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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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An annual celebration of the African diaspora on Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit, presented by the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Festivals / Brush Park edge (Bedrock's Douglass Site)
The US edition of the AfroFuture festival (formerly Afrochella, founded in Accra, Ghana), first held in Detroit in August 2025 on the edge of Brush Park.
Festivals / Multi-venue: Tangent Gallery (Milwaukee Junction) and TV Lounge (2026)
A celebration of Detroit DJ culture that has run as a multi-venue club festival since 2024; the 2026 edition used Tangent Gallery in Milwaukee Junction and TV Lounge.
Festivals / Midtown (Cultural Center, centered at the DIA)
A free global-music festival held each July across about 13 Midtown venues centered at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Festivals / Cass Corridor / North Cass (Midtown)
A free, volunteer-run street fair in the alleys of the North Cass neighborhood of the Cass Corridor in Midtown, with Detroit bands and DJs.
Festivals / Downtown (Hart Plaza) + Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center, Midtown
A free jazz festival on Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit every Labor Day weekend, with extra programming at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center in Midtown.
Festivals / Bars along Joseph Campau Ave and around Hamtramck
A three-night club crawl in early March across about 18 Hamtramck bars and venues, showcasing Detroit-area bands.
Festivals / Downtown Hamtramck
A free street festival on Joseph Campau Avenue in downtown Hamtramck over Labor Day weekend, with two stages of local bands.
Festivals / Downtown (Hart Plaza, riverfront)
Detroit's electronic music festival, held on Hart Plaza on the downtown riverfront every Memorial Day weekend.
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 / Downtown (Hart Plaza, riverfront)
A three-day barbecue and music festival on Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit each August, with two stages of R&B, soul, jazz, gospel and funk.
Festivals / Midtown / Cass Park (Masonic Temple)
An immersive Halloween masquerade in Detroit, staged for years across eight floors of the Masonic Temple by Cass Park; no new dates have been announced.
Festivals / The Roostertail, Detroit River (east riverfront)
A waterfront party festival of yacht-rock and soft-rock hits at the Roostertail on the Detroit River's east riverfront, held each summer.
Festivals / Downtown Ferndale
Ferndale's handmade-goods street fair in downtown Ferndale, with a full live-music stage all weekend on the last full weekend of September.
Festivals / Metro Detroit (concerts at churches and halls around Oakland County and Detroit)
Metro Detroit's summer chamber music festival, presenting international and local chamber musicians over two weeks in June at churches and halls around the region.
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.
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.
Festivals / Downtown Ann Arbor (Rabbit Hole and Ravens Club)
A free jazz festival in downtown Ann Arbor at The Rabbit Hole and Ravens Club in late September, marking its 10th anniversary in 2026.
Festivals / Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan campus
A two-night folk and roots concert marathon at the University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor on the last weekend of January.
Festivals / University of Michigan campus green (Top of the Park)
A three-week June festival in Ann Arbor with free outdoor concerts on a University of Michigan campus green (Top of the Park) and a ticketed indoor series.
Festivals / Beaver Island, Lake Michigan (reached by ferry or plane from Charlevoix)
A family-oriented camping music festival on Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan, reached by ferry or plane from Charlevoix.
Festivals / Brooklyn, Jackson County (Irish Hills region)
An independent camping music-and-arts festival near Brooklyn in Jackson County's Irish Hills region, held in late September.
Festivals / Circle Pines Center (300+ acres), Barry County
A family-friendly three-day music and arts festival at Circle Pines Center near Delton in Barry County, held on the third weekend of June.
Festivals / Downtown Cedar, Leelanau County
A small-town polka festival in Cedar, Leelanau County, near Traverse City, with polka bands, dancing and a parade.
Festivals / Eaton County Fairgrounds
A bluegrass festival at the Eaton County Fairgrounds in Charlotte, with a week of camping and jamming in late June.
Festivals / Kerrytown
An avant-garde jazz and creative new-music festival in Ann Arbor's Kerrytown, presented by Kerrytown Concert House in early to mid October.
Festivals / Osceola County Fairgrounds, Evart
An acoustic-instrument gathering on the Osceola County Fairgrounds in Evart on the third weekend of July, with stage shows and round-the-clock jamming.
Festivals / Hoxeyville festival grounds, Manistee National Forest area
A family-friendly camping music festival on the Hoxeyville grounds near Wellston in the Manistee National Forest area, held in early August.
Festivals / Old Town Lansing (Fish Ladder, Cold Plunge and UrbanBeat stages)
A jazz festival in Lansing's Old Town district, produced by the Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art (MICA) each August across several stages.
Festivals / Old Town Lansing
An outdoor blues festival that turns Turner Street in Lansing's Old Town into a stage every September.
Festivals / Old Town Lansing (River Stage behind UrbanBeat)
A two-day funk festival on the River Stage behind UrbanBeat in Lansing's Old Town, held in mid-June.
Festivals / Oscoda County Fairgrounds, about 6 miles NE of downtown Mio
A northern Michigan camping festival of music and art on the Oscoda County Fairgrounds, about 6 miles northeast of downtown Mio, held in mid-June.
Festivals / Eastside neighborhood (parks, backyards, garages, bars)
A not-for-profit DIY music, comedy and arts festival across Lansing's Eastside neighborhood, in parks, backyards, garages and bars each May.
Festivals / Downtown East Lansing
A free, multi-stage outdoor jazz festival in downtown East Lansing that welcomes the start of summer in late June.
Festivals / Mecosta County, central Michigan
A traditional music and arts festival on its own grounds near Remus in Mecosta County, central Michigan, held the camping weekend after Labor Day.
Festivals / Belknap Park, north of downtown Grand Rapids
The Michigan stop of the Breakaway touring EDM festival: two days of electronic music in Grand Rapids' Belknap Park with national DJ and producer headliners.
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.