Friday 31st

• Arts, Beats & Eats

  

  Now in its 15th year, Arts, Beats & Eats takes place in Downtown Royal Oak. The festival will offer more than 200 performances on ten stages, a highly ranked Juried Fine Arts Show, local restaurants… [READ MORE]

• 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Chrysler

  

  The 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival “Imported from Detroit” presented by the Chrysler brand will feature a star-studded lineup of today’s greatest performers. Headliners include Sonny Rollins… [READ MORE]

• The Offspring

  

  What needs to be said about an Offspring show? We all know that Dexter, Noodles and the other guys with names everybody forgets bounce on, blast through “Pretty Fly for a White Guy,” “Self Esteem… [READ MORE]

• Alfred Rodríguez

  

  Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe: a keyboard dazzler in the mold of Cuban countrymen like Gonzalo Rubalcaba [READ MORE]

• Lightning Love “Blonde Album” Release Party

  

  is an Indie PoPpband based in Ypsilanti w/ Keyboard and Vocals by Leah Diehl, Ben Collins on Guitar, and Aaron Diehl on Drums. Their sound is up-beat and minimal, contrasted by lyrics that often express… [READ MORE]

Saturday 1st

• Patti Smith: Camera Solo

  

  The title might suggests brash photos that shout here-I-go like a Lenny Kaye guitar break on one of Patti Smith’s punk-era classics. But to play with the musical analogy, this is more of a “solo… [READ MORE]

• Allan Barnes

  

  Saxophonist Allan Barnes showed up in our pages last week as one of the artists featured on the posthumously completed J Dilla release Rebirth of Detroit. Since his days at Howard, he’s been one of… [READ MORE]

• Hamtramck Labor Day Festival

  

  This year’s celebration features the revival of yacht races down Jos. Campau (a Hamtramck tradition), First annual Srodek’s Kielbasa Eating Challenge, and an assortment of crowd-pleasing events for kids… [READ MORE]

• Com Truise

  

  First things first: Com Truise is an amazing name for a band or project. As far as we can tell, there’s no Scientology involved, and Hatie Kolmes is nowhere to be found. This New Jersey native is signed… [READ MORE]

• Lightning Love

  

  Lightning Love is an Indie Pop band based in Ypsilanti w/ Keyboard and Vocals by Leah Diehl, Ben Collins on Guitar, and Aaron Diehl on Drums. Their sound is up-beat and minimal, contrasted by lyrics… [READ MORE]

Sunday 2nd

• Great Lakes State Fair

  

  It’s happening! After a three-year hiatus, the State Fair is returning to Michigan as the Great Lakes State Fair. The Great Lakes State Fair will feature Michigan- made, grown or produced… [READ MORE]

• The Face of Detroit: Bruce Giffin Last Chance

  

  Longtime Metro Times photographer Bruce Giffin has been shooting photos in the city of Detroit for almost 30 years. He’s garnered attention in recent years for The Face of Detroit portrait project… [READ MORE]

Monday 3rd

• Great Lakes State Fair

  

  It’s happening! After a three-year hiatus, the State Fair is returning to Michigan as the Great Lakes State Fair. The Great Lakes State Fair will feature Michigan- made, grown or produced… [READ MORE]

• 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Chrysler

  

  The 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival “Imported from Detroit” presented by the Chrysler brand will feature a star-studded lineup of today’s greatest performers. Headliners include Sonny Rollins… [READ MORE]

• Arts, Beats & Eats

  

  Now in its 15th year, Arts, Beats & Eats takes place in Downtown Royal Oak. The festival will offer more than 200 performances on ten stages, a highly ranked Juried Fine Arts Show, local restaurants… [READ MORE]

• Hamtramck Labor Day Festival

  

  This year’s celebration features the revival of yacht races down Jos. Campau (a Hamtramck tradition), First annual Srodek’s Kielbasa Eating Challenge, and an assortment of crowd-pleasing events for kids… [READ MORE]