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Heather Buchanan hosts a night of poetry and live music on Thursday, October 8, at 8 p.m. at Aretha's Jazz Café at Music Hall in Detroit, featuring Carolyn Striho, Tracy Kash, Mary McGuire, and Khan Santori Davison. Detroit voices, words and rhythms on one stage.
Aretha's Jazz Café at Music Hall

Enter the Dragon Lair at your own peril. This short-form improv show starring Go Comedy!'s Resident Company Understudies hits the Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 East Nine Mile Road in Ferndale, on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 9 p.m., with games, merriment and more. Raise a glass of mead.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Detroit Artists Market presents a group exhibition curated by Sydney Frakes from Friday, October 9, through Saturday, October 31, in Detroit. Installation, fiber, and painting probe nostalgia and longing; gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Detroit Artists Market

The Arts Warehouse at Cherry Hill hosted three consecutive Friday evenings featuring hands-on arts and crafts, pizza, seasonal snacks, cider, and live acoustic music in Cherry Hill Village. The program included contributions from local artists and Village Arts Factory studio tenants, offering creative activities for all ages.
500 Ridge RoadCanton, MI 48187

An eight-piece funk-rock band of 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies. Here Come The Mummies play Muskegon's Frauenthal Theater on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., bringing infectious grooves, a tight horn section and a high-energy show that keeps the crowd dancing from start to finish.
Frauenthal Theater

Endea Owens & The Cookout take the stage at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. It's one night only, so if you want to hear them live, mark the date.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Midnite plays the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With eight performances in the run, it's easy to find a date that works for you.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Jazz sensation and six-time Grammy winner Samara Joy is back at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., presented by UMS (University Musical Society). Her 2024 UMS debut sold out, and this is her return, with one performance.
UMS (University Musical Society)

The Maplesquatch family vacations at an evil warlock's ancient castle, dormant for 164 years, and soon something starts happening to dear old dad. Planet Ant's original horror comedy My Daddy is Haunted! plays the Ant Hall in Hamtramck on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 8 p.m.. Tickets are $30 online or $35 at the door.
Planet Ant Theatre

Deeper Purpose plays the Magic Stick in Detroit on Friday, October 9, at 9 p.m., now on a new date with Chase Carter and Simio. Tickets via the venue; 18+.
Magic Stick

Glass Academy hosts its 18th annual Glass Pumpkin Fest Show & Sale on Saturday, October 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its Dearborn studio. Family-friendly live glassblowing, one-of-a-kind glass pumpkins and lanterns, plus free admission and parking.
Glass Academy

Sydney Frakes leads a curator walk-through and artist talk on Saturday, October 10, at 1 p.m. at Detroit Artists Market in Detroit. The group show explores nostalgia and sensory memory across installation, fiber, and painting.
Detroit Artists Market

Heather Bruegl (Oneida/Stockbridge-Munsee) and Brandon Dillard (Cherokee Nation) lead a conversation on Indigenous history on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 2 p.m. at Anderson Theater, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn. Two experts bring perspectives that are often overlooked. Free with registration.
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Affirmations LGBTQ+ Community Center hosts “Stitch, please!”, a fiber arts meetup, on Saturday, October 10, at 4 p.m. in the Affirmations Board Room in Ferndale. Knit, crochet, stitch, or sew with an inclusive crew. Free with registration.
Affirmations Board Room, 290 W Nine Mile Rd, Ferndale, 48220

The Fall Out 2 comes to The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Road in Canton, on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7 p.m.. It happens just once, so put it on your calendar if you're interested.
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill

Lumia 26-27 takes place on Saturday, October 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts in Clinton Township. It’s an arts event showcasing something unique at the Macomb Center.
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts

Southern California's Hotel California "A Salute to the Eagles" comes to the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center, 2755 East Napier Avenue in Benton Harbor, on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. As the name says, it's a salute to the Eagles, one night only, so Eagles fans should mark the date.
Lake Michigan College Mendel Center

Gallery of Sound comes to the Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 West Saint Andrews Road in Midland, on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. It happens just once, so put it on your calendar if you're interested.
Midland Center for the Arts
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