Question: What happened to the Detroit Festival of Speed and Style in 2009?
Detroit's Festival of Speed and Style was created in 2007. It was seen as the perfect event to be hosted by the Motor City and was scheduled in its inaugural year on the weekend following the Woodward Dream Cruise, Metro Detroit's biggest event.
Answer: In 2008, the MotorCities National Heritage Area worked through two programs –- Cruisin’ Motorcities Summer Festival and Autopalooza -- to expand auto-related events throughout Southeast Michigan.
The Cruisin’ MotorCities Summer Festival successfully expanded the celebration of all things auto in 2008 by scheduling a week of events in downtown Detroit leading into the Woodward Dream Cruise. One of the biggest events to fall under its umbrella of promotion was Detroit’s Festival of Speed and Style, which was in 2008 scheduled for the weekend before the cruise.
Unfortunately, the downtown event will not be repeated in 2009 because of the economy. Between the events promoted by Autopalooza August and the host of auto-related events sponsored by communities in and around the Metro-Detroit area in August, however, a Woodward Dream Cruise Events Calendar continues to be a necessity in 2009.
The Cruisin’ MotorCities Summer Festival successfully expanded the celebration of all things auto in 2008 by scheduling a week of events in downtown Detroit leading into the Woodward Dream Cruise. One of the biggest events to fall under its umbrella of promotion was Detroit’s Festival of Speed and Style, which was in 2008 scheduled for the weekend before the cruise.
Unfortunately, the downtown event will not be repeated in 2009 because of the economy. Between the events promoted by Autopalooza August and the host of auto-related events sponsored by communities in and around the Metro-Detroit area in August, however, a Woodward Dream Cruise Events Calendar continues to be a necessity in 2009.
