Maybe I wasn’t paying attention last year, but I believe this is a brand new event. The Downtown Development Authority, with the participation of the stores and restaurants downtown, is throwing a Mardi Gras celebration starting noon the 2/21.
Plymouth-Canton student art will be on display. Merchants will give out beads. Steve King & the Diddlies will play at 5:00 p.m. There will be “kid friendly” events in Kellogg Park as well.
After the concert you are invited to “hang out as partygoers converge on downtown for a night of fun and late night parties. The party continues into the night at any of over 30 shops, bars and restaurants.”
More info, if you really need it, is found at http://www.downtownplymouth.org/CivicAlerts.asp?AID=103
I’m not sure an outside party will have a lot of draw in late February here in Michigan. There again, the ice sculpture shows are well attended, even when it is deathly cold. This is clearly just another event to draw people into the downtown area. Plymouth certainly doesn’t have a Mardi Gras tradition. I hope it goes over well and people have a great time (and the businesses downtown make loads of cash.)
Wavy back in 1984, I was visiting my buddy Tom “Spaghetti” King, who wailed on the sax as a member of Steve King and the Diddlies. Is this the same band?
Is this the band with my buddy, Tom “Spaghetti” King?
If so, get in touch!