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Originally posted by Cribby +1 Send me a pm Grahamers. I'm in for sure, for all 3 nights...so is Kris Knox, and David Ace. w00t. Jenn too I assume...this is going to be nuts I'm more excited about the evening parties... I <3 mnml.

I have had the time booked off work since the first week of January so I am in for all 3 nights
We can all sleep at my place on the Friday and leave here in the morning or early afternoon before I get you boys some breakfast.. lol

YAY.. I am sooo stoked. As for Knox, see if you can book in the Holiday Inn Express as it looks like it is exactly right downtown and close to everything. I do NOT want to drive throughout the weekend if we don't have too. I rather just park and walk everywhere

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Originally posted by magikb I do NOT want to drive throughout the weekend if we don't have too. I rather just park and walk everywhere

OH YEA... this is gonna be key. Driving while in party state is not something I wanna be doing.

Park and walk FTW.

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To speak to a few of the things here...

Kris is giving some really good advice, there are a few things to keep in mind.

This is a vary popular festival, but its different than what a lot of people are probably thinking.

The venue is a fantastic venue...It is one giant plaza, right on the detroit river in the heart of the city.
It is 100 percent safe, this is honestly probably the safest event of the year in Detroit. There are cops at and security patrolling the streets, and thousands of people everywhere.

However, this isn't like ultra in the sense that the grounds will be jammed from open to close. During the afternoon hours the festival is much less busy.It picks up late afternoon and is really rocking at night.

Bleu usually brings in some pretty big names, even if techno isn't exactly your thing. Markus Schulz, Junkie XL, Bad Boy Bill, I know there have been other big ones, Kris can probably remember more.

Richie closing is truly an event...whether you like him or not. You think people here like it when Richie comes? You should see it in Detroit.

This is a very fun weekend, I highly recommend it.

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/hoping to see neil landstrumm added

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Originally posted by Skipper Graham, where are you staying and how much is it? What nights are you there for?

Holiday Inn-Express, Downtown Detroit. 100 USD/night.

Thanks Kris!

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Originally posted by shanny Richie closing is truly an event...whether you like him or not. You think people here like it when Richie comes? You should see it in Detroit.

I actually got goosebumps while reading this, lol. OOOOOOMG I'm so fucking excited for this the more I hear from Josh and Kris.

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Originally posted by Misanthrope /hoping to see neil landstrumm added

I'm really hoping for Tania Vulcano to be added as well...I can imagine back to back sets from her and Loco Dice. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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by the way is anybody know if most of afterparties are 21+ or what ?

or the festival itself for that matter

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Originally posted by rulzz by the way is anybody know if most of afterparties are 21+ or what ? or the festival itself for that matter

The festival is all-ages.

The after parties vary - much of the warehouse shindigs are 16-18 and over. Other parties like at Bleu are 18+ or 21+ - when the parties start getting announced, I'll make sure to include that info.

Hope this helps!

And, yes, Josh is absolutely correct - RICHIE IN DETROIT beats Richie anywhere else except maybe Germany.

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wow. i'm getting more excited the more i read this.

thanks for the info josh.... if my decision wasn't finalized (which it was two days ago) you've finalized it for me now.

i'll check into the hotel jenn.... i'll see what I can do on my end....

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When you guys are booking hotels, pay attention to how far away they are from the downtown core...

The reason i say this is that, it is ideal to get a hotel within walking distance of the festival. But if you are too far away it would also be an idea to consider staying in windsor and taking the tunnel bus over, it is quick and runs relatively frequent.

If you do that, there are two things you need to consider.
1)Depending on what you "do" when you party, the border and customs officers may or may not be an issue, don't forget this.

2)They don't run all night. If you want to do lots of afterpartying this is probably not the best route, but if the festival is what you're doing this works well, and there are more places to eat and hang out in downtown windsor than detroit.

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