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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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Karaoke / Taylor (Downriver)
A female-owned neighborhood bar and restaurant on Pelham Road in Taylor with free karaoke every Friday from 9pm to 1am.
Live music clubs / Humbug Marina, Gibraltar
A bar and grill inside Humbug Marina in Gibraltar with a waterfront patio and solo or duo musicians every Friday from 7 to 10pm.
Karaoke / Palmer Road at Merriman, Westland
A neighborhood bar and grill with a dance floor on Palmer Road at Merriman in south Westland; a directory lists Wednesday karaoke from 9:30pm to close.
Live music clubs / Harper Ave, St. Clair Shores
A live-music bar that opened in July 2026 at Harper Avenue and Ten Mile Road in St. Clair Shores, with local bands on Fridays and Saturdays and an open jam on Wednesdays.
Karaoke / Rural Plymouth/Salem Township edge
A historic log-cabin restaurant on the edge of Plymouth where the whole dining room used to sing along at dueling-piano nights; the pianos are on a break in 2026.
Live music clubs / Shelby Township
An Irish pub in Shelby Township with local classic rock, soul and blues bands, mostly on Friday and Saturday nights.
Karaoke / Ryan Road at I-696, south Warren
A sports bar and grill on Ryan Road by I-696 in south Warren, listed with a Thursday karaoke night.
Karaoke / Macomb Township
A cash-only dive bar and grill on Romeo Plank Road in Macomb Township with karaoke every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.
Clubs & dance floors / Farmington Hills (Northwestern Hwy)
An African and Caribbean restaurant and 'ultra lounge' on Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills with live music and a dance floor.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Monroe County Community College campus
A 550-seat theater in the La-Z-Boy Center on the Monroe County Community College campus, with tribute concerts, touring bands and musicals.
Karaoke / Van Dyke Avenue near 12 1/2 Mile Road, north Warren
A bar and grill on Van Dyke near 12 1/2 Mile Road in north Warren, where weekends start with trivia or music bingo and roll into karaoke.
Live music clubs / Downtown Ferndale
A bar and small live music room with pool tables on Woodward Avenue in Ferndale, booking local and touring rock, indie and punk bands.
Live music clubs / Schoenherr Rd north of I-696
A neighborhood bar on Schoenherr Road in Warren, just north of I-696, with local rock and cover bands on Friday and Saturday nights and karaoke on Wednesdays.
Karaoke / Downtown Port Huron
An Irish pub on Huron Avenue in downtown Port Huron that ran a karaoke night on the second Thursday of each month in 2025, with service-industry happy-hour specials.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Schoolcraft Rd (I-96 corridor), Livonia
A Latin dance studio on Schoolcraft Road in Livonia that throws a public bachata and salsa social on Saturday nights about twice a month, starting with a short class.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Macomb Community College Center Campus
A performing arts center on Macomb Community College's Center Campus in Clinton Township and home of the Macomb Symphony Orchestra.
Karaoke / Stephenson Highway
A laid-back bar and grill on Stephenson Highway in Madison Heights that Hour Detroit recommended for no-pressure karaoke; it books blues bands too.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown Mount Clemens
A downtown Mount Clemens sports pub that turns into a late-night DJ club, with a big outdoor patio and rooftop seating.
Live music clubs / Downtown Ferndale
A club-style music venue in a former 1920s movie house on Woodward Avenue in downtown Ferndale.
Party spots & roller disco / Downtown Rochester
A downtown Rochester pool hall and bar open since 1995, with a house DJ on Friday and Saturday nights and line dancing every other Thursday.
Live music clubs / Downtown Milford
A bar and restaurant on North Main Street in downtown Milford with local acts on its open-air patio most Friday and Saturday evenings from spring through fall.
Live music clubs / Birmingham Unitarian Church
A monthly acoustic concert series at the Birmingham Unitarian Church on Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills.
Karaoke / Downtown Wyandotte
A neighborhood tavern on Maple Street in downtown Wyandotte with a brick pizza oven built into the bar, karaoke on Sundays and music bingo on Thursdays.
Jazz, blues & soul / 10 Mile Rd, Hazel Park
A neighborhood saloon on 10 Mile Road in Hazel Park with local blues and roots bands on Saturday nights and a monthly Detroit Blues Society open jam.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Port Huron
A city-owned entertainment complex in downtown Port Huron, open since 1960, with an arena and a 1,135-seat theater.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Rochester Hills
A concert venue on the Oakland University campus in Rochester Hills.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / West Dearborn / civic center
A 1,201-seat, city-run theater inside the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in west Dearborn.
Festivals / Wayne County Fairgrounds (earlier editions: Riverside Park, Ypsilanti)
An Elvis tribute-artist festival running since 2000, officially licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises and held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Belleville since 2022. The next main festival is not confirmed.
Festivals / Schoolcraft College campus
A free one-day jazz festival on the Schoolcraft College campus in Livonia, featuring mostly Michigan jazz musicians on the third Sunday of July.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Sterling Heights
Outdoor concerts at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights.
Festivals / Downtown Royal Oak
A Labor Day weekend festival filling downtown Royal Oak with a juried fine-art fair, food vendors and around 200 music performances on 11 stages.
Clubs & dance floors / East Dearborn (Greenfield Rd)
An Arabic dance club and hookah lounge on Greenfield Road in east Dearborn, open Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm to 3am.
Festivals / Greenmead Historical Park, Livonia (Wayne County)
A three-day Irish music and culture festival every June at Greenmead Historical Park in Livonia, with Irish and Celtic rock bands and Irish dance.
Karaoke / 12 Mile Road
A neighborhood sports bar and grill on West 12 Mile Road in Southfield with karaoke every Saturday from 8pm.
Karaoke / Auburn Road, Rochester Hills
An Irish-pub-style bar and grill on Auburn Road in Rochester Hills whose 21+ Saturday karaoke regularly packs the room.
Karaoke / 8 Mile at Inkster Rd
A neighborhood pub and grill at 8 Mile and Inkster in Farmington Hills with two pool tables. It has promoted Friday karaoke, but whether that's still weekly in 2026 isn't confirmed.
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.
