Michigan Happenings

Michigan Happenings 2025 
          Sun 3/30 
          
          8pm-2am •     Deon Jamar • Motor City Wine • 21+          
 
          Mon 3/31 
          
          3-10pm •   trans day of visibility fest  Texture Freq (Minneapolis), Babylonian Magus (mems Horse Bomb), buglvr3000, Solastalgia, Pyramid, Revile • Jobstoppers Inc • $10 pay what you can, no one turned away          
 
          Tue 4/1 
          
          9pm •     Takumi with Slowjams, Eddie Logix, Ameera, Crate Digga • High Dive (11474 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck) • free          
 
          Wed 4/2 
          
          7pm •     Tara Clerkin Trio (UK experimental electro-acoustic ensemble), Na Bonsai • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $15 advance tix / $20 at the door • all ages          
 
          Wed 4/2 
          
          8pm •     The Hard Quartet (Emmett Kelly/Stephen Malkmus/Matt Sweeney/Jim White), Sharp Pins • St. Andrew's Hall          
 
          Wed 4/2 
          
          8pm •     Thee Retail Simps, Feeling Figures, Tyvek, Tin Foil, DJ Danny Kroha • Outer Limits Lounge          
 
          Wed 4/2 
          
          9pm •     Savannah G, Dream Beach, Auntie Chanel • Spot Lite • $5 donation  • 21+          
 
          Fri 4/4 
          
          6pm •   free music friday  Aya Sekine - piano, Djallo Djakate - drums, John Raleeh - Trombone • Hello Records (4165 Fort St, Lincoln Park) • free • all ages          
 
          Fri 4/4 
          
          7pm •   somber presents  Got a Light?: A Tribute to David Lynch, with Moon Club, Matt Conzett, and Gwen Dot, poetry by Kels Drivinski, dream interpretation with Ian Wolyniec • Ghost Light (2314 Caniff, Hamtramck) • $10 online / $15 door          
 
          Fri 4/4 
          
          7pm •     Ida, Tsunami • Magic Bag (Ferndale) • $30          
 
          Fri 4/4 
          
          9pm •     The Creepos, Matthew Smith (solo), DJ Hashbrowns • Bowlero Lanes, Royal Oak          
 
          Sat 4/5 
          
          12-9pm •   moondog cafe grand opening  Ahya Simone (8pm), John Dixon live (6:30pm), Caleb Robinson & Reaching (5pm), Blue Moon Radio Broadcast (12-5pm), Whodat, Supreme Gratitude • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • free • all ages          
 
          Sat 4/5 
          
          7:30pm •     Skeeter Shelton's Spectrum 2 featuring Ali Colding • Trinosophes • $120-20 suggested • all ages          
 
          Sat 4/5 
          
          9pm •     Big Fun: A Night of Classic House with DJs Mike Trombley & Scott Zacharias • UFO Bar (2110 Trumbull, Detroit) • 21+          
 
          Sun 4/6 
          
          4pm •     Sonic Meditation with King Sophia & Sophiyah E.  • Ypsilanti Freighthouse • pay what you wish • all ages          
 
          Tue 4/8 
          
          7pm •     Alan Sparhawk of Low, Circuit des Yeux • Loving Touch (Ferndale)          
 
          Tue 4/8 
          
          8pm •     Ed Schraeder's Music Beat, Selma Oxor, Time Creep • Outer Limits Lounge          
 
          Fri 4/11 
          
          8pm •   sonic fiction video music concert  King Sophia, Na Bonsai, JZKL (Johnny Zoloft + Kiernan Laveaux), Kris McKinney • Light Box Performance Art Space (8641 Linwood St, Detroit) • $15 advance tix / $20 at the door          
 
          Fri 4/11 
          
          9pm-3am •     Siren: Auntie Chanel's Birthday Celebration with Estoc (Philadelphia), Auntie Chanel, Cherriel, Girlunderwater, Dykechow • Marble Bar • 21+          
 
          Sat 4/12 
          
          7:30pm •     Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri : Transylvanian Dance (ECM) Release Show with photos and wax cylinders from the archive of Béla Bartók • Trinosophes • $16 advance tix / $20 at the door • all ages          
 
          Sat 4/12 
          
          9pm •     A Real Arab Blueprint with Aboudi Issa, Masquenada, Raphique Barakt (live), Layali (vocalist), Farah (vocalist), and FUS7A (live band featuring Layan Srour, Aaron Synder, Jenna Youness, Mike Abbo, Matthew Daher) • Spot Lite • 21+          
 
          Sun 4/13 
          
          5pm •   the detroit jazz preservation society featuring professor vincent chandler presents  The Music of Kenny Garrett • Schaver Recital Music Hall at Wayne State University (480 W. Hancock, Detroit) • free • all ages          
 
          Mon 4/14 
          
          7:30pm •     Brighde Chaimbeul (Scotland), Viands • Trinosophes • $12 advance tix / $15 at door • all ages          
 
          Thu 4/17 
          
          6-9pm •   art opening  El De Smith: Take My Name Off the Order List Don’t Want Anything (show runs through May 25) • Trinosophes          
 
          Fri 4/18 
          
          7:30pm, 9:30pm •     Jonathan Barahal Taylor Quartet featuring: Jaribu Shahid: bass, Ian Finkelstein; piano, Tim Haldeman; Tenor Sax, Jonathan Barahal Taylor: drums • Cliff Bells  • $25          
 
          Sat 4/19 
          
          10pm •     Wetdogg album release with Sugar, Salar Ansari, and Cherriel • Carbon Athletic Club (111 Gates St, Detroit, MI 48209)          
 
          Sat 4/19 
          
          12-6pm •   foxy's 3 on 3 basketball tournament  with sounds by Scott Zacharias, DJ Etta, Werewolf Jones, Mutual Heaven, Creode, Power Moon Roof. food by Bill's Grille • Jam Handy (2900 E Grand Blvd, Detroit)          
 
          Sat 4/19 
          
          7:30pm •     Aliya Ultan, MRKT, Harmolodics • Trinosophes          
 
          Sat 4/19 
          
          7:30pm •     Aliya Ultan, MRKT, Harmolodics • Trinosophes          
 
          Sat 4/19 
          
          7:30pm, 9:30pm •     Jonathan Barahal Taylor Quartet featuring: Jaribu Shahid: bass, Ian Finkelstein; piano, Tim Haldeman; Tenor Sax, Jonathan Barahal Taylor: drums • Cliff Bells  • $25          
 
          Mon 4/21 
          
          8pm •     LAKE • Ziggy's (Ypsilanti)          
 
          Wed 4/23 
          
          8pm •     Bill Callahan, Ryan Davis • Third Man Records Cass Corridor • $20          
 
          Fri 4/25 
          
          4pm •   friday concert series  Aya Sekine • Music Department on 3rd floor, Detroit Public Library (5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit)  • free • all ages          
 
          Fri 4/25 
          
          7:30pm •     Elkhorn, Duo Unduo • Trinosophes          
 
          Fri 4/25 
          
          7:30pm •     Elkhorn, Duo Unduo • Trinosophes          
 
          Tue 4/29 
          
          6-9pm •     Zach Rowden, Shadow Pattern, Shame, Exposure: • Tympanum (4661 E. 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $10 • all ages          
 
          Tue 4/29 
          
          7pm •     Love with Johnny Echols, Baby Lemonade • Bell’s, Kalamazoo • $25 • 18+          
 
          Fri 5/2 
          
          6pm •   free music friday  Meditations  featuring Lu Fuki - Guitar, Kenn Thomas - Piano, Ali Colding - Drums, and Ed Coburn - Bass • Hello Records (4165 Fort St, Lincoln Park) • free • all ages          
 
          Fri 5/2 
          
          7-10pm •     Moth Cock, Skipped Dent, Chuck Sipperley • Tympanum (4661 E. 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $10 • all ages          
 
          Fri 5/2 
          
          7:30pm •     Tinn Parrow and his Clapfold Platune • Trinosophes          
 
          Wed 5/7 
          
          7pm •     Gang of Four • Magic Bag (Ferndale) • $33          
 
          Sat 5/10 
          
          7-10pm •     Darksmith, T.D., Duncan Harrison, S. Glass, Creode • Tympanum (4661 E 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $10 • all ages          
 
          Sat 5/10 
          
          7:30pm •     Alan Licht • Trinosophes          
 
          Sat 5/10 
          
          8pm •     Winged Wheel, Dick Texas • Third Man Records Cass Corridor          
 
          Mon 5/12 
          
          7pm •     The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary Tour • Royal Oak Music Theater • $40-$130 • all ages           
 
          Tue 5/13 
          
          7pm •     The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary Tour • Royal Oak Music Theater • $40-$130 • all ages          
 
          Tue 5/13 
          
          8pm •     Takaat (members of Mdou Moctar) • Trinosophes          
 
          Wed 5/14 
          
          7:30pm •     Three Fold presents a poetry reading by Norman Fischer, Chris Tysh, Nazifa Islam • Trinosophes           
 
          Wed 5/14 
          
          8pm •     Evenings, Lidless Eye, The Glass Path • Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti) • $10          
 
          Thu 5/15 
          
          7:30pm, 9:30pm •     Leafar Village • Cliff Bells  • $25          
 
          Fri 5/16 
          
          7:30pm, 9:30pm •     Leafar Village • Cliff Bells • $25          
 
          Fri 5/16 
          
          7pm •   friday night live  Masayo Ishigure (New York-based koto and shamisen player from Japan, known for blending traditional Japanese music with diverse genres) • Rivera Court in the DIA • Free with general admission  *General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. Non-residents GA is $12          
 
          Sat 5/17 
          
          7:30pm •   Over the Pavements II: The New Detroit Chamber Music  Michael Malis, King Sophia, Benjamin Miller, Jane Rogers, Joel Peterson • Trinosophes          
 
          Sat 5/17 
          
          7:30pm, 9:30pm •     Leafar Village • Cliff Bells  • $25          
 
          Thu 5/22 
          
          8pm •   interdimensional transmissions and adult. present brink of disaster  Adult., Light Asylum, Plack Blague, Day Residue, Evichshen, Jimbo Easter, DJ Father Dukes, DJ Auntie Chanel • Tangent Gallery          
 
          Fri 5/23 
          
          2pm-8pm •   moods at movement  Carlos Souffront, Donna Gardner, Savannah G • To be announced • tickets on ra.com          
 
          Sat 5/24 
          
          10pm •   deep detroit 15  Kai Alce, Glenn Underground, CTRLZORA, Deon Jamar • Red Door Gallery (7500 Oakland Ave, Detroit)          
 
          Sat 5/24 
          
          7:30pm •     Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians [AACM] Tribute Concert • Trinosophes          
 
          Fri 5/30 
          
          7:30pm •     Apetechnology’s Slendrotron Third Man Records Release Party • Trinosophes          
 
          Mon 6/2 
          
          8pm •     Blank Hellscape, Aaron Dilloway, Pod Blotz, Fred Thomas • Ziggy's (Ypsilanti) • $10-15 sliding scale • all ages           
 
          Fri 6/6 
          
          8pm •     Dr. Peter Larson’s Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band, Koltay  • Rancho Tranquilico (11300 Island Lake Rd, Dexter, MI 48130)           
 
          Fri 6/6 
          
          8pm •     The Dr. Peter Larson Group, Koltay  • Rancho Tranquilico (11300 Island Lake Rd, Dexter, MI 48130)           
 
          Sat 6/7 
          
          8pm •     Aran Ruth, Alexander, DJ Greg Baise • Outer Limits Lounge          
 
          Sun 6/15 
          
          7pm •     Dean Wareham • Magic Bag • $20          
 
          Thu 6/26 
          
          8pm •     Dinosaur Jr, Snail Mail, Easy Action • Royal Oak Music Theater          
 
          Sat 6/28 
          
          7pm •     Devo • Fillmore Theater Detroit  • tix on sale Feb 7          
 
          Fri 7/4 
          
          7:30pm •     Folk Music [Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, Ches Smith] • Trinosophes          
 
          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)          
 
          Thu 7/24 
          
          7:30pm •     Sensorium Chamber Ensemble presents Terry Riley's “In C” • Trinosophes          
 
          Sat 9/6 
          
          8pm •     Bonnie Prince Billy • Third Man Records Cass Corridor • $40 • all ages          
 
          Sat 10/11 
          
          12-6pm •     DittoDitto Art Book Fair • Trinosophes          
 
          Sun 10/12 
          
          12-4pm •     DittoDitto Art Book Fair • Trinosophes          
 
          Tue 10/21 
          
           •     Autechre, Mark Broom • Building 6 at Russell Industrial Center          
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