The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre is back for another summer along the Detroit River, and the 2026 concert season is packed ...

In the 1980s, Detroit mayor Coleman A. Young decided he wanted to establish an outdoor amphitheater on Detroit’s riverfront. He wanted something that city residents could enjoy, and hoped it could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concert of Colors is headed back to some familiar turf. The 2025 edition of the annual multicultural music festival will include a ...

Detroit’s Concert of Colors is coming home. On Tuesday, organizers announced the long-running annual world music festival is returning to The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, the riverside venue formerly ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Symphony of Southeast Texas will perform a full orchestral tribute to soul legend Aretha Franklin this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Julia Rogers Theatre in downtown Beaumont. The ...

*The Queen of Soul says she’s hanging up her crown…at least when it comes to singing in front of crowds. “I must tell you, I am retiring this year,” Aretha Franklin, 74, told Detroit’s WDIV Local 4.

*Beyonce and Jay-Z began the Detroit stop of their On The Run II Tour at Ford Field by dedicating the show to hometown legend Aretha Franklin, whose is gravely ill and reportedly in hospice care. “We ...

The July 18 evening at the Aretha will include performances by soul-gospel great Mavis Staples and Moroccan music group Bab L’ Bluz. Other performers at the July 16-20 event include Nigerian mainstay ...