DETROIT (AP) - The country music festival long known as the Downtown Hoedown is leaving Detroit for the suburbs.
The Detroit Free Press reports (https://on.freep.com/1RFZmTW ) the event is now being called the WYCD Hoedown and will take place July 31 at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston.
The venue is the third home in five years for the event, which was held for three decades at downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza along the Detroit River before moving in 2012 to Comerica Park and then last year to Detroit’s new West Riverfront Park.
The Downtown Hoedown was launched in 1983 by the administration of former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, designed to draw suburbanites to Detroit while generating funds for the city’s recreation department. It usually was held in May or June.
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Information from: Detroit Free Press, https://www.freep.com
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