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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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Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown / Heritage Hill edge
A restored 1894 landmark concert hall on the edge of Heritage Hill in downtown Grand Rapids, presenting chamber, jazz and folk series.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Muskegon
A performance hall on the upper level of The Corner building in downtown Muskegon, hosting punk, emo and indie shows, theatre and film.
Karaoke / Downtown Grand Rapids (Heartside)
A downtown Grand Rapids whiskey bar with retro arcade games and a burger GQ once named the best in America, plus “Sh!tshow Karaoke” with DJ Kermit on Sundays.
Live music clubs / Wyoming / South Division
A music and arts cafe on Division Avenue less than 15 minutes south of downtown Grand Rapids, with live music on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Karaoke / Downtown Grand Rapids (Monroe Center)
A dessert-and-cocktail bar on Monroe Center in downtown Grand Rapids with early-evening karaoke on Tuesdays, 7 to 10pm.
Karaoke / Washington Avenue, Kalamazoo
A bar and grille on Washington Avenue in Kalamazoo that doubles as a small stage for local punk, indie and brass bands, with karaoke listed on weekends.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Downtown Muskegon (Shoreline Drive)
A bar on the lower level of Hot Rod Harley-Davidson on Shoreline Drive in downtown Muskegon, with line-dance lessons on Tuesday nights.
Karaoke / US-31, Holland
A Holland bar on US-31 where the mic comes out once a month, on the first Friday.
Karaoke / Holland (Douglas Avenue)
A Mexican restaurant on Douglas Avenue in Holland with Saturday karaoke from 7 to 10pm, so you can sing with a taco in hand.
Party spots & roller disco / Grandville (Grand Rapids metro)
A roller rink in Grandville, about 15 minutes southwest of downtown Grand Rapids, open since 1959 and running an 18+ Adult Night on Thursdays.
Live music clubs / West Side
A retro, wood-panelled neighborhood bar with a small stage on Grand Rapids' West Side, booking rockabilly, blues and punk bands.
Live music clubs / Southeast Grand Rapids / near Kentwood
A country-and-western bar in southeast Grand Rapids near Kentwood, operating since 1978, with live country on weekends and karaoke on weeknights.
Festivals / Heritage Landing, downtown Muskegon on Muskegon Lake
A multi-day Christian music festival on the Muskegon Lake waterfront in downtown Muskegon, the flagship event of the local nonprofit Alive on the Lakeshore.
Karaoke / Downtown Muskegon
A downtown Muskegon brewpub on Western Avenue that bills itself as an entertainment destination, with trivia, live music and karaoke on Thursday nights.
Festivals / Belknap Park, north of downtown Grand Rapids
A two-day heavy metal and hard rock festival in Belknap Park, just north of downtown Grand Rapids, with national headliners.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown
Downtown Grand Rapids' main arena, with 12,000+ seats for concerts and the city's stop for major touring pop, rock, country and hip-hop shows.
Karaoke / Holland (Washington Avenue)
The Holland branch of West Michigan's Village Inn Pizza chain on Washington Avenue: pizza, a sports bar and karaoke on Friday nights.
Karaoke / 44th Street, Kentwood
A family pizza place with a sports-bar side on 44th Street in Kentwood, part of the local Village Inn Pizza chain, where Friday night belongs to karaoke.
Karaoke / Red Arrow Highway, Benton Harbor
A winery tasting room and wine bar on Red Arrow Highway in Benton Harbor, with karaoke on Monday evenings.
Karaoke / East Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek
A dive bar and restaurant on East Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek with karaoke on Thursday nights from 7 to 11pm.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Downtown Battle Creek
A downtown Battle Creek auditorium with theatre-style seating that hosts the Battle Creek Symphony, other concerts and touring shows.
Festivals / Downtown Albion (Superior Street and side streets), Calhoun County
A free downtown street music festival in Albion where you walk between bands playing at stops along Superior Street and its side streets.
Festivals / Beechtree Street corridor, east side of Grand Haven (about 25 host venues along a walking route)
A free one-day street music festival along the Beechtree Street corridor on Grand Haven's east side, with about 50 bands at some 25 businesses and outdoor spots.
Festivals / Downtown Whitehall and Montague (White Lake area, Muskegon County)
A free outdoor street music festival in the White Lake area, where bands play venues around Whitehall and Montague and you walk from show to show.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Uptown / East Hills
A restored 1911 neighborhood theatre in Grand Rapids' Uptown area, hosting concerts, film screenings and community events.
Karaoke / West Side (Richmond St)
A West Side neighborhood bar on Richmond Street NW in Grand Rapids with karaoke on Thursday nights from 8pm to midnight.
Live music clubs / Downtown Saugatuck (Wicks Park)
A park-side restaurant and bar on Saugatuck's Water Street that presents Michigan bands outdoors on Fridays and Saturdays in the warm season.
Festivals / The Intersection, Downtown Grand Rapids (Kent County)
The Wheatland Music Organization's one-day indoor winter festival at The Intersection in downtown Grand Rapids, with about nine hours of music on two stages.
Party spots & roller disco / Wyoming (south of Grand Rapids)
A bar inside Lucky Strike Grand Rapids, a 52-lane bowling and entertainment center in Wyoming, south of Grand Rapids, with Saturday night music.
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.
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.
