Entertainment & Nightlife
Motown roots, late nights, and the shows worth the ticket.
Entertainment & NightlifeMichigan's Summer Festival Season Is Bigger Than Ever
From massive electronic gatherings to lakeside folk weekends, the state's warm months have become a nonstop procession of music festivals.
Entertainment & NightlifeThe Rise Of The Day Party In Michigan Nightlife
Daytime dance events with serious DJs are booming, offering the energy of a club with none of the 2 a.m. consequences.
Entertainment & NightlifeDetroit's Nightclubs Are Roaring Back To Life
A new generation of clubs is reviving the city's after-dark reputation, blending world-class sound systems with a distinctly Detroit sense of cool.
Entertainment & NightlifeMotown's Ghost Still Runs Detroit's Music Scene
Six decades on, the sound that Detroit gave the world still shapes how the city makes, hears, and sells music. Its influence is everywhere and nowhere.
Entertainment & NightlifeDetroit's Rock Scene Never Got The Memo That Rock Is Dead
Loud guitars, garage energy, and a raw local sound keep Detroit's rock and indie scene defiantly alive against every trend.
Entertainment & NightlifeThe Quiet Power Of Michigan's Singer-Songwriter Scene
In coffeehouses and small rooms across the state, a thriving acoustic scene proves that sometimes one voice and a guitar is all it takes.
Entertainment & NightlifeDetroit Techno Conquered The World. Does The World Remember Where It Started?
The electronic sound born in Detroit fills clubs on every continent. The city that invented it is fighting to keep its claim.
Entertainment & NightlifeThe Detroit Bands Grinding Their Way To The Big Stage
For local acts, the road from a Detroit dive to a national tour is long, unglamorous, and paved with van breakdowns. A few are making it.
Entertainment & NightlifeAfter Midnight, Detroit's Jazz Clubs Still Swing
A quiet, devoted jazz scene endures in Detroit's clubs, carrying forward one of the city's oldest and most sophisticated musical traditions.