Big Sean to host five days of Detroit festivities, Motown fund-raiser

Brian McCollum | Detroit Free Press

Big Sean is throwing a five-day hometown celebration.

The rapper will roll out his inaugural Detroit's On Now Weekend — D.O.N. — later this month, with a series of events including fashion competitions, a block party and a fund-raising event for the Motown Museum.

D.O.N., presented by his Sean Anderson Foundation, will run June 21-25.

“I always love giving back to the city that gave me so much. I just want to start the summer off right and invite everybody in Detroit and the surrounding areas to come out and enjoy the festivities," Big Sean said in a statement.

The announcement comes three months after Big Sean revealed plans to build a multiplex cinema in the city.

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The festivities will kick off with a Puma-sponsored "Fashion Mogul Challenge," in which aspiring shoe and apparel designers will compete for $25,000 in prizes. Submissions are being accepted through June 11 at the D.O.N. website.

That night, Sean will mingle with guests at the Motown Museum in a benefit for the museum's ongoing $50 million expansion campaign. Only 100 people will be admitted, and sponsorship packages are available in tiers of $1,000, $10,000 and $25,000. For more info, write or call the museum's Paul Barker at pbarker@motownmuseum.org or 313-875-2264 (ext. 226).

A June 23 block party — billed as the weekend's signature event — will include food trucks, basketball and movies at the Ford Resource and Engagement Center Eastside.

The 2018 D.O.N. schedule:

June 21

Fashion Mogul Challenge (event not open to the general public), 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

The Motown Jam, 7 p.m., Motown Museum, 2648 W. Grand Blvd.

June 22

Fashion Mogul Challenge (event not open to the general public), 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

June 23

Block Party, noon-10 p.m., Ford Resource and Engagement Center Eastside, 15491 Maddelein, Detroit

June 24

Occupy the Corner Detroit, 5 p.m., Dueweke Park, 4975 Sheridan, Detroit

June 25

3rd Annual L.I.T.E. Fest (invite-only for students and families), 4-11 p.m., West Riverfront Park