Michigan Happenings 2025

Tue 4/1 7pm • Open jazz improvisation session hosted by Jon Blanchette, with a performance featuring the music of Paul Motian as played by the house band Jon Blanchette (drums), Kenji Lee (tenor saxophone), and Sam Chase Harris (bass) • Ziggy's (Ypsilanti)

Tue 4/1 9pm • Takumi with Slowjams, Eddie Logix, Ameera, Crate Digga • High Dive (11474 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck) • free

Wed 4/2 7pm • POSTPONED Tara Clerkin Trio (UK experimental electro-acoustic ensemble), Na Bonsai POSTPONED • 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+

Thu 4/3 3pm • artist talk and panel discussion Abu Quadim Haqq, Vanessa Reynolds, Reuben Telushkin • Riverbank Arts, 400 N Saginaw St, Flint

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 7pm • Emily Rach Beisel (Chicago, bass clarinet and electronics), Jane Marie Rogers • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $15 suggested donation • all ages

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, Cherriel, Time Creep • Outer Limits Lounge

Thu 4/10 7pm • detroit sound conservancy presents Ian Fink • The Hawk Blackbox, 29995 W 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills

Fri 4/11 7pm • tenacity fest: Lord Centipede, Mira, Oren, Omo • The Regal Beagle (817 East Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti)

Fri 4/11 7pm • Alexis Marcello (NYC pianist), Aya Sekine (Detroit-based Japanese pianist and abstractionist) • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $15 suggested donation, pay what you can • all ages

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 8pm-10pm • John Collins (Underground Resistance) • 311 Abbott (6th floor downtown East Lansing) • free with registration at museum.msu.edu

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 7pm • The Vizitorz featuring Dushun Mosley (Drums & Percussion), Kenneth Green (Keys & Percussion), Darius Savage (Bass), Skeeter Shelton (Reeds), and Sophiyah E. (Voice & Singing Bowls). Meftah DJ set before and after the performance • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $20 • 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 2pm-5pm • rebirth inc. presents a music and art explosion Stephen Grady (saxophone), Jacob Hart (piano) • Design Studio 6, 8626 McNichols, Detroit 48221 • $20 advance tickets / $25 at door . free parking

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

Mon 4/14 7pm • benefit concert for sudan Zekkereya El-Magharbel, Counterfeit Madison, Zach Saginaw, Kamelya Oyama, Salar Ansari. DJ sets by Nadia. All proceeds go to Sunduq Al-Sudan, an organization distributing mutual aid directly to families in Sudan. • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $20 • 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

Thu 4/17 6pm-7pm • talk Techno Futures: Detroit's Afrofuturist Groove with Carl Craig and Mike Banks. moderated by Dr. Julian Chambliss • WKAR Studio (room 145), 404 Wilson Rd, East Lansing • free with registration at museum.msu.edu

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

Thu 4/24 5pm-12am • Ladymonix, Peter Croce, Diego, Ameera • 258 Kenilworth, Detroit • $10

Fri 4/25 4pm • friday concert series Aya Sekine with Zekkereya El-Magharbel (trombone), Mike Abbo (bass) and Joshua Watkins (drums) • 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+

Wed 4/30 8pm • Skeeter Shelton Spectrum 2 • Ziggy's (Ypsilanti)

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 7pm • poetry reading Norman Fischer, Chris Tysh, Nazifa Islam • Trinosophes • free • all ages

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

Sun 6/15 9pm • queendom: a detroit pride party Ultra Nate, DJ Minx, Beige, Perry Dox (live performance), hosted by Lady Seduca • Spot Lite

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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