The City of Detroit has officially proclaimed May 18-25, 2026 as Detroit Techno Week, recognizing Movement Music Festival and the weeklong spirit of music, culture, and community that surrounds the festival throughout Detroit.
The proclamation was signed by Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield ahead of Movement’s 20th anniversary edition under Paxahau’s stewardship, taking place Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, at Hart Plaza on Detroit’s iconic riverfront.
Movement weekend brings an estimated $20 million in economic activity to the city, welcoming approximately 30,000 music fans from around the world each year, celebrating the city’s revolutionary legacy as the birthplace of Techno.
In keeping with its tradition of celebrating Detroit’s impact on the culture, the festival has booked a panoply of the city’s most adroit talent, including the iconic DJ, producer, and House Your Life founder DJ Minx; breakout hip-hop star PEEZY; Ghostly International co-founder Matthew Dear as Audion (Live), powerhouse trio and Defected Records artists Dames Brown; enigmatic electronic music producer Terrence Dixon (Live); Detroit poet laureate jessica Care moore (who will be doing a short spoken word performance ahead of Carl Craig’s 69 set); plus: Tammy Lakkis, DJ Godfather, Kyle Hall b2b Byron the Aquarius, JMT, Salar Ansari, Whodat, Rimarkable, KESSWA, Disco Jockey George, and many more.
Music fans from across the globe will once again make the pilgrimage to Detroit, the birthplace of Techno, and be treated to three days of diverse curation on Memorial Day Weekend (May 23-25, 2026) inside Hart Plaza at downtown Detroit’s iconic riverfront. Since 2006, Paxahau has cultivated Movement into a globally acclaimed electronic music festival, honoring Detroit’s revolutionary legacy while pushing the culture forward through highly intentional programming that bridges seasoned legends with the rising stars shaping the genre’s future.
In addition to the on-site music programming, the festival will feature multiple art installations; including Universal Sound Systems, a large-scale mural installation on-site by Detroit artist and designer Tony Whlgn, in collaboration with 1XRUN. “The mural is a reflection of Detroit Techno as a living frequency—built in basements, broadcast through airwaves, and carried across generations into a global language of sound,” said Tony.
“Rooted in movement and repetition, the mural echoes the dance floor as a site of connection, where time dissolves and community forms through vibration. Playful and immersive, it imagines Detroit as both the origin and a transmitter that continuously shapes how the world listens, gathers, and moves. This piece stands as both tribute and infrastructure: a recognition that sound here builds worlds.” Universal Sound Systems is located at the Pyramid Amphitheater (near the Pyramid Stage).
The festival will also host the Respect the Architects, curated by Underground Music Academy (UMA), in partnership with Detroit Techno Foundation. The exhibits, located in the Underground Amphitheatre (near the Underground Stage) recognizes and celebrates some of Detroit electronic music community’s most impactful and unsung heroes, including Santonio Echols, Delano Smith, Mike “Mad Mike” Banks of Underground Resistance, Mike Huckaby, Zana Smith, K-Hand, Ron Murphy, James Pennington, Ken Collier and many more.
The festival’s stages for 2026 include Movement Stage, Waterfront Stage presented by JARS, Stargate Stage, Underground Stage, Pyramid Stage, and Detroit Stage.
SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 23
Movement Stage
4pm-5pm Audion (Live)
5pm-6:30pm Voices From The Lake
6:30pm-7:30pm Borderland (Live)
7:30pm-9pm Collabs3000 (Chris Liebing & Speedy J)
9pm-10:30pm 999999999
10:30pm-12am Sara Landry
Waterfront Stage presented by JARS
3pm-4pm AK
4pm-5pm JMT
5pm-6pm DJ Godfather
6pm-7pm Miss Bashful (Live)
7pm-8pm Zack Fox b2b Jyoty
8pm-9:10pm X-Altera
9:20pm-10:20pm Dopplereffekt (Live AV)
10:30pm-10:50pm Peezy
11pm-12am Danny Brown
Stargate Stage
Detroit Love Showcase
2pm-3pm K’Alexi Shelby
3pm-4:30pm Kyle Hall b2b Byron the Aquarius
4:30pm-6pm John Collins
6pm-6:30pm Dames Brown
6:30pm-8pm Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale
8pm-9:30pm Stacey Pullen
9:30pm-9:35pm jessica Care moore
9:35pm-11pm Carl Craig b2b Cajmere
Underground Stage
3pm-4pm Luke Hess
4pm-6:30pm Terrence Dixon (Live)
6:30pm-8pm Mark Flash
8pm-9:30pm Nastia
9:30pm-10:30pm Dax J (Live)
10:30pm-12am Ellen Allien b2b DJ Stingray
Pyramid Stage
3pm-4:30pm Peter Croce b2b Eddie Logix
4:30pm-6pm Colette b2b DJ Heather
6pm-7:30pm Octo Octa
Movement 2025 app is now available for iOS and Android smartphones. Download the app here.
Movement 2026 3-Day and 1-Day Passes for GA and VIP Sunday and Monday are on sale now at www.movementfestival.com
