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George Porter Junior ♫
2025-09-04 19:00 (America/Detroit) | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
George Porter Junior was a founding member of The Meters. There will also be a 9:30pm show.

Barrington Levy ♫
2025-09-04 19:00 | Grewal Hall at 224, 224 S. Washington Square, Lansing
The reggae legend released his first solo single in 1978.

Writer and poet Carl Phillips
2025-09-04 17:30 - 18:30 | UMMA (University of Michigan Museum of Art), 525 S State St, Ann Arbor
Phillips won the 2023 Pulitzer prize for his collection “Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020″.

GEAR LORDS will feature Jerry Downey Jr., Bill Van Loo, Fling ii, OMO, and Prod By P ♫
2025-09-03 19:00 | Ziggy’s, 206 W Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti

The Rick Roe Trio ♫
2025-09-03 19:00 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104

Pearl and The Oysters ♫
2025-09-03 19:00 | The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI

SAFE Program Domestic Violence Training
2025-09-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Ann Arbor District Library, downtown branch, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor
Attendees can learn about the effects of domestic violence, how it affects our community, and what local resources are available to survivors.

The U of M Contemporary Directions Ensemble will perform Terry Riley's composition "In C" ♫
2025-09-02 20:00 | E.V. Moore Building, at the U of M School of Music, Theater, and Dance, 1100 Baits Dr, North Campus, Ann Arbor

The Easy Street Jazz Band ♫
2025-09-02 17:00 | Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 West Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor

The John Scofield Quartet, Jason Moran, Meshell Ndegeocello [en-day-gay-oh-CHELL-oh], Marion Hayden, and other performers will play at the DETROIT JAZZ FEST ♫
2025-09-01 14:30 - 17:00 | Hart Plaza in Downtown Detroit, 1 Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI
There’s more information at Detroit Jazz Fest dot org.

Deke Dickerson, Esham, Gangster Fun, Menage Detroit, and other acts will perform at The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival ♫
2025-09-01 12:00 - 22:00 | On Joseph Campau Ave. near Caniff St., Hamtramck
The music will be from 1:30pm till 10pm. Deke Dickerson will perform at 1:30. There’s more info at Ham Town Fest dot com.

The Rodney Whitaker Sextet will perform the music of Joe Henderson ♫
2025-08-31 22:30 | The Gretchen Valade Jazz Center, 4743 Cass Ave, Detroit
This is part of the Detroit Jazz Festival.

The show by Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings has been canceled. ♫
2025-08-31 17:00 | Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 West Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor

Chucho Valdés & Paquito D’Rivera, Branford Marsalis, Omar Sosa, The Connie Han Trio, and other artists will perform at the DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL ♫
2025-08-31 14:00 | Hart Plaza in Downtown Detroit, 1 Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI

Day Residue, Fen Fen, The Polish Muslims, and other bands will perform at The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival ♫
2025-08-31 12:00 - 22:00 | On Joseph Campau Ave. near Caniff St., Hamtramck
The music will be from 1:30pm till 10pm. There’s more info at Ham Town Fest dot com.

The James Carter Organ Trio ♫
2025-08-30 22:30 | The Gretchen Valade Jazz Center, 4743 Cass Ave, Detroit

The Switchbacks ♫
2025-08-30 20:00 | Zal Gaz Grotto, 2070 West Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor

The O'Jays ♫
2025-08-30 20:00 | Orsa Music Hall (formerly The Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts), 350 Madison Avenue, Detroit
Two of the group’s three members, Eddie Levert and Walter Williams, have been with The O’Jays since they formed in 1958.

Death Cat, Kyle Pluta & The PreMadonnas, Yeddie In The Woods, and Oblivion Heirs ♫
2025-08-30 19:00 | Ziggy’s, 206 W Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti

The Gene Dunlap Band ♫
2025-08-30 18:30 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
Drummer Gene Dunlap has performed on many albums with guitarist Earl Klugh (“Clue”). There will also be an 8:30pm set.

The Maria Schneider Orchestra, Kenny Barron, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, John Pizzarelli, and other acts will perform at THE DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL ♫
2025-08-30 14:30 | Hart Plaza in Downtown Detroit, 1 Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI

The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival begins, with Thornetta Davis, Deniz Tek, Deno, and other performers ♫
2025-08-30 12:00 - 22:00 | On Joseph Campau Ave. near Caniff St., Hamtramck

The Saline Community Fair continues
2025-08-30 09:00 - 20:00 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor
Saturday’s events include carnival rides, magic, comedy, farm animals, and a tractor pull. Continuing through August 31st, with rides only on Sept. 1st. Info is at Saline Fair dot org.

The Emmet Cohen Trio ♫
2025-08-29 22:30 | The Gretchen Valade Jazz Center, 4743 Cass Ave, Detroit
This is a part of the Detroit Jazz Festival.

Tyler Ramsey, with T. Hardy Morris ♫
2025-08-29 20:00 | The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor

EPMD, MC Lyte, Arrested Development, 3rd Bass, Black Sheep, and other performers ♫
2025-08-29 20:00 | Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, 2600 Atwater St, Detroit

Brigitte Knudson & Randy Tessier ♫
2025-08-29 19:30 | Crazy Wisdom, 114 S Main St, Ann Arbor

The Pontiac Trail Blazers ♫
2025-08-29 19:00 | North Star Lounge, 301 N. Fifth Ave, Ann Arbor

Bimbo, Take Your Meds, Geranium Red, and Rainbow Halo Sun ♫
2025-08-29 19:00 | Ziggy’s, 206 W Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti

Tariq Gardner & Evening Star
2025-08-29 19:00 | Blue Llama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, 48104
There will also be a 9:30pm show.
