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 ↺Live music clubs / Northwest Detroit (Lodge Fwy service drive); formerly Hamtramck
An independent punk, metal, hardcore, emo and experimental venue on the Lodge Freeway service drive in northwest Detroit, formerly based in Hamtramck.
Jazz, blues & soul / East English Village / East Warren
A Black-owned steak and seafood supper club on East Warren Avenue with live music every night from Wednesday to Sunday.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Midtown (Cultural Center)
An artists' club and gallery founded in 1913 in Midtown's Cultural Center, behind the DIA, with chamber-music and piano-recital series.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Southwest Detroit (Michigan Ave)
A 1926 neighborhood movie palace on Michigan Avenue in Southwest Detroit, home of the Detroit Theater Organ Society and its Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ.
Lounges & rooftops / Eastern Market
An Eastern Market gallery and 'executive lounge' with weekly R&B Fridays and Saturday DJ nights.
Live music clubs / Downtown Hamtramck
Detroit's long-running rock 'n' roll clothing and accessories store, now in downtown Hamtramck, with a free monthly in-store concert.
Karaoke / Downtown (Broadway)
A piano karaoke bar on Broadway Street in downtown Detroit, where a live pianist, not a screen, accompanies each singer from a request list.
Live music clubs / Hamtramck — Metro Detroit
A Hamtramck corner bar and independent music venue, with an Art Deco-era front bar leading to a separate live room.
Clubs & dance floors / Rivertown
A Rivertown lounge and event venue on Woodbridge Street hosting recurring promoter nights.
Techno & house / Downtown (Grand River & Griswold)
A two-level coffee shop and bar at Grand River and Griswold downtown that turns into a Detroit techno club at night.
Techno & house / Milwaukee Junction
A sprawling Milwaukee Junction gallery and event space with techno, house and ghettotech parties that often run toward sunrise.
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.
Live music clubs / Midtown (Cass Corridor / W Canfield)
Jack White's Third Man Records store on West Canfield Street in the Cass Corridor, with a small stage for periodic in-store performances.
Techno & house / Midtown (Wayne State / Cass Corridor)
A renovated neighborhood bar near Wayne State in Midtown with a steady calendar of house and techno DJ nights.
Lounges & rooftops / Southwest Detroit (Bagley St)
A hi-fi listening bar, café and sound room on Bagley Street in Southwest Detroit, with vinyl-centric guest DJ sets.
Live music clubs / Downtown / Stadium District
A live-music bar beside Comerica Park, with a rooftop patio and a large ground-level outdoor area, suited to game-day and music-night visits.
Live music clubs / Eastern Market
A vegetarian cafe and nonprofit arts space in a former spice-processing warehouse on Gratiot Avenue in Eastern Market, presenting experimental, jazz and avant-garde music.
Live music clubs / Hamtramck
A dive bar on Carpenter Avenue in Hamtramck with a stage for local and touring punk, garage and heavy bands.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Mexicantown / Southwest Detroit
A late-night Latin spot inside Taqueria El Rey on Bagley in Mexicantown, with a Latin night every Friday.
Techno & house / Midtown (Grand River Ave)
A Grand River Avenue nightclub in Midtown that calls itself Detroit's longest-running nightclub, with a large outdoor party patio as its signature.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Downtown
Find Vicente's Cuban cooking on Library Street.
Lounges & rooftops / Northwest Detroit (Lodge Service Dr)
A family-owned lounge in northwest Detroit on the Lodge Service Drive, serving food and drinks with a stage and DJ booth.
Jazz, blues & soul / Midtown / Cass Corridor
A classic cocktail bar and live entertainment venue with its stage directly behind the bar. The Art Moderne interior recalls its original show-bar era.
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.
Clubs & dance floors / Downtown (Woodward Ave)
An upstairs lounge and club above the ZuZu Asian-fusion restaurant on Woodward Avenue downtown, mixing Detroit's sound with an anime aesthetic.
Karaoke / Madison Heights (John R corridor)
A Cajun-style seafood boil restaurant with private karaoke (KTV) rooms on the John R corridor in Madison Heights.
Party spots & roller disco / Downtown Farmington
An arcade bar in downtown Farmington with 25–30 rotating arcade and pinball games, themed cocktails and Thursday karaoke.
Live music clubs / Downtown Lake Orion
An independent, alcohol-free listening room in downtown Lake Orion hosting touring singer-songwriters and Americana and roots acts.
Lounges & rooftops / Downtown Rochester
A bar and grill with a rooftop deck in downtown Rochester, advertising live DJ nights and events with live entertainment.
Live music clubs / Downtown Royal Oak
A downtown Royal Oak entertainment venue with dueling piano shows on the main floor and the Tequila Blue Nightclub upstairs.
Live music clubs / Gratiot Ave, Clinton Township
A bar on Gratiot Avenue in Clinton Township where local cover bands play on weekend nights.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Troy (Oakland County)
A banquet and cultural hall in Troy, Oakland County, that hosts the YA Salsa Social on the last Sunday of every month.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / Warren (Andiamo Banquet Center)
An 800-seat dinner-and-show room attached to Andiamo's restaurant and banquet center in Warren.
Social dance: Latin, swing, country / Utica / Shelby Township (Macomb County)
An Argentine tango-focused dance studio in Utica, Macomb County, with a milonga almost every Friday night.
Live music clubs / Walled Lake waterfront
A waterfront tiki bar and seafood-boil restaurant on Walled Lake, with patios over the water and live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
Concert halls & amphitheaters / JCC campus, West Bloomfield
A performing arts theatre on the Jewish Community Center campus in West Bloomfield, used for concerts, family musicals, lectures and film.
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.
