On Saturday August 25th Preservation Detroit [[formerly Preservation Wayne) will offer its' annual [[and most popular) tour... the Downtown Detroit Historic Theatre Tour.

This tour is offered only one August Saturday a year. This is due to the difficulty in getting all the venues having downtime in their theatre's on the same date.

Tours are 4 1/2 hours long [[and include lunch at the Detroit Opera House). Cost is $45, and due to summer heat, free water bottles are provided. These popular tours are almost always sold out, so make your reservations early!

Tours start every half hour [[from the Fillmore/State), at 9:00AM, 9:30AM, 10:00AM, 10:30AM, 11:00AM and 11:30AM. [[although it looks like the 9:30 and 10:00 tours are already sold out).

The venues include [[generally in this order):

Fillmore/State Theatre
Oriental Theatre Lobby
Former Michigan Theatre
Detroit Opera House [[lunch stop)
Music Hall
Gem & Century Theatre
Fox Theatre
City Theatre

Attendees should arrive at the Francis Palms Building [[location of the Fillmore/State), by entering thru the office building entrance for registration about 1/2 hour before your tour starts.

Parking is $3 at the Detroit Opera House Garage [[behind the Detroit Opera House).

Wear comfortable walking shoes!!

See you there!

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