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Erika Alexander will present The Annual MLK Keynote Memorial Lecture at the U of M
2025-01-20 09:30 (America/Detroit) | Hill Auditorium, 825 N University, Ann Arbor, MI
Erika Alexander is an actress, activist, entrepreneur, creator, producer, and director. A livestream will be available at MLK dot Umich dot edu.

Sarah D’Angelo & Cliff Monear will pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James ♫
2025-01-19 18:00 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
There will also be a 7:30pm set.

Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings ♫
2025-01-19 17:00 | Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 West Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor

Blou Reed will perform a late evening show ♫
2025-01-18 22:30 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104

Brian Curran, with Shari Kane & Dave Steele ♫
2025-01-18 21:00 | North Star Lounge, 301 N. Fifth Ave, Ann Arbor

Hot Wired ♫
2025-01-18 20:00 | Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 West Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor

Heywood Banks
2025-01-18 20:00 | The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor

The Sandbox
2025-01-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Dreamland Theater, 26 N Washington St, Ypsilanti
The Sandbox is an open stage variety show and mini art fair, with assorted vendors. There will be a DJ before and in between performers.

Jazz musician, composer, and storyteller Etienne Charles presents "Earth Tones" [2nd night] ♫
2025-01-18 19:30 | Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
This multimedia performance features original compositions that draw attention to the effects of climate change.

Been Stellar [from New York City], with Malice K ♫
2025-01-18 19:00 | Third Man Records, 441 W Canfield St, Detroit

Joy Oladokun [oh-LAD-ah-koon] ♫
2025-01-18 19:00 | El Club, 4114 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit

The Anti-Freeze Blues Festival will feature The Bobby Murray Revue & The Woodward Horns, Raye Williams, Lenny Watkins, Greg Nagy, and Smoke Jones ♫
2025-01-18 19:00 | The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI

Vocalist and trumpeter Matt Von Roderick ♫
2025-01-18 18:30 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
There will also be a ticketed show at 9pm.

The Ypsilanti Bourbon Fest
2025-01-18 16:00 - 18:30 | Michigan Firehouse Museum, 110 W. Cross St, Ypsilanti
The festival will feature 100+ whiskeys, hand crafted cocktails, a food truck, live music and vendors. There will be a second session from 7:30 to 10pm.

The South Korean historical drama "12.12: The Day"
2025-01-18 13:00 - 17:00 | State Theater, 233 S State St, Ann Arbor
The film is about a 1979 military coup that shook the capital city of Seoul, altering the fate of South Korea

Human Skull, Shindig Machine, and Adam J. Snyder ♫
2025-01-17 20:00 | Ziggy’s, 206 W Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti

Annie & Rod Capps, Chris Buhalis [byoo-HAL-iss], Dani Darling, Peter Madcat Ruth, and other performers ♫
2025-01-17 20:00 | The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor
This will be a kickoff show for the upcoming Ann Arbor Folk Fest, and a benefit for The Ark.

Jazz musician, composer, and storyteller Etienne Charles presents "Earth Tones" ♫
2025-01-17 19:30 | Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

The Sean Dobbins Quintet ♫
2025-01-17 19:00 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
There will also be a separate ticketed show at 9:30pm

The Sidemen [featuring Jim Latini, Sophia Hanifi and Dave Keeney] ♫
2025-01-17 18:30 | LIVE Nightclub, 102 S 1st St, Ann Arbor

Martin Babl will play a record release show [and Chuck Sipperley and Hares on the Mountain will also be on the bill]
2025-01-16 20:00 | Ziggy’s, 206 W Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti

A Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration, featuring Djangophonique and Third Coast Swing ♫
2025-01-16 20:00 | The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor

The Jonathan Barahal Taylor Quartet ♫
2025-01-16 19:00 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
There will also be an 8:45pm set.

Goodyhead, Mibble (from western Massachusetts), and Daphne Orion ♫
2025-01-16 19:00 | Dreamland Theater, 26 N Washington St, Ypsilanti

Author Michelle Adams will tell the story of the struggle to integrate Detroit schools [she will speak in the Multi-Purpose Room]
2025-01-16 18:30 | Ann Arbor District Library, downtown branch, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor
Adams is the author of “The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North”.

Heather Bruegl, the author of “Born in Blood: The Beginning of the National Parks” will speak in the 4th floor Meeting Room
2025-01-16 18:00 | Ann Arbor District Library, downtown branch, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor
Bruegl will talk about the blood and heartache that Indigenous nations faced with the creation of the National Park system.

Moises Borges & Ava Preston ♫
2025-01-15 19:00 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
Moises Borges is a Cleveland-based guitarist and vocalist who was born in Brazil. Ava Preston is a jazz vocalist. There will also be a separate ticketed show at 8:30pm.

G. Love & Special Sauce, with Ron Artis The Second ♫
2025-01-14 20:00 | The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor

A screening of The Monkees' movie "Head", followed by the 1978 movie "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
2025-01-14 19:30 | The 8 Ball, at The Blind Pig, 208 S First St, Ann Arbor

Bill Ayers, the author of "When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer"
2025-01-14 18:30 | Ann Arbor District Library, downtown branch, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor
Activist Bill Ayers will explore the concept of freedom in eight essays.
