturday you can see George Morris & The Gypsy Chorus, Coin, Ryley Walker, Ex Cops, Natalie Prass, Coasts, King Tuff, James Bay, Atlas Genius, Iron & Wine with Ben Bridwell, Brandon Flowers and Chromeo. Sunday's lineup includes ELEL, Dreamers, Sonny & The Sunsets, In The Valley Below, Givers, Wild Child, Viet Cong, Saint Motel, The Front Bottoms, Passion Pit, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas and Modest Mouse! Holy smokes! To see set times for all of these great acts click here. And just because we absolutely love Chromeo, turn the sound up, press play on the video below, and dance!

If you would like to attend this year's Mo Pop festival you can pick your tickets up here. Single day passes are $69, a weekend pass is $99, or you can take advantage of the 4 pack of 2-day passes including 4 t-shirts for $199, quite the deal. But, we have an even better deal for you! Thanks to our amazingly awesome friends putting on Mo Pop we are giving away FOUR pairs of weekend passes to Mo Pop! That's right, we will draw 4 lucky winners that will get to head out to Mo Pop this weekend with a friend for FREE! To enter to win these tickets just email your name to hipindetroit@gmail.com with Mo Pop in the subject. If you'd like to double your chances, hit us up on Social Media and let us know you want to win (Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram). We will draw our lucky winners the morning of the show and will let them know how to claim their prize. 

For more details on Mo Pop and to stay in the loop on all of the happenings this weekend, head over and "like" them on Facebook here. 

~C

Mo Pop Festival at Freedom Hill

I was very happy to see that Freedom Hill has started hosting events again. I have seen some legendary bands and classic movies on the hill and was bummed that it laid mostly dormant for the last few summers. This year it has had a steady flow of events and I've been hearing good feedback from those that have attended.

This weekend Freedom Hill is hosting a concert called the Mo Pop Festival that will feature some great acts including two great locals, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Jamaican Queens. For a full list of performers please go to MoPopFest.com.

Mo Pop will also have a Biergarten, a food truck rally, a Vaudeville revival sideshow, and an artist village featuring different pieces from all different types of artists.

Tickets for this event are $39.50 for general admission and $99 for VIP tickets. The show starts at Noon and Freedom Hill is located at 14900 Metro Parkway in Sterling Heights.

I have always had a great time whenever I visited " The Hill" and I am looking forward to finally going back and seeing what is new this weekend.

~S