WAR will perform at Dearborn Homecoming Aug. 4 at 8:30 p.m.

Dearborn’s annual Homecoming festival will feature musical guest WAR, the longtime feel-good funk and rock band on Aug. 4.

WAR, with 14 Top 40s hits, is a favorite at festivals across the country. Better known songs from the group include: “The World is a Ghetto,” “All Day Music,” “Spill the Wine,” “The Cisco Kid,” “Low Rider,” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”.

WAR has toured globally playing an eclectic array of festivals, including the “Summer Sonic Festival” in Japan in 2009.

For more information on WAR, click HERE.

In addition to WAR, contemporary hits and 80s and 90s rock music will be performed by local band Riot House on Sunday, Aug. 5. They take the Main Stage at 8:30 p.m.

For more information on Riot House, click HERE.

Starting off the Main Stage festivities on Friday, Aug. 3 from 8:30 – 10 p.m. will be Dearborn’s Rhythm & Blues Blast! Featuring Thornetta Davis and Laith Al-Saadi.

Additional musical entertainment throughout the weekend includes Friday acts Dr. Pocket at 6 p.m. and The United Snakes at 7 p.m.

Saturday’s stage entertainment features the Players Guild of Dearborn at noon, Mustard’s Retreat at 3 p.m., Barry Rickey at 5 p.m. and the Bomb Squad at 6 p.m.

Sunday’s stage entertainment features Mustard’s Retreat at 3 p.m., Junction Groove at 4 p.m, Pete “Big Dog” Fetters Band at 5 p.m. and Fifty Amp Fuse at 6 p.m.

Oakwood Healthcare is the presenting sponsor of the 2012 Homecoming festival. The City of Dearborn and the Dearborn Community Fund, a nonprofit organization, are the organizers of the annual family-friendly event.

All shows at Homecoming are free and all are invited to stay for fireworks on Saturday and Sunday nights.

For more information, visit www.cityofdearborn.org or call 313-943-2285.