RAW Festival features Detroit-area artists over 3 unique nights at Park Bar Detroit 8/24/25/26

 

The focus of this first annual RAW Festival is to showcase a wide variety of Detroit artistic talent and inspire others to

produce more artistic projects in Detroit. The festival consists of 3 nights, each featuring different types of live performances,

music and visual art by Detroit-area artists.

 

The nights are divided into Storytelling, Impact and Exploration.

 

The inspiration for the RAW Festival came from wanting to make sure that the passion for the arts that Kyle Holton

exhibited and inspired in us lives on. Kyle was a young Detroit-area theater artist and founder of art4artillary Theater

Company whose young life was lost this past January. In that spirit we will be donating all of the proceeds to the Kyle

Holton Memorial Theatre Scholarship Fund at Wayne State University to fund young Detroit artists.

RAW Festival brings a variety of artists together to be visible to each other as collaborators and to audiences as the diverse

creative forces Detroit has to offer. Each of the 3 nights challenges the performers to produce their work as individuals and

as an ensemble and the audience to engage with it in different ways.

 

About the Festival:

 

Storytelling: Wednesday, August 24th 8:00-10:00pm / 10:30pm TBA Bands

A night dedicated to storytelling in various forms. Juline Jordan, radio personality

and community activist, will be hosting a variety of short performances including

songs from a new rock opera, poetry reading, stand-up, monologues, and any other

types of storytelling.

 

Impact: Thursday, August 25th 8:00-10:00pm / 10:30pm TBA Bands

Nothing is as it seems on this night of fresh original works. An ensemble of actors

will perform three new plays by various Extra Mile Playwrights members. Theatre is

stripped to its core, with minimal set, prop, costume and lighting as the ensemble

gets to the heart of the work.

 

Exploration: Friday, August 26th 8:00-10:00pm

11:00pm Glitter-Booty-Dance-Party

This night of exploration will be a series of pieces that are exactly 10 minutes long

that will be performed simultaneously in every nook and cranny of the space. The

pieces will be repeated through out the night so that the audience can explore the

space and experience each one in their own time.

 

Festival Dates: Wednesday, August 24th – Friday, August 26th 8:00pm at Park Bar in Detroit

Admission: $5 suggested donation that goes to the Kyle Holton Memorial Scholarship at WSU