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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Festivals / Traverse City bayfront (Bayside Music Stage)
Traverse City's week-long summer festival celebrating the region's cherry harvest, with free family events and ticketed evening concerts on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay.
Live music clubs / Hotel Perry (Stafford's Perry Hotel), Downtown Petoskey
A pub on the lower level of the historic Hotel Perry in downtown Petoskey, with live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Odawa Casino Resort, Petoskey
A 900-seat showroom at the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians' casino resort in Petoskey, booking touring country, classic-rock and tribute acts.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Manistee
A 1903 opera house in downtown Manistee, now a regional arts center.
Live music clubs / Downtown Bellaire (Antrim County)
The original brewpub of Short's Brewing Company in downtown Bellaire, Antrim County, with a beer garden across the street that hosts free live music.
Festivals / Harbor Park on Tawas Bay
A three-day blues festival in Harbor Park on Tawas Bay in East Tawas, organized by volunteers since 2002.
Karaoke / East Front Street, Downtown Traverse City
A private karaoke room for groups of up to 10 in downtown Traverse City, on the lower level below The Coin Slot arcade bar.
Live music clubs / Grand Traverse Band casino, east of Traverse City
The Grand Traverse Band's casino and hotel in Williamsburg, east of Traverse City, with free live bands in its Waterfall Bar/Lounge on weekend nights.
Karaoke / Indian River (Cheboygan County)
A bar and restaurant in Indian River, Cheboygan County, serving Michigan craft beer with a weekly entertainment calendar.
Live music clubs / Warehouse District
A Warehouse District brewpub in Traverse City with a regular live-music calendar.
Live music clubs / Downtown Houghton
A restaurant, lounge and nightclub in a historic fire house in downtown Houghton, with a large stage for local and regional bands.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Calumet, Keweenaw Peninsula
A historic opera house opened in 1900 in the copper-mining town of Calumet on the Keweenaw Peninsula, hosting concerts, theater and tours.
Lounges & rooftops / Grand Hotel, top floor
A cocktail bar in the cupola at the very top of Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel, with views of the Straits of Mackinac and nightly entertainment in season.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Kewadin Casino Sault Ste. Marie
A theater of about 1,500 seats inside the Kewadin casino in Sault Ste. Marie, the largest concert room in the eastern Upper Peninsula.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Kewadin Casino St. Ignace, north of downtown
An event center at the Sault Tribe's Kewadin casino in St. Ignace, north of downtown, used for occasional concerts and shows.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown St. Ignace waterfront
A seasonal craft-cocktail bar on State Street on the downtown St. Ignace waterfront, serving handcrafted drinks and small plates with live music.
Karaoke / Downtown Marquette (west Washington Street)
A downtown Marquette bar on West Washington Street, known locally for nightly karaoke and occasional live music.
Live music clubs / Cadotte Avenue, near Main Street, Mackinac Island
A restaurant and bar popular with island locals on Cadotte Avenue near Main Street on Mackinac Island, with a large patio and live entertainment after dark.
Festivals / Marquette Tourist Park, Upper Peninsula
A family-friendly traditional acoustic music festival at Marquette Tourist Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with bluegrass, old-time, Cajun and Celtic music.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Ironwood, western Upper Peninsula
A restored downtown movie palace in Ironwood marking its centennial in 2026 and the western Upper Peninsula's main stage for touring concerts.
Live music clubs / Main Street, downtown Mackinac Island
A Main Street saloon on Mackinac Island founded in 1933, with live entertainment nightly and dancing late into the night.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Hannahville Indian Community, west of Escanaba
A 1,315-seat theater-style showroom at the Hannahville Potawatomi's Island Resort & Casino in Harris, between Escanaba and Menominee.
Live music clubs / Lac Vieux Desert Band reservation, western Upper Peninsula
The Lac Vieux Desert Band's casino resort in Watersmeet in the western Upper Peninsula, with live bands in its Sports Bar & Grill on Friday and Saturday nights.
Live music clubs / Downtown Marquette
A downtown Marquette brewery whose upstairs event space is one of the Upper Peninsula's main rooms for touring roots, blues and folk acts.
Live music clubs / Downtown Hancock, Keweenaw Peninsula
A former vaudeville house in downtown Hancock on the Keweenaw Peninsula, opened in 1910 and restored as the town's main concert room.
Live music clubs / Chippewa Hotel Waterfront, Main Street
A bar and restaurant in the Chippewa Hotel on Mackinac Island's harbor, with a waterfront patio and live music every night of the season.
Festivals / Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, western Upper Peninsula (near Silver City)
A two-day roots music festival on the ski hill of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, near Lake Superior in the western Upper Peninsula.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Michigan Technological University campus
Michigan Technological University's performing arts center in Houghton, home to the largest concert hall in the Keweenaw.
Live music clubs / Marquette Mountain ski area, south of the city
A slopeside bar and grill at the Marquette Mountain ski area south of the city, with a regular live-music series built around après-ski.
Jazz, blues & soul / Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel's evening ballroom lounge on Mackinac Island, where guests dance nightly to live music from the Golden Age repertoire.
Party spots & roller disco / Various
A touring drag troupe hosting themed drag bingo nights at bars, wineries and theaters across mid- and southwest Michigan.
Clubs & dance floors / Michigan
Nightlife venue that hosted the official opening party of Hotter Than July 2025 and sponsored Detroit's Black LGBTQ+ Pride in 2026.
Jazz, blues & soul / 14th Street at W. Warren Ave (west side)
Closed · 1953–1976
A former entertainment complex at 14th Street and West Warren Avenue (1953–1976), a showcase for Motown-era acts.
Jazz, blues & soul / Paradise Valley (today's Greektown / stadium district)
Closed · 1936–1963
A former Paradise Valley jazz and blues club (1936–1963) at 606 East Adams, in the area of today's Greektown and stadium district.
Festivals / Brush Park / Midtown edge (former Brewster-Douglass site)
Closed · 2023–2024
A former Afrobeats festival in Detroit (2023–2024), the U.S. edition of Afro Nation, held in 2024 at Bedrock's Douglass Site.
Live music clubs / Midtown / Cass Corridor (Cass Ave just south of I-94, near Wayne State)
Closed · 1968
A former deli, bar and music venue on Cass Avenue near Wayne State University in Midtown (1968–c. 2010–2011), with a 325-capacity room.
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.