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Jukebox Productions presents
FUZZ FEST 11!
3 nights of ear splitting, face melting, life affirming ROCK ‘N’ ROLL madness!
33 bands, two stages, non stop action!
Doors at 7PM! First band at 7:15!
$15, 18+

THURSDAY AUG 27
Blue Snaggletooth
Human Skull
Good Man’s Brother
Kat Steih and the Ferals
Rose St. Germaine
Twin Freaks
KOZY
Golf Dolls
Trouble Clinic
Modern Lady Fitness
Virga

FRIDAY AUG. 28
The Muggs
The Idiot Kids
Winds…

Fifty Folkin' Years of Great River Folk Festival!

Great River Folk Festival is a celebration of music, song, dance, and art in the heart of the Driftless Region. This year, the fest will take place on August 28th-30th at Riverside Park in La Crosse, WI and will include live music, a maker's market, music workshops, and so much more!

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The Whiskey Charmers take the stage at the Paddle Hard Yard Friday, August 28th from 7-10pm! Come out and have a good time with us! 🎶

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Sale Dates and Times:

Public Onsale : Fri, 24 Apr 2026 at 10:00 AM

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Fifty Folkin' Years of Great River Folk Festival!

Great River Folk Festival is a celebration of music, song, dance, and art in the heart of the Driftless Region. This year, the fest will take place on August 28th-30th at Riverside Park in La Crosse, WI and will include live music, a maker's market, music workshops, and so much more!

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🥒 Canterbury Pickle Fest🥒
Saturday and Sunday, August 29-30th, 2026 | Hours TBA
MORE INFORMATION TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON – SAVE THE DATE!

Calling all pickle lovers, snack enthusiasts, and festival fans – Canterbury Pickle Fest is coming this summer!

Join us this August for a bold and delightfully DILL-icious weekend celebrating all things PICKLE themed!

🥒 What To Expect:

🟢 A mouthwatering lineup of pickle vendors & pickle-inspired foods

🟢 Creative pickle cocktails & specialty drinks

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hear.say is turning 2!

We’ve had quite a busy year! Join us in slowing down to celebrate with the whole hear.say community!

We have tons in store for this celebration!

5 NEW BEER RELEASES
Cornhole tournament
Arts and crafts
Tattoo station (temporary)
Yard games
Live music
Hot dogs, burgers and snax
Community!

Most stuff runs all day, but here are the ones to plan around:

1 PM: Imperial Stout | Variant 1 release
2…

Your favorite super event is back. ARTPOP, bigger, louder, and bolder. Join us at the Ogma Beer Garden for a full day of art, music, food specials, and fresh beer drops.

We will update this event page with artists and bands as they are confirmed!

As always, we can’t wait to ARTPOP with you. 🖤🍻

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Join us for a relaxing evening on the patio or at The Nest bar with free live music! Enjoy views or a stroll through our 129-acre farm while sipping your beverage of choice and listening to live music by Billy Joe Hunt. Billy is an acoustic and folk singer-songwriter from Southeastern Michigan with decades of performances under his belt. Unwind to some Brown Bag Blues as Billy takes the stage for a free performance at Robin Hills Farm from 7-9 PM. Doors are open from 5-10 PM.

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Fuel The Fire, Gutter Swamp & Failing As Humans Live at The Nail Saturday Aug 29th! All 3 bands playing full sets!!! Brought to you in part by: INFUSED PRODUCTIONS.
Doors @ 7pm
21+ W/ID only
Just $5 cover at the door!!!!

3 of the areas best Hardrock/Metal bands coming together to close Summer out with a Bang!!! 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻

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Fifty Folkin' Years of Great River Folk Festival!

Great River Folk Festival is a celebration of music, song, dance, and art in the heart of the Driftless Region. This year, the fest will take place on August 28th-30th at Riverside Park in La Crosse, WI and will include live music, a maker's market, music workshops, and so much more!

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🥒 Canterbury Pickle Fest🥒
Saturday and Sunday, August 29-30th, 2026 | Hours TBA
MORE INFORMATION TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON – SAVE THE DATE!

Calling all pickle lovers, snack enthusiasts, and festival fans – Canterbury Pickle Fest is coming this summer!

Join us this August for a bold and delightfully DILL-icious weekend celebrating all things PICKLE themed!

🥒 What To Expect:

🟢 A mouthwatering lineup of pickle vendors & pickle-inspired foods

🟢 Creative pickle cocktails & specialty drinks

🟢 Live entertainment throughout the day See more details | Add to gCal

Gather at 1:00 p.m. The Wildflowers open the show at 2:00 p.m. ~ bring a chair, B.Y.O.B. and $25 for the artists and join us!

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Help me boost the spirits in this business building by singing, some beautiful harmonies in the stairwell where it just sounds better.

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Join us in the beer garden for live music on Thursday evening.

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Curious about how improvisation can help you? From work to home, the wisdom of improv can make a meaningful difference in your life. This 6 week course is designed especially for busy professionals, students, and parents looking to take a pause and learn new skills, but who may not wish to focus on live performance. Our focus areas are being present in the moment, active listening, communication, collaboration with others, and creativity. Expect a healthy mix of short lectures, personal reflection, group discussion, and, of course, practical exercises to learn…

All Ages
Doors at 7pm / Music at 8pm
$10

Mr. Phylzzz (Amphetamine Reptile Records - CHICAGO)
Bronson Arm (Learning Curve Records - KALAMAZOO)
Disco Behemoth (KALAMAZOO)

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Michigan Lottery Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Flagstar Bank is Oakland County’s celebration of art, music, food and community that take place in Downtown Royal Oak on Labor Day Weekend.

Taking place on September 4th - 7th, 2026, the festival attracts hundreds of thousands for an end-of-summer celebration not to be missed!

More information available at …

*UPDATED FLYER!*

Whoop! Whoop! We’re all very stoked to announce this gig!  Each tape is a unique work of art! Would like to thank all the artist that contributed to this project  Gabe Zaleski and Michael Parker for the beautiful “Tape Graffiti” and the mighty Reid Chancellor for the amazing poster and cover art! Of course Back Ache Records for allowing us to be one of the first bands to carry their banner. We’re forever grateful.

 The party starts September 4rth at 7pm…

Chirp is coming back to The Mitten Bar! Detroit’s own genre-hopping, high-energy four-piece takes the stage on Friday, September 4th!

FREE SHOW!
⏰ Music starts at 9PM

Check them out here: https://linktr.ee/chirpmusic

Blending progressive rock, funk, and jazz-fusion with a melodic center, Chirp delivers technical mastery that never stops grooving. If you…

Join hell raising hard rockers True Devil, Soot (the long awaited return of this awesome band) and alternative grunge rockers Trouble Clinic at Ziggy's in Ypsilanti.

Doors 8 pm and Music starts at 8:30 pm.

Cover is just $5 or pay what you can (we know times are tough).

Let's have a party, celebrate community and live ORIGINAL rock music!

Join us 🙂

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Michigan Lottery Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Flagstar Bank is Oakland County’s celebration of art, music, food and community that take place in Downtown Royal Oak on Labor Day Weekend.

Taking place on September 4th - 7th, 2026, the festival attracts hundreds of thousands for an end-of-summer celebration not to be missed!

More information available at …

Michigan Lottery Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Flagstar Bank is Oakland County’s celebration of art, music, food and community that take place in Downtown Royal Oak on Labor Day Weekend.

Taking place on September 4th - 7th, 2026, the festival attracts hundreds of thousands for an end-of-summer celebration not to be missed!

More information available at …

Michigan Lottery Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Flagstar Bank is Oakland County’s celebration of art, music, food and community that take place in Downtown Royal Oak on Labor Day Weekend.

Taking place on September 4th - 7th, 2026, the festival attracts hundreds of thousands for an end-of-summer celebration not to be missed!

More information available at …

Lansing Oktoberfest brings German Beer, Music and Games to Lansing. Event is all ages, kids enter for free

Event Hours:
3pm - 10pm on Friday September 11th
12pm - 10pm on Saturday September 12th

Event website with all the details: https://lansingoktoberfest.com/

This event is rain or shine. Must be 21+ to consume…

The 4th annual RATSTOCK returns to its official home in Langley Illinois's Psycho Silo Saloon in 2026 as a 2-day event.
Join us Friday afternoon (times tba) September 11, for the RATSTOCK Dirty Drags. See some of the nation's best rat rods and home built hot rods run side by side on a 200ft dirt drag strip. Elimination runs, Grudge races and more. (Full rules and details tba)
Then, join us all Saturday, September 12 for RATSTOCK 4! See hundreds of the nation's best rat rods and home…

Merciless Booking and Promotions presents:

Cognitive - New Jersey tech death.

Recorruptor - lansing melodic tech death.

Neqriem - kzoo tech death.

Drink Thier Blood - kalamazoo beast core.

Sep 11 2026
Papa petes
502 s Burdick kalamazoo
$10 DOS
21+W/VALID ID
DOORS @ 7
MUSIC @ 8

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Midnight Proof - RustBelt Americana
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Julia Rose
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Moonwreckers…

Lansing Oktoberfest brings German Beer, Music and Games to Lansing. Event is all ages, kids enter for free

Event Hours:
3pm - 10pm on Friday September 11th
12pm - 10pm on Saturday September 12th

Event website with all the details: https://lansingoktoberfest.com/

This event is rain or shine. Must be 21+ to consume…

Tickets on sale Thurs., June 25 @ 10am

WHEN: Saturday, September 12th, 1pm to 6pm (12pm Early Entry for Enthusiast Members and VIP Ticket Holders)

WHERE: Mattson Lower Harbor Park, Marquette

The 17th Annual Michigan Brewers Guild's U.P. Fall Beer Festival is held in Mattson Lower Harbor Park overlooking beautiful Lake Superior. The event welcomes many of the finest Michigan breweries and features hundreds of unique Michigan-made beers.
Our festivals are inclusive events celebrating Michigan beer, where all people over 21 are warmly…

Save the Date for our annual Backyard Bash celebration! This years theme is Funkadelic, come get funky with us!

We will have live music, food trucks, a vendors market and more!

Stay tuned for more details!

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Saturday, September 12, 2026

A Night Of Putrid Death

- Live at the Obedient Missionary
700 w Chicago, Detroit, MI 48206

- price of admission $25
presale can be purchased Via Venmo & PayPal
Venmo: khartoumpromotions
PayPal: khartoumpromotions

****Send Payments as Friends & Family & include your first and last name****

Lineup
- Rottrevore (PENNSYLVANIA DEATH METAL LEGENDS)
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The Magic Bag Presents
Broadzilla: 30th Anniversary
with Undressed to Kill & Eastside Still Alive
Sat, Sept. 12 • Doors 7pm • All Ages

*Tickets on sale Fri, Mar. 13 @ 10am
themagicbag.com

Shows Are Standing Room Only

Additional Info:
Hell hath no fury like three wayward rock queens spawned from the city of Detroit. Established in 1996, Broadzilla delivers fast and furious riff rock drenched in signature Detroit grit - the kind of raw, pure energy that inspires praise like this:

Stop in and dig for vinyl at our Metro Detroit Record Show! We’re have been serving Livonia, Metro Detroit and Michigan for 2 years now. We have a full-house of dealers that will be traveling from across three states to join us on Sunday, September 13th, 2026, where our doors will be open from 8 AM to 4 PM! Early-Bird hours run from 8 to 10 AM; General admission begins at 10 AM. Stop in and dig through hundreds of crates of vinyl, CD's and other media.

We are bringing you the…

What do 5 million tulips, a historic windmill, and a BIG red lighthouse have in common?

They all can be found in Holland, Michigan - and on Sept. 13-14, so can you!

Tourism professionals from across Michigan are invited to join us for a two-day volunteer experience in this beautiful lakeshore community.

SEPT. 13 - SUNDAY FUN DAY: Choose from a FUN selection of adventures and experiences exploring the scenic views, culture, and history of the Holland area.

- Historic walking tour of…

Free Event! Check out these fine local bands at this rain or shine concert under the pavilion at Olson Park. BYO chair and snacks. Live music starts at 2pm with Las Drogas, King Norman, The Vicissitones, The Stomp Rockets and Mazinga. No park or show costs, but please tip the bands or buy their merch. Sound by Savage Sound Saloon (Nik and Terry). Great Honk Fest is brought to you by Great Honk Productions. It’s going to be a good time!

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After the massive success of the first edition in April, the Pyramid Scheme is excited to remind you all of the “second pressing” of the Grand Rapids Vinyl Swap, which will take place on Sunday, September 13 from 4pm to 8pm. https://pyramidschemebar.com/recordswap/

Modeled after our wildly popular annual Last Chance Holiday Market, for one night only, both rooms of the Pyramid Scheme will turn into a record collector’s paradise. A unique part of what we’…

What do 5 million tulips, a historic windmill, and a BIG red lighthouse have in common?

They all can be found in Holland, Michigan - and on Sept. 13-14, so can you!

Tourism professionals from across Michigan are invited to join us for a two-day volunteer experience in this beautiful lakeshore community.

SEPT. 13 - SUNDAY FUN DAY: Choose from a FUN selection of adventures and experiences exploring the scenic views, culture, and history of the Holland area.

- Historic walking tour of…

We're back at Fowlerville Family Fair / Fowlerville Agricultural Society.

8800 W Grand River Ave. Fowlerville, Michigan 48836

We'll have our usual band of spooky fun and frights with our costume contest, pinebox derby (pinewood derby) spooky fun and loads of vendors both indoors and outdoors!

Lots of surprises in-store for our twenty-fifth year!

Only $2 for spectators!

No fee for participating hearse drivers & passengers.

Children 16 and under are FREE.

We will be posting vendor registration forms as…

Join us for a live acoustic performance of Gregory Stovetop's new record - "MIRROR"

Gregory Stovetop, an Americana singer/songwriter from Chelsea, Michigan is known for his storytelling, warm acoustic arrangements, and a sound that resonates deeply from the heart, wired to the cosmos.

Blending cosmic folk and heart-sourced soul, his music channels transformation, reverence, and mystic fire. His current acoustic record was produced with Dominic John Davis ( Steppin in it / Jack White) in June 2026.

Stovetop's sound is raw,…

“an alchemist of emotional blues ballads, twanged-out toe-tapping rockers, face-melting solos, and everything in between.” –Jeff Milo, Current Magazine

In 2016, Laith Al-Saadi won America’s hearts and a spot in the Season 10 finale of NBC’s “The Voice.” Now he’s bringing an authentic blend of blues, soul and classic rock to audiences around the nation and the world. Laith Al-Saadi has always had the perfect combination of Midwestern hustle and incredible musical chops—honed at the University of Michigan school of music in his hometown of…

FIVE YEARS. ONE COMMUNITY. A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.

September 21–27, 2026 | Kalamazoo, Michigan

We’re excited to announce that Sounds of the Zoo is returning September 21–27 for our fifth year!

What started as a vision to bring people together through music has grown into a week-long celebration of Kalamazoo’s incredible music, arts, and creative community.

This year, we’ll once again bring free music and community programming to venues throughout Kalamazoo,…

FIVE YEARS. ONE COMMUNITY. A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.

September 21–27, 2026 | Kalamazoo, Michigan

We’re excited to announce that Sounds of the Zoo is returning September 21–27 for our fifth year!

What started as a vision to bring people together through music has grown into a week-long celebration of Kalamazoo’s incredible music, arts, and creative community.

This year, we’ll once again bring free music and community programming to venues throughout Kalamazoo,…

FIVE YEARS. ONE COMMUNITY. A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.

September 21–27, 2026 | Kalamazoo, Michigan

We’re excited to announce that Sounds of the Zoo is returning September 21–27 for our fifth year!

What started as a vision to bring people together through music has grown into a week-long celebration of Kalamazoo’s incredible music, arts, and creative community.

This year, we’ll once again bring free music and community programming to venues throughout Kalamazoo,…

FIVE YEARS. ONE COMMUNITY. A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.

September 21–27, 2026 | Kalamazoo, Michigan

We’re excited to announce that Sounds of the Zoo is returning September 21–27 for our fifth year!

What started as a vision to bring people together through music has grown into a week-long celebration of Kalamazoo’s incredible music, arts, and creative community.

This year, we’ll once again bring free music and community programming to venues throughout Kalamazoo,…

FIVE YEARS. ONE COMMUNITY. A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.

September 21–27, 2026 | Kalamazoo, Michigan

We’re excited to announce that Sounds of the Zoo is returning September 21–27 for our fifth year!

What started as a vision to bring people together through music has grown into a week-long celebration of Kalamazoo’s incredible music, arts, and creative community.

This year, we’ll once again bring free music and community programming to venues throughout Kalamazoo,…

The one where the 100’ long strudel meets the German Twinkie!

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Join us for Wolverine’s first official concert, outside on the back patio at golden hour—string lights overhead, fires going, drinks flowing, and the first hint of Michigan fall in the air. Doors at 7, music starts at 7:30.

If you know Kate Peterson from Wolverine Pickleball, chances are you’ve seen her with a paddle in her hand—coaching, playing, and telling you to WATCH YOUR OPPONENTS PADDLE! But long before she started spending an unreasonable amount of time on a pickleball court, Kate was making her…

FIVE YEARS. ONE COMMUNITY. A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.

September 21–27, 2026 | Kalamazoo, Michigan

We’re excited to announce that Sounds of the Zoo is returning September 21–27 for our fifth year!

What started as a vision to bring people together through music has grown into a week-long celebration of Kalamazoo’s incredible music, arts, and creative community.

This year, we’ll once again bring free music and community programming to venues throughout Kalamazoo,…

DETROIT FREAK PARADE
Saturday, September 26th, 2026
@ the Packard Art Collective

15 bands, 10+ vendors, two stages.

Doors 4:00pm | Music 5:00pm
All Ages | $15

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Outside Stage:
Amalgam Jam Band - 5:00pm
Pepper and the Heavy Boys - 6:00pm
Dunamis - 7:00pm
Coyote Man - 8:00pm
Birds Cage - 9:00pm
Glass Chimera - 10:00pm
Twin Freaks - 11:00pm
The Cult of Spaceskull - 12:00am

Inside Stage:
Rose St. Germaine - 5:30pm
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It's a dirty Mërdy thirty birthday! So, my idea was to spend it doing what I love most - DRUMMING - in FOUR of my different bands! And more importantly, what I love second most - bringing my favorite people together for a good cause!

Come hang out, celebrate, get loud with Mër, and help make my 30th birthday a little more meaningful.

THE MER-SEA-FUL MER-A-THON

📍 The Wastement (Just search that on google maps)
📅 Saturday, September 26th
🚪 Doors: 5:00…

It's a FALL BEACH PARTY as 3 bands team up for a very special Saturday night in Detroit!

• All Over The Shop performs their new EP "SOME LIKE IT SHOP," available for purchase on cassette...plus a few special guests and surprises

• Moonwreckers rip it up with their top-shelf rock originals

• Plus, the first-ever performance by Dirty Copper/Speedy Greasy frontman Rob Dey's new group, Rob Dey & the All-Nighters

8PM
$15 at door
21 & over
…

FIVE YEARS. ONE COMMUNITY. A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.

September 21–27, 2026 | Kalamazoo, Michigan

We’re excited to announce that Sounds of the Zoo is returning September 21–27 for our fifth year!

What started as a vision to bring people together through music has grown into a week-long celebration of Kalamazoo’s incredible music, arts, and creative community.

This year, we’ll once again bring free music and community programming to venues throughout Kalamazoo,…