Michigan Happenings 2026
Wed 3/11 7:30pm • Takaat (Niger) • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit) • $17 • all ages
Thu 3/12 7pm • Silent Film Soundtracks: Ackeem Salmon & Ahya Simone score “The Immigrant” and “The Electric House” • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $10
Thu 3/12 8pm • Rat Paws, Celebrity Sighting (Madison), Sleep Tight Tiger • Outer Limits Lounge • $10
Fri 3/13 7pm & 9pm • two shows: Pamela Wise and Naima Shamborguer (with Jaribu Shahid, Gayelynn McKinney, Kevin Jones, Ingrid Racine) • The Blue LLama (314 South Main Street, Ann Arbor) • $25
Fri 3/13 8:30pm • music from senegal, mali, Morocco, and Mauritania (a ramadan concert): Zekkereya El-Magharbel, Anjelic, Grant Gabriel, Mahindi Masai • The Sepia Coffe Project (2831 East Grand Boulevard, Detroit) • $15
Sat 3/14 • tape release: Battle Elf, V. Vecker (Vancouver) • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $16 / $20
Sun 3/15 7:30pm • Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, Fred Thomas • The Ark (316 South Main Street, Ann Arbor) • $29 - $40
Sun 3/15 8pm • Optic Sink, Crune, DJ Justin Carver • Paris Bar (2961 East MicNichols, Detroit) • $10
Mon 3/16 7pm • These Things Happen (Keefe Jackson, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Jason Roebke, Mikel Patrick Avery) with Dave Hurley / Glen Kanasevech / Bryce Richardson • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $15
Wed 3/18 7pm • gearwars x Sound invaders: Retcon, Kikiki, Robots4dancing, Delos Prismatic Prod by P, Omo, Kuuma, Powxl, Phazerville, Bileebob • Ziggy's (206 West Michigan, Ypsilanti) • $10
Fri 3/20 7pm • Northwoods Improvisers • Moondog Cafe (8045 Linwood, Detroit) • $10 - $20 pay what you can
Sat 3/21 12 noon - 5pm • C.A.L.M. (Comfort, atmosphere, Layers, meditation): Vanessa Cronan, Yali Rivlin, Saltbreaker, Sara Tea, Chien-An Yuan • Historic Strohm Hall inside the Detroit Public Library Main Branch (5200 Woodward) • free
Fri 3/27 6:30pm • film screening Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains film screening with introduction by Nikki Corvette and live DJ set by Lidia Vomito and Zoe V • Ford Wyoming Drive-In • $20 per ticket
Fri 3/27 8pm • Weeping Amulet, Crune, Gloamwalker, Chris Pottinger, DJ Seanni B • Ghost Light (2314 Caniff, Hamtramck)
Sun 3/29 3pm • pop-up art show and reading with music: Jimbo Easter, 'An Alien Prince Imprisoned by Mankind's Sorrow' • The Book Beat (26010 Greenfield, Oak Park) • free • all ages
Thu 4/2 7:30pm • Dark Blue (Alex Harding and Lucian Ban) • Trinosophes
Wed 4/8 • Aya Sekine Trio • The Blue LLama (314 South Main Street, Ann Arbor)
Thu 4/9 8pm • Kath Bloom, Aran Ruth, Indira Edwards • Ginkgo Records / 27th Letter Books (3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit)
Fri 4/10 7:30pm • Dave Rempis, Chris Corsano, Jason Adasiewicz • Trinosophes
Fri 4/10 7pm & 9pm • two shows! a pharoah Sanders tribute with Wendell Harrison • The Blue LLama (314 South Main Street, Ann Arbor)
Sat 4/11 7pm • The Chameleons with The Veldt • The Magic Stick • $34.43
Mon 4/13 8pm • Eraser (Philadelphia, Siltbreeze Records), Tyvek, Winston Hightower (K Records) • Ginkgo Records / 27th Letter Books (3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit) • $10-20 sliding scale • all ages
Fri 4/17 7pm • Sunn O))) • Russell Industrial Center (600 Clay Street, Detroit) • $45 • all ages
Sun 4/19 5pm • Wendell Harrison • Schaver Music Recital Hall (480 West Hancock, Detroit) • free
Sat 4/25 7pm • Ty Segall, Mod Lang • The Majestic Theatre • $42.20 and up
Fri 5/1 7:30pm • The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis • Third Man Records Cass Corridor • $23.69
Sun 5/3 7:30pm • Emily Besil • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit)
Mon 5/4 7pm • Bill Callahan, Jana Horn • The Magic Stick • $34.57
Fri 5/8 • Destroyer (solo) • The Blind Pig (208 South First Street, Ann Arbor) • $40.45 • all ages
Fri 5/8 7:30pm • Laurence Miller's Tinn Parrow & His ClapFold Platune Record Release Show • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit)
Mon 5/11 6pm • a tribute to pharoah Sanders with Wendell Harrison and Tribe • Aretha's Jazz Cafe (350 Madison, Detroit) • $40
Fri 5/15 8pm • Sessa, Kolumbo • Third Man Records Cass Corridor
Fri 5/22 7pm • The Mountain Goats • Bell's Eccentric Cafe (355 East Kalamazoo Avenue, Kalamazoo) • $58.83
Tue 6/2 7:30pm • Marisa Anderson • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit)
Tue 6/2 7pm • Mekons • Bell's Eccentric Cafe (355 East Kalamazoo Avenue, Kalamazoo) • $47.77
Fri 6/5 6:30pm • Napalm Death, Primitive Man, Moral Pollution • The Pike Room (1 South Saginaw, Pontiac) • $25
Fri 6/5 7:30pm • Northwoods Improvisers 50th Anniversary Concerts • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit)
Sat 6/6 7:30pm • Northwoods Improvisers 50th Anniversary Concerts • Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit)
Wed 6/17 7pm • Max Richter with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble • Masonic Temple Jack White Theater, Detroit • $116 and up
Sat 10/17 7pm • Osees, Traps PS • Magic Stick • $41.38
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