Michigan Happenings 2024

Thu 3/28 3-5pm • art exhibiton reception Dope Women in Media: Honoring the Women of Film in Metro Detroit • Ann Arbor Art Center

Thu 3/28 7pm • Herbie Hancock • Orchestra Hall

Thu 3/28 8pm • Kelly Jean Caldwell Band, Scott Yoder, Fishfly • Outer Limits Lounge

Thu 3/28 9pm • Dez Andres (live), DJs Jesse Cory & Vince Patricola • Spot Lite • Free • 21+

Thu 3/28 all day • Ann Arbor Film Festival (including Lynn Hershman Leeson (5:30pm, Michigan Theater), Aldo Tambellini (7pm, State Theatre), Out Night films in competition (7:30pm, Michigan Theater) • Michgan Theater and other venues (Ann Arbor)

Fri 3/29 10am-12pm • 62nd annual ann arbor film festival The 8 Fest, Coffee, & Bagels: Remembering Ann Arbor’s Other Film Festival (tribute to the 8mm Film Festival which the Ann Arbor Film Cooperative produced from 1971-1990. Featuring locally-made films from those years by Danny Plotnick, Jimm Juback, Gerry Fialka, Dan Bruell, and more, and also have a very special live cinema performance by Steve Cole, reprising a piece he created in 1968. curated by Frank Uhle) • U-M North Quad Space 2435 (Ann Arbor) • free • all ages

Fri 3/29 8pm • witchpucker, Panto Collapsar, Shells • Bowlero Lanes (Royal Oak)

Fri 3/29 8pm • Odyssey of sound electronic hardware grooves OMO & Dr Pete Larson • Vacancy (221 N Main St, Ann Arbor)

Fri 3/29 9pm • Deon Jamar, Meftah • Spot Lite

Fri 3/29 all day • Ann Arbor Film Festival (including Playing 'Footsi' (rarely screened vintage local AAFF films 1960s-1990s, 9pm, State Theatre) • Michigan Theater and other venues (Ann Arbor)

Sat 3/30 3pm & 7pm • film screening OPUS: Ryuichi Sakamoto - film footage of a live performance from 2022. Screenings at 3pm & 7pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday • Detroit Film Theater • $10.50 • All Ages

Sat 3/30 5-8pm • united musicians and allied workers presents Shigeto & Tammy Lakkis wsg Rashida Tlaib. In support of the Living Wage for Musicians Act • Spot Lite

Sat 3/30 8pm • DeSean Jones Quartet • Motor City Wine • 21+

Sun 3/31 2pm • film screening OPUS: Ryuichi Sakamoto - footage of a live performance from 2022 • Detroit Film Theater • $10.50 • All Ages

Sun 3/31 7pm • Deno, Alex Glendening, The Brown Thrasher • Polka Dot Bar (Hamtramck)

Tue 4/2 6-9pm • Crank Sturgeon, War Hippy, A. Louis • Tympanum (4661 E 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $10 • All ages

Wed 4/3 5-8pm • art exhibition I’ll Be Your Mirror: An evening preview for MR/QD’s city-wide June Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Queer Art • Bernath Auditorium, UGL Wayne State University 5155 Gullen Mall • Free • All Ages

Wed 4/3 8pm • United musicians and allied workers presents Dr Pete Larson, Jib Kidder, and Michael C Sharp. This show is in support of the Living Wage For Musicians Act • Ziggy’s (Ypsilanti)

Sat 4/6 7pm • Zombi, Overcalc, Voyag3r • Sanctuary (Hamtramck) • $18 • all ages

Sat 4/6 7pm • Balance (Marcus Elliot & Michael Malis, live record release show), King Sophia • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $10 suggested donation

Sat 4/6 7pm • Horse Bomb, Core Values, 3 the Hardway • Corktown Tavern • $10

Sat 4/6 8-10pm • Detroit International Festival of Animation 2024 • Senate Theater 6424 Michigan Avenue • all ages

Sat 4/6 8pm • Rafael Statin Trio • Motor City Wine • $5 • 21+

Sun 4/7 7pm • Real Estate • El Club 4114 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit • $35 • 21+

Mon 4/8 7:30pm • Archer (Dave Rempis, Terrie X, Johnny Strum, Dollop Eastfang) • Trinosophes

Wed 4/10 7pm • Woods & Avey Tare • El Club 4114 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit • $35 • 21+

Fri 4/12 7:30pm, 9:30pm • Wendell Harrison & Tribe • Cliff Bells (2030 Park Ave, Detroit) • $35 • 21+

Sat 4/13 7pm • freep film festival screening “Best of the Best: Jazz From Detroit” (world premiere of new documentary, 1hr 29min) • Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA • $15

Sat 4/13 7pm • freep film festival screening “The Riot Report” (2023 documentary on the Kerner Commission, 1hr 53min) • Birmingham 8

Sat 4/13 9pm • Duane (live), DJ sets from Croconile, Garrison XR, Missmammas • High Dive (11474 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck)

Sun 4/14 1pm • freep film festival screening: “The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit” (new documentary, 1hr 29min) • Birmingham 8

Sun 4/14 6pm • freep film festival screening “Luther: Never Too Much” (Luther Vandross documentary, 1hr 41min) • Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA • $15

Sun 4/14 6pm • freep film festival screening “The Riot Report” (2023 documentary on the Kerner Commission, 1hr 53min) • Detroit Science Center

Wed 4/17 8pm • Rosali, Shells • Lager House

Thu 4/18 7:30pm • Teiku (record release show) • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit) • all ages

Sat 4/20 8pm • Tyvek, Collate (Portland), Deno (full band) • Outer Limits Lounge • $10

Sat 4/20 8pm • DETROIT REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SILENT FILM FESTIVAL: entries include 20 films made by school aged students from Michigan and around the country • Redford Theatre 17360 Lahser Road • $10/free students with ID • all ages

Sun 4/21 7:30pm • Todd Rundgren • Motor City Sound Board (2901 Grand River Ave, Detroit) • $49 - $64 • 21+

Sun 4/21 7pm • Atlantic Starr, Evelyn Champagne King, SOS Band • Music Hall Center (350 Madison, Detroit) • $50

Thu 4/25 8pm • TsuShiMaMiRe • Third Man Records Cass Corridor • $17 • all ages

Sat 4/27 8pm • Fen Fen (record release show), Timmys Organism, Day Residue, Womb Worm • 2545 Bagley St, Detroit • $15

Sat 4/27 8pm • Fen Fen (record release show), Timmys Organism, Day Residue, Womb Worm • 2545 Bagley St, Detroit • $15

Sun 4/28 8pm • Deadbeat Beat, Outer World (Richmond VA), Matthew Smith, DJ Shells • Outer Limits Lounge • $10

Fri 5/3 8pm • Dee Obscenity, 3 the Hardway, Menage Detroit • Donovan's • 21+

Sat 5/4 8pm • Leafar Village • Motor City Wine • $5 • 21+

Sun 5/12 7:30pm • Marisa Anderson & Jim White • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit)

Wed 5/22 7:30pm • Neil Young & Crazy Horse • Pine Knob Music Theater • $56 lawn tix • all ages

Fri 5/24 7pm • Laura Jane Grace • El Club 4114 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit • $40 • 21+

Mon 5/27 2pm-2am • detroit vinyl room Nick Speed, DJ Etta, John Collins, Donna Gardner, Patrice Scott, Isaac b2b Javonntte • Motor City Wine • 21+

Thu 5/30 8pm • George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic • Motor City Sound Board • $57 - $67 • 21+

Sun 6/2 7pm • Liturgy, Vermin Womb, Sissy Spacek, Body Void • Sanctuary (Hamtramck) • $20 • all ages

Mon 6/3 7-10pm • S. Glass, Sailor Beware, Fleshtone Aura • Tympanum (4661 E 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $10 • all ages

Sun 6/9 8pm • Cloud Nothings, Idle Ray, Tyvek • Loving Touch (Ferndale)

Wed 6/19 8pm • The Umbrellas (SF/Slumberland Records) • Outer Limits Lounge

Thu 7/11 8pm • Jah Wobble, Metal Box: Rebuilt in Dub Tour • Third Man Records Cass Corridor • $35 • all ages

Mon 7/22 7:30pm • BEINGS (Zoh Amba / Steve Gunn / Shahzad Ismaily / Jim White) • Trinosophes

Tue 7/23 6-9pm • Granpa Abela, Gorgina, Dominic Coppola • Tympanum (4661 E 9 Mile Rd, Warren) • $10 • all ages

Sun 9/15 5pm • outlaw music festival Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, and more • Pine Knob Music Theater • $52 lawn tix

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