FIRST ANNUAL “LA WEEKLY DETOUR MUSIC FESTIVAL” SET FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

The LA Weekly and Goldenvoice have joined together to bring a new day-long, all-ages live music event amid the backdrop of downtown Los Angeles.  Set for Saturday, October 7, the first-ever LA WEEKLY DETOUR MUSIC FESTIVAL will bring together a diverse assortment of talent that Los Angeles music fans have come to expect from Goldenvoice.  The multi-stage event will take place in the heart of Los Angeles at Main & 1st Streets.  

So far, the confirmed line-up includes Beck, Queens Of The Stone Age, Basement Jaxx, Peeping Tom, Redd Kross, Nortec Collective, Blackalicious, Of Montreal, The Like, The Elected, OH NO! OH MY!, The Blood Arm, Everybody Else, The Howling Bells, Wired All Wrong.  DJ Sets by: VHS or Beta, Steve Aoki/Kid Millionaire, Shepard Fairey, Travis Keller.  Other acts are TBA in the weeks leading up to the festival.  

Tickets for the LA WEEKLY DETOUR MUSIC FESTIVAL go on sale this Saturday at 10:00 AM (PT) and are available via all Ticketmaster outlets: Tower Records/Robinsons May/The Wherehouse/Ritmo Latino; charge by phone at 213-480-3232 or 714-740-2000; or online at www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets are $35.50 with a portion of proceeds benefiting  Tree People (http://www.treepeople.org/).  Note:  this show is rain or shine and the lineup is subject to change.

For more information on the LA WEEKLY DETOUR MUSIC FESTIVAL, go to:  WWW.LAWEEKLY.COM/DETOUR.  Sponsors for the LA WEEKLY DETOUR MUSIC FESTIVAL include:  Tower Records, American Apparel, Sam Ash, Heineken.

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Goldenvoice, creator of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, has carved out a special niche for itself, setting an example of how concert promoters can keep their street level integrity while charting a course toward market dominance. Beginning as a small punk rock promoter in the late 1980s, Goldenvoice grew to be the dominant alternative promoter in Southern California by leveraging such venues as The Palladium and the El Rey Theatre with its strong artist and industry relationships. Goldenvoice promotes over 300 concerts a year in California, Nevada, Alaska, Arizona and Hawaii.  

TreePeople's mission is to inspire the people of Los Angeles to take personal responsibility for the urban forest–educating, training and supporting them as they plant and care for trees and improve the neighborhoods in which they live, learn, work and play.  This work also brings neighbors together, revitalizes inner-city communities, cools and greens campuses, and address serious urban issues including water and energy conservation, flood prevention and storm water pollution.  Their T.R.E.E.S. project is changing the nation’s approach to urban watershed management, motivating other cities to adopt “best management practices” and follow their lead.  Every week TreePeople works with community members to make Los Angeles a healthier place to live, work and play. Their vision is for a new kind of city–one that works for everyone.