DETROIT + MICHIGAN / Nightlife / ¼
Clubs, techno and house rooms, live music venues, jazz bars, karaoke, social dance nights and festivals in Detroit and across Michigan, with address, phone, hours and the official calendar.
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Clear filters ↺Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown (inside Music Hall, Harmonie Park)
An intimate jazz club inside the Music Hall building in downtown's Harmonie Park, named in honor of Aretha Franklin and programming jazz, blues, soul and R&B.
Jazz, blues & soul / Livernois / Avenue of Fashion
A historic Detroit jazz club on Livernois Avenue, pairing its performance evenings with soul food and American classics.
Jazz, blues & soul / Eastern Market
A long-running entertainment complex in Detroit's Eastern Market with a jazz room, a Motown room, a theatre space and outdoor barbecue on market days.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown
Live jazz, dinner, and drinks meet at the historic Cliff Bell's club.
Jazz, blues & soul / East Side (Harper Ave)
An east-side neighborhood lounge on Harper Avenue with a free live jazz night every Wednesday.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown (West Fort St)
A historic Gothic Revival church on West Fort Street downtown that hosts Jazz at Fort Street, a concert series with Detroit and visiting jazz musicians.
Jazz, blues & soul / Grandmont Rosedale
An intimate speakeasy-style cocktail lounge in Detroit's Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood featuring soul, jazz and R&B performers.
Jazz, blues & soul / East Side (East Warren)
An east-side event ballroom on East Warren Avenue that hosts a new jazz series on alternate Wednesdays from September 2026.
Jazz, blues & soul / Corktown (west Michigan Ave)
An intimate 70-seat jazz listening room on Michigan Avenue in west Corktown, built around attentive listening.
Jazz, blues & soul / East English Village / East Warren
A Black-owned steak and seafood supper club on East Warren Avenue with live music every night from Wednesday to Sunday.
Jazz, blues & soul / Midtown / Cass Corridor
A classic cocktail bar and live entertainment venue with its stage directly behind the bar. The Art Moderne interior recalls its original show-bar era.
Jazz, blues & soul / Jefferson Ave, St. Clair Shores
A long-running east-side blues bar on Jefferson Avenue in St. Clair Shores, reopened under new ownership after a renovation.
Jazz, blues & soul / The Hill, Grosse Pointe Farms
An intimate English-pub-style jazz supper club on The Hill in Grosse Pointe Farms, with live jazz Wednesday through Saturday.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown Royal Oak
A vintage-style martini lounge attached to D'Amato's Italian restaurant in downtown Royal Oak, with live jazz on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown Ann Arbor (Main St)
A supper-club-style jazz room on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor, next door to The Ark, pairing dinner and cocktails with live jazz.
Jazz, blues & soul / Flint (south of downtown)
A historic jazz and blues club in Flint, just south of downtown.
Jazz, blues & soul / West Ann Arbor (Weber's Hotel)
A lounge inside Weber's hotel in west Ann Arbor with live music nightly and jazz on Friday and Saturday nights; 21 and over.
Jazz, blues & soul / Kerrytown
A nonprofit 120-seat concert venue in a 19th-century house in Ann Arbor's Kerrytown.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown Ann Arbor (Main St)
A Prohibition-style speakeasy cocktail bar and supper club on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor, with no-cover live jazz.
Jazz, blues & soul / Burton (south of Flint)
A jazz lounge in Burton, south of Flint, with live jazz every weekend, a soul-food kitchen and a "grown & classy" dress code.
Jazz, blues & soul / Old Town Lansing
An Old Town Lansing tavern with live blues and rock bands on weekend nights.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown Muskegon
An intimate, historic club-style room in downtown Muskegon run by the West Michigan Symphony, presenting jazz and small-ensemble concerts.
Jazz, blues & soul / Alger Heights
A neighborhood restaurant in Grand Rapids' Alger Heights serving wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, with live music at dinner.
Jazz, blues & soul / Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel's evening ballroom lounge on Mackinac Island, where guests dance nightly to live music from the Golden Age repertoire.
Jazz, blues & soul / 14th Street at W. Warren Ave (west side)
Closed · 1953–1976
A former entertainment complex at 14th Street and West Warren Avenue (1953–1976), a showcase for Motown-era acts.
Jazz, blues & soul / Paradise Valley (today's Greektown / stadium district)
Closed · 1936–1963
A former Paradise Valley jazz and blues club (1936–1963) at 606 East Adams, in the area of today's Greektown and stadium district.
Jazz, blues & soul / West side (Tireman Ave near Beechwood)
Closed · 1938
A former west-side jazz club on Tireman Avenue (c. 1938–early 2000s), described as “the most important live outlet for bop in the city.”
Jazz, blues & soul / 12th Street (now Rosa Parks Blvd), west side
Closed · 1960–1967
A former 12th Street lounge on Detroit's west side (1960–1967 per The Concert Database), a favorite after-hours jam spot of Motown's Funk Brothers.
Jazz, blues & soul / Paradise Valley (Norwood Hotel, Adams at St. Antoine)
Closed
A former Black-owned nightclub in the basement of the Norwood Hotel in Paradise Valley, at East Adams and St. Antoine, active in the 1930s.
Jazz, blues & soul / Paradise Valley (Adams at St. Antoine)
Closed · 1942–1949
A former Paradise Valley nightclub at 666 East Adams (1941 or 1942 to 1949), opened by Black businessman Andrew “Jap” Sneed.
Jazz, blues & soul / John R / Brush Park edge of Paradise Valley (John R at E. Canfield)
Closed · 1949–1963
A former R&B and jazz nightclub at John R and East Canfield (1949–1963), on the John R / Brush Park edge of Paradise Valley.
Jazz, blues & soul / Dexter Ave at Burlingame (west side)
Closed · 1959–1963
A former jazz coffee house on Dexter Avenue at Burlingame (1959–1963), where John Coltrane made his major Detroit appearances as a leader.
Jazz, blues & soul / North End (Oakland Ave between Holbrook and Owen)
Closed · 1960–1981
A former 450-seat R&B and soul showroom on Oakland Avenue in Detroit's North End (early 1960s to around 1980–1981).
Jazz, blues & soul / Southfield (Oakland County)
Closed
A former jazz supper club on West 12 Mile Road in Southfield, where diners had steaks, chops and chicken while live jazz played.
Jazz, blues & soul / Auburn Hills (Oakland County)
Closed · 2007–2018
A former blues and rock club in Auburn Hills, Oakland County (2007–2018), where fans could stand within arm's length of the stage.
Jazz, blues & soul / Downtown Ann Arbor (lower level, beneath Zydeco's restaurant)
Closed · 1985–2004
A former jazz club in downtown Ann Arbor (1985–2004), on the lower level beneath Zydeco's restaurant on Main Street, opened by bassist Ron Brooks.
Addresses, phone numbers and hours come from each venue's official channels, and every page shows when we checked them. Nightlife changes fast: check the venue's current calendar, age policy and cover before you go.
