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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Clear filters ↺Karaoke / Downtown
A downtown Grand Rapids sports bar and restaurant on Louis Campau Promenade with late-night karaoke three nights a week.
Live music clubs / Commongrounds Cooperative, Eighth Street
A listening-room music venue that opened in 2023 on the second floor of the community-owned Commongrounds building on Eighth Street in Traverse City.
Festivals / Lively Acres campground (formerly Backyard Burdickville), Leelanau County
A blues festival with BBQ, beer and wine in the outdoor 'backyard' of Lively Acres campground in Empire, near Sleeping Bear Dunes, first held in August 2026.
Festivals / Bay View Association campus (John M. Hall Auditorium), Bay View, Emmet County
The summer music festival of the Bay View Association, the Victorian-era Chautauqua community next to Petoskey, running mid-June to mid-August.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Grand Traverse area (township halls; historically Solon Township Hall in Cedar and Elk Rapids Township Hall)
A volunteer, non-profit society that has run contra and square dances in the Traverse City area for decades; its current season and venue aren't confirmed.
Live music clubs / Downtown Alpena
An English-style pub on 2nd Avenue in downtown Alpena, with live music on weekends and karaoke nights.
Festivals / Blissfest Festival Farm, Emmet County, Northern Michigan
A three-day folk, roots and world music festival on the 200-acre Blissfest Festival Farm near Harbor Springs in Northern Michigan, held the second weekend of July.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / South of Charlevoix on M-66
A historic stone castle complex on M-66 south of Charlevoix; it's mostly a wedding and event venue, but it still puts on public concerts.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Cheboygan
A historic opera house in downtown Cheboygan, nicknamed the 'Jewel of the North', presenting concerts, cabaret, musicals and films year-round.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Traverse City
An 1891 Victorian opera house in downtown Traverse City with about 680 seats, presenting singer-songwriter, roots, bluegrass and jazz concerts.
Live music clubs / Downtown Petoskey (Gaslight District)
A restaurant and bar in an 1875 building in Petoskey's downtown Gaslight District, with Friday karaoke and live bands.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Interlochen Center for the Arts campus
A 1,049-seat indoor hall on the Interlochen Center for the Arts campus, used year-round for music, dance and theater.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Petoskey
A regional arts center on Mitchell Street in downtown Petoskey, with concerts and dance from September through March in its Downtown Sound series.
Festivals / Downtown Gaylord
A free outdoor concert series at Claude Shannon Park in downtown Gaylord, with northern Michigan bands every Friday night in summer.
Festivals / First Street Beach / Douglas Park, site of the planned 'The Dune' amphitheater (Manistee County)
A one-day music fundraiser at First Street Beach in Manistee, the site of 'The Dune,' a planned outdoor amphitheater.
Festivals / Harmony Pines Campground & Venue
A weekend camping music festival at Harmony Pines Campground & Venue near Interlochen in northern Michigan, held in late July.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown Traverse City (above Sparks BBQ)
An upstairs nightclub and music room above Sparks BBQ at Front and Cass streets in downtown Traverse City, with DJs and live performers on weekends.
Live music clubs / SOBO arts district
An art gallery in Boyne City's SOBO arts district on South Lake Street that doubles as an intimate concert room for touring folk and Americana artists.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Bay Harbor, west of Petoskey
A modern 525-seat performing arts center in the resort community of Bay Harbor, west of Petoskey, with concerts, tribute shows and screenings.
Live music clubs / M-72 west of Traverse City
A Western-themed country bar and Tex-Mex restaurant on M-72 west of Traverse City, with an all-wood dance floor.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown Charlevoix, Round Lake
The rooftop cocktail bar of The Earl hotel in downtown Charlevoix, with views over Round Lake, Lake Charlevoix and downtown.
Festivals / Houghton Lake Chamber of Commerce grounds
A donation-supported blues festival on the Houghton Lake Chamber of Commerce grounds in Houghton Lake, held in mid-July.
Festivals / Interlochen Center for the Arts, near Traverse City
Interlochen Center for the Arts' summer concert series near Traverse City, bringing nationally known touring artists to the lakeside Kresge Auditorium.
Live music clubs / Downtown Traverse City (below North Peak Brewing)
A basement Irish pub below North Peak Brewing Company in downtown Traverse City, with a dance floor and a weekly live-music program.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Interlochen Center for the Arts campus, Green Lake
An open-sided lakeside auditorium on Green Lake and, with 3,917 seats, the largest venue at Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Cheboygan
A small theater at The Crown on Main in downtown Cheboygan presenting live music, comedy and magic.
Festivals / Downtown Northport (Leelanau Peninsula)
A free all-day street festival of music, art and dance in downtown Northport on the Leelanau Peninsula, held the last Saturday of September.
Live music clubs / East Front Street, Downtown Traverse City
A bar with a food-truck lot and patio on East Front Street in downtown Traverse City, with patio concerts in the warm season.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Little River Casino Resort, Manistee
A 1,600-seat event center at the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians' casino resort north of Manistee.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Ludington
A community arts center on Harrison Street in downtown Ludington, with galleries and a performance hall for acoustic concerts.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown Petoskey
A hi-fi listening lounge on Mitchell Street in downtown Petoskey where you pick records from the vinyl library and hear them on an audiophile sound system, cocktail in hand.
Festivals / Private meadow site near East Jordan, Charlevoix County (Northern Michigan)
A small off-the-grid camping music festival in a meadow near East Jordan in Northern Michigan, held in late August.
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.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown Traverse City (Cass St & Lake Ave)
A Prohibition-style cocktail lounge on Lake Avenue in downtown Traverse City, set in an 1800s train weigh station, with live local music.
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.