Festivals / Midtown / Cass Park (Masonic Temple)
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An immersive Halloween masquerade in Detroit, staged for years across eight floors of the Masonic Temple by Cass Park; no new dates have been announced.
01 / The story of this place
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Led by founder John Dunivant and running since about 2000 (22 years as of 2023), it was staged for 11 years across eight floors of the Masonic Temple with about 1,500 performers and musicians, six main stages and 19 performance spaces. The Grand Ballroom and dance halls hosted 20+ acts (punk, rock, jazz, funk, marching bands, swing DJs) plus sideshow and burlesque, under a strict costume dress code. The 2023 edition was cancelled because of a Masonic Temple double-booking.
- Halloween masquerade
- Six main stages, 19 spaces
- Strict costume dress code
Famous Detroiters
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- Jack White born 1975 · guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer
Memorial
He paid $142,000 of the temple's back taxes in 2013 and its Scottish Rite cathedral became the Jack White Theater. He played the longest show of his career here in 2014 and married onstage here in 2022.
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03 / Events
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