Michigan Happenings 2022
Sat 8/20 2pm • vidlings and tapeheads film festival Maya Mereux (11:30pm), Sophiyah E. (10pm), Cy Tulip (4:30pm), Cameron Harris (2:30pm), plus afterparty with DJ Nandi • Plant Ant Theater
Sat 8/20 3-8pm • Zilched (solo), Chronophage (Austin), National Photo Committee (Chicago), Dick Texas • Spread Art 5141 Rosa Parks • $10 • All Ages
Sat 8/20 7pm • film Screening Sambizanga (newly restored as part of African Heritage Film Project) portrait of anti-colonial struggle in 1970’s Angola • Detroit Film Theatre • $9.50 General Admission
Sat 8/20 8pm • Cameo, SOS Band, Midnight Star, Mary Jane Girls • Aretha Franklin Ampitheatre • $40
Sat 8/20 9pm • soul in the horns Live performances by Amp Fiddler & Andres, DJs Natasha Diggs, Lord Finesse, Tall Black Guy, Ladymonix, DJ Cleveland Brown, L3NI • Spot Lite
Sun 8/21 2pm • film screening Sambizanga (newly restored by African Heritage Film Project) portrait of anti-colonial struggle in 1970s Angola • Detroit Film Theatre • $9.50 General Admission
Sun 8/21 3:30pm • Ingrid Racine Quartet • Chasing Fireflies Farm, 8508 Tuttle Hill Rd, Ypsilanti • $10 suggested donation • all ages
Sun 8/21 3pm • Melvins • Third Man Records • $15 • All Ages
Sun 8/21 7pm • Bleft Lord, Max Daley, Magic Touch, MarionGuillet, Michael Moeser • UFO Factory • $5 • 21+
Tue 8/23 7:30pm • Chatoyant, Creode • Trinosophes • all ages
Thu 8/25 8pm-11pm • Tropicalia with DJs Dez & David A-P • Motor City Wine • 21+
Fri 8/26 7pm • Michael Malis with Virago • Detroit Institute of Arts • Free with registration at dia.org • all ages, proof of vax and masks required
Fri 8/26 8pm • Raw Honey, Very Little Traps, Little Brother • Ziggy’s Ypsilanti • All ages
Fri 8/26 9pm-2am • limited network all vinyl night Adlir, Insane Who Sane, Max Watts, Salar Ansari • UFO Factory • $5 • 21+
Sat 8/27 • Dr. Pete Larson and more at Fuzz Fest • Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
Sat 8/27 7:30pm • Two Rooms Records release show for Fred E Scott Journey Within 45 reissue Performances by Fred Scott & Agape Trio • Trinosophes • $10 • all ages
Sun 8/28 3pm • DJ Batz, Ryan Cady, Shells, CC playing records • York 1928 Packard St Ann Arbor • Free
Wed 8/31 7:30pm • Kamasi Washington • Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre • $15-50
Thu 9/1 8pm • Test (Brazil deathgrind), Cloud Rat, Head Eruption, Surfer James • Outer Limits Lounge • $10
Thu 9/1 8pm-11pm • Tropicalia with DJs Dez & David A-P • Motor City Wine • 21+
Sat 9/3 2pm-10pm • hamtramck labor day festival CAD & the Peacetime Consumers, Danny Kroha & the Stools, Double Winter, Zilched, Shadow Show & MORE • Jos Campau & Caniff, Hamtramck • Free • All Ages
Sat 9/3 4-9pm • michigan flea and sound bazaar Skin Graft, Yohimbe, Bakantez, C.R.ODETTE, Apaixonar, Sofia Carbonara, John Collins McCormick, Lidless Eye • Tympanum (4661 E 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $5-10 • all ages, outside
Sat 9/3 8pm • witchpucker, Bad Liver Piss, Dominant Hand, Plague of Carcosa • Armageddon Beach Party
Sat 9/3 8pm-11pm • Rafael Leafar Trio • Motor City Wine • $5 cover • 21+
Sun 9/4 2pm-10pm • hamtramck labor day festival Air People, Craig Brown Band, Milk Bath, Werewolf Jones, The Polish Muslims & MORE • Jos Campau & Caniff, Hamtramck • Free • All Ages
Sun 9/4 7pm-12am • maybe 1st Sundays with DJ Ladymonix • Motor City Wine • 21+
Mon 9/5 2pm-10pm • hamtramck labor day festival ESG, ADULT., Sophiyah E. & the S.O.L. Tribe, Gigi, Volebeats, Kelly Jean Caldwell Band & MORE • Jos Campau & Caniff, Hamtramck • Free • All Ages
Tue 9/6 7pm • Myriam Gendron • Parliament Room at Otus Supply (Ferndale) • $20
Fri 9/9 8pm • Thollem: HPOH + Worlds In A Life: Solo Sextet • Trinosophes
Fri 9/9 8pm • film screening Black Film Festival: Training Day • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Rd, Detroit • $5
Sat 9/10 10pm • Shitty Club DJs • UFOFactory • $5 • 21+
Sat 9/10 6-7:30pm • Michael Malis (keyboards, electronics) and Zekkereya el-Margharbel (trombone, electronics) • The Congregation (9321 Rosa Parks, Detroit) • free • all ages
Sat 9/10 7pm • live performance Everything is a Portal: live performance companion piece to current exhibition “Made a Universe” featuring music from forthcoming album by Tunde Olaniran • Andy Art Center 3000 Fenkell Detroit • Free with RSVP at cranbrookartmuseum.org
Sat 9/10 8pm • Film screening Black Film Festival: Claudine • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Rd, Detroit • $5
Sat 9/10 8pm-11pm • Alex Harding Organ Quartet • Motor City Wine • 21+
Sun 9/11 2pm • Film screening Black Film Festival: Summer of Soul • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Rd, Detroit • $5
Sun 9/11 6-8pm • activation: People’s percussion session part 3 Craig Huckaby • MOCAD • Free • All Ages
Sun 9/11 7pm • Dinosaur Jr, Ryley Walker • Majestic Theatre • $30 • all ages
Sun 9/11 8pm • Film screening Black Film Festival: What’s Love Got to Do With It • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Rd, Detroit • $5
Fri 9/16 8pm • Human Eye • Outer Limits Lounge
Sat 9/17 7pm • Battle Trance • Trinosophes • all ages
Thu 9/22 6pm • lecture/Talk On Making a Universe with Tunde Olaniran & adrienne maree brown • Cranbrook Art Museum • RSVP at cranbrookartmuseum.org
Thu 9/22 8pm • Wand, Powers/Rolin Duo • PJ’s Lager House
Wed 9/28 7:30pm • CANCELLED Les Filles de Illighadad CANCELLED • Trinosophes • all ages
Fri 9/30 7pm • Tyvek • 5141 Rosa Parks • $10 • All Ages
Fri 9/30 8pm • Stereolab • Majestic Theatre • $40 • all ages
Wed 10/5 8pm • W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend To Cause Havoc), Paint • Third Man Records Cass Corridor • $25 • all ages
Sat 10/8 • Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra • Trinosophes • All Ages
Wed 10/12 • Idle Ray, Partner Look (Australia) • Outer Limits Lounge • 21+
Sat 10/15 8pm • Silt Trio • Trinosophes
Mon 11/21 8pm • Steve Swell and Frode Gjerstad Quartet with Paal Nilssen-Love and Jon Rune Strom • Trinosophes
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