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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 ↺Festivals / Traverse City bayfront (Bayside Music Stage)
Traverse City's week-long summer festival celebrating the region's cherry harvest, with free family events and ticketed evening concerts on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay.
Festivals / Dickson Township Park (Manistee County)
A free, one-day, family-friendly roots music festival in Dickson Township Park in Brethren, surrounded by the Manistee National Forest, held every June since 1978.
Festivals / Harbor Park on Tawas Bay
A three-day blues festival in Harbor Park on Tawas Bay in East Tawas, organized by volunteers since 2002.
Festivals / Central Neighborhood, Traverse City (Fifth to 13th Street, Division to Oak Street)
A free porch-music festival in Traverse City's historic Central Neighborhood, where you stroll the streets while local musicians play on residents' porches.
Festivals / Calumet Lions Park, Calumet Township, Keweenaw Peninsula (Upper Peninsula)
A two-day camping music festival in Calumet Lions Park on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula, run as a fundraiser for the township park.
Festivals / Grand Marais on the Lake Superior shore, near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Alger County, Upper Peninsula)
A long-running summer music and craft festival in the Upper Peninsula village of Grand Marais, on the Lake Superior shore near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Festivals / Marquette Tourist Park, Upper Peninsula
A family-friendly traditional acoustic music festival at Marquette Tourist Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with bluegrass, old-time, Cajun and Celtic music.
Festivals / Touring festival in the western Upper Peninsula: concerts in Houghton, Marquette, Iron Mountain and Ontonagon
A classical music festival founded in 1991 that tours the western Upper Peninsula each June, playing churches, schools and theaters in Houghton, Marquette, Iron Mountain and Ontonagon.
Festivals / Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, western Upper Peninsula (near Silver City)
A two-day roots music festival on the ski hill of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, near Lake Superior in the western Upper Peninsula.
Festivals / Brush Park / Midtown edge (former Brewster-Douglass site)
Closed · 2023–2024
A former Afrobeats festival in Detroit (2023–2024), the U.S. edition of Afro Nation, held in 2024 at Bedrock's Douglass Site.
Festivals / Downtown Detroit Theater District (Madison St and Music Hall)
Closed · 2017–2023
A former free downtown music festival in Detroit (2017–2023), centered on Music Hall and Madison Street in the Theater District.
Festivals / Detroit riverfront (RiverWalk; West Riverfront Park in 2019)
Closed · 2007–2019
A former riverfront festival along Detroit's RiverWalk (2007–2019), with concerts, rides and family activities, created by the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy.
Festivals / West Riverfront (Detroit); 2013-2014 at Freedom Hill, Sterling Heights
Closed · 2013–2022
A former indie and alternative music festival (2013–2022), held at Detroit's West Riverfront Park from 2015 after two years at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights.
Festivals / Downtown Lansing, on the Grand River
Closed · 2000–2021
A former multi-day summer music festival (2000–2021) in Louis Adado Riverfront Park along the Grand River in downtown Lansing.
Festivals / Earthwork Farm, rural area near Lake City
Closed · 2002–2024
A former three-day music and cultural festival on Earthwork Farm near Lake City (2002–2024), featuring mostly Michigan folk, roots and indie musicians.
Festivals / Irish Hills (Cambridge Township, Lenawee County)
Closed · 2013–2024
A former three-day country-music camping festival (2013–2024) at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn in the Irish Hills.
Festivals / Hoxey festival grounds off M-37 near Wellston / Hoxeyville (Manistee National Forest area)
Closed · 2024
A former family-friendly roots, jam and bluegrass camping festival on the Hoxey grounds near Wellston in northern Michigan, held for a quarter century until 2024.
Festivals / Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord
Closed · 2023
A former Christian music festival at the Otsego County Fairgrounds in Gaylord (last held in 2023), cancelled for good after a 19-year run.
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.
