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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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Festivals / Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Lodi Township, just north of Saline (Washtenaw County)
A two-day Celtic festival on the second weekend of July at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds just north of Saline, with Celtic bands, pipe bands and Irish and Highland dance.
Festivals / Smiling Acres festival grounds, Montcalm County
A week-long camping music festival for women, nonbinary and trans people, held since 2024 at the Smiling Acres grounds near Trufant around the turn of July and August.
Festivals / Old Town Lansing (River Stage behind UrbanBeat)
A two-day funk festival on the River Stage behind UrbanBeat in Lansing's Old Town, held in mid-June.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Ann Arbor (Liberty St)
A restored 1928 movie palace on Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, mixing film with concerts, comedy and live events.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Jackson
A nonprofit historic movie palace in downtown Jackson that hosts concerts alongside film screenings.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midland
Midland's performing-arts complex, with a main Auditorium and the Little Theater, presenting concerts and Broadway shows.
Festivals / University United Methodist Church (main site); Sunday concert at MSU Community Music School, 4930 Hagadorn Rd
A spring ukulele festival in East Lansing since 2011, with workshops for every level, evening concerts at University United Methodist Church and late-night group strums.
Live music clubs / Eastside Lansing (Michigan Ave corridor)
An Irish-American pub founded in 1979 on Michigan Avenue on Lansing's east side, with no-cover live music Thursday to Saturday.
Karaoke / Porter Township, south of Midland
A bar and grill on South Meridian Road, south of Midland, with a Thursday karaoke night.
Live music clubs / Nahma, Delta County (Garden Peninsula area)
A historic inn in Nahma, a former lumber company town in Delta County on the Upper Peninsula, hosting folk and acoustic concerts.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown Ann Arbor (State St / Liberty St)
A downtown Ann Arbor dance club on Liberty Street, operating as Necto since 2001 in the former Nectarine Ballroom space.
Party spots & roller disco / Ann Arbor
A weekly LGBTQ+ dance night at Ann Arbor's Necto, held every Friday since 1984 and billed as Michigan's longest-running gay night.
Live music clubs / Lyon Township, south-west Oakland County
A neighborhood bar on Grand River Avenue in New Hudson that bills itself as Michigan's oldest bar, dating to 1831, with open mic Mondays, karaoke Tuesdays and live music Thursday to Saturday.
Karaoke / Downtown East Lansing (next to MSU campus)
A second-floor karaoke and pool lounge in downtown East Lansing, a short walk from Michigan State, with private KTV rooms you book by the hour.
Festivals / Oscoda County Fairgrounds, about 6 miles NE of downtown Mio
A northern Michigan camping festival of music and art on the Oscoda County Fairgrounds, about 6 miles northeast of downtown Mio, held in mid-June.
Live music clubs / Kerrytown (Fifth Ave & Catherine St)
An intimate music room and 100% vegan bar in a historic two-story red-brick house in Ann Arbor's Kerrytown.
Karaoke / West Saginaw Highway, west Lansing
A sports-themed scratch-kitchen restaurant and bar on West Saginaw Highway in west Lansing, with Wednesday karaoke that made City Pulse's 2023 Best Karaoke top five.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Eastern Michigan University campus (W Cross St & College Pl)
A neoclassical concert hall on the Eastern Michigan University campus in Ypsilanti, seating about 1,500 and known for its acoustics.
Karaoke / Richfield Road, north-east Flint
A neighborhood lounge on Richfield Road in northeast Flint that the local tourism bureau called a long-time favorite for a drink, dancing and singing in 2024.
Festivals / High in the Pines Campground, on the Rails-to-Trails (Lake County)
A small, family-friendly bluegrass festival at High in the Pines, a family-owned rustic campground on US-10 in Baldwin along the Rails-to-Trails.
Karaoke / East Lansing
East Lansing's revamped 24-lane boutique bowling center with a restaurant and full bar, adding karaoke on Friday nights from 8 to 11pm.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / West Olive (Ottawa County, between Holland and Grand Haven)
A country bar in the lower level of a converted 1890s barn on US-31 in West Olive, between Holland and Grand Haven, with weekly line dancing.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Pittsfield Township (Ann Arbor)
A historic grange hall in Pittsfield Township, south of Ann Arbor, home to a monthly live-music contra dance.
Festivals / Harbor Park by the Port Sanilac harbor, Sanilac County (Thumb)
An outdoor blues festival in Harbor Park by the Lake Huron harbor in the village of Port Sanilac, held in early August.
Karaoke / North Huron Street, near Eastern Michigan University
A dive bar on the edge of Eastern Michigan University's campus in Ypsilanti with Saturday karaoke from 9pm to 1am, plus darts and pool.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown Ann Arbor (First St)
A speakeasy-style nightclub in century-old underground vaults beneath South First Street in downtown Ann Arbor.
Live music clubs / Downtown Ann Arbor (Washington St)
A two-level country bar on Washington Street in downtown Ann Arbor, with live bands upstairs and DJs downstairs.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown Ann Arbor (Main St)
A Prohibition-style speakeasy cocktail bar and supper club on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor, with no-cover live jazz.
Lounges & rooftops / East Lansing (Merritt Rd)
A craft distillery and cocktail bar on Merritt Road in East Lansing, with Friday live music and a Sunday Jazz Night.
Clubs & dance floors / South University / Central Campus
A basement college bar near the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, with a large dance floor and DJs.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown East Lansing (near MSU)
An MSU college bar established in 1980 in downtown East Lansing, with a dance floor and DJs.
Festivals / Private riverfront property on the River Raisin near Sharon Mills, Sharon Township (Manchester area), Washtenaw County
A family-run, three-day music and arts festival on private land along the River Raisin near Sharon Mills in the Manchester area, with free tent camping.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Downtown Ypsilanti
A non-profit arts center in downtown Ypsilanti whose dance studio hosts a swing night every Friday.
Karaoke / Blackman Township, north Jackson
A bar and grill on Lansing Avenue in Blackman Township, north Jackson, known for live bands and a “haunted” reputation, with late Saturday karaoke.
Karaoke / Layton Boulevard, east Flint
A neighborhood bar on Layton Boulevard on Flint's east side with free pool, DJ nights, live hip-hop and R&B, and Thursday karaoke with host Larenzo.
Live music clubs / REO Town
A community performing-arts center and 60-seat listening room in a converted storefront in Lansing's REO Town.
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.
