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Excited to welcome Dave and Kristi back for Live Acoustic Music.

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Lansing LIT festival is a weekend-long celebration of Lansing's exceptional literary scene featuring local bookstores, author events, a bookstore crawl, and more. Join us in Michigan's capital city on Sept. 18–20, 2026! Check back soon for a full calendar of events.

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2026 Lansing Lit Book Crawl details:

- Visit each participating book shop
- Make a purchase of $1 or more
- Get a stamp/signature on your bookmark at checkout
- Bring your completed bookmark to either Hooked or The Robin…

Lansing LIT festival is a weekend-long celebration of Lansing's exceptional literary scene featuring local bookstores, author events, a bookstore crawl, and more. Join us in Michigan's capital city on Sept. 18–20, 2026! Check back soon for a full calendar of events.

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2026 Lansing Lit Book Crawl details:

- Visit each participating book shop
- Make a purchase of $1 or more
- Get a stamp/signature on your bookmark at checkout
- Bring your completed bookmark to either Hooked or The Robin…

Join us for the first annual Ogma Oktoberfest + Steinholding Competition on Saturday, September 19 from 1–4 p.m. in The Hollow!

We’re celebrating the return of Michigan’s top-rated Märzenbier with an afternoon of beer, food, friendly competition and Oktoberfest shenanigans.

🍺 STEINHOLDING COMPETITION — 2 P.M.
Think you’ve got what it takes? We’ll have separate Men’s and Women’s competitions to see who can hold a full 32 oz. stein the longest!

Purchase an official 32 oz. Ogma Oktoberfest stein to secure…

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…

Preservation Fall Fest is back for year 6! And we’re turning it up again.

Join us Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the HOMES Campus for another night of live music, great beer, food, friends, and fall festival energy. PFF has become one of our favorite nights of the year, and we’re excited to bring another incredible lineup to the stage.

This year’s lineup:

DJ em∧
Opening the night - DJ em∧ brings a one-of-a-kind mix of energy, verve, and get-up-and-dance momentum . Hailing…

Jennifer Westwood and the Handsome Devils, a genre-blending band with Rust Belt sensibilities. Rock & Roll with Honky Tonk Soul.

Jennifer Westwood makes a loud, liberated version of American roots music. It's a modern sound influenced by the singer's old-school favorites, blending Stax-sized soul with gospel grit and dive-bar rock & roll. A sound built for Rust Belt roadhouses, Texas honky-tonks, and Memphis pool halls. A sound that's purely — and proudly — her own.

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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…

No Cover. 2 sets of Fangs and Twang!

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Lansing LIT festival is a weekend-long celebration of Lansing's exceptional literary scene featuring local bookstores, author events, a bookstore crawl, and more. Join us in Michigan's capital city on Sept. 18–20, 2026! Check back soon for a full calendar of events.

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2026 Lansing Lit Book Crawl details:

- Visit each participating book shop
- Make a purchase of $1 or more
- Get a stamp/signature on your bookmark at checkout
- Bring your completed bookmark to either Hooked or The Robin…

🚨 Join Us for the Recovery & Resilience Festival 2026! 🎶🎨💙

📅 Sunday, September 20, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 Downriver Council for the Arts
81 Chestnut St., Wyandotte, MI

Celebrate the power of Music, Art, and Recovery at the Recovery & Resilience Festival—a full day dedicated to hope, healing, and community.

This festival highlights Multiple Pathways to Recovery across Southeast Michigan, bringing together individuals, families, advocates, artists, and recovery organizations for an inspiring day of connection and celebration.

✨ What to Expect:
🎵 Live music indoors…

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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Help kick off our 27 yr anniversary weekend

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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…

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 Gregory Stovetop!

Gregory Stovetop (Gregory McKeighan) is a singer-songwriter from Chelsea, Michigan, blending cosmic folk, rock ’n’ roll grit, and heart-scorched soul. With albums (The Good Stuff, Hot Stuff) and influences like Paul Westerberg, Tom Petty, and Pat Benatar. His music channels transformation, reverence, and mystic fire. Currently…

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
…

No Cover. Fangs and Twang vs Therewolf

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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,…

I am going to be performing at Jacob's Farm on September 27th from 12-3

Come get some cider & donuts while you boogie down!�

#michigan #fallvibes #cider #livemusic

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For one night only six incredible women will taken the stage at the historic Aretha's Jazz Cafe for a night of raw, original storytelling through live music.

Featuring
Jacki Daniels
Ali McManus
Taylor Walls
Cara Jean
Melanie Mercadante of Nopesetic
Caitlin Cusack

Tickets are $10 at the door or on purchase in advance on eventbrite:
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Welcome to the 4th annual YPSI FREAK FEST!!!

We have multiple venues hosting live music/artists vendors and spooky spaces to get lost in...

WASHINGTON STREET
FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND
3:00 - 3:30 pm SACHA
3:40 - 4:10 pm HORSE BOMB
4:20 - 4:50 pm BRIAN MCFARLANE
5:00 - 5:30 pm KIND OF ANIMAL
5:40 - 6:10 pm JIM CHEREWICK
6:20 - 6:50 pm LYLOC
7:00 - 7:30 pm TOWNER
7:40 - 8:10 pm SIMULATION
8:20 - 8:50 pm DEATH CAT
9:00 - 10:00 pm CAVEMAN, BAM BAM & ALROY

DREAMLAND THEATER
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Nina Soulfia’s EP “The River” to be released on Friday October 2nd at the Tangent Gallery in Detroit!

This night will be a trip down memory lane from Nina’s first songs she wrote, 20+ years ago, to now.

The night will be featuring TMoneyGreen on bass, Joesph Waldecker on drums, Mike Fritz on keys, and more!

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Welcome to the 4th annual YPSI FREAK FEST!!!

We have multiple venues hosting live music/artists vendors and spooky spaces to get lost in...

WASHINGTON STREET
FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND
3:00 - 3:30 pm SACHA
3:40 - 4:10 pm HORSE BOMB
4:20 - 4:50 pm BRIAN MCFARLANE
5:00 - 5:30 pm KIND OF ANIMAL
5:40 - 6:10 pm JIM CHEREWICK
6:20 - 6:50 pm LYLOC
7:00 - 7:30 pm TOWNER
7:40 - 8:10 pm SIMULATION
8:20 - 8:50 pm DEATH CAT
9:00 - 10:00 pm CAVEMAN, BAM BAM & ALROY

DREAMLAND THEATER
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JOIN US OCTOBER 3RD AT THE ICONIC OLD DOG BACKYARD FOR AN ALL-AGES CELEBRATION OF LIVE MUSIC, LOCAL ART, VENDORS, BBQ, AND FALL VIBES.
FEATURING MATT GIRAUD, OUTDREJAS, PEYTON BOHL & MORE.

OLD DOG WILL BE SERVING BBQ THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, WITH LOCAL VENDORS AND ARTISTS BRINGING NEW WORK TO EXPLORE.
AFTER THE OUTDOOR FESTIVITIES, THE PARTY CONTINUES INSIDE WITH DRIVING MISS HAZY AND MORE TBA.

COME SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS, LISTEN TO LOCAL MUSIC, DISCOVER NEW ART, ENJOY SOME BBQ, AND CELEBRATE THE…

October 3, 2026
3:00 - 8:00PM
Calder Plaza downtown Grand Rapids
FREE ENTRY

Join us and we celebrate 14 years of Beer City USA at the annual Beer City Brewers Festival at Calder Plaza! This is a FREE family-friendly festival hosted by 25 Greater Grand Rapids area breweries featuring local food trucks and plenty of beer to sample – including 22 entries in this year’s Pro-AM competition!

Our annual Pro-AM competition pairs up member breweries and selected local homebrewers to create a unique beer!
Vote for your…

PUNK ROCK SHOW!!

The Green Door - October 3, 2026, 5 - 9PM

Net Minder
Saber Tooth Gary
PLAN III
Proud House of Shmucks

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Join us for the 3rd Annual Grass Lake Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 3, from 2:00–7:00 p.m. at Lost Railway Museum in Grass Lake. Enjoy Michigan craft beer, wine, live German music, delicious food, local artisans, family-friendly activities, and more. Proceeds benefit Lost Railway Museum and its mission to preserve the history of Michigan's electric interurban railways.

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Welcome to the 4th annual YPSI FREAK FEST!!!

We have multiple venues hosting live music/artists vendors and spooky spaces to get lost in...

WASHINGTON STREET
FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND
3:00 - 3:30 pm SACHA
3:40 - 4:10 pm HORSE BOMB
4:20 - 4:50 pm BRIAN MCFARLANE
5:00 - 5:30 pm KIND OF ANIMAL
5:40 - 6:10 pm JIM CHEREWICK
6:20 - 6:50 pm LYLOC
7:00 - 7:30 pm TOWNER
7:40 - 8:10 pm SIMULATION
8:20 - 8:50 pm DEATH CAT
9:00 - 10:00 pm CAVEMAN, BAM BAM & ALROY

DREAMLAND THEATER
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Sale Dates and Times:

Public Onsale : Thu, 16 Jul 2026 at 01:00 PM

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Get ready for a night of classic horror like you’ve never experienced before! 🦇🖤

Join us for a special showing of the 1922 original silent classic Nosferatu, featuring a live musical score written and performed by Belling the Tiger! 🎹🎶

📅 Friday, October 9th
🚪 Doors open at 6:30 PM
🎬 Show begins at 7:15 PM
🎟️ Tickets: Just $10
🍸 21+ Bar Available
🖤 18+ Welcome

Best of all, this special event is a fundraiser for the Downriver Council for the Arts!

Come experience the eerie, haunting world…

Five years, thanks to you. Save the date.

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The 3rd Annual History Author Symposium held at the Battle Creek Regional History Museum!

This is an event where we invite history authors from all over Michigan to join us for an afternoon of storytelling, book signing and interaction with readers and aspiring writers from all over the region! Come hear amazing stories of our rich history from all over the mitten!

Do you like to read? This is the perfect event to get your next favorite book, stock up on reading material for the…

Join us again on Saturday, October 10th as we celebrate one of the Royal Oak Brewery's greatest traditions - Kolsching Hour! We will be serving our delicious Kolsch beer in the traditional glasses on the Biergarten Patio (weather permitting) and offering up some delicious food specials. Once again, it's time to KOLSCH IT UP!

Kolsching Hour is an adult event. 21 and over only, please!

Saufen oder nicht? Dass muss man selber entscheiden.

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Come join us for a night of face melting Doom that you won’t soon forget! 5 national bands $20 bucks!!!!!

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Sale Dates and Times:

Public Onsale : Fri, 1 May 2026 at 10:00 AM

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Behold! The Zombie Ball rises again, after many years of lurking beneath the underbelly of Ypsilanti.
Now, it returns to Ziggy's on October 16th and will feature the following horrific bands:
The Cult of Space Skull
Hex Club
The Lonesome Skeleton Band

Present yourself in your best Zombie attire, or anything that you feel will spook the ghouls lose and bubble up from the cracks of downtown Ypsilant's treacherous sidewalks...

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