Nightspots
Events for August 27, 2026
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North Star Lounge: Rachel Arnsdorf
Jazz ensemble led by this local vocalist. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Free.
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El Limon: Focus: Jazz
Jazz favorites by the trio of pianist Jeff Fessler, bassist Will van Campen, and saxophonist Jeff Kopmanis.
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Ypsi Alehouse: Norm & Sandy
Local duo of singer-guitarists.
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The Ranch: Rollin Brummette
Lansing country band.
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Blue LLama: Stephen Rush Trio
Edgy contemporary jazz by this ensemble led by pianist Rush, a U-M music professor.
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Ziggy’s: Cracked & Hooked
Ypsi rock band whose music is said to occupy the territory “somewhere between Paul Westerberg and Neil Young.” Openers: Krumudgeon and Pillow Princess, a Detroit-area all-female hardcore band.
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Zal Gaz Grotto: Jim Dandy Band
Rock ’n’ roll classics by local one-man band Jim Burd.
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Ark: Annie & Rod Capps Band
Local ensemble led by the duo of singer-guitarist Rod Capps and his wife Annie, a singer-songwriter and electric guitarist who writes thoughtful, distinctively personal, warmly exuberant folk-rock songs and ballads that are both musically sophisticated and down-home. Tonight they celebrate the release of their brand-new album, Never Done. $24.
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Ann Arbor Funhouse: The Lonesome Skeleton Band
Dark folk-rock by this Detroit-area one man band who performs in skeleton makeup.
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“Fuzz Fest 10.”
Aug. 27–29: “Fuzz Fest 10.” With 30-minute sets by 11 different area heavy rock bands each night. Aug. 27: the local stoner rock band Blue Snaggletooth, the area punk trio Human Skull, the Detroit rock ’n’ roll band Good Man’s Brother, ethereal folk-rock by Kat Steih and the Ferals, the Detroit psychedelic garage rock & Americana band Rose St. Germaine, the Detroit all-female punk-grunge quartet Twin Freaks, the Detroit-area garage rock band Kozy, the Wisconsin fuzz-rock band Golf Dolls, the local alt-rock pop-punk band Trouble Clinic, the Ypsi goth-flavored psychedelic rock trio Modern Lady Fitness, and the Ypsi psychedelic surf-rock quartet Virga. $20.
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Last Word: The Pherotones
A wide range of jazz and jazzed-up popular music, from the 1920s to the present, by this all-star local quintet. With trumpeter Ross Huff, pianist Giancarlo Aversa, bassist Brennan Andes, violinist Jordan Adema, and drummer Wes Fritzemeier.