Music

The underground of Bona Sera in Ypsilanti made for the perfect venue to see Michigan’s Captain Ivory return home for the release of No Vacancy.

The 2016 Michigan Winter Beer Festival was Pure Michigan! 125 Michigan breweries brought their best brews to Grand Rapids to a sold out on event Feb 26 & 27

The short yet brilliant career of metal band Speedgod culminates with a no holds barred music extravaganza at the Avenue Café in Lansing.

Promising the fury of the frost giants, FebruFury delivered unstoppable Michigan metal from Imminent Sonic Destruction, Hate Unbound, From Blue To Gray and Kilbury Unit.

A hungry crowd of rock fans devoured a powerful night of blues infused rock from the Mike Leslie Band and outstanding supporting acts

Erin Zindle and her brother TJ from Ann Arbor’s Ragbirds stopped over to the Rumpus Room in Chelsea, Michigan for a concert to benefit Project 418.

When we heard that Tri-City Brewing was hosting the Bay City Acoustic Music fest this year, we locked in our weekend plans to head up to the thumb. We’ve been fans of Tri-City beer for a while and being able to combine good beer and music is always a hit with...

The opening for the GIG: The Art of Michigan Music was on Friday, January 15, 2016, at the Ann Arbor Art Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The exhibit spotlights the artists behind the music scene and also give patrons the immersive experience of the diverse Michigan music scene from promotion to...

As the opening for GIG: The Art of Michigan Music fast approaches, we are continuing to introduce you to a few of the wonderful artists who make GIG special.

After hearing that Ann Arbor’s Chris Dupont would be playing in town over at Johnny’s Speakeasy on January 2nd, 2016, we thought this would be a fine time for our first visit to the Speakeasy. Not only did we get to see Chris in a wonderful intimate setting, but had the bonus of...

Life In Michigan is proud to sponsor GIG: The Art of Michigan Music, an exhibit at the Ann Arbor Art Center. The opening reception is on January 15th 2016 from 6-9 pm. The exhibition runs through January 30th2015 at the 117 Gallery in Ann Arbor. Jeremy Wheeler will spin Michigan Music and Dark...

We were looking for a New Year’s Eve celebration with a Michigan flare, but not the same old party and boy did we find it when we combined the Chelsea Alehouse and Jets Pizza. These venues are as different as night and day which is exactly why it was so much...

Best of Life In Michigan 2015 recap of some of our most cherished memories from the year — Auroras, Sunsets, Bluegrass, Steampunk, Mushroom Houses, Dog sledding, Snowshoeing, fermentation and 4 Elf!

Dark Horse rides again! The Dark Horse Annual 4 Elf Party was on Saturday, December 12, 2015, and it was a fantastic ride from start to finish. We’ve got pictures and a review of the music showcased during the event.

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Nina and The Buffalo Riders craft invigorating rock music with the soulful beating heart of blues on their debut release. Read the full review.

Last weekend Life In Michigan was proud to be a sponsor for Fall Metal Fest 6 featuring Hate Eternal and a host of great local and national metal bands.

Risky Brenda and the Wizard took over Manchester’s Village Tap on Halloween and I’m pretty sure I found Jesus.

We headed over to the Token Lounge to see Nina and the Buffalo Riders and got way more than we bargained on Devil’s Night in Detroit!

The Chelsea Alehouse served up a heaping helping of down home bluegrass music at the Jason Dennie and Mark Lavengood Bluegrass Bonanza.

The living and the dead shared beers during the second annual Beer City Festivals - Zombie Beer Fest in downtown Grand Rapids last Saturday (17-Oct-2015). Zombie Beer Fest We had no fear of the walking dead as we headed over to Calder Plaza for the Zombie Beer Fest.  This is the second...