Michigan Happenings 2025
Sat 7/5 8pm • Fievel is Glauque, Jib Kidder, Sarah Swillum • Dreamland Theater, 26 N Washington st, Ypsilanti • $10 • all ages
Sat 7/5 8pm • Leafar Village • Motor City Wine • $5 • 21+
Sun 7/6 7pm • King Sophia Record Release Show • Trinosophes
Sun 7/6 8pm • Friendship, 2nd Grade, Idle Ray • Outer Limits Lounge
Mon 7/7 7pm • Teiku • Ginkgo Records / 27th Letter Books (3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit 48226) • $10-20 sliding scale • All ages
Sat 7/12 8pm • Tyvek 20th anniversary celebration with special guests TBA • Outer Limits Lounge • $20
Sun 7/13 4pm • feedback loop series Andrew Elaban, Caitlin C. Harvey, Molly Jones • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit)
Sun 7/13 8pm • The Mekons, Johnny Dowd • The Magic Bag (Ferndale)
Tue 7/15 8pm • Rose City Band, Powers/Rolin Duo • Magic Bag (Ferndale)
Wed 7/16 8pm • SOMTHING, Billowing, Mezzanine Swimmers, Sleep Individuals • Ziggy's (Ypsilanti) • $10 • all ages
Fri 7/18 8pm • Hear No Evil with Michael Malis and special guests • Motor City Wine • $5 • 21+
Sat 7/19 • Concert of Colors Yo La Tengo • DIA Museum Grounds (5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit) • free • all ages
Sat 7/19 1-3pm • Concert of Colors Forum on Community, Culture & Race presented by the arab american national museum The Homelands in Our Bodies: Embodying Artivism The forum includes a keynote speech by Ijeoma Oluo, followed by a conversation with panelists Cyrah Dardas, Firas Zreik, SouFy and Tongo Eisen-Martin, with moderator and AANM artist-in-residence, Raed • Spot Lite (2905 Beaufait, Detroit) and live-stream available at concertofcolors.com • free with rsvp at arabamericanmuseum.org • all ages
Sat 7/19 2pm-12am • carbon athletic club 78th anniversary party zug island tiki Day Residue, Child Bite, Deadbeat Beat, Quitters, Don Duprie, Heavy Heart, Double Winter, Duende, Zem, Alison Lewis, Fernando Silverio Solis, Tony Paris & the Sugarburn, Certain Death • Carbon Athletic Club (111 Gates St, Detroit, MI 48209)
Sat 7/19 7:30pm • Heat On [Edward Wilkerson Jr., Fred Jackson Jr., Nick Macri, and Lily Finnegan] • Trinosophes
Sat 7/19 8pm • Detroit City Jazz Orchestra Plus Presents A Tribute to Marvin Gaye directed by Alex Harding • Orchestra Hall Sosnick Courtyard, 51 Parsons St, Detroit
Sun 7/20 2:30pm • concert of colors Wendell Harrison & Tribe: Tribute to Pharaoh Sanders featuring Sky Covington (vocals), Michael Abbo (bass), Sam Melkonian (drums), Kevin Dalton Jones (percussion), Allen Dennard (trumpet), Edward Gooche (trombone), Raphael Leafar (saxophone), Pamela Wise (piano), Roberto Warren (harp & percussion) and special guests • Detroit Film Theater • free • all ages
Sun 7/20 6pm-9pm • Tongue Depressor, The Moon Couple, 720 degrees Classic SK8 Cinema • Tympanum (4661 E. 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $10 • all ages
Thu 7/24 7:30pm • Sensorium Chamber Ensemble presents Terry Riley's 'In C' • Trinosophes
Fri 7/25 7pm • Cyrus Pireh, Dave Scanlon • Entropy Stereo (25908 Six Mile, Redford) • $20 - $10 sliding scale
Fri 7/25 8pm • stroh down night 1 Zastava, TY, Kill The Hippies, Credit Card • Outer Limits Lounge
Sat 7/26 7pm • Dog Lady, Creode • Wyrd Byrd (9 S. Washington, Ypsilanti) • $10 • all ages
Sat 7/26 8pm • Dinosaur Jr, Snail Mail, Easy Action • Royal Oak Music Theater
Sat 7/26 8pm • stroh down night 2 Human Eye, DENO, Mod Lang, Shitdels, Lavender Jets • Outer Limits Lounge
Sun 7/27 3pm • Hall Pass, Chloe Drallos Group, Slizz, Deadbeat Beat, Secondary Colors, Plushies • Outer Limits Lounge
Wed 7/30 7:30pm • Evelyn Champagne King • Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre • $26.75 lawn tix
Fri 8/1 7:30pm • Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour • Pine Knob Music Theatre (Clarkston) • $30 lawn tix
Fri 8/1 7pm • Michael Malis + Hear No Evil (Michael Malis - Piano, Jaribu Shahid - Bass, Jonathan Barahal Taylor - Drums) • Brewery Faisan (1087 Beaufait St, Detroit
Sun 8/10 4pm • feedback loop series Ben Zucker, Bryce Detroit, Chad Kouri • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit)
Fri 8/15 7pm • TEC-TROIT Day 1: free all ages techno and house festival focused on spotlighting Detroit artists. Schedule to be announced, more info at tectroit.com • The Container Globe (1151 Taylor St, Detroit 48202) • free • all ages
Fri 8/15 8pm • Hear No Evil with Michael Malis and special guests • Motor City Wine • $5 • 21+
Sat 8/16 7pm • TEC-TROIT Day 2: free all ages techno and house festival focused on spotlighting Detroit artists. Schedule to be announced, more info at tectroit.com • The Container Globe (1151 Taylor St, Detroit 48202) • free • all ages
Sun 8/17 2pm • TEC-TROIT Day 3: free all ages techno and house festival focused on spotlighting Detroit artists. Schedule to be announced, more info at tectroit.com • The Container Globe (1151 Taylor St, Detroit 48202) • free • all ages
Thu 9/4 8pm • Dummy • Third Man Records Cass Corridor
Sat 9/6 8pm • Bonnie Prince Billy • Third Man Records Cass Corridor • $40 • all ages
Wed 9/10 7pm • Jessica Pratt, Claire Cirocco • Calvin University Covenant Fine Arts Center • $45 general public • all ages
Sun 9/14 4pm • feedback loop series Daniel Wyche, Matthew Daher, Stephanie E. Vasko • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit)
Sat 9/20 7pm • X, Los Lobos • Fisher Theatre
Sat 9/20 8pm • 30 year anniversary tour Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Dr. Pete Larson • Third Man Records Cass Corridor
Fri 10/10 7:30pm • Makaya McCraven • Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor)
Sat 10/11 12-6pm • DittoDitto Art Book Fair • Trinosophes
Sun 10/12 12-4pm • DittoDitto Art Book Fair • Trinosophes
Sun 10/12 4pm • feedback loop series Ipek Eginli, Sin-Yu Deng, Sara Tea • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit)
Thu 10/16 8pm • Gina Birch and The Unreasonables, Miki Berenyi Trio • Magic Bag (Ferndale)
Tue 10/21 • Autechre, Mark Broom • Building 6 at Russell Industrial Center
Sat 10/25 7:30pm • An Evening with Herbie Hancock • Hill Auditorium (Ann Arbor)
Sun 11/9 4pm • feedback loop series Marcus Elliot, Lufuki Ismaeel, Nick Turner • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit)
Sun 12/14 4pm • feedback loop series alvin hill, RA Washington, Ben Hall • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit)
Fri 1/16 7:30pm • Martha Graham Dance Company GRAHAM100 • Power Center (Ann Arbor)
Sat 1/17 7:30pm • Martha Graham Dance Company GRAHAM100 • Power Center (Ann Arbor)
Sun 1/18 2pm • Martha Graham Dance Company GRAHAM100 • Power Center (Ann Arbor)
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