Your guide to Movement festival 2025 in Detroit: Artists, bag policy, transportation, more
Detroit's Movement music festival is set to fill Hart Plaza in downtown this Memorial Day weekend, bringing thousands of music fans together in the birthplace of Techno to celebrate electronic music.
What started as an impromptu swarm of late-night parties across the city in 2000, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival grew into what it is now 25 years later.
This year's festival, headlined by Belgian DJ Charlotte de Witte, will bring 115 performers to Detroit's Hart Plaza. Six stages will feature hundreds of performers, including Carl Craig and Moodymann in a dual back-to-back set, actor and DJ Zack Fox, and rapper ASAP Ferg, among many others.
Here's what to know about the longstanding festival and how to navigate downtown Detroit:
Belgian DJ Charlotte de Witte will return to Hart Plaza for her second headlining stint at Detroit's Movement festival, according to the Detroit Free Press.
De Witte — who in 2023 became the first female headliner in the event's history — is among more than 115 acts set to play the latest Memorial Day weekend edition of the long-running electronic music fest.
Hart beats: An oral history of the first Detroit Electronic Music Festival
Movement Festival takes place May 24-26. Festival hours are:
2 p.m. to midnight Saturday, May 24
2 p.m. to midnight Sunday, May 25
2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, May 26
Movement is at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit this year, at 1 Hart Plaza.
Tickets for the Movement festival are offered as three- and one-day passes online. Some passes are sold out, check online for availability.
Children under 12 and under are free and do not need a ticket.
The following items are allowed at Movement:
Small bags, single-compartment backpacks, plush backpacks, purses (maximum 12-by-12 inches)
Earplugs
Fanny packs
Gum (must be sealed upon entry)
E-cigs/vapes (no E-liquid or E-juice of any kind will be allowed)
Baby strollers
Binoculars
Blankets, sheets, towels
Cameras (no detachable lenses) – must be without equipment attachments such as camera stands, selfie sticks, tripods, and monopods
Empty CamelBak-type hydration packs and water bottles, and plastic or aluminum water bottles
Rain ponchos / umbrella (hand-held ONLY and no bigger than 42 in. when open)
Flags/banners or handmade signs (no corporate/company-branded materials, no hard flagpoles)
Hula hoops
Personal misting fan with bottle no larger than 1.5L (must be empty upon entering the event).
Sunscreen lotion
The following items are prohibited:
Aerosol containers, including sunscreen and personal beauty products
Any and all professional audio recording equipment
Shoulder-mounted video cameras
Cameras with detachable lenses, camera stands, monopods, tripods, attachment sticks (selfie sticks) or other commercial equipment
Drones or any other remote flying device
Laser pointers
Coolers of any kind (exceptions may be made for medical use)
Framed backpacks
Glass and metal containers of any kind, except for aluminum water bottles
Illegal and illicit substances of any kind
Outside food or beverage (including alcohol)
Large purses, bags or backpacks (larger than 12-by-12 inches)
Skateboards, scooters, bicycles, wagons, carts or any personal motorized vehicles (with the exception of disability-related items)
Pets (except documented service animals)
Professional radios or walkie-talkies
Unauthorized/unlicensed vendors are not allowed
No solicitation and/or promotional materials including handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, giveaways, samples, etc.
Weapons or explosives of any kind
Fireworks
Bicycles inside festival grounds
Carts or wagons of any kind
The event will go on rain or shine, the website says. Tickets are not refundable.
Detroit has multiple public transport options to get around downtown. The city has a streetcar, bike share, and bus system to get you where you need to go.
The QLINE, which runs along Woodward Avenue from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, stops at Harper Avenue, 116 Lothrop St., 6540 Cass Ave., John R & Piquette, and 6230 John R St.
From the North: I-75 Southbound to I-375. Stay on I-375 and it will turn into Jefferson Avenue, Hart Plaza will be on your left.
From the East: I-94 Westbound to I-75 South, to I-375. Stay on I-375 and it will turn into Jefferson Avenue, Hart Plaza will be on your left.
From Canada: Via the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, turn right onto Jefferson Avenue, then take the first turnaround – Hart Plaza will be on your left.
Movement has special hotel reservations and deals for concert goers. The fill list of hotels including the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit and MGM Grand Detroit, among others can be found here.
ADMN
AK
Anfisa Letyago
Annicka
Armanni Reign
Ashton Swinton
Augustus Williams
Avalon Emerson
BeatLoaf
Beige
Ben UFO
Blackmoonchild
The Blessed Madonna
Boys Noize
Brian Kage
Carl Cox (Live)
Carl Craig b2b Moodymann ft. Mike Banks
Chaos in the CBD
Charlotte de Witte
Chase & Status
Chris Liebing
Chuck Daniels
Claude VonStroke
Cobblestone Jazz
Craig Gonzalez
D.Dan
Deepchord (Live)
Dennis Ferrer
Disc Jockey George
DJ Cent
DJ Gigola
DJ Godfather
DJ Holographic
DJ I.V.
DJ Minx
DJ Nobu
DJ Seinfeld
DJ Seoul
DJ Sphinx
DJ Tennis b2b Chloé Caillet
Donavan Glover
Dubfire
Ela Minus
Ember LaFíamma
Erika
Father Dukes
FERG
FJAAK
Fullbodydurag
Gay Marvine
Goldie b2b Photek
HAAi
Hamdi
Helena Hauff
Henry Brooks
Hiroko Yamamura
HiTech
horsegiirL
Huey Mnemonic
Jamie xx
JEM
JMT
John Summit
Jon Dixon (Live)
Joris Voorn
Joseph Capriati
Junior Sanchez
Keith Worthy
Kevin Reynolds (Live)
Kevin Saunderson b2b The Saunderson Brothers
Klangkuenstler
Layton Giordani
Loco Dice b2b Vintage Culture
Loren
Marcel Dettmann
Mark Broom (Live)
Mau P
MCR-T
Mike 'Agent X' Clark
Mike Schommer (Live)
Mike Servito
Mister Joshooa
MK
Nina Kraviz
Norm Talley
Octave One (Live)
Patrick Topping
Peter Croce
PROSPA
QURL
RAEDY LEX
Ricardo Villalobos
Rimarkable
Riva Starr
Salar Ansari
Salute
Sama' Abdulhadi
Sammy Virji
Sara Landry
Sarena Tyler
Seth Troxler
Shawescape Renegade
Shawn Rudiman (Live)
Shigeto Live Ensemble
Shimza
SILLYGIRLCARMEN
Skepta Más Tiempo
Sonny Fodera
Soul Clap
Stacey Hotwaxx Hale
Stacey Pullen
Theresa Hill
TSHA
Waajeed b2b Ladymonix
Walker & Royce
Whodat
Zack Fox
Jalen Williams is a trending reporter at the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at jawilliams1@freepress.com.
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