Over 20 Detroit bands have come together to raise money for victims of the Haitian earthquake. Detroit Rocks For Haiti takes place on Friday, January 29th and Saturday, January 30th at the Magic Stick in Detroit.

Papa Joe Zainea (co-owner of the Majestic Theatre Center) approached retired Detroit Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and asked if there was a way the Majestic could help. Bishop Gumbleton was instrumental in starting a clinic in Port Au Prince three years ago called Klinik Sen Michel. The Bishop is taking a group down to Haiti at the end of January to provide medical assistance to the many earthquake victims.

Doors for the event open at 8pm each night and music starts promptly at 8:30pm. The minimum donation for each night of the benefit is $8 but larger donations will be accepted.

For those that can’t make it down to the event, there is information on how to make a contribution on Bishop Gumbleton’s website: www.bishopgumbleton.org.

Net proceeds from the event will help Bishop Gumbleton purchase medical supplies to take with his team to Klinik Sen Michel – bandages, analgesics, antibiotics, ointments, antiseptics, etc.

Full schedule:

JANUARY 29th

01:00 AM       FRIENDLY FOES (MAIN STAGE)
12:30 AM       COPPER THIEVES (SIDE STAGE)
12:00 AM       FOUR HOUR FRIENDS (MAIN STAGE)
11:30 PM       SECRET TWINS (SIDE STAGE)
11:00 PM       CHARLIE SLICK (MAIN STAGE)
10:30 PM       OLD EMPIRE (SIDE STAGE)
10:00 PM       BLACK JAKE AND THE CARNIES (MAIN STAGE)
09:30 PM       FAWN (SIDE STAGE)
09:00 PM       THE COLD WAVE (MAIN STAGE)
08:45 PM       THE HANDGRENADES (SIDE STAGE)
08:30 PM       DESIGNASAUR (MAIN STAGE)

JANUARY 30th

01:00 AM       BUMP (MAIN STAGE)
12:30 PM       SISTERS OF YOUR SUNSHINE VAPOR (SIDE STAGE)
12:00 PM       ELECTRIC FIRE BABIES (MAIN STAGE)
11:30 PM       TROY GREGORY (SIDE STAGE)
11:00 PM       THE JULIETS (MAIN STAGE)
10:30 PM       DECIBILT (SIDE STAGE)
10:00 PM       MICK BASSETT AND THE MARTHAS (MAIN STAGE)
09:30 PM       TBA (SIDE STAGE)
09:00 PM       COMPUTER PERFECTION (MAIN STAGE)
08:45 PM       TBA (SIDE STAGE)
08:30 PM       BODY HOLOGRAPHIC (MAIN STAGE)

Anthony Morrow
Majestic Theatre Center
Ph: (313) 833-9700 x200
Fax: (313) 833-0314
http://www.majesticdetroit.com

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

The Jazz Café is the most significant contribution to music in southeastern Michigan in recent memory and “Jazzpolice.com” calls it the most important jazz club to open in America this year.

Mary Stallings with special guest
Eric Reed

October 31 Jazz Café Halloween Party 9pm
November 2 Ain’t Misbehavin’ Auditions 7pm
November 3 Discovery Series 7pm / WSU Open Jam Session 9pm NO COVER!!!
November 4 Ain’t Misbehavin’ Call Backs 7pm
November 5 Alex Party 6pm
November 6 DJ Lajedi 5pm / Sheila Lovely 8:30pm
November 7 TBD
November 10 International Women’s Forum 6:30pm
November 11 DJ LaJedi 5pm / Jazzy R&B Session w/High Profile 8pm NO COVER!!!
November 12 Detroit Tonight Live w/M.L. Liebler 7pm NO COVER
November 13 Kimberly Davis
November 14 Drake TBD
November 17 1592 7pm / WSU Open Jam Session 9pm NO COVER!!!
November 18 DJ LaJedi 5pm / Jazzy R&B Session w/High Profile 8pm NO COVER!!!
November 20 MARY STALLINGS 8:30pm & 11pm www.ticketmaster.com or 313.887.8500
November 21 MARY STALLINGS 8:30pm & 11pm www.ticketmaster.com or 313.887.8500
November 27 TBD
November 28 TBD

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

Downtown Windsor

Harvesting The FAM is Windsor Ontario’s largest independent inter-arts festival designed for the promotion and development of independent Film, Artistic and Musical talents working in any medium or genre. The festival creates a positive, open-minded space for a diverse array of artists to exhibit, promote, perform and sell their works.

You can catch live hip hop from Windsor/Detroit all the way to Copenhagen, as well as indie rock, minimal techno, electro, folk, spoken word, DJs, hot new producer showcases and more! Some of our featured artists include Nick Speed, Magestik Legend, Drummer B, The Golden Eagles, live hip hop bands The Definition and of Mice & Musicians. We’re also offering free film and art exhibitions, from Windsor/Detroit filmmakers and visual artists, a live outdoor projection installation from Broken City Lab and a fashion show put on by the FAM Fashion Team.

It’s all for FREE in downtown Windsor at the best independent businesses we could find!

Check the full festival music schedule at www.famfest.ca. Click “artists” to see who’s work will be on the walls and on-screen.

Our films this year are a very rare and special treat and will feature a number of exhibitors whose movies put focus on urban Detroit. We’ll showcase everything from experimental film to hip hop beat-videos, documentaries and feature films from the area.

with Gorevette & The Chet Offensive

http://www.myspace.com/coldcockdetroit

http://www.myspace.com/gorevette

The legendary Detroit pop-punkers are getting together for a very special reunion show at the Bag. Coldock’s “I Wanna Be Rich” 45 is one of the most highly collectable records in town. The band was so hot that Stewart Copeland of the Police still raves about the gig that they played with them. Gorevette (featuring Nikki Corvette and Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls) and the Chet Offensive open the show.

Doors 8:00PM, $10.00

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:00pm
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 12:00am
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD

The 30+ proud persons of Chicago’s Mucca Pazza present a wild, chaotic punk, marching band experience complete with cheerleaders, spandex and … did we mention chaos? They will be joined at MOCAD by Computer Perfection, an exciting new art pop experience cultivated from an old Detroit favorite, Pas/Cal.

Doors at 8PM
showtime at 9PM sharp
$7.00
all ages
cash bar
MOCAD cafe will be in service from 7PM to 9PM
4454 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI
Phone: 313-832-6622
Email: info@mocadetroit.org