TV Lounge ★ 4.6
$$Midtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'varies by event', 'thursday': '21:00-02:00', 'friday': '21:00-04:00', 'saturday': '21:00-04:00', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}
TV Lounge on Grand River Avenue is Detroit's longest-running electronic music club. Multi-room with an outdoor patio and two stages; the city's house.
Tip: Outdoor patio runs all summer; the back room runs techno from the Detroit underground.
The Marble Bar ★ 4.4
$$Midtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'varies by event', 'thursday': '22:00-02:00', 'friday': '22:00-02:00', 'saturday': '22:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}
The Marble Bar on Holden Street in Detroit is an industrial venue featuring indoor and outdoor spaces for EDM DJs and dancing, plus a full bar.
Tip: Outdoor patio is the summer move; ticketed shows headline most weekends.
Spot Lite Detroit ★ 4.5
$$Islandview{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '10:00-02:00', 'thursday': '10:00-02:00', 'friday': '10:00-02:00', 'saturday': '10:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Spot Lite Detroit on Beaufait Street is a multifaceted venue with a dance club, gallery, bar, coworking space and record store in a converted Beyster Lumber.
Tip: Cairo Coffee in the daytime; the bar runs through 02:00 most nights. Vinyl release nights are the editorial pick.
Menjo's Complex ★ 4.4
$$Avenue of Fashion{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': '14:00-02:00'}
Menjo's Complex on West McNichols is Detroit's historic LGBTQ+ dance club since the 1970s.
Tip: Friday and Saturday nights run dance floors; Eagle Leather Bar is the leather-and-bear side. Open through 02:00.
Cliff Bell's ★ 4.8
$$$Downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-24:00', 'thursday': '17:00-24:00', 'friday': '17:00-24:00', 'saturday': '17:00-24:00', 'sunday': '16:00-22:00'}
Cliff Bell's on Park Avenue has poured cocktails and presented live jazz in Detroit since 1935. Reopened 2006, the canonical jazz room and supper club.
Tip: Tickets for the band run separately. The dining room is half the room; cocktails at the bar.
Baker's Keyboard Lounge ★ 4.7
$$new-center{'monday': '19:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-24:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-24:00', 'thursday': '16:00-24:00', 'friday': '16:00-24:00', 'saturday': '18:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Baker's Keyboard Lounge on Livernois has poured drinks in Detroit since May 1933 and started booking jazz pianists in 1934, the oldest continuously operating.
Tip: Only 99 seats; tilted mirrors let the audience watch the pianist's hands. Cover varies by act.