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2026 Bluegrass clubs, concerts & festivals
09/22 Clay Street Unit “bluegrass/folk/Americana/country”; Magic Stick, 4140 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201 doors 7p music 8p $
09/25-26 Bluegrass performers TBA; Bigfoot & Bluegrass Festival, Peter Nordeen Park, 115 N Pine St, Gwinn, MI 49841 906-228-7749 10a-9p bluegrass Sat
09/27 Dan Tyminski Band; The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-761-1818 7:30p $51.50-$91.50
10/11 Sarah Jarosz “Americana/bluegrass-adjacent”; The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-761-1818 doors 6p music 6:30p $60-$500
10/20 Dan Tyminski Band; St Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616-459-2224 7:30p $
11/05 John Cowan Trio; The Ark, 316 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-761-1818 8p $35-$46.50
11/05 Béla Fleck, Michael Cleveland, Dominick Leslie, Jeff Partin, Mark Schatz, Jake Stargel “My Bluegrass Heart”; St Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616-459-2224 7:30p $
11/12 Béla Fleck, Michael Cleveland, Dominick Leslie, Jeff Partin, Mark Schatz, Jake Stargel “My Bluegrass Heart”; Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W 4th St, Royal Oak, MI 48067 248-399-3065 doors 6:30p $49.20+
11/19 Mountain Grass Unit; El Club, 4114 Vernor Hwy, Detroit, MI 48209 7p $30+
12/11 Aoife O’Donovan, Chris Thile “Wassail! An Evening of Carols and Merriment”; St Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616-459-2224 7:30p
Bluegrass Jams — Michigan (call before going)
Every Wed. Open Jam, Grand Blanc Moose Lodge 2344, 4043 Howe Rd, Grand Blanc, MI 48439 Ron 810-309-0032 — public listings vary: 6-8p or 6:30-9p; call before going.
1st Sat Manton Bluegrass Jamboree, Ranger Room, Manton High School, 105 5th St, Manton, MI 49663 6-9p lwestbrook17 [at] hotmail [dot] com — call before going.
1st Sun Farm Pickin’s Trad Music Jam, River Saint Joe, 15475 Walton Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 269-409-8015 1-3p
1st & 3rd Tues Westland Bluegrass Jam, Dyer Senior Center, Wayne Westland Education Center, 36745 Marquette, Westland, MI 48185 acoustic only 7-9p
1st Fri Old Time Jam, Elderly Instruments, 1100 N Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48906 517-372-7880 5-6:30p free
2nd Tues GLAMA Slow Jam, Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 Rose St, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 5:30-7:30p
3rd Sun Bath United Methodist Church, 13777 Main St, Bath, MI 48808 2-5p Marcia Bailey 517-896-0621 — held during Woldumar off months, Dec-Feb and June-August
3rd Thurs Bluegrass Open Jam, Elderly Instruments, 1100 N Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48906 517-372-7880 5-6:30p free
3rd Fri Irish Jam, Elderly Instruments, 1100 N Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48906 517-372-7880 5-6:30p free
4th Fri Folk Music Society of Midland, Element Grains and Grounds, 3124 Jefferson Ave, Midland, MI 48640 6-9p
Closed indefinitely: Michigan Bluegrass Music Association, Flint area. 810-736-5332