What to do in Detroit this week

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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