The greatest things about Movement Detroit

She may not be a part of the official itinerary, but Grandma Techno is as much a part of Movement Detroit’s culture as the individuals heading the Main Stage. More than just a typical festival-goer, she's a concrete symbol of music's unifying, completely non-discriminating magic. Patricia Lay-Dorsey is the 73-year old techno lover who has been attending the seminal event for over a decade. The stalwart fan has been a professional photographer for years, but at Movement you’ll most likely see her dancing beside her mobile scooter with an ear-to-ear smile on across her face.

Detroit is home to the no-smoke-and-mirror type locations that are perfectly fitting for the underground culture in celebration. Hot and sweaty and beautifully gritty, housing deafening sounds between shaking walls, the Movement crowd knows there's little need for luxury embellishments and over-the-top add-ons.

There's Assemble Sound, an abandoned German church build in the 1800s that now acts as a music studio exclusively reserved for special events. The Detroit Masonic Temple, the largest temple of its kind since the 1900s with a 16-story ritual building, has hosted Dubfire, Tale Of Us, Richie Hawtin and Kraftwerk at its nearly pitch-black basement space. The historic Leland Ballroom, once an extravagant social space has morphed into a haunting underground venue where the walls literally drip with heat.