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London queer disco collective Horse Meat Disco plays Necto’s LGBTQ+ night in Ann Arbor on Friday, October 9, 2026, starting at 9 p.m. If disco is your thing, don’t miss it; tickets are on the organizer’s ticket page.
Necto

The Flint Symphony Orchestra performs at Whiting Auditorium in Flint on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. Enrique Diemecke conducts with Haochen Zhang on piano, featuring works by Bernstein, Gershwin, and Hanson for an evening of sweeping American music.
Whiting Auditorium, 123 Whiting Street, Flint, MI, 12345, United States

Can't make it to Flint? The Flint Symphony Orchestra's Bernstein, Gershwin and Hanson concert streams live on FSOLive on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., with Haochen Zhang at the piano and Enrique Diemecke conducting. Miss the live broadcast and you can watch on demand for 30 days.

The LMC Wine & Roses Choir concert takes place on Wednesday, October 14, at 7 p.m. at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center in Benton Harbor. It’s an evening of choral music at a cozy venue.
Lake Michigan College Mendel Center

Grammy-nominated violinist and composer Meg Okura blends classical chamber music, jazz and folk and world influences with the AdaMa Quartet. They play the Mott Memorial Building Auditorium, 1401 East Court Street, Room 1130, in Flint on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 7 p.m.. It's donate-what-you-wish, and registration is required.
Mott Memorial Building Auditorium, 1401 E Court St, Flint, MI, 48503, United States

Detroit Symphony Orchestra plays Fountains & Pines of Rome on Thursday, October 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Michael Abels’s Emerge opens, pianist Alexandra Dariescu takes on Leokadiya Kashperova’s Piano Concerto, and Respighi brings the full orchestra to life. Tickets run $20.95–$110.25.
Orchestra Hall

Alexander Lee’s “Time” recital is Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7 p.m. at MacArthur Recital Hall in Flint. Solo saxophone and piano works explore grooves, memories, and dreams of time.
MacArthur Recital Hall, 1025 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI, 48503, United States

America at 250 is a concert celebrating the United States’ semiquincentennial, featuring the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Tech Concert Choir, and Jazz Lab Band performing works by John Williams, Duke Ellington, John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland, and a piece inspired by Norman Rockwell's paintings.
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Black Performance Hall

The Wharton Center for Performing Arts presents Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing. If a big piano concerto is your idea of a great night out, put this one on the calendar.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Kalkaska String Quartet plays a chamber concert on Friday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee. Expect classical works alongside their original arrangements of contemporary songs.
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, 101 Maple Street, Manistee, MI, 49660, United States

The Flint Jewish Federation's 14th annual Humanity in Harmony Concert fills the Mott Memorial Building Auditorium, 1401 East Court Street, Room 1130 in Flint, on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Grammy-nominated violinist Meg Okura leads the AdaMa Quartet, with guests Mustard's Retreat and Sheldon Low. Tickets are $11 and required.
Mott Memorial Building Auditorium, 1401 E Court St, Flint, MI, 48503, United States

Billboard-charting pianist and composer Zade Dirani plays Sunday, October 18, at 8 p.m. at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Expect reimagined global favorites and originals with orchestra; tickets run $70–$200.
Orchestra Hall

The Symphony Band plays the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. There are two concerts this fall, so if one date doesn't work, the other might.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

DJ Shadow marks 30 years of Endtroducing on Thursday, October 22, at 7 p.m. at Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak. Tickets via the venue.
Royal Oak Music Theatre

The Wind Symphony plays the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. The name says it all: a night of winds, one date only.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Detroit Symphony Orchestra brings the Harry Potter™ Film Concert Series to Orchestra Hall in Detroit on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.: a live symphony plays Patrick Doyle’s score while the film screens in HD. Tickets $64–$141.
Orchestra Hall

Lake Michigan College music students take the stage on Friday, October 23, 2026, at noon at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center, 2755 East Napier Avenue in Benton Harbor. It's the first student recital of the fall semester, so come cheer on the young musicians.
Lake Michigan College Mendel Center

The Symphony Orchestra plays Tales, Dreams, and Catchy Tunes on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing. Tales, dreams and catchy tunes: the title alone sells it.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
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