The fourth
annual Detroit Winter Blast kicked off on Friday, Feb. 8 at
Campus Martius Park. The downtown area was transformed into
an event full of activities celebrating the coolest season,
winter. This year, festival goers were able to experience
same favorite activities from the past years, along with new
ones.
Last Friday,
the Detroit Winter Blast held its first film festival. The
Winter Blast Film Festival is a new venue that showcases Michigan
filmmakers. Hosted in a heated tent, the film festival showed
the varying talents of Michigan residents.
A line-up
of all the entertainment, activities and restaurants for the
fourth annual Detroit Winter Blast was announced Monday at
a traveling press conference in downtown Detroit. Participants
at the meeting were the first to experience some of the music,
food and fun before the actual festival weekend held on February
8-10.
For
the fourth consecutive year, Detroit’s Winter Blast will
return to Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit. The celebration
of winter experiences, dining, music and family fun will happen
Friday, February 8-Sunday, February 10. The event had been in
danger of cancellation due to budget shortfalls, and is still
looking for sponsors, but WILL take place and still feature
all the unique winter activities from years past.
From Detroit’s
finest restaurants to favorite neighborhood hangouts, “Metro
PCS: Dine in the D” kicking off Winter Blast weekend
is the first of its kind for Detroit and includes participation
of more than 60 of Detroit’s hottest restaurants from
Midtown, Downtown, Greektown and Mexicantown where diners
will receive 15 to 30 percent off their entire meal February
8-11, 2007.
Chrysler
Group brands Chrysler and Jeep and Chrysler Financial will
combine the best of two worlds - - food and three of its top
selling vehicles -- when it kicks off a "Motown Iron
Chef" competition between three restaurants at Detroit's
2007 Winter Blast on Feb. 9, at 11:45 a.m. Each chef will
prepare finger foods that fit the characteristics of a Chrysler
Aspen, Jeep Commander or Jeep Wrangler.
The 2nd
Annual Motown Winter Blast is expected to be 3x bigger than
last year. It will include ice skating, Model-T rides, a 200-ft
long snow slide, ice sculpures and more. Also, look for dog
sledding, lots of FREE music and good cuisine from all over
Metro Detroit.
Check
out our coverage of the Motown Winter Blast, Taste of the
NFL at the Rock Financial Showplace, The NFL Experience at
Cobo Center, The Super Bowl Party Guide and details on Jimmy
Kimmel's broadcast from Detroit.
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BROADCASTING LIVE FROM DETROIT'S WINTER BLAST :::
Detroit's Winter Blast, produced
by Jonathan Witz & Associates, features hip and cool winter events
centered around Campus Martius Park and great city attractions throughout
Detroit. Our signature winter activities are returning with free ice
skating in Campus Martius Park, Professional skating demonstrations
from the Detroit Skating Club sponsored by Charter One Bank, the Michigan.org
200 ft. snow slide, Quicken Loans Ice Garden, the Meijer Kid’s
Family Fun Zone and more.
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Driving Directions to the Detroit's Winter Blast
