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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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Party spots & roller disco / Various (Downtown, Corktown)
Pop-up party series for lesbians and queer women since 2017, with a rooftop residency and an annual Pride block party.
Lounges & rooftops / Greektown
A Greektown bar and rooftop above The Greek restaurant, with DJ nights and house and techno day parties.
Techno & house / Lincoln Street Art Park / Dreamtroit complex (Holden St)
A high-capacity warehouse club in the Dreamtroit / Lincoln Street Art Park complex on Holden Street, with techno, house and bass nights.
Party spots & roller disco / Detroit
Detroit promoter of women-loving-women day parties with music, hookah, cocktails and dancing for femmes, studs and everyone between.
Karaoke / Touring act, metro Detroit
A metro Detroit rock band that backs you up live: pick a song from their menu and you're the lead singer. They play bars, festivals and private parties.
Karaoke / University District / Avenue of Fashion (Livernois)
A historic sports bar and jazz lounge on Livernois's Avenue of Fashion, where Sundays turn into the Rock The Mic karaoke contest, with $250 for the August 2026 winner.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown (Grand Circus Park / W Adams)
A tequila-themed late-night club-lounge on West Adams near Grand Circus Park, with high-energy DJs and VIP booths.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown (Woodward Ave, below Easy Peasy)
An underground cocktail bar beneath Woodward Avenue, sister bar to Easy Peasy upstairs, with live music and DJs every weekend.
Lounges & rooftops / Avenue of Fashion (Livernois)
An upscale restaurant and connected cocktail lounge on the Avenue of Fashion on Livernois, serving American food with a southern flair and weekly music nights.
Party spots & roller disco / Detroit
Disco-infused DJ night that ran monthly at the R&R Saloon before moving to Menjo's in 2014; current status unconfirmed.
Party spots & roller disco / Midtown / Brush Park
An indoor cycling velodrome in Midtown near Brush Park whose infield turns into a roller-skating party with a DJ and full bar on adult nights.
Live music clubs / Midtown (Majestic complex, 2nd floor)
A second-floor rock room in Midtown's Majestic complex on Woodward Avenue, hosting touring and local bands plus dance nights.
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.
Techno & house / Holden Street / New Center area
A Detroit club-bar built around electronic music nights and DJs, with visits to its Holden Street space shaped by the selected event.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Cass Corridor
A Gothic-scale Detroit landmark with towers, performance spaces, and concert nights inside a vast complex.
Lounges & rooftops / Greektown
A Mediterranean restaurant and rooftop lounge above Greektown with skyline views, used for DJ nights and private events.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Mexicantown / Southwest Detroit
A Southwest Detroit community theatre in Mexicantown where Lindy Hop Detroit holds a swing dance on the second Tuesday of every month.
Karaoke / Corktown
A Corktown Irish pub and whiskey bar across from the old Tiger Stadium site, with Sunday karaoke from 10pm that Metro Times readers voted Best Karaoke Night of 2023.
Clubs & dance floors / Palmer Park
Detroit's longest-running gay dance club, open since 1974 near Palmer Park, where a teenage Madonna once danced.
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.
Lounges & rooftops / Eastern Market
A second-floor Indian gastropub in Eastern Market, above Detroit City Distillery, that turns into a DJ lounge on club nights.
Party spots & roller disco / Detroit
A friendship-focused social group for sapphic women that hosts brunches with games and mingling around Metro Detroit.
Jazz, blues & soul / Grandmont Rosedale
An intimate speakeasy-style cocktail lounge in Detroit's Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood featuring soul, jazz and R&B performers.
Lounges & rooftops / Grandmont Rosedale (west side)
An intimate speakeasy-style cocktail lounge in Grandmont Rosedale on Grand River Avenue, built around deep grooves and curated cocktails.
Lounges & rooftops / Bricktown / Greektown
A Bricktown/Greektown bar with an indoor/outdoor patio and a mobile kitchen, pitched as a place to “Drink, Eat & Dance” with DJs and live entertainment.
Live music clubs / Midtown
A contemporary art museum in a former car dealership on Woodward Avenue in Midtown, with a monthly live-music series.
Live music clubs / Linwood / Dexter-Linwood (west side)
A concert café and listening lounge on Linwood Street on Detroit's west side: coffee and records by day, free jazz, experimental music and DJ listening sessions at night.
Party spots & roller disco / West Side (Grand River)
Private men-only adult social club holding monthly gatherings in Detroit; membership and ID required, 18+.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / North Corktown
An automotive-inspired hotel complex with a concert venue and traces of Detroit’s industrial past.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Corktown
A Corktown wine shop and bar with jazz and DJ programming. Its changing international selection is joined by occasional food pop-ups.
Festivals / Downtown (Hart Plaza, riverfront)
Detroit's electronic music festival, held on Hart Plaza on the downtown riverfront every Memorial Day weekend.
Live music clubs / Corktown
A Corktown corner tavern on Harrison Street near the old Tiger Stadium site, billed as Detroit's oldest bar.
Festivals / Milwaukee Junction (Tangent Gallery)
A marathon underground party by the Detroit/Ann Arbor label Interdimensional Transmissions during Movement weekend, at Tangent Gallery in Milwaukee Junction.
Festivals / Midtown / Cultural Center (around 89 venues incl. the Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University and the Charles H. Wright Museum)
A free holiday open house in Detroit's Midtown and Cultural Center, when museums, universities, churches and shops open their doors for one evening. The next edition is not confirmed.
Live music clubs / New Center
A New Center lounge with live programming and a leafy patio, connecting neighborhood gatherings with music since 2004.
Party spots & roller disco / Northwest Detroit (8 Mile between Lahser and Telegraph)
A roller rink on West 8 Mile in Northwest Detroit, open since 1950 and one of the city's oldest, with late-night adult skate sessions.
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.
