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Severe weather threat forces Detroit Jazz Festival to go virtual on night 1

There will be no live audience Friday

The Detroit Jazz Festival has been forced to go viral due to severe weather conditions projected to impact Hart Plaza during night one.

DETROIT – The Detroit Jazz Festival has been forced to go virtual due to severe weather conditions projected to impact Hart Plaza during night one.

Friday’s (Aug. 30) scheduled performances, including both concerts, Translinear Light The Music of Alice Coltrane and Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, will be live-streamed from the Gretchen C. Valade Center.

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Click here to watch the presentations, which will be livestreamed for free.

All outdoor events are postponed for Friday night only.

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Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.

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