Willie Mac Jr
Leah Hill shows off Roosevelt Park, the home of the inaugural Kindred Music & Culture Festival.
You can plan a killer music festival, but you can't predict the weather.
Saturday was supposed to mark the arrival of Detroit's inaugural Kindred Music & Culture Festival — a day of outdoor music and fun featuring performances by emerging Motor City artists like Payroll Giovanni, Bevlove, Willie Mac Jr., and more. However, on Tuesday night festival organizers decided to postpone the festival for a later date, due to this weekend's expected thunderstorms.
"The safety of attendants, artists, and staff is our main priority, as well assuring the proper execution of the festival," the organizers wrote in a post shared to the festival's Instagram page.
The rescheduled date is from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18. The festival will still be held at Roosevelt Park near Michigan Central Station, and the lineup remains the same. Previously purchased tickets will be honored at the new date.
We have a new date! Please mark your calendars and plan accordingly as the Kindred team will be using this extra time to make Kindred Music & Culture Festival an even greater experience ✨ pic.twitter.com/tR393mQhQJ
— Kindred Music & Culture Festival (@kindredfest) July 18, 2018
You can read our interview with festival organizer Leah Hill here.
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