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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 ↺Live music clubs / Downtown Hancock, Keweenaw Peninsula
A former vaudeville house in downtown Hancock on the Keweenaw Peninsula, opened in 1910 and restored as the town's main concert room.
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.
Live music clubs / Chippewa Hotel Waterfront, Main Street
A bar and restaurant in the Chippewa Hotel on Mackinac Island's harbor, with a waterfront patio and live music every night of the season.
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.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Michigan Technological University campus
Michigan Technological University's performing arts center in Houghton, home to the largest concert hall in the Keweenaw.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Sault Ste. Marie
A historic theater on Ashmun Street in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, now the Eastern Upper Peninsula's public performance space and arts school.
Live music clubs / North Third Street
A kombucha brewery and taproom on North Third Street in Marquette that doubles as a small live-music room, with shows Thursday through Saturday.
Live music clubs / Marquette Mountain ski area, south of the city
A slopeside bar and grill at the Marquette Mountain ski area south of the city, with a regular live-music series built around après-ski.
Jazz, blues & soul / Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel's evening ballroom lounge on Mackinac Island, where guests dance nightly to live music from the Golden Age repertoire.
Party spots & roller disco / Various
A touring drag troupe hosting themed drag bingo nights at bars, wineries and theaters across mid- and southwest Michigan.
Clubs & dance floors / Michigan
Nightlife venue that hosted the official opening party of Hotter Than July 2025 and sponsored Detroit's Black LGBTQ+ Pride in 2026.
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.
