Published
Mon, Jan 20, 2003, 01:46
Techno legend and pioneer Derrick May will head up a team which has been chosen to produce the Memorial Day weekend 2003 Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Winning the bid to produce the event by beating Pop Culture Media, the team behind the non profitable festivals since 2000, will see May alongside fellow global respected Techno DJ’s Carl Craig and Kevin Saunderson.
The contract will only run until the end of this years festival where it will undergo review. A spokesperson for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said “"We believe that this group has been the driving force behind techno music here and around the world, It only makes sense."
The free festival which is expected to attract over a million people this year lost $356’000 last year This year the city is offering police and clean up services, but no financial support.