Summer Performance Series in the Gateway Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Join us for an enchanting evening of music in the Gateway Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. This ticketed event offers a unique opportunity to experience live, multidisciplinary performances under the stars and is perfect for enjoying summer nights with friends and family.
Thursday, July 25
7 PM to 9 PM
Will Call opens at 6:30 PM
Ticket Prices:
$25 General Admission
$20 Members
$15 Students
Youth under 5 free
Recommended ages: 11-adult
Featured Performance: Beats and Blooms Hip Hop Concert
On Thursday, July 25, get ready for an electrifying hip hop concert featuring some of the hottest talents in the genre. Matthaei Botanical Gardens presents An Evening of Hip Hop at the 2024 Summer Concert Series. Hosted by Duke Newcomb with performances by Kool Ade Kam, Spayd L7, and D’Vaughn the Illest, with DJ Prophet Ecks
Kool Ade Kam
Kool Ade Kam was born and raised in Ann Arbor Michigan. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in Graphic Design. He now lives in Ypsilanti with his wife Rachel and dog, Stevie. His love for comic books and Hip Hop music has always been a passion. With funky beats, super powered rhymes. Kool Ade Kam tries to deliver a soundtrack to a blue collar working artist from Michigan. Kool Ade Kam is also a working indie comic book artist. Kam illustrates stories for young people, elderly people and anyone in between. Kool Ade Kam teaches comic book drawing for 7 and up, while also teaching the culture of Hip Hop along the way.
D'Vaughn the Illest
Hailing from Flint Michigan. With the energy of a WWE entertainer.
A throwback to the golden era with skill, practice, and dedication to performance. An emcee. Everything about him is current... Now even.
A stage show worth the price of admission. In a world where so many mail it in.
D'vaughn The Illest The name really says it all
Spayd L7
Unmistakably Detroit. A cool and calm, effortlessly masking the intensity brimming beneath her breath. The presence of a sultry song singer. Subject matter of an evolved revolutionary. Lyrically, she throws darts.
She shares just enough of her love life to let us know she's human. One of us.
Host
Duke Newcomb
An Ann Arbor native.
Member of various Hiphop groups/collectives; Battle Tron, 7Chakraz, Pro Duce, and Craft Life. In 2015 Duke started the Dojo Open Mic, at The Ann Arbor Elks Lodge. That remained until the pandemic took hold. Resurfacing in 2023. To present day. Currently every first Friday of the month @the Regal Beagle in Ypsilanti, Michigan
DJ
Prophet Ecks
Founder of the Wax Kings DJ collective. Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
