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# Visit the sites (and sounds) of Detroit’s Music History

| Duration   | Full Day                                                                                                      |
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| Topic(s)   | Arts, Architecture and Building                                                                               |
| Activities | Theater, Arts and Culture                                                                                     |
| Type       | Kid Friendly, Active, Urban, Educational, Inspirational,Indoors, Outdoors, Road Trip, Group Friendly*more »*  |

## ** Tags

                -  detroit 
                -  michigan 
                -  michigan history 
                -  music 
                -  music history 
                -  discover our shared heritage travel itineraries 
                -  heritage tourism 
                -  heritage travel 

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              -  Peer into the past at the Fox Theatre   - Activity Fee:  Yes
- Reservations:  Yes
- Activity:  Theater
- Pets:  No
- Duration:  60–90 Minutes
- Season:  Winter,  Spring,  Summer,  Fall
- Time of Day: Day, Night

Explore the ornate Fox Theater, the largest surviving movie palace of the 1920s.
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              -  Walk the neighborhoods of Midtown Detroit and find premiere concert halls  - Activity Fee:  Yes
- Reservations:  Yes
- Activity:  Arts and Culture
- Pets:  No
- Duration:  1–2 Hours

Discover Detroit’s historic and ongoing contributions to classical, jazz, rock, and pop music in the Midtown neighborhood.
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              -  Experience an evening of jazz at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts  - Activity Fee:  Yes
- Reservations:  Yes
- Activity:  Theater
- Pets:  No
- Duration:  2–3 Hours
- Season:  Winter,  Spring,  Summer,  Fall

Visit this versatile venue from Detroit’s music, movie, and theater history.
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              -  Tour Submerge Record Distribution   - Activity Fee:  Yes
- Reservations:  Yes
- Activity:  Arts and Culture
- Pets:  No
- Duration:  1–2 Hours

n the 1980s, techno music emerged in Detroit as a new genre of electronic dance music. Within a decade, techno achieved global popularity. Submerge Record Distribution played pivotal a role in that growth, producing some of techno’s earliest hits and collaborating with the genre’s pioneers
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## ** Tags

        -  detroit 
        -  michigan 
        -  michigan history 
        -  music 
        -  music history 
        -  discover our shared heritage travel itineraries 
        -  heritage tourism 
        -  heritage travel 

Last updated: October 5, 2020

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