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What to do in Detroit in October 2026

119 events from Monday, October 19 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 4. Busiest venues: Detroit Historical Museum, Aretha's Jazz Cafe at Music Hall, Detroit Institute of Arts.

Monday, October 19, 2026

Visual arts
until Apr 25

Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Detroit Red Wings at 100: Becoming Hockeytown

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 14

LENI: Looking Through the Lens

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 15

The Searching Eye: Images of Mid-Century Detroit by Norman Zadoorian

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Music
until Dec 20

The Sounding Room

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown
- Music
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 6

Bill Smith: The Jeweler

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 6

Black, White, and Red: Black Women in Silent Film

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 11

The Art of Elizabeth Catlett

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 21

Who Votes? The Electoral College

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 21

20 Years of MOCAD: A Practice of Multiplicity, Part I

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Sep 6

Automotive Showplace: 1924 Rickenbacker Model C

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 25

Eureka Day

Detroit Public Theatre · Midtown
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Oct 31

The Intimacy of Memories

Detroit Artists Market · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

This is 100: America's Thanksgiving Parade

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 25

The Old Man and the Old Moon by PigPen Theatre Co.

Hilberry Gateway (Wayne State Theatre) · Midtown
- Theatre
$30
Music
7 PM

A Tribute to World Music ft. David Brandon & Friends

Aretha's Jazz Cafe at Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
- World music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Rod Wave

Little Caesars Arena
- Music
Tickets

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

Real Poems Reading People #6

Aretha's Jazz Cafe at Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Porch Light - Hush Tour

El Club · Southwest Detroit
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Voice Area Recital

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
- Recital
Free
Music
8 PM

Telescreens - Why The Lights Flicker North American Tour

PJ's Lager House · Corktown
- Music
$17 Tickets
Music
until Nov 1

Maybe Happy Ending

Fisher Theatre · New Center
- Music
- Theatre
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Music
Time not announced

Pain of Truth

Magic Stick Lounge · Midtown
- Music
- Hardcore
- Punk

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

The GUD Band

Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe · Grosse Pointe Farms
- Music
Music
7 PM

John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Andrew Brown and Session

Cliff Bell's · Downtown
- Music
Music
8 PM

Jeremy Pelt

Aretha's Jazz Cafe at Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
until Oct 22

AZ CHIKE

El Club · Southwest Detroit
- Music

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Visual arts
5 PM

Teen Studio: DIY Patches

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown
- Visual arts
Other
6 PM

A Deeper Dive: Elizabeth Catlett Borderless Conversation

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
Music
6 PM

Lady Champagne

Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe · Grosse Pointe Farms
- Music
Music
7 PM

DJ Shadow

Royal Oak Music Theatre
- Music
Tickets
Cinema
7 PM

Double Feature: The Fog (1980) and Carnival of Souls (1962)

Redford Theatre · Redford
- Cinema
$7
Music
7 PM

Wheeler Walker Jr. - Pullin' Out: The Farewell Tour with Colton Bowlin

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
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Music
7:30 PM

Kasan Belgrave

Cliff Bell's · Downtown
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Wind Symphony Concert

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
Free
Music
until Oct 23

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert

Orchestra Hall (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) · Midtown
- Music

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

Lady Champagne

Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe · Grosse Pointe Farms
- Music
Cinema
7 PM

Fjord

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Cinema
Music
7 PM

Nobuntu

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Bassem Youssef: The Belly of the Beast Tour

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Kasan Belgrave

Cliff Bell's · Downtown
- Music
Music
8 PM

Bottomless Soda&Popcorn Rewind Ultimate 2000s Rave 18+Not Event Ticket

Saint Andrew's Hall · Downtown
- Music
- Nights out
- Rave
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Rewind: 2000s Halloween Rave (18+)

Saint Andrew's Hall · Downtown
- Music
- Nights out
- Rave
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Silly Goose w/ Cheem & Muttlee

PJ's Lager House · Corktown
- Music
$18 Tickets
Cinema
8 PM

Special Event: Fright Night Part 2 (1988)

Redford Theatre · Redford
- Cinema
$20
Music
9 PM

Seth David’s R Bass Tour

El Club · Southwest Detroit
- Music

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Other
9 AM

Hustle HERS: Women Entrepreneurs Resource Summit

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
Visual arts
2 PM

Adobe and Architecture with Joanna Keane Lopez

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
Music
6 PM

Plini - An Unnameable Desire North American Tour

Saint Andrew's Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
6:30 PM

Lady Champagne

Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe · Grosse Pointe Farms
- Music
Music
7 PM

Bethel Music

Royal Oak Music Theatre
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Icon for Hire

The Sanctuary · Hamtramck
- Music
Tickets
Comedy
8 PM

Jo Koy

Fox Theatre · Downtown
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Night of Living Dead Live with Patrick Prouty's Orchestra Cinematique

Aretha's Jazz Cafe at Music Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Cinema
8 PM

The Unknown (1927)

Redford Theatre · Redford
- Cinema
$15
Music
8:30 PM

St. Vincent

Cliff Bell's · Downtown
- Music
Music
until Oct 25

Bernadette Peters Live in Concert

Orchestra Hall (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) · Midtown
- Music

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