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Rock 'N' Rummage isn't your moms typical yard sale!!!
So you're sitting in Metro Detroit bar, and people start setting up tables with stacks of vinyl records, t-shirts, and nostalgic items with words attached to them like "The Goonies", "Garbage Pail Kids", and "The Dark Crystal". No, this isn't a retrospective decade show on VH1. This is Rock 'N' Rummage you have just witnessed.
Rock 'N' Rummage brings the yard, garage, market, and fair into a bar/coffee house setting. The event is centered around music, drinking, and merchandise.
Rock 'N' Rummage was started after years of accumulation from two self confessed pack rats growing up in the 80's pop culture scene.
Filmmakers Casey Schwochow and Beth Amber started the event in the Fall of 2005. In the early 90's the duo would shop at garage sales and thrift stores keeping a eye out for vintage t-shirts, combat boots, and other one of a kind treasures.
With the dawn of a new decade,Casey and Beth just didn't have any room left to keep storing all their cool goods and they needed an outlet to present the items to people who would be into it. Thus, Rock 'N' Rummage was born. They organize and attend every event with a passion.
Rock 'N' Rummage is a true alternative garage sale and on any given night you are liable to see vendors selling everything from music memorabilia, books, DVDs, CDs, artwork, clothing, vintage items, jewelry to handmade alternative crafts.
Of course, you can always shop online through Ebay, but if you still want that personal shopping experience with half the hassle and twice the fun, a night of Rock 'N' Rummage might be your ticket. We meet your desire for alternative shopping means.
And the best part..you're invited to not only take part in buying, but also SELLING your own goods.
We encourage handmade artists, crafters, and business owners to come out. We support creative individuals and would love to host you selling your goods at our event. How about that box you found in your attic filled with old board games and magazines?
You don't have to fit into a scene or click to sell or shop at Rock 'N' Rummage. We are open to all genres and encourage individuality. We are suited and supported by punks, goths, rockers, collectors, hippies, jocks, models, and YOU!
Rock 'N' Rummage has taken part in shows with The Hard Lessons, Koffin Kats, Kittie, Bobaflex, Mr. Gnome, Jucifer, Crud, The Universal Temple Of Divine Power, The Brain Saw, The Casket Bastards, Luxury Pushers, Polkadot Cadaver, Trust Company, Snake Oil Slick, Esquire, The Amino Acids, Toxic Shock Syndrome, The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre, Al & The Black Cats, Hell's Belles Girlie Revue, The Drinking Problem, Abstrakt Intellekt, The Crumz, Bump, The Pinups, 60 Second Crush, General Bastard, Stranger Things, The Cult Heroes, Circus Boy, The Tickled Fancy Burlesque Company, Broke, Cetan Clawson, Detroit 442, Herazz, Phallus Uber Alles, Quitzow, Statement Of A Burning Pardiso, and many more.
Rock 'N' Rummage has run their event at venues all across the Metro Detroit Area including The Elbow Room, The Belmont, The Painted Lady, Smalls, The Blind Pig, The Ritz, The Berkley Front, The Comet Bar, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, The Token Lounge, The Garden Bowl, Majestic Theater, Magic Stick, Corktown Tavern, The 2500 Club, Xhedos, The Drinks Saloon , Luna Cafe, The Trolley Stop, Paychecks, The Lager House, The Crofoot, Northern Lights Lounge, The Perfect Pitcher, The Double OO Pub, The I-Rock Nightclub, Bohemian National Home, The Rock Financial Showplace, and more.
Rock 'N' Rummage has taken part in events such as The Metro Times Blowout, The Flint Fest, The Detroit Erotica Ball, Rock The Runway, The Fiberglass Freakout, the 4th Street Fair,The Farmhouse Festival,The Hamtramck International Bazaar, The Metro Music Expo, and more.
Shop for interesting goods, sell your own, listen to music, hang out, socialize, and have a beer.