August 21, 22 & 23, 2008

SUMMER SMASH 2008

The Detroit Summer Smash is a music festival with roots back to 1999. The festival also doubles as a charity event, raising money since 2001 for worthy Michigan-based organizations such as the CAID's nonprofit mission, C.O.T.S., Gift of Life, Alternatives for Girls, the Michigan Lupus Foundation, the Chris Kempa Memorial Art Scholarship Fund, and the CAID's Got Art? program. The Summer Smash is known for featuring up-and-coming Michigan bands alongside more established Michigan acts, and performers from out-of-state on tour. No two nights are the same, just as no two years of Summer Smash are the same. Summer Smash is constantly evolving.

The Detroit Summer Smash music festival began in 1999 when a group of Detroit-area music fans decided to organize a three-day music festival in the city of Detroit. That year’s festival was at the Magic Stick on Woodward Avenue, in the legendary Majestic Theater Complex. 1999's festival showcased local legends-in-the-making Red Shirt Brigade, The Sights, Moods for Moderns, Slumber Party, and Outrageous Cherry, along with national touring bands like the Pacific Ocean, Whysall Lane, Por Avion, and Andrew Beaujon.

More...