WAR to Headline 2012 Dearborn Homecoming
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.
June 28th, 2012 at 8:56 am
1) We are broke, 2) We just bought a new City Hall w/out selling the old City Hall 1st, 3) We just passed a millage, 4) We just built new “Wi-Fi” State o’ The Art Cabins at Camp Milford, 5) The Mayor says we have to close the Small Pools and libraries because we are broke, 6) We just hired “WAR” to play the annual Rain-Soaked-Beer-Bash Carnival attended, mostly, by non-residents. We let BK off the hook, we have 2 huge empty parking structures, and FATBURGER really isn’t coming soon? Why are we receiving mixed-messages from our City Leaders???? Give up the new City Hall, “WAR” and the Beer fest, and the Wi-Fi Cabins – and keep the Pools and Libraries!!
June 28th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
How right you are – but who in the hell is WAR???
June 28th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Believe me, I’m no fan of our friends in City Hall. But I very much support recreational activities within the community.
I’ve lived in Dearborn for several years–near Michigan and Monroe. But I grew up in Berkley. I have fond memories of free summer concerts at the football field, parades, library activities, the carnival, playing softball all summer long, swimming at the pool, and the “parks and rec” programs at all the school parks. Thankfully, I grew up in a city that cared enough about me to make the investment in my personal development. Dearborn could take a page from their book.
I see the Homecoming events as a tool to strengthen Dearborn’s economy and create stable neighborhoods. I see kids and families having a good time–and yes, I see a few booze hounds too. I also see increased foot traffic along Michigan Avenue–which can’t be a bad thing for the merchants. As long as it’s done in a fiscally responsible manner, I’m all for events that bring people and their money to this city.
June 29th, 2012 at 1:19 am
WAR, what is it good for?
What are Eddie Money and K C And The Sunshine Band unavailable that weekend?
And nobody can sell tags at the center after 6 but we have the money to hire War?
June 29th, 2012 at 1:41 am
Maybe if we close a few more pools and write more parking tickets we can afford to have The Rolling Stones or Kid Rock play at Homecoming next year.
June 29th, 2012 at 7:45 am
No Wally Duda Polka?
June 29th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Not a bad thing at all Lisa. I think the point people are making is that they are closing the pools and libraries and telling the citizens the city doesn’t have any money, then they turn around and spend thousands on other things.
For all the brand new vehicles I see, I think the savings on that alone could fund a lot of other projects. I saw a new looking parking enforcement truck writing tickets for public service day. All the recreation and city vehicles I’ve seen look new. When I was a kid the recreation trucks were all very old. They kept them for years, but there was money to fund the recreation here. Now they are all driving around in brand new vehicles and crying that there is no money to fund the pools and other recreation events. The only vehicles that really need to be new are police and fire. I don’t think it would be a huge deal if the truck bringing gimp to the playground was in the shop for a day or two. I don’t think people would say the negative things about homecoming if they had their pools and libraries too.
June 29th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
..it just keeps getting worse. Cmon Dearborn…War?? You tryin’ to put everybody to sleep? The automotive economy is back. Learn to budget your city better. The housing is worthless, the ghetto people have moved in due to the prior, paid parking is a disaster, almost ever year for the last 20 you raise taxes because you can’t budget the books. The city is going to complete shit!
June 30th, 2012 at 4:32 am
When it comes to the vehicles, that’s pretty much what the city IS doing. DPW is running around in more trucks that are a decade old (usually the service life of city vehicles or at least DPW vehicles). There may be even a few that are a couple decades old.
But there are two brand new Interceptors sitting over in the Motor Transport lot. That has to be easily $70k worth of Taurus. I guess those lightly used Crown Vics that are just a couple years old need to be replaced…
July 1st, 2012 at 8:49 am
Did i.q.s suddenly drop off? No doubt a bank or someone with deep pockets is financing WAR as has been done for decades at Homecoming. So drop this “our terminally broke city can’t afford this” baloney.And Bobo, if you’re such a blatant racist, take your frightened little butt out of town and head north into the thumb with all the other scared white boys.And Donna, get a musical clue please. WAR has been one of the greatest rhythmn sections in rock history for over forty years. Bobo, if you think WAR is going to put you to sleep, you must be comatose.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:11 am
Eastside Rob – Take your plastic lawn chair, your pack of cigarettes, a six-pack of Colt-45, and enjoy your rain-soaked War concert for ONE NIGHT, on the slippery hill at Ford Field! People that accualy live here and pay taxes would prefer an entire Summer, w/their families – swimming in their neighborhood pools and utilizing City libraries. It is possible a “bank finances WAR” as you say? But does the bank, also, cover cleanup, OT for Police and Fire, Liability Insurance, Traffic Control, etc.? I doubt it. Attendance is free? The Mayor says we are broke? And he just purchased a new City Hall? The old City Hall hasn’t been sold. He wants to close Pools and Libraries? We can’t afford a new City Hall before we sell the old one? We can’t afford a Carnival attended by, mostly, non-residents, and call it “Homecoming” – nobody that moved from Dearborn, to Northville – is coming back to watch WAR, believe me! Mostly people like you and your Colt-45 and your Summer Teeth – 1) some are in, 2 )some are out, and 3) some are on the table!
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:58 pm
First off every dollar the city gets in donations to fund Homecoming is one less dollar out there that can be donated to save the pools and libraries. So yes it is a choice of weather we want to continue this pointless beer bash and electioneering opportunity or invest in our children. As for the terminally broke idea, that was created by our mayor and not anyone here
July 3rd, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Cheeseroyal- I live on the eastside of Dearborn and have for 50 years.I go to city libraries at least three times a week and was very mad when they closed Snow library. All four libraries should be opened ten hours a day, seven days a week.I think Homecoming should be bi-annual.I sure don’t want to see any of our pools closed.And as someone who works for the city, I see first-hand how reduced spending in the public service sector has lessened the beauty of our city.Oh,by the way, I hate Colt-45, still have my original teeth and still think WAR is a great band.
July 4th, 2012 at 2:32 am
Entire families swimming at the pools? Since when???? And since when did entire families use the libraries?? Last time I was at a library it was the occasional college student/older person looking for a book/daycare center….
July 4th, 2012 at 6:27 am
My bad Eastside – your not as bad as I thought. We can have a cold beer and talk this over some day.
July 5th, 2012 at 9:00 am
Lifetime, things have changed and YES entire families use the small pools now. You may not have been there in a while. I know years ago it was all kids, but in the later 90’s more parents started to go up there with their kids. Times have changed. There were tons of entire families up there on the 4th of July and if you ever went to the floatie nights and pool rentals you would see lots of families there too. I think if the pools were open longer on the 90 degree days you would also see more parents up there after work.
July 6th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Yeah, come on down to soak your body in some nice fecal stew that’s been brewing in the hot 100 degree sun for 12 hours…No thanks. We don’t need to subsidize small pools that relatively few people use.
July 7th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
No, the big germs are at those larger pools. That’s why people like swimming in the smaller pools with all of their neighbors. How clean do you think the water will be in that giant splash park? About as clean as the water in the baby pool at Dunworth? I’d rather be at a small pool in my own neighborhood any day.
July 12th, 2012 at 9:43 am
I resent your ungrateful comments. Maybe you could learn something from the meaning in WAR’S song “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”. The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce and city employees (i.e. Fire Department, Police Force) work hard to provide outstanding services to this community. Thirty-nine years ago, my family moved here from Detroit. We rooted ourselves in Dearborn, beautified our homes, and are very involved in the community. Let’s give the new renters/owners a chance to make a difference. I welcome and celebrate the diverse population coming into Dearborn. Dearborn is still and will continue to be a great place to obtain an excellent education, gain productive employment, reside, dine, imbibe, and be merry.
July 19th, 2012 at 8:50 am
I am really disappointed that the craft area is gone this year. It seems like that would be additional revenue for the space rental and bring in additional people.