Movement, The 2009 Detroit Electronic Music Festival Line Up and Ticket Information Wiki

It’s one of the only Electronic Dance Music Events of it’s size in the United States, and it’s in my hometown, Detroit Michigan (“Shout out to the 6 mile and Livernois area, St. Benedictine Graduates, and Eastern Michigan University!“).

The 2009 Detroit Electronic Music Festival is in it’s 10th year and will take place Memorial Day Week End (May 23-25, Noon To Midnight)  in Hart Plaza, in Downtown Detroit. Michigan.

The Line Up:

The Prodigy will get Movement 2009 Weekend started with an electrifying performance on Friday, May 22nd at The Fillmore in Detroit during the official Movement kick-off party, which will also feature performances by Paxahau Resident DJ Chuck Flask and Evan Evolution at the State Bar.

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Tickets:

Doors to The Prodigy performance open at 7:00 p.m. Early Bird tickets for this all ages show can be purchased at www.livenation.com starting at $20 each.

Starting at Noon on Saturday, May 23rd Techno heads, House heads and electronic dance music enthusiasts from across the globe will pour through the turnstiles at Detroit’s Hart Plaza for the start of Movement 2009.

And for the next three days and nights they will have a chance to experience the ultimate outdoor electronic music venue. 36 hours of music; 4 stages and more than 70 electronic music artists and DJs.

Movement 2009 weekend passes (May 23rd, 24th, and 25th) are available for purchase at a discounted presale price of $40. To purchase your passes today click here.

Paxahau is now in its fourth year as producers of Movement. Last year nearly 80,000 electronic music fans attended the Memorial Day weekend festival. URB Magazine readers named Movement 2008 as their “Festival of the Year.”

Travel Deals:

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Additional Information:

This festival would not happen without the tireless efforts of our excellent volunteer staff.
If you are interested in joining the team, please click the link below to get started.
• Volunteer

For all other departments please see the below links.
• Media
• Sponsorship
• Vending
• General info

History:

The Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) and its successors comprise an annual series of electronic dance music showcases held in Detroit each Memorial Day weekend since 2000. Following the first three events under the name Detroit Electronic Music Festival (2000–2002) were Movement (2003–2004), Fuse-In (2005) and currently, Movement: Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival (2006–present), with each name change reflecting shifts in festival management. All of these festivals continued the DEMF’s traditions by featuring performances by musicians and DJs and emphasizing the progressive qualities of the culture surrounding electronic music.

The first Detroit Electronic Music Festival was held in 2000, established by Carol Marvin and her company Pop Culture Media. Marvin had previously been a sponsorship organizer for the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival and Detroit-Montreux Jazz Festival, and was a producer of the 1993 Michigan State Fair.

The DEMF was intended to give Detroit and its overlooked history of electronic music major exposure both locally and nationally. Carl Craig, hired by Carol Marvin to act as “Artistic Director”, booked a diverse range of the talent, from big internationally recognized names to lesser-known local talent. Patterned on high-profile dance music festivals in Europe, the DEMF had free admission and attracted many international attendees.

Each festival has been held at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit, and has been sanctioned and financially supported by the City of Detroit. The city’s support for the festival has been seen by many as the first high-profile acknowledgment and celebration of the city as the birthplace of techno music.

Previous Festivals:

• DEMF 2006
• DEMF 2007
• DEMF 2008
• DEMF 2009

2009 DEMF Links and Sources:

*View Event Calender

*Detroit Electronic Music Festival on Wikipedia

*Paxahau.com

*Detroit Metro Times

*http://www.myspace.com/detroitmusicfest

*Want Tickets

Purchase DEMF Artist and Music on iTunes:

• Derrick May
• Bad Boy Bill
• Benny Benassi
• Carl Cox
• Dennis Ferrer
• Francois K
• Kevin Saunderson
• Steve Bug
• Tiefschwarz
• The Detroit Experiment
  

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