OutKast's Big Boi among performers booked for free concerts at Detroit Grand Prix
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The Detroit Grand Prix will return to the streets of downtown Detroit for the first time since 1991 on the weekend of June 2, and adding to the excitement will be performances from OutKast's Big Boi and a host of other acts in a series of free riverfront concerts.
The annual IndyCar racing event previously held on Belle Isle, officially titled the "Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear," promises a weekend of live music along Detroit’s riverfront at Hart Plaza.
The entertainment lineup include hip-hop and electronic music performers A-Trak, Z-Trip and Steve Aoki.
The Hart Plaza concerts will be free to the general public, organizers said.
“As we have said since we announced the return of the Grand Prix to its original home on the Streets of Downtown Detroit, this is going to be an event — not just a race,” said Michael Montri, president of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. “With a great music lineup providing the soundtrack all weekend long in Hart Plaza, our fans are going to experience an entertainment-filled weekend that they will never forget here in the Motor City.”
Music will be featured all weekend as a variety of DJs, local bands and national acts hit the stage from noon to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday leading into pre-race activities and ceremonies for the Chevrolet INDYCAR Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES race.
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Highlights of the lineup:
DJ and producer A-Trak is set to take the stage at 6 p.m. June 2.
Grammy award-winning rapper and producer Big Boi of the legendary Atlanta duo OutKast will headline opening night at 7:30 p.m.
After practice, qualifying and the first races of Grand Prix weekend June 3, turntablist and producer Z-Trip is scheduled to perform at 5:30 pm.
Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Steve Aoki will follow at 7 p.m.
A full schedule of performances is still to come.
Tickets for grandstand seating at the Detroit Grand Prix range from $45 to $125 per day, available at detroitgp.com, with some free general admission seating on the first day. The concerts at Hart Plaza are free to attend.
Brendel Hightower is an assistant editor at the Detroit Free Press. Contact her at bhightower@freepress.com.
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