DETROIT MOVEMENT 2024. Festival announces full line-up.

Movement Music Festival has announced the full lineup of its 2024 edition, featuring over 115 acts, including headlining sets from German-Bosnian superstar DJ and producer Solomun, plus a brand-new show from electronic music innovator Richie Hawtin, joining previously announced headliner Fatboy Slim.

Announcement also includes an additional performance by Drum and Bass luminary Goldie (DJ Set); globally revered selector and Black Book Records founder Chris Lake (coming off his hotly anticipated Gotye revamp “Somebody (2024)” and a massively sold out event on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles); legendary Atlanta hip-hop artist Ludacris; enigmatic Compton artist Channel Tres (DJ Set); New York House icons Masters At Work; UK Drum and Bass trailblazer LTJ Bukem; Detroit Techno innovator Carl Craig performing a special live set; Techno pioneer Robert Hood (off the back of his latest compilation release Variations with Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti) performing under his coveted alias Floorplan; Midwest-born, London-based House music icon and longtime Smartbar (Chicago) resident The Blessed Madonna; UK House and breakbeat veteran Paul Woolford performing under his acclaimed alias Special Request; Spanish rising Techno star Fatima Hajji; Regis and Surgeon as Techno masterminds British Murder Boys; Australian-born Ghettohouse superstar Partiboi69 (live) and many others.

These artists join the previously announced lineup featuring a special performance by Goldie (Live Band), award-winning artist and producer James Blake (DJ Set); acclaimed British actor and DJ Idris Elba performing a b2b set with Detroit Techno legend Kevin Saunderson (the two artists have collaborated on Inner City’s singles “We All Move Together” and “No More Looking Back”), plus Honey Dijon, Floating Points, Skream, Sama’ Abdulhadi, I Hate Models, LP Giobbi, Boys Noize b2b VTSS, Gorgon City, DJ Minx, Jaguar and many more.

As always, the festival puts an emphasis on celebrating the rich musical heritage of its home city by foregrounding some of Detroit’s most adroit DJs, producers, and rising stars, including Detroit Techno’s second wave maestro Stacey Pullen, acclaimed producer, Dirt Tech Records boss and Underground Music Academy founder Waajeed; Electro pioneers DJ 3000, DJ Godfather, Aux 88 founding member Keith Tucker performing as K-1; House mainstays Delano Smith, Terrence Parker, Dames Brown, DJ Holographic, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, DJ Cent, plus Drummer B, Rimarkable, Tammy Lakkis, Huey Mnemonic, Fabiola, Something Blue, John Collins, Ataxia b2b Mister Joshooa, Ladymonix, Augustus Williams and many more.

The festival will once again span three days of diverse and meticulous curation on Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-27, 2024) inside the picturesque Hart Plaza at downtown Detroit’s riverfront. Since its inception, the event has sought to provide fans with programming that offers a variegated experience of electronic music, ranging from dance music’s most in-demand artists, underground mainstays, and notable first-time performers; a potent cross section of seasoned vets and future generations of electronic music. At its heart, Movement is a reverence for the local roots of the culture, treating Detroit as the Techno mecca it is.

This year’s showcases will include a special 30-year anniversary celebration of Goldie’s legendary Metalheadz Records, Carl’s Craig’s traveling party series Detroit Love in collaboration with the iconic UK House label Defected Records, Masters At Work Present, Kevin Saunderon’s KMS Records, and DJ Minx’s House Your Life. Lineups for the showcases will be announced at a later date.

VIP attendees will be treated to VIP pop-up sets all three days, featuring Afrobeats and Hip-Hop collective HouseParty; Detroit-based House and Disco label Rocksteady Disco celebrating its 10-Year Anniversary; plus, Dub and Reggae collective A Dub Supreme featuring Ranking Gimp and friends.

The full line-up, in alphabetical order by day, is as follows:

Saturday, May 25.
Aboudi Issa
Acemoma
Ataxia B2b Mister Joshooa
Barclay Crenshaw
Blaaqgold *
Carl Craig (Live)
Channel Tres (Dj Set)
Colin Benders
Dames Brown
Dj 3000
Dj Etta
Dj Holographic
Dj Psycho
Dom Dolla
Donovan Glover *
Dreamcastmoe
Floorplan
Francois Dillinger
Honeyluv
Huey Mnemonic
J House *
James Ruskin
Jayda G
Julia Govor
Jyoty
Loco Dice
Lp Giobbi
Ludacris
Major League Djz
Masquenada *
Mona Black
Paranoid London (Live)
Partiboi69 (Live)
Reference
Rimarkable
Ryan Elliott
Secrets (Live)
Skream
Solomun
Speedy J
Stacey Hotwaxx Hale
Stacey Pullen
Tee Grizzley
Tylr_
Waajeed

Showcase.
Detroit Love X Defected Records (Acts Marked With * Indicate Houseparty Vip Pop-up Stage Lineup)

Sunday, May 26.
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2lanes (Live)
Adiel
Anané
Avalon Emerson
Blair French ^
The Blessed Madonna
Coco & Breezy
Delano Smith
Detroit Bureau Of Sound
Dj Godfather
Dream Beach
Eddie Logix ^
Ellen Allien
Fabiola
Fatima Hajji
Floating Points
Héctor Oaks
Heidy P ^
I Hate Models
Jacob Park
James Blake (Dj Set)
Joseph Capriati