Nightspots



March 13, 2026

Ziggy’s: Shindig Machine.

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Local postpunk rock trio. Openers: The Ypsi psychedelic garage rock band The Velvet Snakes,  the Kalamazoo maximalist rock duo Lucius Fox, the Ypsi synth-rock band Saga, and the Ypsi Americana country-rock band Cowgirl.

March 14, 2026

Ark: BeauSoleil.

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Led by the celebrated fiddler Michael Doucet, BeauSoleil has been one of the most influential bands on the Cajun music scene since its 1979 debut. Its repertoire includes everything from Cajun, Creole, and medieval French music to zydeco, New Orleans jazz, island rhythms, and southern boogie. $35.

March 14, 2026

Blind Pig: Raising The Dead.

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Detroit-area 8-piece Grateful Dead tribute band. $20.

March 14, 2026

Blue LLama: Immanuel Wilkins.

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Acclaimed Brooklyn-based composer-saxophonist who burst on the scene in 2020 when his Blue Note debut Omega was named best new jazz release by the New York Times. He plays in a lush and expansive style, channeling afro-futurist influences in a way that’s reminiscent of fellow contemporary sax great Kamasi Washington. “More than most jazz practitioners of his or any generation, Immanuel Wilkins intuits and embraces the transmutational qualities that connect notes and tones to values of personal identity and spiritual transcendence,” writes JazzTimes. $50 (dinner & show, $95.).

March 14, 2026

Mash (Ann Arbor): Dave Menzo Band.

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 Ensemble led by local pop-rock singer-songwriter Menzo.

March 14, 2026

Mash (Ypsilanti): NuAudio.

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Toledo classic rock & pop cover trio.

March 14, 2026

North Star Lounge: Ryan Racine & The Little Victories.

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 Ensemble led by veteran local alt-country honky-tonk & rockabilly singer-songwriter Racine. 6–7:15 p.m. $15.

March 14, 2026

North Star Lounge: Paul Tinkerhess & Billy King.

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Local duo of country-flavored pop-folk singer-songwriter King and veteran folk-styled singer-songwriter Tinkerhess. 8:30–9:45 p.m. $15.

March 14, 2026

Water Tower Distilling Co.: Eric Moore’s Merle Haggard Tribute.

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 Local singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Moore fronts a band in songs by this prolific country singer-songwriter.

March 14, 2026

Ypsi Alehouse: The Rogues.

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Local band that plays Irish pub music. 2–3 p.m.

March 14, 2026

Ypsi Alehouse: Soundogs.

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An eclectic, danceable mix of blues, jazz, and vintage rock by this local Americana sextet led by guitarist Jack Scheerer and fronted by his wife, vocalist Surry Scheerer.

March 14, 2026

Zal Gaz Grotto: The Extrusions.

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Dance music by this popular local cover band with a huge repertoire of classic, New Wave, and modern rock hits and forgotten gems from the 1960s through the 2010s.

March 14, 2026

Ziggy’s: “Tommy Cook Presents Stinking Good Comedy.”

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With local stand-up comics TBA.

March 15, 2026

Ark: Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore.

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Ethereal and dreamy pop-folk by this duo of L.A.–based harpist Lattimore and Barwick, a Brooklyn keyboardist-vocalist who specializes in live digital loops. Opener: Fred Thomas, a nationally prominent veteran local postpunk indie rock singer-songwriter. $29.

March 15, 2026

Blue LLama: Nick Collins Trio.

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Ensemble led by local drummer Collins. With bassist Jeff Pedraz and pianist Rick Roe.

March 15, 2026

Old Town: Unkle Lay Lee & the Moonshine All-stars.

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Local quintet, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Gray Motsinger, that plays an eclectic brand of outlaw country with punk, funk, and rock influences.

 

March 15, 2026

Ravens Club: Max Bowen Quartet.

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Jazz ensemble led by local guitarist Bowen, a U-M jazz studies grad.

March 15, 2026

Ypsi Alehouse: “Ann Arbor/Ypsi Acoustic Jammers.”

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All acoustic musicians invited for an open mic followed by an hour of jamming. Participants welcome to bring chord-and-lyric sheets of any well-known song for the jam.

March 15, 2026

Zal Gaz Grotto: Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings.

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Local 10-piece big band led by tubaist Chris Smith that specializes in the old-time big band music of the late 1920s and early 1930s associated with Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver.

March 15, 2026

Ziggy’s: Raw Honey.

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Ypsi singer-songwriter. Openers: Generifus, a veteran indie-pop singer-songwriter from Olympia (WA), and Josie Palmer, a Detroit-based alt-folk singer-songwriter.