The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre is back for another summer along the Detroit River, and the 2026 concert season is packed ...

In the 1980s, Detroit mayor Coleman A. Young decided he wanted to establish an outdoor amphitheater on Detroit’s riverfront. He wanted something that city residents could enjoy, and hoped it could ...

Detroit’s Concert of Colors is coming home. On Tuesday, organizers announced the long-running annual world music festival is returning to The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, the riverside venue formerly ...

In 1972, the late and beyond measure, Aretha Franklin, landed in Los Angeles' New Temple Missionary Baptist Church to record her live (double-platinum) double-album, Amazing Grace. And while the album ...

The July 18 evening at the Aretha will include performances by soul-gospel great Mavis Staples and Moroccan music group Bab L’ Bluz. Other performers at the July 16-20 event include Nigerian mainstay ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Symphony of Southeast Texas will perform a full orchestral tribute to soul legend Aretha Franklin this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Julia Rogers Theatre in downtown Beaumont. The ...

Aretha Franklin is one of the major influences on Paula Fuga, who performed a tribute to the iconic singer at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in 2022. Fuga will return to the MACC on Sept. 20. Having ...

Taylor Swift honored Aretha Franklin with a moment of silence during a concert in the Queen of Soul’s hometown. Swift told a sold-out crowd at Detroit’s Ford Field on Tuesday that Franklin did so much ...