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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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Live music clubs / Eastown
An Eastown dive bar on Wealthy Street in Grand Rapids with cheap drinks and a back room, The Otherside, for local punk, rock and indie bands.
Karaoke / Battle Creek
A large Battle Creek entertainment venue holding about 500 people, listed by a karaoke directory with karaoke on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 8pm.
Karaoke / Sherman Boulevard, west of Barclay
A Muskegon sports bar on Sherman Boulevard with an outdoor deck, whose karaoke nights are popular enough to have their own YouTube channel.
Karaoke / Downtown Niles
A downtown Niles brewpub on Main Street with an early Friday karaoke session from 6 to 9pm.
Karaoke / Holland (Waverly Road)
A Holland bar and grill on South Waverly Road with two karaoke nights: an early Wednesday session and a late Saturday one.
Festivals / Lions Park (Lions Pavilion Park), across from New Buffalo City Beach, Berrien County
A one-day outdoor “micro festival” on the Fourth of July at Lions Park in New Buffalo, across from the city beach, mixing indie, hip-hop, R&B, alternative and Latin acts.
Live music clubs / Downtown Kalamazoo (Historic Star Building)
A family-owned tavern in the historic Star Building in downtown Kalamazoo, open since 2010 and one of the city's busiest small live-music rooms.
Jazz, blues & soul / Alger Heights
A neighborhood restaurant in Grand Rapids' Alger Heights serving wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, with live music at dinner.
Karaoke / West Michigan Avenue
A tavern on West Michigan Avenue on Kalamazoo's west side with karaoke on Tuesday nights.
Karaoke / Kalamazoo Mall, downtown
A retro-themed bar on the Kalamazoo Mall, open since February 2026, where Monday is piano karaoke: pianist Dean Madonia plays live while you sing.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Downtown Lowell (east of Grand Rapids)
A restored small-town theater on Main Street in downtown Lowell, east of Grand Rapids, with dancing almost every weekend, mostly line dancing and swing.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Oshtemo Township (corner of 3rd St & H Ave)
A rural grange hall west of Kalamazoo in Oshtemo Township, where contra, square and English country dances are held to live music.
Live music clubs / Downtown Holland
A nonprofit, general-admission music venue in a former movie house in downtown Holland, hosting rock, indie and tribute shows.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown Holland
A long-running dive bar and small nightclub on South River Avenue in downtown Holland, popular with college students.
Karaoke / West Side / Leonard St
A neighborhood bar on West Leonard Street on Grand Rapids' West Side, with karaoke four nights a week.
Live music clubs / Portage (Kalamazoo metro)
A craft brewery in Portage, in the Kalamazoo metro, with a large outdoor beer garden and summer weekend concerts.
Live music clubs / Downtown / Heartside
An independent pinball bar and standing-room concert room in Grand Rapids' Heartside, booking touring indie, punk, rock and hip-hop acts.
Live music clubs / Bridge Street / West Side
A Nashville-style, three-floor restaurant and bar in Grand Rapids' Bridge Street district with Southern food and a weekly music schedule.
Festivals / Lions Park (Lions Pavilion Park), across from New Buffalo City Beach, Berrien County
A one-day country music and BBQ festival on July 3 at Lions Park in New Buffalo, across from the city beach, produced by the nonprofit Exit One Events.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown (Amway Grand Plaza lobby)
A cocktail lounge on the main lobby level of the historic Amway Grand Plaza hotel in downtown Grand Rapids, with live entertainment on weekends.
Festivals / River North / Monroe North district: 555 Monroe, Sixth Street Park and Sixth Street Bridge, downtown Grand Rapids
A free two-day music and art festival on the Grand River in the River North (Monroe North) district of downtown Grand Rapids.
Live music clubs / West Side / Leonard St
A neighborhood saloon on Leonard Street on Grand Rapids' West Side with free live music every weekend, year-round.
Party spots & roller disco / Stadium Drive, Oshtemo Township (west Kalamazoo)
A roller rink on Stadium Drive on Kalamazoo's west side, open since 1978, with an adults-only Retro Adult Night on Fridays.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Downtown Grand Rapids (next to Grand Rapids Art Museum)
A public plaza in downtown Grand Rapids next to the Grand Rapids Art Museum, home to outdoor Tuesday-night swing dances from late May to mid-October.
Clubs & dance floors / Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids' only LGBTQ+ dance club, downtown: a dance floor with DJs and drag shows downstairs and a quieter lounge upstairs.
Karaoke / West Laketon Avenue, near the Lake Express ferry
A long-time Muskegon lakeshore bar and grill on West Laketon Avenue near the Lake Express ferry, with karaoke and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights.
Karaoke / Lakeshore Drive, St. Joseph
A bar and grill on Lakeshore Drive in St. Joseph with Friday karaoke from 9pm to 1am.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Saugatuck
A nonprofit arts center in Saugatuck with a performance hall for concerts, theatre and community events.
Live music clubs / North Grand Rapids / Plainfield Twp
A large sports bar and restaurant in north Grand Rapids (Plainfield Township) with a palm-tree patio where local bands play in the warm months.
Karaoke / Downtown Kalamazoo
A downtown Kalamazoo pub on E Kalamazoo Ave with weekly entertainment: karaoke, team trivia and open mic nights.
Festivals / Lions Park Pavilion, across from New Buffalo City Beach, Berrien County
A two-day blues and soul festival at the Lions Park Pavilion across from New Buffalo's city beach, reimagining the town's historic Ship & Shore Festival.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / New Buffalo Township
The event center at Four Winds New Buffalo casino in New Buffalo, booking national R&B, rock, country and comedy acts.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown (near Van Andel Arena)
A restaurant and bar near Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids that turns into a DJ spot late on weekend nights.
Festivals / Various venues in downtown Kalamazoo
A free, week-long multicultural music festival at venues across downtown Kalamazoo, created by artists for the community.
Festivals / Downtown South Haven
A two-day jazz festival at the Huron Street Pavilion in downtown South Haven, presented with the local music venue Foundry Hall since 2017.
Karaoke / Grand Haven
A sports bar and grill on Beechtree Street in Grand Haven that hosts musicians' jam sessions, with karaoke Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm to 1am.
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.
