An emerging Downtown Event site is gaining momentum with the announcement that this year's Mo Pop festival is departing its Freedom Hill venue and will be held at Detroit's West Riverfront. The large swatch of vacant and grassy land, some of the site of the former Free Press printing plant, would seem to be an ideal location in many ways.

Mo Pop is joining the Downtown Hoedown in the movement to this new venue with its dramatic riverfront location and vistas of the downtown skyline and the bridge.


This flyover promo by the Hoedown displays the exciting assets of the site.
https://youtu.be/qwfkVfvwmbo

“We’re excited to plant our festival flag in between views of the Detroit skyline and the Ambassador Bridge,” says Dan McGowan, managing partner of The Crofoot music venue in Pontiac who, in a partnership with AEG Live, is producing Mo Pop. “The energy in Detroit is tremendous. It’s another way for us to get involved in the city.”

Mo Pop is now in its third year and was previously held at Freedom Hill Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights. McGowan says he anticipates the largest festival yet with over 10,000 attendees expected over two days — a mix of local and out-of-state music fans.

The festival will be held July 25-26 at West Riverfront Park, a 20-acre expansion of the Detroit Riverfront that opened last year.
Quoted from DBusiness