Things to do this week

WHAT’S GOING ON

Select events happening in metro Detroit this week. Submit your events to metrotimes.com/calendar. Be sure to check venue websites for COVID-19 policies.

THU, 8/11-SUN, 8/14

Hamtramck Music Festival

The Detroit enclave’s annual music festival is back, with dozens of local artists across more than 20 venues packed inside two square miles. Like our former Metro Times Blowout festival, the Hamtramck M usic Festival is a chance to catch local artists before some of them inevitably blow up, and in recent years, the festival has moved from its typical M arch date to a new summertime setting. This year’s fest features acts like Zilched, Audra K ubat, G abriel Brass Band, and the Amino Acids, among many others.

—Lee DeVito

Multiple locations; see hamtramckmusicfest.com for more information. W ristbands are $25.

THU, 8/11-SUN, 8/14

Charivari Detroit

While the larger M ovement electronic music festival tends to get most of the hype, Charivari Detroit has been going strong for nine years. It’s like M ovement’s, underground, less hipster cousin. This annual techno, dance, and house fest celebrates Detroit’s contributions to the electronic music world by featuring local DJs. As with previous years, the 2022 lineup features Detroit pioneers like DJ M inx, M oodymann, and Juan Atkins. “Charivari Detroit will first and foremost be a celebration of the City of Detroit and its contributions to electronic dance music,” according to a press release. “Techno is a Detroit creation and Detroit is flush with the pioneers and presentday masters of the genre as well as many of the most talented and respected DJ/ producers of House music.” The four-day gathering takes place on the green space at Historic Fort Wayne with a killer panoramic view of the Detroit R iver and Canada as the backdrop. There will be three stages of music, live art displays, yoga, and food.

—Randiah Camille Green

Starts at 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, noon on Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday at st t ay ff s A ve., Detroit; charivaridetroit.com. Tickets start at $40 for a day pass or $125 for all four days.

R&B sensation Summer Walker performs at Detroit’s Fox Theatre as part of a limited tour.

COURTESY PHOTO

FRI, 8/12-SUN, 8/14

Ribs and R&M Music Festival

The elements of a perfect summer day in the city are good food, good music, and good people. All will be served up at Detroit’s R ibs and R & B M usic Festival. The fest will feature some of the best in barbecue with more than 20 food vendors, in addition to 50 retail vendors stationed throughout the weekend. B ut don’t forget the music: This year, the R ibs and R & B M usic Festival will be headlined by 702, K lymaxx, and M elvin R iley of R eady for the World on Saturday, with Stokley of M int Condition and Jon. B closing on Sunday. While “R & B ” might be in the name of the event, it’s not all the festival has to offer. On Saturday, there will be a comedy show featuring CoCo and Howie B ell, and throughout the weekend jazz and gospel musicians will get their time to shine on the stages as well. Entry to the R ibs and R & B M usic Festival is free through 5 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and $10 after. V IP packages that include seating for the main stage concerts are available starting at $40.

—Alex Washington

From 11:30 a.m.-midnight Friday, A ug. 12-Sunday, A ug. 14 at H art Plaza; 1 H art Plaza, Detroit; ribsrnbmusicfestival.com.

WED, 8/17

Summer Walker

We’re still not over 26-year-old R & B sensation Summer Walker’s Still O ver It, the 2021 follow-up to the Atlantabased singer’s 2019 breakthrough LP O ver It. After working as a stripper and running a small cleaning business, Walker made a name for herself by teaching herself to play guitar and posting videos covering early 2000s R & B tracks on YouTube, including a widely viewed mash-up of Drake, R ae Sremmurd, G inuwine, and B eyoncé, and her debut got U sher’s stamp of approval. Her sophomore record continues in that vein with more songs of love and heartbreak with a throwback sound, though with an added layer of intrigue. The subject of many of the songs is Walker’s former boyfriend and producer London on the Track, who returns on this project, creating a simmering, palpable tension between the singer and the producer on many of the cuts. B eyond the drama, Walker recently teamed up with the Weeknd for a remix of his track “B est Friends,” and it seems like she’s established herself firmly among the top of the current crop of R & B singers. With so many artists skipping over Detroit on tours, we’re glad Walker included the M otor City on this very limited run of concerts.

—Lee DeVito

Starts at 8 p.m. on W ednesday, A ug. 17 at the Fox Theatre; 2211 W oodw ard A ve., Detroit; 313-471-7000; 313presents.com.