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Detroit’s Finest Event Entertainment

NOW BOOKING 2024

WE CAN’T WAIT TO MAKE YOUR EVENT UNFORGETTABLE

DETROIT’S BEST LIVE ENTERTAINMENT TEAM

CHECK OUT OUR MOST RECENT FULL LENGTH CONCERT PROJECT – “LIVE FROM THE MASONIC”

LIVE AT THE MASONIC

LIVE AT THE MASONIC

MUSIC SERVICES

The Detroit Retro Society is Michigan’s greatest music entertainment production team. Whether it’s a wedding, private party, corporate event, or touring the world backing up some of the best in the business, our team is ready to help your music vision come to life. We’ve shared the stage with everyone from classic acts like The Temptations, Parliament Funkadelic, Foreigner and Aretha Franklin to modern acts like Sturgill Simpson, Kid Rock, Griz and The Detroit Pistons. From jazz to classical to our high-energy Detroit Music Show, our team would love the opportunity to produce the greatest event possible for your guests. 

WEDDINGS

CITY / PARK CONCERTS

CONCERTS

FESTIVALS

CORPORATE SHOWS

PRIVATE PARTIES

CAPABILITIES

The Detroit Retro Society is a service of The Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music®. We have the finest team of contemporary music producers, performers, teachers and emerging talent available in the region eager to make your special event exciting and memorable for you and your guests.. We also have one of the area’s best dedicated production facilities to rehearse, record, and produce projects and events. Centrally located Royal Oak, Michigan, if there’s a need for making music, this musician’s nirvana has you covered and our team is eager to invite you by for a conversation about how we can help.

REHEARSAL FACILITIES

CUSTOMIZABLE SHOWS AND CASTING

STAGING AND PRODUCTION

ONE-OF-A-KIND ARRANGEMENTS

ALL MUSIC STYLES

CUSTOM MUSIC PRODUCTION

CASE STUDY: CITIES AND FESTIVALS

THE DETROIT RETRO SOCIETY BRINGS THE HEAT TO SUMMER FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

MORE THAN JUST A BAND: COMMUNITY

The Detroit Retro Society team spent the summer bringing the musical heat to a number of municipal concert series, festivals and events all over Michigan. The City of Novi tapped our team to re-envision their celebration of Veterans, a veteran walk with a BBQ dinner was capped off with patriotic and celebratory sounds of the DRS small band in Fuerst Park. In Heritage Park for the City of Canton, the team delivered a danceable evening of modern and retro sounds. Other notable shows included performances for the City of St. John’s Summer Concert Series, City of West Bloomfield Senior Lunch, an all-out dance party with the full DETROIT MUSIC: PAST TO PRESENT cast in Riverside Park in Auburn Hills, a massive retro street party at Royal Oak’s Summer Concert Series with special guest Brian Vander Ark from The Verve Pipe, and many more!

Anything musical you can dream of can be accomplished with this amazing team. Let us know if we can amplify your community building efforts for your municipal events!

Special thinks to our friend Michael Green for the photos!
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CASE STUDY: NATIONAL CORPORATE SHOW

GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT – WASHINGTON D.C.

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MORE THAN JUST A BAND: FAMILY

The Detroit Retro Society was recently asked to from produce the  music at the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Summit in Washington D.C., the country’s largest gathering of small business ownership ever. Our team produced the music for 2500 small business owners, celebrities, business and political leadership, a former President and even got a shout out from the stage from an Iron Chef. 

We provided hype music as attendees entered the plenary, as well as play on music for dignitaries such as, John Rogers, Michael Bloomberg, Ali Webb, Rebecca Minkof, Iron Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Adam Grant, Senator Tim Scott, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Amen Bhutani, Gwenyth Paltrow, Chris Paul, David Solomon, Warren Buffett and George W. Bush. The team was tasked with preparing special songs for each dignitary as well and a custom “hype” song to get the crowd excited for the day. 
 
It took two rehearsal days of long hours and technical rehearsals in Washington DC to pull off but even after all of that, our team all went out to dinner and karaoke together.  Our team showed DC that we are  more than a just a band, we are a family and that love for each other and positivity can’t help but be infectious to audiences of all sizes. 
 
Special thinks to our friend Toni Dolce and Purple Critter Media for the photos! www.purplecritter.us
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CASE STUDY: PRIVATE CHARITY HOUSE PARTY

THE BÄRTFIELDINGER TRIO BRINGS THE VIBE TO “REAL MEN WEAR PINK”

MORE THAN JUST A BAND: A VIBE

The Detroit Retro Society team has a ton of options when it comes to music styles, band size, and personnel choices. One such sub-group of the team is The Bärtfieldinger Trio. Comprised of three of Michigan’s music accomplished musicians, this team has decades of experience choosing and performing jazz, cocktail hour, jazz concert and special event music to entertain and delight audiences near and far. 

Music sets the vibe and lets the event attendees settle in to a relaxing and celebratory mood, but it’s not the only piece of the equation. Sometimes the room needs to look the part as well. On this event for a “Real Men Wear Pink” private charity fundraiser party, our team was struck by the beauty of the space for the event when they walked through for a site visit. They easily could have brought instruments, played some music and left… but their years of experience in planning and producing events kicked in. They made some simple suggestions about room set up, band placement, the use of the owner’s piano, and most importantly, LIGHTING. Having all of the production equipment for events big and small, the team brought a truck load of extra lights, a PA system for the charity auction, and set the VIBE for the party from the moment the attendees arrived until the time they left that fit the pink theme, delighted the attendees and helped the event be a success for the charity.

If you need suggestions for amplifying your events’ vibe, don’t be afraid to reach out to our team!

Special thinks to our friend Michael Pesendorfer and his photographer Terry McNamara for the photos!
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COCKTAILS NEVER TASTED SO GOOD

CHECK OUT THE BÄRTFIELDINGER TRIO’S MOST RECENT FULL LENGTH CONCERT PROJECT – “ALONE AGAIN AGAIN”

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CASE STUDY: “DETROIT MUSIC: PAST TO PRESENT”

AMP UP YOUR THEATER SERIES, SUMMER CONCERT/FESTIVAL, PRIVATE EVENT OR PARTY WITH MICHIGAN’S GREATEST MUSIC

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GREAT FOR THEATERS,  CONCERTS,  AND DETROIT-CENTRIC PARTIES OR EVENTS

Join The Detroit Retro Society for “Detroit Music: Past to Present”, a high energy retrospective of the last 75 years of Detroit’s dominance of the global popular music scene. This production showcases all genres of Detroit artists and music. From the soul of Motown, Stevie Wonder, and Parliament Funkadelic, to the garage rock of Alice Cooper, The Stooges and Grand Funk RailroadAretha Franklin, Bob Seger, The Romantics, Glenn Frey, Was Not Was, Madonna, The Verve Pipe, Kid Rock, Eminem, Uncle Kracker, The White Stripes, Electric Six, Greta Van Fleet… and Lizzo! 

All of these artists have their roots in Detroit Music… this show is sure to bring your diverse audience of music fans together in celebration.

Check out a short version of the show!

NOW BOOKING SUMMER OF 2024!

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