The initial 50 spotlighted venues are labeled in green (for locales which are still open), or red (for those which just live on in our memories). Additional venues are plotted in black.
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Detroit Music Venues Past and Present: Virtual Exhibition
From jazz clubs to the Motortown Revue to palaces of rock and roll through to the birth of techno in the underground dance scene and beyond, music has constantly moved the Motor City. Explore Detroit’s musical heritage with the Detroit Music Venues Past and Present virtual tour. This tour explores 50 selected live music venues throughout the Detroit metro area, and will help you experience the sound of the city from its largest stages to small but influential clubs where some of Detroit’s music legends got their start. Through a non-exhaustive look at the places where people have gathered to make, listen to, and celebrate music over more than a century, Detroit Music Venues Past and Present will take you on a journey across the space and time of Detroit sound.
