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Editor's note: ahead of Movement 2026

Hart Plaza in May, before the stages go up. The river is still doing what the river does. The festival isn't here yet. We're getting ready to cover it.

May 7, 2026
Preview

The Movement 2026 lineup, decoded: who's playing where

Resident Advisor published the full Movement 2026 lineup in March. Six stages, over a hundred artists. Here is what the bookings signal.

May 3, 2026
Preview

Movement 2026 returns Memorial Day weekend: what to know

Movement Music Festival returns to Hart Plaza on Memorial Day weekend, May 23 through 25, 2026. Three days, six stages, Paxahau's twentieth at the helm.

May 2, 2026
Review

Autechre played the Russell Industrial Center

Paxahau booked Autechre at the Russell Industrial Center on October 21, 2025.

October 21, 2025
Review

Charivari stopped being one festival and became five

Charivari Detroit ran August 14 to 17, 2025, across multiple venues instead of one. The festival dropped its single-site Fort Wayne model.

August 13, 2025
Spotlight

Movement 2025 took its 25th anniversary as a question, not a victory lap

Movement Music Festival closed its 25th edition on Memorial Day. What the anniversary framing actually meant on the ground was less a celebration than a question put to the room.

June 2, 2025
Review

Soul Clap's House of EFUNK turned 11

Soul Clap's House of EFUNK ran its 11th edition at TV Lounge over Movement weekend 2025. Two nights. Deep lineup.

May 24, 2025
Preview

Movement 2025 by the numbers: 25 years, six stages, 115 artists

Twenty-five years. Six stages. One hundred fifteen artists. Three days. The numbers behind the 25th edition of Detroit's flagship electronic music festival.

May 20, 2025
Profile

Inside Paxahau: how Detroit's festival institution programs Movement

Paxahau Event Production has produced Movement since 2006. The company started in 1998 as a Detroit promotion crew and has run the festival under five different mayors.

May 18, 2025
Preview

What to know about Movement 2025: a guide to Memorial Day weekend at Hart Plaza

The 25th annual Movement Music Festival runs May 24 through 26, 2025, at Hart Plaza. Three days, six stages, 115 artists across the weekend.

May 15, 2025
News

A 909, a Saturday night, and Jeff Mills walking back into Detroit

Carl Cox pulled out of Movement three months before the festival. Jeff Mills is taking his slot.

February 20, 2025
Spotlight

Movement 2024 by the numbers

Paxahau released attendance and operating figures Tuesday from the 24th edition of Movement. The numbers, in plain terms: the festival held.

May 30, 2024
Spotlight

The Skrillex booking, and what it said about Movement 2024

Sonny Moore closed the Movement Stage Sunday night under the name he stopped being able to outrun. The booking had been a subject of argument since February.

May 28, 2024
Review

Saturday at Movement 2024: the festival came back full

Movement 2024 opened Saturday, May 25, with a Hart Plaza crowd that was the largest on a festival opening day since the pre-pandemic editions.

May 25, 2024
Preview

What to know about Movement 2024: 24 years on Hart Plaza

Movement Music Festival runs May 25 through 27, 2024, at Hart Plaza. The 24th edition. Six stages, 115 artists across the weekend, three days for a Memorial Day weekend pass that starts at $225.

May 22, 2024
Spotlight

Looking back: how Movement survived on Hart Plaza

Movement returns to Hart Plaza Memorial Day weekend for its 24th edition. The festival has changed names, owners, and economic models since 2000. The location has not.

May 21, 2024
Spotlight

Movement 2023 was the festival's full return: a recap

Movement Music Festival ran May 27 through 29, 2023, at Hart Plaza, the 23rd edition and the first Memorial Day weekend that ran without pandemic-era operational constraints. Total attendance roughly 109,000.

May 30, 2023
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