Drive the Beat: DJ Showcase at the Detroit Auto Show
DJ Schedule
Friday, January 10
Emily Thornhill
6 pm – 7:30 pm
FLO RIDA
7:45 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, January 11
Erno
10 am – 12 pm
Craig Gonzalez
2 pm – 4 pm
Father Dukes
5 pm – 7 pm
Sunday, January 12
Clark Warner
10 am – 12 pm
Mona Black
2 pm – 4 pm
Andrea Ghita
5 pm – 7 pm
Friday, January 17
Clark Warner
2 pm – 4 pm
Clark Warner
5 pm – 7pm
Saturday, January 18
Craig Gonzalez
10 am – 12 pm
Erno
2 pm – 4 pm
SILLYGIRLCARMEN
5 pm – 7 pm
Sunday, January 19
Mona Black
12 pm – 2 pm
Mona Black
3 pm – 5pm
Monday, January 20
SILLYGIRLCARMEN
12 pm – 3 pm
DJ Lineup
Andrea Ghita
Over the past decade, Detroit-based Andrea Ghita has helped pioneer a space for women in a once male-dominated industry. A daughter of Romanian immigrants, Ghita forges a sound attributed to her heritage, integrated with Detroit techno, house, disco, breaks, and acid. With her production flaunting groovy basslines and hypnotic melodies, Andrea Ghita has made her mark as a dance-floor facilitator and party coordinator in Detroit’s underground community.
Instagram: @andreaghita
Emily Thornhill
In 2007, Emily began her musical career as a karaoke and open mic host in and around the Detroit area. She was the Detroit Pistons’ official resident DJ from 2014 to 2019. In addition to her weekly Karaoke night, she is also a sought-after DJ for corporate and private events.
Instagram: @emthornhill
SILLYGIRLCARMEN
Carmen Johnson is an active DJ, singer, and actress born in Detroit who performs under the name sillygirlcarmen. She’s played in many exclusive settings around the world from Detroit to LA, Montreal to Paris. She’s been a part of festivals such as Charivari Detroit, Movement, West Coast Weekender and Miami Music Week. Carmen is 100% passionate about music, arts, and all things involving creative expansion.
Instagram: @sillygirlcarmen
Erno
Deeply rooted in the Detroit music scene, Ernie Guerra aka Erno embodies the varied styles of music the city is known to produce. Dabbling in nothing and involved with everything, Erno has been DJing and producing for over 10 years. His sets can be best described as disco and classic house having a love affair with techno, showcasing his love of over 4 decades of dance music. The backbone is funk but is adapted to modern day dance music to create a continuous experience, psychedelic even. Erno is a forefront member of Tour Detroit, the legendary summer party series that traveled to random venues each month. Also, a record collector, he co-hosts a weekly 100% vinyl, crate digging night called Slow Jams, which is 16 years and running.
Instagram: @ernotheinferno
Clark Warner
Clark Warner’s DJ style incorporates ambient, melodic, and lush electronic music. His thematic DJ sets are built on a collage of moving sounds, rhythms, and soundscapes that channel time and space. Co-founder of the MINUS label, with Richie Hawtin, and veteran of the Detroit underground since the early 1990’s, he has performed internationally while holding club residencies in Detroit, Denver, and New York City. With partner Liz Warner (aka Liz Copeland), he co-hosted over sixty editions of the ‘Focus Electronic’ monthly segment on Detroit’s WDET-FM. He’s performed at festivals (Movement, Mutek, Sonar, to name a few), museums, galleries, film festivals, planetariums, clubs, and warehouses, across North America, Europe, and Australia, over the past three decades.
Instagram: @instaclark
Craig Gonzalez
Hip hop perked the interest of Detroit’s Craig Gonzalez to vinyl at a young age, and underground parties in the 1990s soon catalyzed a lifelong fascination with DJing. Inspired by versatility, his self-taught techniques have grown from weaving rhythmic layers into powerful, personal narratives.
Instagram: @cgonz313
Father Dukes
Hip hop perked the interest of Detroit’s Craig Gonzalez to vinyl at a young age, and underground parties in the 1990s soon catalyzed a lifelong fascination with DJing. Inspired by versatility, his self-taught techniques have grown from weaving rhythmic layers into powerful, personal narratives.
Instagram: @father___dukes
Mona Black
Mona Black is a Detroit local electronic music enthusiast and has been DJing for the last 7 years. She has opened for artists such as Channel Tres, Stacey Pullen, and LP Giobbi and played the renowned Movement Detroit Festival. With major influences such as Prince, Frankie Knuckles, and George Clinton, she is known for spinning eclectic sets, never limiting herself to any specific genre. Whether it’s house, funk, soul, or disco, no music is off limits for her.
Instagram: @monablack_det
