Concert of Colors is one of the nation’s longest-running, largest, free global music festivals, bringing world-class performances from around the globe to Detroit.

Held annually in Midtown Detroit, this free, family-friendly music festival features live music, cultural programming, and community experiences both indoors and outdoors at the Detroit Institute of Arts and across the city’s leading cultural institutions.

Thursday, July 16
1:00 P.M.–2:30 P.M. Story Circle: We Hold These Truths @ N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art

10:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M. Tribute to Ismael @ Detroit Historical Museum

10:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M. Arts & Scraps – Family Creative Fun @ Michigan Science Center

12:00 P.M.–1:00 P.M. Marca & Reg Pettibone @ Michigan Science Center

2:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M. Lisa Montes @ Michigan Science Center

5:30 P.M.–6:30 P.M. DJ Head @ Detroit Historical Museum

6:30 P.M.–7:15 P.M. Joan Belgrave & Bill Meyer Group @ Detroit Historical Museum

6:00 P.M.–6:45 P.M. FLYDLPHN Detroit Symphony Orchestra / University of Michigan
@ Sosnick Court Stage

7:00 P.M.–8:00 P.M. New Music Detroit Detroit Symphony Orchestra / University of Michigan @
Sosnick Court Stage

7:45 P.M.–8:45 P.M. Next Generation Funk Brothers @ Detroit Historical Museum

Friday, July 17
1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. NEA Grant Workshop @ Detroit Public Library

2:15 P.M.–3:00 P.M. Rev. Robert B. Jones, Sr. @ Detroit Public Library

3:00 P.M.–4:00 P.M. Chairman Mary Anne Carter @ Detroit Public Library

10:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M. Arts & Scraps – Family Creative Fun @ Michigan Science Center

12:00 P.M.–1:00 P.M. Marca & Reg Pettibone @ Michigan Science Center

2:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M. Lisa Montes @ Michigan Science Center

5:30 P.M.–6:45 P.M. Scarab Club

7:00 P.M.–8:00 P.M. Kasan Belgrave @ Scarab Club

7:00 P.M.–9:00 P.M. Kronos Quartet @ Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

7:00 P.M.–8:00 P.M. Charity Ward @ Charles H. Wright Museum

Doors 7:30 P.M. Beautiful Noise @ Third Man Records

9:00 P.M.–10:30 P.M. META DIA AND THE CORNERSTONES @ Charles H. Wright Museum

Saturday, July 18
11:00 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Detroit Institute of Arts

1:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M. AANM Community Forum @ The Majestic Theatre Complex

1:00 P.M.–8:00 P.M. COC Youth Celebration! @ Detroit Institute of Arts

5:15 P.M.–6:15 P.M. Sýnolo @ Hellenic Museum of Michigan

2:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M. Killer Diller @ Detroit Institute of Arts

3:30 P.M.–4:30 P.M. Sean Blackman’s In Transit @ Detroit Institute of Arts

4:00 P.M.–5:15 P.M. The Lemon Bucket Orkestra @ Detroit Institute of Arts

6:00 P.M.–7:00 P.M. Dengue Fever @ Detroit Institute of Arts

6:30 P.M.–8:00 P.M. Burnt Sugar Arkestra (J Dilla Donuts Re-Imagined Edition) @ Detroit Institute of Arts

8:00 P.M.–9:00 P.M. Michael Malis & Constantine Novotny @ Hellenic Museum of Michigan

9:00 P.M.–10:30 P.M. Hassan Hakmoun @ Detroit Institute of Arts

8:30 P.M.–10:30 P.M. Don Was Detroit All Star Revue @ Detroit Institute of Arts

Sunday, July 19
11:00 A.M.–7:15 P.M. U-M Wolverine Outdoor Stage Detroit Symphony Orchestra / University of Michigan @ Sosnick Courtyard

1:00 P.M.–5:00 P.M. Tribute to Ismael @ Detroit Historical Museum

1:00 P.M.–8:00 P.M. COC Youth Celebration! @ Detroit Institute of Arts

2:00 P.M.–7:00 P.M. FEM FIVE: Five Women DJs @ College for Creative Studies

2:00 P.M.–3:30 P.M. Conversation with the NEA Jazz Masters: Carmen Lundy & Gary Bartz @ Detroit Institute of Arts

2:00 P.M.–3:30 P.M. Ethan Daniel Davidson, Audra Kubat, and Rachele Eve — Songwriters In The Round @ Scarab Club
Garden

2:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M. Sones de Mexico @ Detroit Institute of Arts

2:30 P.M.–4:00 P.M. Memoirs of a Martyred Earth @ Detroit Historical Museum

4:00 P.M.–5:30 P.M. Nikki D and the Sisters of Thunder @ Detroit Institute of Arts

3:00 P.M.–4:00 P.M. Martha Redbone @ Detroit Institute of Arts

4:30 P.M.–6:00 P.M. Las Cafeteras @ Detroit Institute of Arts

6:30 P.M.–7:30 P.M. NEA Jazz Master: Carmen Lundy @ Detroit Institute of Arts

7:00 P.M.–8:30 P.M. Steel Pulse @ Detroit Institute of Arts

7:45 P.M.–8:30 P.M. NEA Jazz Master: Gary Bartz & NTU @ Detroit Institute of Arts

9:30 P.M.–11:00 P.M. Sheila E @ Detroit Institute of Arts