Detroit, MI
2025 Detroit Jazz Fest kicks off in style with cool weather and hot performances
The 46th annual Detroit Jazz Festival kicked off in style Friday in downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza. Thousands of attendees gathered, many dressed to the nines in the cool, autumnal air, and settled in for an evening of world-class entertainment under the darkening skies.
Dr. Valade’s Brass Band, a New Orleans second line-style troupe comprised of young jazz students, opened as always with a march leading to the stage. Trumpeter Keyon Harrold’s Foreverland band followed with a deeply soulful set.
Rounding out the evening on Hart Plaza’s Carhartt Amphitheater Stage, 2025 festival Artist-in-Residence Jason Moran joined forces with Detroit techno god Jeff Mills and City of Detroit Poet Laureate jessica Care moore for a thrilling, throbbing set of experimental party music and spoken word that left the audience screaming.
An after-hours set at Midtown’s new Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, for the hardcore jazz fans and those who still had stamina, was a massive treat as headlined by the great Emmet Cohen Trio. In a thundering 90-minute performance, Cohen seemingly took the live audience (and those streaming for free at home) through the entire history of jazz.
“When we think about this music,” Cohen said from the stage, “we like to think about the location we’re in, and this (Detroit) is probably the most fertile jazz ground in the world.”
City of Detroit Director of Arts and Culture Rochelle Riley called the festival “an international celebration of our excellence and just another example of how we lead and always have in music.”
“Just take a look at Detroit,” she said. “To see how Detroit is thriving, just take a look at this amazing, free jazz festival. Look at the Movement Festival that was a huge success. Look at the wonderful concert we just held at the restored band shell that was saved from the old state fairgrounds. Look at the faces of people who are enjoying life.
“This is Detroit. This is what it looks like when we don’t give more weight to negative things than we do to moments, days, times like this. I’m so proud of Detroit every time we soar. We all just have to remind ourselves to maintain the balance and see when things are great.”
4Warn Weather – Cooler temperatures remain across Southeast Michigan for the start of the workweek, however, we’ll turn much warmer into the weekend.
Skies turn mainly clear Sunday night with a light northwest wind. Temperatures will fall to the low 30s to near 40°.
You’ll want to cover your plants or bring them indoors as frost will be possible. A Frost Advisory will be in effect for most of Southeast Michigan from midnight tonight until 7 a.m. Monday.
Monday will look beautiful with mostly sunny skies. It’ll still be chilly though – afternoon temperatures will only reach the mid to upper 50s.
Winds Monday will be out of the north at 5-10 mph.
Temperatures will once again be in the 30s Monday night, so it will be another night to protect your plants.
We then recover nicely with most reaching the low 60s Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Although we’re a bit warmer, the next chance for rain will arrive Tuesday afternoon and linger into Wednesday.
Thursday brings back the sunshine and warmer weather. Highs will be in the mid 60s before we reach the low 70s Friday.
The upcoming weekend looks even warmer with highs near 80°, but we also see the next chances for rain.
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DETROIT, MICH (WXYZ) — In partnership with The ALS Association, downtown Detroit parks will shine red May 10–16 in recognition of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) Awareness month.
A special kickoff event will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 10, in Campus Martius Park. The event will allow families impacted by ALS to connect, learn about upcoming initiatives, and take part in a meaningful “END ALS” photo moment under the illuminated park lights.
You can reserve you spot by visiting:
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Detroit Tigers blow lead, lose to Kansas City Royals on walk-off hit.
The Tigers lost, 4-3, to the Royals on Kyle Isbel’s walk-off single in the ninth inning.
Kansas City, Mo. — The losing streak is now five games. The road record is now an MLB-worst 6-16.
The Kansas City Royals prolonged the Tigers’ misery Saturday night with a relatively breezy 5-1 win at Kauffman Stadium.
Oh, and the Tigers might’ve lost another player in the process.
Right fielder Kerry Carpenter left the game in the third inning. He banged his left shoulder running into the side wall chasing Bobby Witt Jr.’s first-inning, two-run, inside-the-park home run.
Witt, a right-handed hitter, sliced a drive inside the bag at first. Carpenter chased it toward the side wall, but the ball caromed past him. Witt never stopped running.
Carpenter stayed in the game and even rolled an infield single in the second inning. But he was replaced by Wenceel Perez when the Royals came to bat in the third inning.
BOX SCORE: Royals 5, Tigers 1
He was being evaluated during the game.
The two-run homer by Witt ended up being more than the Tigers’ sputtering offense could overcome. But, for good measure, Michael Massey added a three-run home run off Ty Madden in the fourth inning.
Madden ended up being one of the few bright spots in the game for the Tigers. He pitched six innings and allowed just one other hit. He set down the last 11 hitters he faced.
He entered in the third inning after opener Burch Smith and lefty Tyler Holton worked one time through the Royals’ batting order.
Holton made a nifty escape in the first inning. With runners at second and third and one out, and two runs already in, Jac Caglianone hit a hard ground ball to second baseman Zach McKinstry, who was playing in on the grass.
McKinstry got the out at first. The runner at second, Carter Jensen, mistakenly broke for third where Vinnie Pasquantino was holding.
Spencer Torkelson threw to shortstop Kevin McGonigle who threw to catcher Jake Rogers once Pasquantino broke for home — your basic 4-3-6-2 double-play.
Not much else went the Tigers’ way.
Royals right-hander Michael Wacha snuffed out the few scoring opportunities the Tigers mustered.
He worked around an error and a McKinstry stolen base in the third innings. He got Jake Rogers to pop to shallow right field with runners at first and third and one out and then got Matt Vierling to ground out with the bases loaded in the fifth.
Wacha allowed two hits in seven innings. The Tigers put 18 balls in play against him with a soft average exit velocity of 84.4 mph.
The Tigers broke through in the eighth against lefty reliever Matt Strahm. And it was left-handed hitters who did the dirty work. Riley Greene, who extended his career-high on-base streak to 20 games, doubled home McGonigle.
This season is a long way from over but Tigers, 18-22, are in serious need a course correction.
Chris.McCosky@detroitnews.com
@cmccosky
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