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2024 DETROIT RIVER COCKTAIL SHOWDOWN
with Detroit River Cocktail Showdown, Half Light Music
Sat 18:00 pm EDT (Doors: 18:00 pm )
$10.00 - $30.00 Buy Tickets

Detroit River Cocktail Showdown will feature top bartenders from local bars and restaurants along the Detroit Riverfront and Metro Detroit to showcase their uniquely crafted cocktails. Shakers will be flailing through the air on Nov 2 in Downtown Wyandotte. Positioned inside District 142 - Live Music & Event Venue there will be approx. twenty (20) bartenders / bars competing for bragging rights and an epic trophy. Each will be assigned a spirit prior to the event. Then each bartender is challenged to make the best craft cocktail partnered with a specialty spirit brand coupled with their ingenuity. Cocktail enthusiasts will have the chance to sample cocktails made with premium liquors and ingredients and vote for the best cocktail based on taste and presentation!  

Live Music:
Half Light Music 

Paricipating Competitors:
The Vault
The Iron Gate
Whiskeys on the Water
RiverTown Tavern
Frank's Pizza
District 142
Sports Bar & Grill
Firehouse Pub
JP's Waterfront
The Pour House
My Place Bar & Grill 
...more to be announced.

Spirit Brands:
...to be announced.

Cocktail sampling will take place from 6pm - 11pm. Check in between 6pm - 8:30pm. Ticket holders will receive a commemorative glass, 10 sampling tickets, and a vote card. Advanced tickets $30.

Must be 21+ with valid ID. The bar will be open offering beer, liquor, soda and water.


Artists

Detroit River Cocktail Showdown

Detroit River Cocktail Showdown will feature top bartenders from local bars and restaurants along the Detroit Riverfront and Metro Detroit to showcase their uniquely crafted cocktails. Shakers will be flailing through the air on Nov 2 in Downtown Wyandotte. Positioned inside District 142 - Live Music & Event Venue there will be approx. twenty (20) bartenders / bars competing for bragging rights and an epic trophy. Each will be assigned a spirit prior to the event. Then each bartender is challenged to make the best craft cocktail partnered with a specialty spirit brand coupled with their ingenuity. Cocktail enthusiasts will have the chance to sample cocktails made with premium liquors and ingredients and vote for the best cocktail based on taste and presentation!  

The event will also feature live music. 

Cocktail sampling will take place from 6pm - 11pm. Check in between 6pm - 8:30pm. Ticket holders will receive a commemorative glass, 10 sampling tickets, and a vote card. 

Must be 21+ with valid ID. The bar will be open offering beer, liquor, soda and water.


Half Light Music

Half Light Music’s origins can be traced back to the abrupt demise of Epic recording artist, Bliss 66. Frontman and songwriter, Cheyenne Goff, found himself with a growing catalogue of material but lacking the right combination of players to bring the songs to life. Alongsid long time friend and bassist, Donnie Patty, who had shared the stage with Goff both in Paper Street Saints, a Detroit-based rock outfit that generated much local and regional success, they began to sketch out a vision of what would become Half Light Music. As the cinders began to cool on PSS, it became clear that it was time for them to get back to their roots – making hook oriented, pop/rock songs that folks could tap their foot and sing along to….And that is exactly what they’ve done.

Along with lead guitarist Marty Yount, and drummer & ex-66er Bob Cook, Half Light Music have developed a sound that fuses modern and classic rock song structures with Goff’s vivid and poetic lyricism; a union that enables the strong suits of each individual players’ skill set to shine. Indulging a diversity of influences throughout their 10 year career, they’ve continued to explore new ways of bringing Goff’s compositions to life, without losing sight of the melodic foundations that have always been the impetus of their music.