What Are You Doing This Weekend?

There are so many wonderful events happening every weekend in and around Detroit, but how about joining me at the annual celebration of the historic New Center Area of Midtown: The Comerica Cityfest?

The Cityfest, formerly known as the "Tastefest" is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The festival started out as a fundraiser for the New Center Council, which supports the neighborhood servives provided by the New Center Council. This is the 10th year that the Cityfest/Tastefest has been sponsored by Comerica.

Admission is free; "Taste Tickets" cost $10 for 16 tickets. The extended hours this year are Wednesday - Saturday: 11:30 - 11:00 pm; on Sunday: 11:30 - 8:00 pm.

Over 60 performers will be at the Festival which showcases local food and culture, as well as local, national, and international performance artists. The Cityfest will even be "going green": rejecting Styrofoam containers, and using 100% natural fiber bags and recycled paper.

Award-winning local interior designer and fiber artist Carole Harris will be having a open house for the New Center location of her company, the Harris Design Group.









Entertainment lovers will especially enjoy seeing local poet/spoken-word legend Khary Kimani Turner,









old-skool crooner Billy Paul,









and Funkmaster George Clinton; at least those are three shows I will definitely be seeing.

For more information on the 2008 Comerica Cityfest, click here for the full website.

(All photos except of the performers/artists are courtesy of New Center Council, Inc.)

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