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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 56m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Walk the cracked pavement where Black youth engineered an Afrofuturist revolution from the scrap metal of industrial collapse. From the subterranean darkwave bunker of City Club to the fortified vinyl vaults of Underground Resistance, explore how Belleville teens synthesized European minimalism with funk rhythm to invent Detroit techno. This walking journey reveals the deindustrialized alleys, historic recording cradles, and militant DIY sanctuaries that turned the rust of the Motor City into a global machine language.

    • A 7.0 km self-guided tour with 6 stops over 176 min
    • Ideal for travellers interested in Pop Culture & Media Landscapes and History & Memory
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app
    • Public transport is needed between some stops

Activity location

  • Detroit
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 400 Bagley St
    • 400 Bagley Street
    • 48226, Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Detroit Machine Soul Podcast Tour in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 56 minutes2h 56m
    2h 56m
  • Opening hours: Tue 00:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
£5.02
£4.02 x 1 Adult£4.02
Total
The previous price was £5.02 and current price is £4.02
19% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Detroit

  • 10m
The Leland Hotel is a 1920s skyscraper hotel turned post-industrial refuge, housing the legendary subterranean afterhours sanctuary City Club. Address: 400 Bagley St, Detroit, MI 48226.

Masonic Temple

  • 10m
The world's largest Masonic temple, an imposing neo-Gothic fortress transformed into a cathedral for monumental electronic sound and legendary festival gatherings. Address: 500 Temple St, Detroit, MI 48201.

The Majestic Theatre

  • 10m
Midtown’s historic Majestic Theatre Complex and Magic Stick hosted second-wave innovators who fused live electronic hardware with punk energy. Address: 4120 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201.

Detroit

  • 10m
United Sound Systems Recording Studios is the historic studio where Cybotron cut 'Alleys of Your Mind' in 1981, fusing European electronic synthesis with Detroit funk. Address: 5840 2nd Ave, Detroit, MI 48202.

Tangent Gallery/Hastings Street Ballroom

  • 10m
The contemporary spiritual sanctuary of pure analogue techno, home to legendary Movement weekend rituals like 'No Way Back'. Address: 715 E Milwaukee Ave, Detroit, MI 48202.

Detroit

  • 10m
Submerge Records is the headquarters of Underground Resistance and home to Exhibit 3000, the world's only museum dedicated exclusively to Detroit techno. Address: 3000 E Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202.

Location

Activity location

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    Detroit
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    400 Bagley St
    • 400 Bagley Street
    • 48226, Detroit, Michigan, United States

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