The Detroit Festival of the Arts

Midtown Detroit turns into a cultural oasis when the Detroit Festival of the Arts takes to the streets. The festival features a juried fine art and crafts market, multiple sta

Friday, June 8

Masco/Metro Times stage

•6 p.m.: Rodney Whitaker & The Professors of Jazz @ MSU

•7:30 p.m.: "The Ladies Sing the Classics" featuring Shahida Nurullah, Naima Shambourger, Alma Smith & Ursula Walker

•9:30 p.m.: Barry Harris Trio with special guests Marcus Belgrave & Donald Walden

MGM Grand Detroit Casino Music Café

•4 p.m.: Luke Sayers & Mark Iannace Band

•6 p.m.: Samite of Uganda

•8 p.m.: La Chispa and Company

•9:30 p.m.: Nomo

Wayne State/WDET-FM Stage

•4 p.m.: Rusty Wright Blues

•5:45 p.m.: Hot Sauce

•7:30 p.m.: Dengue Fever

LaSalle Bank Music & Literary Lounge

•4 p.m.: Lola Valley

•5:45 p.m.: The Oblivion Project

•7:30 p.m.: The Screaming Orphans

Saturday, June 9

Masco/Metro Times stage

•4 p.m.: Detroit Symphony Civic Jazz Ensemble

•5:30 p.m.: Thornetta Davis

•7:30 p.m.: Roomful of Blues

•9:30 p.m.: Lila Downs

MGM Grand Detroit Casino Music Café

•Noon: Mariachi Especial Alma de Mexico

•2 p.m.: Ara Topouzian Ensemble

•4 p.m.: Xiao Dong Wei

•5:45 p.m.: Samite of Uganda

•7:30 p.m.: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

•9:30 p.m.: The Screaming Orphans

Wayne State/WDET-FM Stage

•Noon: Jig Saw Worldwide Dance Company

•1 p.m.: Mosaic Quartet

•2:15 p.m.: Genticorum

•4 p.m.: The Dust Poets

•5:45 p.m.: The Wailin' Jennys

•7:30 p.m.: Amos Lee

LaSalle Bank Music & Literary Lounge

•Noon: Dr. Terry Blackhawk's Inside Out -- City Wide Poets

•1 p.m.: Festival Open Mic

•2:30 p.m.: Kawita Kandal

•2:45 p.m.: Aurora Harris

•3 p.m.: Maria Mazziotti Gillan

•3:30 p.m.: Sean Thomas Dougherty

•4 p.m.: Chris McCall

•4:30 p.m.: John D. Lamb

•5:50 p.m.: Allan Harris & Cross That River

•7:30 p.m.: The Dansettes

Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10

DaimlerChrysler Children's Fair Main Stage

•1:30 p.m.: Jig Saw Worldwide Dance Company

•2:30 p.m.: Hudson Vagabond Puppets: The Silly Jellyfish

•3:45 p.m.: Hudson Vagabond Puppets: Hands-on Workshop

•5 p.m.: Jig Saw Worldwide Dance Company

•6 p.m.: Hudson Vagabond Puppets: The Silly Jellyfish

Puppet Town

•Marionetas de la Esquina, "El Circo"

•12:30 p.m.: Performance in English

•2 p.m.: Performance in Spanish

•4:30 p.m.: Performance in English

Matrix Theatre Company

•Noon: Interactive Make-and-Take

•2 p.m. Mini-Processions

•4 p.m.: Mini-Processions

•6 p.m.: Mini-Processions

Macy's GO READ Garden

•12:15 p.m.: Storyteller

•1:15 p.m.: TBD

•2 p.m.: Arm of the Sea Theatre

Performing: Turtle Island Medicine Show

•3:30 p.m.: Arm of the Sea Theatre performing "Turtle Island Medicine Show"

•4:15 p.m.: Wong Herbert Yee

•6 p.m.: Arm of the Sea Theatre performing "Turtle Island Medicine Show"

Sunday, June 10

Masco/Metro Times stage

•2 p.m.: Sunkwa

•3:45 p.m.: New Millenium Chorale

•5:30 p.m.: Balkan Beat Box

•7:30 p.m.: Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

MGM Grand Detroit Casino Music Café

•12:30 p.m.: The Strange

•2:30 p.m.: WSU Jazztet with Chris Collins, director

•3:30 p.m.: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

•6:15 p.m.: Carolina Chocolate Drops

•8 p.m.: Genticorum

Wayne State/WDET-FM Stage

•12:15 p.m.: Chapter 6

•2 p.m.: Zebula Avenue

•4:15 p.m.: The Dansettes

•6:30 p.m.: The Wailin' Jennys

LaSalle Bank Music & Literary Lounge

•Noon: 2007 Metro Detroit Writers

•1:30 p.m.: Festival Open Mic

•2 p.m.: Detroit Slam Poets: Versiz, Cassie Poe, Kahn Davison, LaShaun Phoenix Moore

•2:30 p.m.: Detroit Artists' Workshop Reunion with Bill Harris, Robin Eichele, Ron English & The Magic Poetry Band with Faruq Z. Bey

•3:30 p.m.: Sadiq Bey & Friends

•4 p.m.: Michael Crittenden