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DETROIT + MICHIGAN / Nightlife / ¼
Clubs, techno and house rooms, live music venues, jazz bars, karaoke, social dance nights and festivals in Detroit and across Michigan, with address, phone, hours and the official calendar.
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Clear filters ↺Concert halls & amphitheaters / Riverfront
A riverside concert setting named in honor of Aretha Franklin.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midtown
An Episcopal cathedral on Woodward Avenue in Midtown that hosts jazz concerts, a gospel Christmas concert, a spring organ series and Sunday choral services.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midtown (Cultural Center)
Detroit's flagship art museum in Midtown's Cultural Center, whose weekly Friday Night Live! series brings music and dance performances on Friday evenings.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown
A former movie palace turned opera house, bringing opera and dance into downtown Detroit.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midtown
A historic hall celebrated for its acoustics, connecting Detroit’s symphonic and jazz heritage.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown
A former movie palace with contemporary concert energy on Woodward Avenue.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown
The splendor of a 1928 movie palace, now home to major concerts and stage productions.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midtown
A restored 1912 theater on Woodward Avenue in Midtown with a terrace patio, run mainly as an event and wedding venue with occasional public concerts.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / East Side (Harper Ave)
An old-school concert hall on Harper Avenue on Detroit's east side, long a home for touring heavy metal and hard-rock bands.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midtown
An independent concert hall on Woodward Avenue in Midtown, set in a former movie theatre that opened in 1915, booking indie rock, punk, metal, hip-hop and more.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Cass Corridor
A Gothic-scale Detroit landmark with towers, performance spaces, and concert nights inside a vast complex.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown (MGM Grand Detroit casino)
A flexible showroom and event hall inside the MGM Grand Detroit casino-hotel downtown, used for concerts, comedy and themed shows.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / North Corktown
An automotive-inspired hotel complex with a concert venue and traces of Detroit’s industrial past.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown (Harmonie Park / Paradise Valley)
A nonprofit performing-arts house in downtown's Harmonie Park, built in 1928, with about 1,700 seats for concerts, comedy, dance and theatre.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown
An intimate concert experience inside a historic Detroit community hall.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midtown (Cultural Center)
An artists' club and gallery founded in 1913 in Midtown's Cultural Center, behind the DIA, with chamber-music and piano-recital series.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Southwest Detroit (Michigan Ave)
A 1926 neighborhood movie palace on Michigan Avenue in Southwest Detroit, home of the Detroit Theater Organ Society and its Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Warren (Andiamo Banquet Center)
An 800-seat dinner-and-show room attached to Andiamo's restaurant and banquet center in Warren.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / JCC campus, West Bloomfield
A performing arts theatre on the Jewish Community Center campus in West Bloomfield, used for concerts, family musicals, lectures and film.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Mount Clemens
A 1921 movie palace in downtown Mount Clemens, converted into Macomb County's largest indoor concert venue with about 1,640 general admission capacity.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Pontiac
A restored historic theatre on Saginaw Street in downtown Pontiac presenting concerts, comedy, film screenings and touring shows.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Monroe County Community College campus
A 550-seat theater in the La-Z-Boy Center on the Monroe County Community College campus, with tribute concerts, touring bands and musicals.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Macomb Community College Center Campus
A performing arts center on Macomb Community College's Center Campus in Clinton Township and home of the Macomb Symphony Orchestra.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Port Huron
A city-owned entertainment complex in downtown Port Huron, open since 1960, with an arena and a 1,135-seat theater.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Rochester Hills
A concert venue on the Oakland University campus in Rochester Hills.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / West Dearborn / civic center
A 1,201-seat, city-run theater inside the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in west Dearborn.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Sterling Heights
Outdoor concerts at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Clarkston
An outdoor concert venue in Clarkston, north of Detroit.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Monroe
A downtown Monroe arts center in the restored 1938 Art Deco Monroe Theatre, with live music, musical theater and dance.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Royal Oak
A concert and comedy venue of about 1,700 capacity in downtown Royal Oak, housed in a theatre that opened in 1928.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Cherry Hill Village, Canton Township
A 400-seat performing arts center owned and run by Canton Township in the Cherry Hill Village development.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Clio City Park
A city-run outdoor amphitheater in Clio City Park north of Flint, presenting concerts since 1987, with a Tuesday-night summer series.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Saginaw
Saginaw's downtown arena and theater complex, hosting hockey, touring concerts and shows.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Flint (Entertainment District)
A 1928 John Eberson movie palace in downtown Flint, now a concert and performance venue run by the Flint Institute of Music.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Flint Cultural Center
Flint's main concert hall on the Flint Cultural Center campus, home of the Flint Symphony Orchestra.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Jackson College campus
A performing-arts center on the Jackson College campus in Jackson, presenting a touring concert series.
Addresses, phone numbers and hours come from each venue's official channels, and every page shows when we checked them. Nightlife changes fast: check the venue's current calendar, age policy and cover before you go.
