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The Detroit Pistons host the Toronto Raptors in an NBA preseason game on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The Pistons have won 3 NBA championships, most recently in 2004. Tickets are on the Pistons’ official site.
Little Caesars Arena

Michigan men's soccer hosts Maryland on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7 p.m. in Ann Arbor. Ticket info is on mgoblue.com, Michigan’s official athletics site.
University of Michigan

Michigan men's basketball hosts Oregon State (ex) on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor. Ticket info is on mgoblue.com, Michigan’s official athletics site.
Crisler Center

Suki Waterhouse brings The Loveland Tour to The Fillmore Detroit on Friday, October 16, at 7 p.m. in Detroit. Big-stage show at an iconic Detroit venue.
The Fillmore Detroit

The City of Dearborn opens its wooded Halloween trail at Ford Field Park October 16–18 (Friday to Sunday), starting at 7 p.m. each night, haunted this year by cryptids of legend, with a later Witching Hour for guests 18+. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 on the day, for a specific date and time slot.
Ford Field Park

Paris Paloma brings The Fatal Flaw Tour to Masonic Temple Detroit on Friday, October 16, at 7 p.m., with Susannah Joffe opening. $1 from each ticket goes to Planned Parenthood; tickets available.
Masonic Temple Detroit

A men's ice hockey game held at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton where the home team competes against the Alaska team.
John MacInnes Student Ice Arena

The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, led by Dr. Joel Neves, plays an all-American program for the nation's 250th birthday on Friday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rozsa Center in Houghton. Expect Williams, Ellington, Sousa and Copland, with Pay As You're Able tickets.
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Black Performance Hall

Detroit drummer Tariq Gardner and his group Evening Star play Cliff Bell's in Detroit on Friday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m., with a second show at 9:30 p.m. Expect jazz, neo-soul, Afro-Cuban and gospel sounds from across the African Diaspora.
Cliff Bell’s

The Kunty Kittens put on a drag show at The Xperience by LuXury Escapes Event Venue in downtown Kalamazoo on Friday, October 16, 2026, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Check the organizer’s page for tickets.
The Xperience by LuXury Escapes Event Venue

The Ridgedale Players stage The Big One-Oh! JR. on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 205 West Long Lake Road in Troy. The run has six performances, so you've got a few dates to pick from.
Ridgedale Players

Dark Side of the Moon brings back the sights and sounds of Pink Floyd's biggest touring eras on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Frauenthal Theater in Muskegon. Think The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Meddle and Animals, soaring guitar solos and a full light, laser and video show.
Frauenthal Theater

Grand Rapids Ballet dances Broken Wings on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW in Grand Rapids. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's ballet draws on Frida Kahlo's life and art, with surrealist imagery and a score laced with Mexican folk music. James Sofranko's A Dreamer, inspired by Stephen Hawking, shares the bill.
Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49403, United States

Halloween, Thanksgiving, back to school, haunted armories and the end of baseball season: Deck the Fall is an original sketch show that has fun with everything you love about autumn. It plays the Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 East Nine Mile Road in Ferndale, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. And yes, there are mimes and an angry deer.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

The Wharton Center for Performing Arts presents Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing. If a big piano concerto is your idea of a great night out, put this one on the calendar.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Fifteenth-century Paris, where prejudice, morality and redemption collide and beauty lies within. Croswell Opera House stages The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the musical based on Victor Hugo's classic story, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., at 129 East Maumee Street in Adrian. The run has nine performances.
Croswell Opera House

Kalkaska String Quartet plays a chamber concert on Friday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee. Expect classical works alongside their original arrangements of contemporary songs.
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, 101 Maple Street, Manistee, MI, 49660, United States

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance presents The Old Man and the Old Moon on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit—an imaginative sea-faring epic with storms, leviathans, cranky ghosts, and a choice between duty and love. Tickets available from the theater.
Hilberry Gateway
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