This community-wide event will be held at the Royal Oak Farmers Market on Saturday, April 17th from 5pm-12am.
Admission is $5 (children under 5 years old are free.)

Live entertainment, food, beer, wine, kid’s activities and raffles!

Scheduled to perform:
The Candy Band
http://www.candyband.com/
The Royal Oak Children’s Choir
http://www.royaloakchildrenschoir.org/
Bob Mervak
The Polish Muslims
http://www.thepolishmuslims.com/master.html
Jennifer Westwood
http://www.myspace.com/jenniferwestwood
The Satin Peaches
http://www.myspace.com/thesatinpeaches
The Wednesdees
http://www.myspace.com/thewednesdees

Food Vendors
Inn Season Cafe- Vegetarian
http://theinnseasoncafe.com/
Mezza Mediterranean Grille
http://www.mezzagrille.com/
Lazy Bones Smokehouse- BBQ
http://lazybonessmokehouse.net/
Royal Oak Women’s Club- Hot Dogs
http://royaloakwomansclub.org/
Royal Oak Elementary Schools- Popcorn, drinks, fruit, bake sale items
http://www.royaloakschools.com/portal/
Tasi Juice Bar- Power smoothies and coffee
http://tasifresh.com/
Cloverleaf Fine Wine
http://cloverleafwine.com/
Millking It Productions- Beer (Just moved from Pontiac to Royal Oak!)

We have more vendors!
Nth Degree Fitness
http://www.nthdegreefitness.com/index.php
Gilded Lotus Henna- Henna body art
http://gildedlotushenna.com/index.htm
Four Seasons Garden Center & Custom Landscape Services
http://www.fourseasonsgardencenter.com/
Two Women and a Ho
http://www.twowomenandahoe.com/
Yoga Shelter
http://www.yogashelter.com/
With My Own Two Hands- Massage Therapy- chair massages
http://www.withmyowntwohandsmt.com/

Kids Activities:
A Step Outside of the Box
http://www.outsideofthebox.biz/
Mar-E-Lynn The Clown- face painting
http://www.aclown.com/
Scavenger Hunt
Tons of crafts

Visit http://www.royaloakcommunityfarm.com for more information.

Royal Oak Farmers Market
316 East 11 Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI

Travel back in time to the decade of decadence- the‘80s-this holiday season to revisit a Detroit dance club that was the epitome of ‘80s glory. Todd’s, formally known as Todd’s Sway Lounge, was a gay nightclub on Detroit’s far eastside that was on the cutting edge of the new wave of eighties music and lifestyle.

Detroit club impresario- Stirling, first approached the owners of the venue in 1983 and convinced them to try out a dance music night on Monday evenings to cater to a growing subculture of club kids. The owners welcomed this idea, and a new dance party, “Modern Dance Mondays” was launched. Stirling hired the eclectic DJ Charles English to spin the latest in dance music, Euro-pop, new wave and even some punk classics and funk gems thrown into the explosive mix of music that had the patrons up and dancing the night away. When Monday nights became thee popular weekly destination, they expanded to Thursday nights as well. The nightclub was one-of-a-kind as it featured more than just a dance floor. A basement theater was dubbed “the video coffin” that showed cult films and videos and was first hosted by Kory Clarke (later of the band Warrior Soul) and then hosted by film auteur/bartender-the fabulous Marla for 6 years, upstairs featured Benson’s couture clothing boutique called “Transvestia Dementia” (and later turned into a record store “Blitz Records” run by Michael Fiscus) and the vintage clothing/record store/ art gallery called “Chaos,” run by promoter Sue Static. Todd’s also became a premiere concert venue and hosted many bands on its stage. A variety of acts such as The Alarm, Violent Femmes, Screamin Jay Hawkins and later The Pogues with guest guitarist Joe Strummer performed there. The Todd’s dance parties became a main component of ‘80s subculture here in the city. The party lasted for almost a decade, up until the club changed ownership in 1990. It closed for good shortly afterward.

Back by popular demand after the first two holiday reunions last year, a Spring reunion was planned. The Todd’s Spring Reunion is SATURDAY, APRIL 3 8pm for patrons of the club to revisit the music and friends of this era. The reunions are hosted by Stirling and Sue Static and feature DJ Charles English spinning the familiar tunes that had you dancing decades ago. Downstairs, DJ Greebo spins the tunes. The night will feature drink specials of the drinks that the bar made famous, photo collages from that era and online access to chat with Todd’s fans across the country. A portion of the proceeds will also benefit MAC (Midwest AIDS Coalition) in honor of the many Todd’s employees.

The reunion will be at The Corktown Tavern located at 1716 Michigan Ave. in Detroit. (313-964-5103) 8pm doors, 21 & over welcome and $7 cover. For more information check out www.staticrecords.com/shows or email suestatic@aol.com

Performances by:
DOCTORS ORDERS
MEAN MUGGER
JAMES BALJO
INVISIBLE CRACK
AND MORE…

$3 at the door

for more information email info@cavedetroit.com

http://cavedetroit.com/index.html

Cave
The Russell Industrial Center
Kevin Beasley, Admn. Dir.
1604 Clay St.
Detroit, MI 48211

Wheatpaste>

The Hentchmen and Wheatpaste provide a night of musical entertainment for the benefit of the HUB of Detroit!
Doors at 9pm
Regretfully this show is for people 21 years old and older only.
$5 gets you in with part of the door and bar take going to the HUB of Detroit to fund our services for the community.

Also, there will be HUB t-shirts for sale along with other merchandise needs that you all have. And if you are feeling lucky, buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win a three speed cruiser built for your riding pleasure by the HUB of Detroit!

The Park Bar, 2040 Park Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Join Julianne with Kris Kurzawa at the Dragonmead Pub and Microbrewery for a few songs and some good times.

14600 E. 11 Mile Rd, Warren, MI 48089
Phone (586) 776-9428
Pub Hours: Mon-Wed 3-11pm, Thurs 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11AM-12AM
Sunday-Open 1pm-8pm

Shooting Spires is the solo-project of Brooklyn-based art rock ensemble Parts and Labor bassist/keyboardist, BJ Warshaw. The sound of this one-man-band hearkens the earliest Eno-inflected releases by Roxy Music, with a rich layering of keyboards, drum machines, over-driven guitars and voice, accented by occasional blasts of saxophone and random synthesizer loops. The resulting songs are simple, hook-laden pop buried under a sonic cloud reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine, Animal Collective and Brian Eno’s exploratory rock albums.

Deastro is the product of Randolph Chabot, a very productive kid from the outer reaches of suburban metro-Detroit. For several years Chabot has kept his Deastro persona alive through a series of home-recordings and internet releases. His early sound brought together a mash of retro-80’s, Nintendo inspired synth-pop and celebratory prog-rock, all performed by Chabot alone in various guises (drums along with pre-programmed synths, singing and playing synthesizer along to pre-programmed rhythms, etc.). On this evening, having just released their ‘Moondaggers’ LP on the internationally renowned Ghostly International label, Deastro will premiere its newest incarnation as a full band.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
4454 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 832-6622
www.mocadetroit.org

Good Luck (bloomington, in) have been winning hearts and minds everywhere they’ve visited for a few years now, and for good reason. They brought down the Cass Cafe on their first visit to Detroit a few years ago and have returned to Trumbullplex several times since. (www.myspace.com/wearegoodluck)

Michigan’s own Cheap Girls (lansing) are singlehandedly making the 90s cool again, resurrecting powerpop slacker rock along the lines of Dinosaur Jr. and the Lemonheads. The Internet loved their new record, “My Roaring 20s”. Don’t let the bloggers beat you to the punch, Michigan! (www.myspace.com/cheapgirls)

DIY punk stalwarts the Max Levine Ensemble and Delay are both on tour, from DC and Columbus respectively. TMLE may be on their last tour (though they said that last time), and Delay has a new record on Detroit’s own Salinas. The kids (and some of us older folks too) are pumped!

Trumbullplex
4210 Trumbull
Detroit, MI

* FREE SHOW * THE MUGGS * FREE SHOW *
Grand Re-Opening Event

Alvins Resurrection Concert Series with

The Muggs
With Special Guest Super Dollar
12/12/09 – 9:00pm

Bixy Lutz is playing at the Thanksgiving Rockin’ Eve Party with Ty Stone, The Truth, Doop & The Inside Outlaws, Robin Horlock, The Deadstring Brothers, Whitey Morgan & The 78’s, Brandon Calhoon, and Pat V. w/ The Detroit 3. This will be the best Detroit show of the year!

If you need tickets, contact Greg on his Bixy Lutz myspace page or pick them up at the Park Bar. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

St. Andrews Hall
Detroit, MI

Formerly of Seattle, now of NOLA, DIY darlings the Pharmacy play dance punk with
sugary melodies, drawing from 60s pop such as the Kinks. Always crowd
favorites at Trumbullplex, this is their first visit from Bayou
country. The Ruggs (formerly Oatmeal) are a young Detroit band with a
mature sound. They were capturing ears for their decidedly un-bland
funkiness before they changed their name. Same band, less cheap puns
about their “flavor.” *Another act may be added to this show.*

www.myspace.com/pharmacy , www.myspace.com/theruggsmusic , www.myspace.com/thebandoatmeal