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Music
The birthplace of Motown and Techno, Detroit has a rich musical heritage of artists who have called the iconic city ‘home’. MOTOWN ROCK | POP STEVIE MADONNA | IGGYPOP WONDER DIANA ROSS ALICECOOPER THE TEMPTATIONS BOB SEGER | KID ROCK SMOKEY ROBINSON THE WHITE STRIPES
RON CARTER | JAMES CARTER RALPHE ARMSTRONG | REGINA CARTER JAZZ YUSEF LATEEF | MILT JACKSON Detroit is home to the world's oldest operating Jazz club – Baker's Keyboard Lounge. It’s been going since May 1934! RAP AND HIP HOP EMINEM | J DILLA | SLUM VILLAGE BIG SEAN | DANNY BROWN BLUES LITTLE SONNY JOHN LEE GOSPEL HOOKER ARETHA FRANKLIN | FRED HAMMOND ALBERTA THE WINANS | KAREN CLARK SHEARD JOHNNY BASSETT
SETH TROXLER | JUAN ATKINS TECHNO DERRICK MAY | KEVIN SAUNDERSON Entrepreneurship
INDUSTRY INVESTMENT URBAN GARDENS INNOVATION The Detroit bike Local Detroit In Detroit, there are There are plans to industry is booming entrepreneur Dan Gilbert, create an 'Innovation and Detroit Bikes, the has invested nearly District' in Midtown largest manufacturer, 1,300 and Downtown produces a huge urban gardens for Detroit which will $1.7billion provide workspace community farming in companies including which is kick-starting and money for sports teams, tech 50,000 the need for seed, budding companies, start-ups and bikes every year fertiliser and equipment entrepreneurs entrepreneurial ventures. supplier businesses He's purchased and refurbished 70 buildings in Downtown Detroit alone. It is estimated that School children in a new idea for a Detroit aspire to be The urban farming community start up is generated entrepreneurs - more in Detroit every than any other job produces enough fruit and veg Detroit street artists to supply Matthew and Tristan 27 mins Eaton spearheaded the Detroit Beautification 20% Detroit Airport is Project, an art project of the city an extremely bringing vibrancy back important hub. to Detroit Created in Detroit, Within three hours Vernors Ginger of landing in Ale was one of Detroit, you can the nation's first connect onto soda pops. It's so North popular that the American unique flavour is 65 cities still around after 140yrs Creativity
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY MICHIGAN’S IN DETROIT EMPLOYS ARTS AND CULTURAL DESTINATIONS THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTE NEARLY #SAYNICETHINGS 12,300 $2.5 BILLION WAS ACTUALLY CREATED TO STATE TOURISM AND IN THE 1970S BY SMALL PEOPLE CONTINUES TO GROW BUSINESS OWNER, EMILY GAIL, WHO CAMPAIGNED FOR PEOPLE TO 'SAY NICE THINGS’ ABOUT THE CITY DETROIT IS HOME TO THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS IN THE US SPANNING ARCHITECTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN, LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
DUE TO ITS STREET ART CULTURE
ARTISTS HOW & NOSM DETROIT USES MORE LITRES OF ARE CREATING THE WORLD’S TALLEST MURAL IN DOWN PAINT PER SQUARE METRE -TOWN THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE US 345 FEET HIGH DETROIT 1,000 AND 100 ARTISTS HELPED CLEAN UP VOLUNTEERS DETROIT BY CREATING STREET ART, WINNING THE ‘KEEP MICHIGAN BEAUTIFUL AWARD’ The Heidelberg Project (“HP”) is a Detroit-based community organisation designed to improve the lives of people and neighbourhood surroundings through art
A UNIQUE BICYCLE RIDE EVERY MONDAY SLOW ROLL UNITES RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS – EXPLORING AMAZING DETROIT SPOTS THE BIGGEST ROLL TO DATE INCLUDED 3,000 PEOPLE!
WITH EIGHTEEN THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS PROFESSIONAL THEATRES, HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST DETROIT'S THEATRE DISTRICT ART COLLECTIONS IN THE US, WHICH INCLUDES WORK IS THE NATION'S SECOND FROM VAN GOGH, PICASSO LARGEST AFTER NYC AND FREDERICK CHURCH
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