Ford Motor Company provided $435,000 for title sponsorship of the 2001 event, which was renamed the Focus Detroit Electronic Music Festival.

Festival producer Pop Culture Media, with Carol Marvin at the helm, worked with Ford to create a nationwide television ad campaign featuring the music of Detroit Techno founder Juan Atkins.

Controversy ensued when producer Carol Marvin reluctantly fired artistic director Carl Craig for breach of contract.

In January 2003, Detroit city Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick decided to override the Recreation Department (which controls and manages Hart Plaza) and secured Hart Plaza and the Memorial Day weekend dates for Derrick May, who had extensive experience as a touring DJ but no firsthand, large-scale festival production experience.

LASERS / Louis Capet XXVI, but the biggest hurdle faced by the Festival was the City of Detroit's withdrawal of $350,000 funding that it had provided in previous years.

On February 16, 2006, Kevin Saunderson announced that due to financial losses and lack of sufficient promotion, he would not continue to produce the festival in 2006.

These two mobile friendly sites include information about after parties, lodging and an easy to read schedule [8] The weekend overlapped with CouchSurfing's event CouchCrash,[9] and with the International Sword fighting and Martial Arts Convention.

Featured artists this year include Fatboy Slim, Carl Craig, Beardyman, Felix da Housecat, and Skrillex.

The lineup for the 2014 edition of the festival included the following 121 acts:[12][13] J. Phlip closed out Movement 2014 on the Beatport Stage after a last minute cancellation of the originally booked artist.