Michigan Happenings 2023
Mon 1/30 • art exhibition (ongoing) Kathryn Brackett Luchs Collision/Re-Vision on view January 14-February 18 • Simone DeSousa Gallery 444 W. Willis • free • all ages
Mon 1/30 8pm • Moody Monday with Selectors Sam Hooker, Shells & CCC • Outer Limits Lounge • free
Wed 2/1 7:30pm • Jessica Pavone and Tristan Kasten Krause • Trinosophes • All Ages
Wed 2/1 9-11pm • radio performance alvin hill performs live on the WCBN Local Music Show • 88.3 FM or wcbn.org
Thu 2/2 8pm • detroit sound odyssey record release Javonnttee b2b Isaac Prieto (hybrid set), Miss J, residents Jesse Cory & Vincent Patricola • Spot Lite • 21+
Fri 2/3 5-6:30pm • WEMU 5:01 Jazz Series featuring the Ingrid Racine Quintet • Blue Llama Jazz Club
Fri 2/3 7pm • Wendell Harrison • Detroit Film Theater at the DIA
Fri 2/3 8pm • WILD SHAPE (1st show, Kelly Caldwell/Jamie Striker/Madison from Cloud Rat), RED DEVIL RYDERS, FEN FEN, PRUDE BOYS AND DJS ALRIGHT AND MIKE TROMBLEY • Outer Limits Lounge • $10
Fri 2/3 9pm • MRKT, Mint Field, DJ Koltay • UFO Factory • 21+
Sat 2/4 7pm • film screening Seven Samurai • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Rd • $5 • All Ages
Sat 2/4 7pm-9pm • The Unrecordables 4: live electronic music by Diego Perez-Cuellar, Ben Fuhrman, Molly Jones, Leith Campbell, Maritza Garibay, Carolyn Borcherding & Hollis Wittman, Mike Khoury, Chris Biggs & Ben Schmidt-Swartz • Schaver Musical Recital Hall (480 W. Hancock Detroit, MI 48201) • free • all ages
Sat 2/4 8:30pm • Vinny Moonshine, Selma Oxor (Mexico), with DJs Haute to Death & Pablo R. Ruiz • UFO Factory • $10 • 21+
Sat 2/4 9:30pm • Industrial Detroit with The Brvtalist, Pod Blotz, Veldt, Deadlines, Ext Est • Leland City Club • 21+
Sun 2/5 7pm • Ride, The Charlatans (UK) • Majestic Theater
Wed 2/8 9-11pm • radio performance Kenji Lee Fortune Teller Trio performs live on the WCBN Local Music Show. The show starts at 9pm and the live performance will be at 10pm. • 88.3 FM or wcbn.org
Thu 2/9 6:30pm-8:30pm • Peace, Black Liberation, & Human Rights with speaker Ajamu Baraka (sponsored by WSU Dept of African American Studies) • General Baker Institute (15798 Livernois, Detroit) • free • all ages
Thu 2/9 9pm • technically, Yeah Koltay (live), Shells (live), hosted by Eddie Logix & Jo Rad Silver • UFO Factory
Fri 2/10 7:30-11:30pm • Michael Malis Trio • Cliff Bell’s 2030 Park Ave • $25 • 21+
Fri 2/10 8pm • somber presents Renee Willoughby ‘Her Shape Is Light’ cassette release, with Amanda LeClaire, Melissa Drasby, Matt Conzett, Ari Bardallis • Ghost Light (Hamtramck) • $7 / $10
Fri 2/10 9pm • Baba BG and Odu Afrobeat Orchestra with Julion De’Angelo • Marble Bar • $10 • 21+
Sat 2/11 7:30-11:30pm • Michael Malis Trio • Cliff Bell’s 2030 Park Ave • $25 • 21+
Sat 2/11 9pm • Terrence Parker, Jessi Kay, DJ Moreese • Magic Stick • $15 / $20 • 18+
Sat 2/11 9pm-2:00am • Detroit Love: Carl Craig, Seth Troxler, Father Dukes, ERNO • TV • 21+
Thu 2/16 7pm • Adore Delano • Magic Bag (Ferndale) • $35
Fri 2/17 9pm • My Mission Is To Funk You dance party with DJ Jamie Register • Regal Beagle (Ypsilanti)
Sat 2/18 • art exhibition Last day of Kathryn Brackett-Luchs Collision/Re-vision solo show • Simone DeSousa Gallery 444 W. Willis • free • all ages
Sat 2/18 2pm/8pm • film screening Princess Mononoke - 2pm English dubbed 8pm English subtitled • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Rd • $5 • All Ages
Wed 2/22 • Norm Westberg, Koltay • Third Man Records
Thu 2/23 8pm • Tropicalia with DJs Dez and David A-P • Motor City Wine • 21+
Thu 2/23 9pm • Brainiac, Solus (Tyler Hicks) • UFO Factory • $20 • 21+
Fri 2/24 9pm-3am • Code X with Scan 7, Max Watts, Rick Wilhite, Ash Lauryn, Meftah, something blue, The AM • TV Lounge • 21+
Sat 2/25 10pm-5am • interdimensional transmissions presents tomorrow’s fires Carlos Souffront, Erika (live), Mike Parker, BMG, Scott Zacharias, Bill Spencer, Duck Trash, Ladylike • Tangent Gallery • $15-25 • 21+
Sat 2/25 8pm • Margo Price, Tre Burt • Majestic Theatre • $25 / $30 • all ages
Sat 2/25 8pm • The Ark’s 36th Annual Storytelling Festival • The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor • $30
Fri 3/3 9pm-4am • Marie Davidson & Laurel Halo • Marble Bar • 21+
Sat 3/4 8-11pm • Leafar Village • Motor City Wine • $5 • 21+
Tue 3/7 8pm • Leo Kottke • The Ark 316 S. Main Ann Arbor • $40
Wed 3/8 • Os Mutantes • Third Man Records Cass Corridor
Thu 3/23 • RAWL • Trinosophes • All Ages
Fri 3/24 9pm • Shadow Show, Leggy (OH), Strobobean (OH) • UFO Factory • $10 • 21+
Mon 3/27 • Quasi • Third Man Records • $20
Mon 4/10 • Anna Webber’s Shimmer Wince, Marcus Elliot and Jaribu Shahid • Trinosophes • All Ages
Sat 4/15 7pm • The Mountain Goats, Adeem the Artist • The Majestic • $35 • All Ages
Sun 4/16 4pm • Wild Up performs Julius Eastman’s Femenine • Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor • $27-$47 • all ages
Mon 4/17 7pm • Bikini Kill, XV, CB Radio Gorgeous • Royal Oak Music Theatre • $39.50 / $45 • all ages
Thu 4/20 7:30pm • The Screaming Females • The Sanctuary
Sat 4/29 7pm • CANCELLED Belle and Sebastian CANCELLED • Majestic Theatre • $35 / $40 • all ages
Sun 5/14 • OFF! • Third Man Records • $25
Fri 5/26 8pm • Brandee Younger pays homage to the legendary Detroit harpist Dorothy Ashby • DSO Cube • $30-60 • all ages
Fri 6/9 6pm • day one Tec-Troit Electronic Music Festival • 1211 Trumbull, Detroit (outside) • free • all ages
Sat 6/10 6pm • day two Tec-Troit Electronic Music Festival • 1211 Trumbull, Detroit (outside) • free • all ages
Sat 7/29 6pm • Detroit JiT Festival • 1211 Trumbull, Detroit (outside) • free • all ages
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