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NeighborhoodMidtown
Hours{'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'}
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Tip: Outdoor patio runs all summer; the back room runs techno from the Detroit underground.

Location

Address: 2548 Grand River Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

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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.

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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.

Aretha's Jazz Cafe ★ 4.4

$$Downtown{'monday': '18:00-22:00', 'tuesday': '18:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '18:00-22:00', 'thursday': '18:00-23:00', 'friday': '18:00-23:00', 'saturday': '18:00-23:00', 'sunday': '18:00-22:00'}

Aretha's Jazz Cafe inside the Music Hall on Madison Street in downtown Detroit honors Aretha Franklin with live jazz nightly. The newer of Detroit's two.

Tip: Music Hall hosts simultaneous larger shows; Aretha's downstairs runs the intimate jazz program.

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