Beacon Park will be alive with the sound of indi pop music this summer with a free three-part summer concert series.
Metro Detroit’s own, JR JR, will kick off the series on Saturday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. Originally named Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott’s unique mix of folk, indie pop and electronic elements has been compared to the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. The Royal Oak duo is perhaps best known for their Top 10 Alternative single, “Gone.”
In July, Beacon Park will mark its one year anniversary with a free concert by international headliners Saint Motel on Saturday, July 21.
The LA-based, indie pop, foursome has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and played main stage at major music festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. The group, which is currently working on new music to follow their 2012 and 2016 album releases of Voyeur and saintmotelevision respectively, is set to hit the road shortly after their Beacon Park performance for a fall headlining tour.
The series is presented by the DTE Energy Beacon Park Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership.
“We’re excited to announce our summer events, including our concerts, which bring a full schedule of fun, free programming to Beacon Park,” says Nancy Moody, DTE Energy vice president of public affairs. “When we launched Beacon Park in 2017, our hope was that it would be a destination for those who live, work and play in Detroit. The park continues to live up to this aspiration.”
The free concert series will continue on Saturday, August 18 with the final national act to be announced soon. At all three shows, concert-goers will have the chance to shop at Beacon Park’s open air Night Market, enjoy a variety of food truck offerings, visit Lumen Detroit for dinning, craft beer and cocktails, or play lawn games.
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