Michigan Happenings 2023

Fri 6/2 5-8pm • record release party & signing Protomartyr release party and signing for new album “Formal Growth In The Desert” • Hello Records (4165 Fort St, Lincoln Park) • free • all ages

Fri 6/2 7:30pm • Big Boi • Hart Plaza, inside the Meijer Fan Zone at the Grand Prix (???) • free

Fri 6/2 8pm • film screening Paris is Burning • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Rd • $10

Fri 6/2 9:30pm • film screening But I’m A Cheerleader • State Theater (Ann Arbor) • Adult - $10.50, Student w/ Valid ID or (65 +) $8.50

Sat 6/3 7pm • film screening: Paris Is Burning • Michigan Theater (main auditorium, Ann Arbor) • Adult - $10.50, Student w/ Valid ID or (65 +) $8.50

Sat 6/3 8pm • PRC (record release show), Day Residue, XV • PLAV Post 10 (11824 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck) • $10

Sun 6/4 • Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain in Light, Cool Cool Cool • Majestic Theatre • $35 / $40 • all ages

Tue 6/6 8pm • An Evening of Improvised Music with Damon Smith (bass) and Piotr Michalowksi (reeds) • Ziggys (Ypsilanti)

Thu 6/8 7pm • Kahil El’Zabar and David Murray • N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art (52 East Forest, Detroit) • $40

Thu 6/8 9pm • technically yeah Duane (live), Venn Diagram (live), resident DJs Jo Rad Silver & Eddie Logix • UFO Factory • $10

Fri 6/9 6pm • day one Tec-Troit Electronic Music Festival • 1211 Trumbull, Detroit (outside) • free • all ages

Fri 6/9 6pm & 8:30pm • Kahil El’Zabar and David Murray • Blue Llama Jazz Club (Ann Arbor) • $35-85

Fri 6/9 7pm • ann arbor summer festival top of the park Vespre (7pm), Dames Brown (8:45pm) • Outdoor stage in front of Rackham Auditorium (Ann Arbor) • free • all ages

Fri 6/9 8pm • Jamie Register performs Purple Rain • Blind Pig (Ann Arbor) • $15 adv / $20 door • 18+

Sat 6/10 6pm • day two Tec-Troit Electronic Music Festival • 1211 Trumbull, Detroit (outside) • free • all ages

Tue 6/13 10pm • ANN ARBOR SUMMER FESTIVAL TOP OF THE PARK film screening Muppets Take Manhattan • Ingalls Mall (In front of Rackham Auditorium), Ann Arbor • free • all ages

Tue 6/13 7pm • Sawt Out (Berlin based improvisation trio, trumpet & two percussionists), Mike Khoury/Ben Hall • Entropy Stereo (25908 Six Mile Rd, Redford, MI) • $10-20 • all ages

Wed 6/14 • Patrice Rushen, Lin Rountree • Aretha Franklin Ampitheatre

Thu 6/15 2pm • thursday synthesizer series Jaime Lutzo and Andrew Blake • Trinosophes • free • all ges

Thu 6/15 6pm • ANN ARBOR SUMMER FESTIVAL TOP OF THE PARK • Outdoor stage in front of Rackham Auditorium (Ann Arbor) • free • all ages

Thu 6/15 7:30pm • Northwoods Improvisers Sextet • Cliff Bell’s • $25

Fri 6/16 8pm • Bonny Doon, Neu Blume, Izzy Johnson Group • MOCAD • all ages

Sat 6/17 9pm • Paint Thinner, Deadbeat Beat, Phased Out • UFO Factory • $10 • 21+

Sun 6/18 7:30pm • Teiku • Trinosophes

Thu 6/22 2pm • thursday synthesizer series Sophiyah E. & Otodjo • Trinosophes • free • all ages

Thu 6/22 7pm • Yo La Tengo • Majestic Theatre, Detroit • $30/$35 • all ages

Fri 6/23 9:30pm • film screening To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar • State Theater (Ann Arbor) • Adult - $10.50, Student w/ Valid ID or (65 +) $8.50

Sun 6/25 7pm • 105.1 the bounce birthday bash TLC, Shaggy, En Vogue, Sean Kingston • Pine Knob • $25 lawn seats

Fri 6/30 7pm • Adom High Life Band • Detroit Institute of Arts • free with registration at dia.org • all ages

Fri 6/30 8pm • Kool & The Gang, SOS Band, Atlantic Starr • Aretha Franklin Amphitheater • $40 lawn seats, up to $100 for better seats

Fri 7/7 9:30pm • film screening Wet Hot American Summer • State Theater (Ann Arbor) • Adult - $10.50, Student w/ Valid ID or (65 +) $8.50

Fri 7/14 • detroit african world festival with Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen, much more • Hart Plaza

Fri 7/14 8pm • Altin Gun, Roge • The Magic Stick, Detroit • $22 • 18+

Fri 7/21 8pm • Mdou Moctar • Blind Pig (Ann Arbor)

Wed 7/26 • Michael Franks, Mike Monford • Aretha Franklin Ampitheatre

Thu 7/27 8pm • Cheer-Accident (Chicago), Memory Cell (Kalamazoo), Lunch (Ann Arbor) • Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti)

Fri 7/28 9:30pm • film screening They Live • State Theater (Ann Arbor) • Adult - $10.50, Student w/ Valid ID or (65 +) $8.50

Sat 7/29 6pm • Detroit JiT Festival • 1211 Trumbull, Detroit (outside) • free • all ages

Sat 8/19 8pm • Trio Imagination (Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and David Virelles) • Trinosophes

Fri 8/25 • Jeffrey Osborne • Aretha Franklin Ampitheatre

Fri 10/6 8pm • Ty Segall, Axis: Sova • Majestic Theatre, Detroit • $29.50/$35 • all ages

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