Gig Gudie Extra

There is two Music Festival in the detroit area this week.

one that is happening inside that is speard out over four days, the other is happening on Saturday and it will be outdoors.

First Festival is Concert fo Colors Which is presented by the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS Detroit), From in 1992, the concert of Colors celebrates the ethnic and racial diversity of metro Detroit with diverse offering of music including African, pop, celtic, soul, indie rock, bluegrass, Latino

it was held ever year at there Former home at Chene Park in the Detroit East Side near the Detroit River, but it have Been Move the the much bigger Max. M. Fisher Music Center on Woodward in Midtown Detroit, Just about a Couple of Blocks from the Majestick theater Center

This Year good Band band to see are "The Paybacks" on Friday Night,"? and the Mysterians","Neville Brothers" and "Black Bottom Collective" on Saturday Night and on Sunday XD Wei and the band that will pack the room "They Might Be Giants"

and Better yet all of the gigs are Free

The Festival will go from Thursday with Detroit Symphony Orchestra and will go to Sunday

for More info you can go to the Concert of Colors websight at www.concertofcolors.com.

But if you can go you can hear all the Music on WHFR 88.1 FM on-air or on-line at www.whfr.fm.

the Second Festival will be outdoors and will be held on a Saturday, but only if will rain it will be held on Sunday [Accroding to the Local 4casters, it going to Nice on Saturday - Sunny and 81*]

It the Positively 4th Street Fair which is held every year on 4th Stree Near the Changeover from I-94 to the Lodge, If you are coming North off third Street Make a Left on third to Holden.

It Will take place from Noon to Midnight will have three stage of gigs

Now they dont have a websight or a myspace page, becasue this block party is so low key, so keep the Dogs and the booze at home [They won't be allow on the ground

and have fun

the Line up for the Stage by stage are below the Concert of Colors Line-up.

THE CONCERT OF COLORS
MAX M. FISHER CENTER
MIDTOWN
THURSDAY-SUNDAY

Thursday

DaimlerChrysler Main Stage

8:00 - 9:00 pm - Detroit Symphony Orchestra performing Danzas Colores

Friday

DaimlerChrysler Main Stage

7:00 - 7:50 pm - Dya Singh
8:15 - 9:00 pm - Tish Hinojosa
9:30 - 10:45 pm - Hugh Masekela

Comerica Charitable Foundation Diversity Stage

8:30 am - 12:30 pm - 2nd Annual Forum on Community, Culture & Race
5:30 - 7:00 pm - Fiamma Fumana
8:00 - 9:15 pm - The Paybacks
10:00 - 11:15 pm - The Basiks

Saturday

DaimlerChrysler Main Stage

5:00 - 5:45 pm - Sambasunda
6:15 - 7:15 pm - Fiamma Fumana w/ Mondine di Novi Italian Women's Choir
8:00 - 9:00 pm - Eddie Palmieri
9:45 - 11:00 pm - Neville Brothers

Comerica Charitable Foundation
Diversity Stage

2:00 - 2:45 pm - Preston's Historic Punch & Judy Show
3:15 - 4:25 pm - Lola Morales
5:15 - 6:15 pm - Ruby on the Vine
7:00 - 8:00 pm - ? and the Mysterians
8:45 - 9:45 pm - Black 47
10:15 - 11:30 pm - Black Bottom Collective

Rhythm Stage (outdoors)

2:30 - 3:30 pm - Sambasunda
4:00 - 5:00 pm - Singh Sisters
5:30 - 6:30 pm - Hoop Dreamz
7:00 - 8:00 pm - Steve Gorn & Yousif Sheronick: A Silk Road Journey
8:30 - 9:45 pm - Efe & Bambuti

Sunday

DaimlerChrysler Main Stage
4:00 - 5:00 pm - Golem
5:45 - 6:45 pm - Hassan Hakmoun wsg Wendell Harrison & Rayse Biggs
7:30 - 8:45 pm - They Might Be Giants
9:30 - 10:45 pm - Steel Pulse

Comerica Charitable Foundation
Diversity Stage

2:00 - 2:45 pm - XD Wei
3:15 - 4:15 pm - Nawal
4:45 - 5:45 pm - Catie Curtis
6:30 - 7:45 pm - Thomas Mapfumo
8:30 - 9:30 pm - Golem
10:15 - 11:30 pm - Dj Dolores

Rhythm Stage (outdoors)

1:45 - 2:15 pm - Tagumpay Filipino Dance Ensemble
2:30 - 3:30 pm - Steve Gorn & Yousif Sheronick: A Silk Road Journey
4:00 - 5:00 pm - Sunkwa
5:30 - 6:45 pm - Gratitude Steel Band
7:15 - 8:15 pm - Larry Fratangelo's Drum Devils
8:15 - 9:30 pm - Drum Devils Rhythm Circle

THE POSITIVELY 4TH STREET FAIR
FORTH STREET NEAR HOLDEN
NEW CENTER AREA NEAR WAYNE STATE
SATURDAY

Street Stage

Cop Heavy
Swis Family Robinson And Audra Kubat
Artie's Praise Band
Bomb and Halos
THTX
Supa Emcee and Konfiict
The Space Band
Gondwanaland
Hell's Belles and Merci
TFM
Head Rock
Versiz
Wooof Pack
Purple Gang

Park Stage

Dondo de Mancha
The Spanish Castle
Sneaaky and the Rat
Art Exchange
Eric Dilaworth
The Universe Will Get You Back
Kocho Bi-Sexual [From New York City]
Pirate Live
Audra Kubat

Alley Stage

Circus Boy
Syreens
Quixotic
EdgeWise
K-9
Sliverspine
Shock of The Cold
Sugar Brown