STATE EVENTS for MAY 2011
Editor: Diane Klakulak, justme1@ameritech.net
MOTOR CITY CASINO HOTEL – 2901 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, www.motorcitycasino.com; 313-237-7711; Ticketmaster, 800-745-3000
May 6 Billy Ocean
May 20 Bill Cosby
May 22 Eric Benet
May 27 Arabian Nights starring Najwa Karam and Melhem Barakat
CONCERTS AT CAESARS WINDSOR – 377 Riverside Drive, Windsor; 800-991-7777
May 6 Darius Rucker
May 14 George Lopez
May 15 Chicago: The Band
May 22 Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae
June 4 Martina McBride
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
www.dso.org or 313-576-5111
May 1 Disney in Concert
May 4 ABBA: The Concert
May 6-7 Leila Josefowicz, violin virtuoso
May 8 Civic Experience
May 14 Honda Power of Dreams String Music Project
May 14-15 Bolero!
May 19-22 All-Beethoven
May 20 Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes
May 26-27 Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto
June 3 Pops! Hollywood Blockbusters!
GIBRALTAR TRADE CENTER
Mt. Clemens: 586-465-6440; Taylor: 734-287-2000 www.gibraltartrade.com
May 6-8 The Weekend Public Market; Taylor
May 7 Building Materials Auction; Mt. Clemens
May 13 Friday Bike Night Starts! Mt. Clemens
May 13-15 The Weekend Public Market; Mt. Clemens
May 13-15 Sports Card Show; Taylor
May 20-22 Weekend Public Market; Mt. Clemens
May 20-22 Gun & Knife Show; Taylor
May 21 Cage Fight; Mt. Clemens
May 27-29 Gun & Knife Show / Sports Card Show; Mt. Clemens
May 27-29 Weekend Public Market; Taylor
May 27-31 Macomb Fair; Mt. Clemens
CAR and MOTORCYLE SHOWS – more car shows:
Cruisin’ MI: www.sourcenewspapers.com; www.cemeclub.org
May 1 Warren: Bearing Burners Car Show & Swap Meet; GM Tech Center; bbaccarshow09@aol.com
May 14 Dearborn Heights: Car & Bike Show; 9 am; $10/car pre-registration fee, $15/door; $200 prize; Crestwood High School, 1501 N. Beech Daly; glickey@csdm.k12.mi.us, 313-274-3715; registration form at www.cruisnews.com
May 15 Centerline: Mopar Muscle’s Car Show & Swap Meet; Centerline Parts Depot, 26311 Lawrence; 248-975-NOMM
May 28-29 Rochester: Heritage Rod & Custom Car Festival; Rochester Municipal Park; www.cemaclub.org
DETROIT TIGERS – tigers.com or 313-471-BALL
4/29 – 5/1 at Cleveland Indians
May 2-5 vs. New York Yankees
May 6-9 at Toronto Blue Jays
May 10-11 at Minnesota Twins
May 13-15 vs. Kansas City Royals
May 15-17 vs. Toronto Blue Jays
May 18-19 at Boston Red Sox
May 20-22 at Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23-25 vs. Tampa Bay Rays
May 25-29 vs. Boston Red Sox
5/30 – 6/1 vs. Minnesota Twins
DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE – Clarkston; T.M.
May 25 The Doobie Brothers
May 27 Eddie Money
MEADOW BROOK MUSIC FESTIVAL – Rochester Hills; T.M.
May 28 Cirque D’Or; 3 pm and 7:30 pm
THE DETROIT ZOO – www.detroitzoo.org
May 8 Mother’s Day Breakfast; 8-10 am
May 14 Detroit Zoo Arthritis Walk; 8:30 am; free registration includes all-day admission to the Zoo; www.letsmovetogether.org or 800-968-3030
May 14-15 Meet Your Best Friend Pet Adoption; 10-5; no charge for admission or parking
Happenings Around Town:
Ticketmaster: 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com
Joe Louis Arena: 313-983-6606
Fox Theatre: 313-471-6611 www.olympiaentertainment.com
Cobo Arena: 313-983-6616
The Palace: 248-377-0100; www.palacenet.com
The Silverdome: 248-338-7000, www.silverdometickets.com
Max M. Fisher Music Center: 313-576-5111; www.detroitsymphony.com
Masonic Temple: 313-832-2232; www.masonicdetroit.com
Detroit Opera House: 313-237-SING; www.motopera.org
April 28 - International Women’s Show; Suburban
May 1 Collection Showplace, Novi; 248-348-5600
May 1 A Tribute to Mom by the Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra; 7 pm; Parcells Middle School Auditorium, 20600 Mack Ave; www.gpsymphony.org, 313-432-4600
May 1 Warren Concert Band & Warren Community Chorus Spring Favorites Concert; 3 pm; $8/adults, students 13 & under free; Warren Woods Community Theatre, 13400 Twelve Mile, Warren; 586-709-8192
May 1 NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner; Cobo Center; www.detroitnaacp.org; 313-871-2087
May 3 Sterling Heights Computer Club meeting; 7:30 pm; John Lew Community Center (Bldg K0, Macomb Community College South Campus, Warren; for details: www.SterlingHeightsComputerClub.org
May 4 Neil Young; Fox Theatre; T.M.
May 4 Champions Banquet; 6 pm; dinner, awards, entertainment; $35; Blossom Heath Inn, 24800 Jefferson, St. Clair Shores; 586-772-2537, 586-255-6526
May 5 Whose Live Anyway? Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn; 313-943-2350, www.dearbornfordcenter.com
May 5-7 Scrapbook Show; Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi; 248-348-5600, www.suburbancollectionshowplace.com
May 6 Bobby Bare Jr.; Small’s, Hamtramck; T.M.
May 6-8 Plymouth Green Street Fair; 734-259-2983
May 4 MMA Extreme Cage Fight War; The Palace; T.M.
May 6 Adult Euchre Tournament; 6:30; $10/buy-in; St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market, Mount Clemens; to register: 586-216-1538
May 7 Prairie Home Companion; Fox Theatre; T.M.
May 7 Rummage Sale; 9-4; Our Lady of Hope Parish & St. Gertrude Senior Club; 28839 Jefferson, St. Clair Shores; 586-296-1907
May 7 Rummage Sale; 8-2; $1 early bird 8-9; First United Methodist Church, 5055 Chicago, Warren; 586-264-4701
May 7 Flores De Mayo; 6:30 pm; St. Rene Goupil Church; to register: 313-690-3009
May 8 Alexander Zonjic & Friends; Aniamo Celebrity Showroom, Warren; T.M.
May 11-25 Warren Community Center Student Art Show; west of Mound, south of 14 Mile; www.wcskids.net
May 13 Mark Randisi: Salute to Sinatra; Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, Warren; T.M.
May 13-15 Motor City Comic Convention; Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi; 248-348-5600, www.suburbancollectionshowplace.com
May 13-15 Green Living Festival; Jobs Gone Green career event college students & graduates on May 12 from 3:30-6:30 at Connections Café tent; downtown Rochester; 248-204-3140 or ltuocs@ltu.edu
May 14 The Isley Brothers and Glady Knight; Fox Theatre; T.M.
May 14 Treasure Hunters Market; 8 am – 3 pm; Dodge Park, Sterling Heights; 586-446-2700,
May 14 Maurice Salad Lunch; 11-2; with quilters, knitters & crafter booths; Mt. Clemens United Methodist Church; 57 Southbound Gratiot; $8
May 14 Romeo Victorian Festival; 586-752-4111
May 14-15 Radio Control Club of Detroit 6th Annual Watts Over Wetzel all electric fly-in; Wetzel State Park; info: Mike, 586-295-3053, wattsoverwetzel@gmail.com, www.rccd.org/WOW.html
May 14 Fashion Show and Luncheon; 11 am; $45, $20/ages 12 & younger; St. George Cultural Center, 2160 E. Maple, Troy; tickets: 313-885-7283, 586-774-4044
May 14-15 Lake Orion Flower Fair & Home and Garden Marketplace; 248-693-9742, www.downtownlakeorion.org
May 14-22 Rigoletto; Detroit Opera House; 313-237-7464, www.motopera.org
May 15 Usher wsg Akon; The Palace; T.M.
May 14 La Fille Mal Gardee (dance film); Detroit Opera House; www.motopera.org , 313-237-7464
May 14 Dearborn Community Chorus Spring Concert; Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn; 313-943-2190, www.dearborntheater.com
May 17-20 Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band; The Palace; T.M.
May 18 Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Dow Event Center, Saginaw; T.M.
May 19-20 Martin Lawrence; Fox Theatre; T.M.
May 20 Dearborn Youth Symphony side-by-side with The Dearborn Symphony Orechestra; Ford Community & Performing Arts Center; 313-943-2354 ext. 28; dearbornyouthsymphony@gmail.com
May 21 Young Jeezy; Fox Theatre; T.M.
May 21 Vanguard Premieres Concert; Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn; www.dearborntheater.com , 313-943-2190
May 21-22 Antiques & Appraisal Market; Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi; 248-348-5600, www.suburbancollectionshowplace.com
May 26-30 Hazel Park Memorial Festival; 248-547-5535
May 27-30 St. Mary’s Polish Country Fair; Orchard Lake; 248-706-6775
May 28 Movement: Electronic Music Festival; Hart Plaza; T.M. (linked to partner site)
May 28 Faith Evans; Detroit Opera House; www.motopera.org, 313-237-7464
May 28 Diesel Passenger Train Excursion from Owosso to the Alma Highland Festival; $40/adults, $20/children; or one-hour train rides in Alma, $15/adults, $10/kids; 989-399-7589, www.michigansteamtrain.com
May 29 Faith Evans, Jagged Edge, Donnell Jones; Detroit Opera House; T.M.
THEATRE CALENDAR:
Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com
Fisher Theatre: 313-872-1000; www.broadwayindetroit.com
Gem & Century Theatre: 313-963-9800, www.gemtheatre.com
Meadow Brook: 248-377-3300; www.mbtheatre.com
Hillberry Theatre: 313-577-2972, www.hilberry.com
Stagecrafters Baldwin Theatre: 248-541-6430, www.stagecrafters.org
Stratford Shakespeare Festival; 1-800-567-1600, www.stratfordshakespearefestival.com
thru May 7 Run for Your Wife; comedy; dinner-show
& May 20 by the Sterling Heights Lions Club & Rodgerland Productions; 6:30; $25 includes dinner, show, tax, tip; Lions Club, 12828 Canal; 586-776-9844
thru May 13 The Cider House Rules, Part 2; Hilberry
Theatre, 4743 Cass, Detroit; 313-577-2972, www.hilberry.com
thru May 14 A Musical Salute to Vaudeville and Burlesque; Broadway Onstage, 21517 Kelly, Eastpointe; broadwayonstage.com or 586-771-6333
thru May 14 Grey Gardens; Stagecrafters The Baldwin
Theatre, Second Stage; Royal Oak; 248-541-6430
thru May 15 Shout! The Mod Musical; Meadow Brook
Theatre; 248-377-3300; www.mbtheatre.com
thru May 16 Breaking Up is Hard to Do; Meadow Brook
Theatre; 248-377-3300; www.mbtheatre.com
Thru May 21 The Dixie Swim Club play by Rosedale Community Players; 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays; $14; Peace Lutheran Church, 17029 W. 13 Mile, Southfield; tickets, 313-532-4010, www.rosedalecommunityplayers.com
thru May 26 Ferndale 2-4-8; Thursdays & Fridays at 8 pm; Go Comedy, 261 Nine Mile; $10 & $15; 248-327-0575, www.go-comedy.net
thru June 26 Ernie – A Play by Mitch Albom about Ernie Harwell; The City Theatre, 2301 Woodward, Detroit; 313-471-3464; T.M.
May 4-22 Bad Dates; Andiamo Novi Theatre, 42705 Grand River; andiamonovitheatre.com, 248-348-4448
May 20 - Into the Woods; Avon Players Playhouse,
June 4 1185 Washington, Rochester Hills; 248-608-9077, www.avonplayers.org
May 20 - Hairspray; Stagecrafters The Baldwin
June 12 Theatre, Royal Oak; 248-541-6430
May 25 - The Last 5 Years; Andiamo Novi Theatre,
June 1 42705 Grand River; 248-348-4448, www.andiamonovitheatre.com
MACOMB CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - Macomb Community College,
44575 Garfield, Clinton Twp; 586-286-2222, www.MacombCenter.com
May 2 Macomb Children’s Chorus Spring Concert
May 6 Snow White by Macomb Ballet Company
May 12 Macomb College Jazz Band Spring Concert
May 13 The Beatles Revisited with the Macomb Symphony Orchestra
LORENZO CULTURAL CENTER at Macomb Community College
44575 Garfield Road. Clinton Township; 586-445-7348
The 1950s: Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age
May 4 Rosa Parks: Next Generation Civic Literacy
May 5 Speaker Series: The Russians Are Coming! Eisenhower and the Cold War; $15, $20/meet & greet;
586-286-2222
May 7 A Tribute to Service
MARK RIDLEY’S COMEDY CASTLE -
269 E. Fourth, Royal Oak, 248-542-9900, www.comedycastle.com
May 5-7 Kathleen Madigan with Jason Dudey
May 12-14 John Pinette with Darryl Earl
May 19-21 Harland Williams with Kevin McPeek
May 26-28 Erik Allen with Tommy Rayman
SOARING EAGLE CASINO & RESORT – Mt. Pleasant; 800-585-3737, www.soaringeaglecasino.com
May 7 Tejano & Conjunto Explosion!
May 27 Weird Al
June 3 Phil Dirt and The Dozers
June 4 Eddie Money and Survivor
June 19 Tim Allen
June 24 Wilson Phillips and John Waite
DOWNTOWN MOUNT CLEMENS – 586-469-4168 or www.downtownmountclemens.com
May 1 Children’s Etiquette Class & Cookie Tea; Crocker House Museum; 248-465-2488
May 1 Lakeside Palette Club Annual Exhibit
May 1 Ice Show; Ice Arena, 200 N. Groesbeck; 586-307-8202
May 1-22 Lakeside Palette Club’s Spring Exhibit; Anton Art Center; www.lakesidepaletteclub.org
5/1 – 6/5 Steel Magnolias; The Box Theatre
5/1 – 6/10 Cabinet Exhibit; Anton Art Center; 248-469-8666, www.theartcenter.org
May 6 Art & Craft Show
May 7 Summer Fun Saturdays; Farmer’s Market Flower Days
May 7 Kiwanis Bike Rodeo; Macomb Place & Main Street
HEALTH EVENTS:
April 28-29 Health & Fitness Expo; ConCorde Inn, 44315 Gratiot, Clinton Twp; part of the:
April 30 Let’s Move! Festival of Races; half-marathon, 5K run/walk; 1 mile river walk; www.letsmovefestival.com
May 3 Hot Topics in Women’s Health; free; 6:30-8; Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Grosse Point Farms; to register www.henryford.com/hottopics or 800-436-7936
May 4 Learn CPR; free; 6:30-9:30; St. Jane Frances de Chantel, 38750 Ryan, Sterling Heights; to register,
586-977-8080
May 9 Your Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep; 6:30-8; Shelby Macomb Medical Mall; to register, 800-532-2411
May 12 Home Safety for Seniors; 1:30-2:30; Henry Ford Macomb Clinton Twp Campus; to register, 800-532-2411
May 12-14 United Health Org’s Project Healthy Living free and low-cost health screenings; Macomb Mall, Roseville; 313-531-9108 or www.projecthealthyliving.net
May 16 Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group; 6-7:30; Henry Ford Macomb Clinton Twp Campus; to register, 800-532-2411
May 21 Health & Wellness Fair; 9-noon; Philippine Center;
OUTDOOR HAPPENINGS:
May 1 Herbs in Containers Workshop; 1 pm; Telly’s Greenhouse, 4343 24 Mile, Shelby Twp; 248-659-8555, www.tellys.com
May 7 Farmington Hills: Drop off hazardous household items; 9-2; Oakland Community College Orchard Ridge Campus, 27055 Orchard Lake; www.rrrasoc.org , 248-208-2270
May 7 Electronics Recycling Day; 9 -2; Dept. of Public Works, 7200 18 Mile, Sterling Heights; 586-446-2440
QUOTE –
People show their character by what they laugh at. – German proverb
He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices. – Carol Goldoni, Italian playwright
ROYAL OAK MUSIC THEATRE – 318 W. Fourth; www.royaloakmusichtheatre.com ; 248-399-2980
May 7 Matt Dusk
May 13 The Deadliest Catch: A Night with Captain Sig & The Hillstrand Bros.
May 14 John Oliver
May 18 Cake
May 19 Gilda’s Big Night Out: Bands, Boots & BBQ
May 23 Adele
May 26 Robin Tower
June 4 Robyn (rescheduled from 2/9)
EAGLE THEATER – Pontiac; on TicketWeb
May 11 Family Force 5 Presents: Tourantula!
May 15 Dredge with The Dear Hunter, etc.
May 21 Raekwon with The Definition, etc.
May 25 Man Man
SHELTER – www.LiveNation.com
May 1 Devin the Dude
May 17 Aiden – The Horror Nights Tour
May 30 Front Line Assembly wsg Die Krupps
FUNDRAISERS
May 1 Vendor Sale & Cookie Walk fundraiser; noon-3; $1 admission; $4/lb cookies; Harrison Township Public Library, 38151 L’Anse Creuse; 586-329-1261
May 1 Sterling Heights Lioness Club Spring Tea, murder-mystery; to benefit Seedlings, Pinrickton Center for Blind Children; 2-4 pm; $30; Carpathia Club, 38000 Utica; 586-557-1299
May 2 Fools for Kids to benefit Care House, an agency that treats physically & sexually abused children; 5-11 pm; music, food, live auction, raffles; $60; Palazzo Grande, Shelby Twp; tickets: 586-463-0123, contact@mccarehouse.org
May 4 All-You-Can-Eat Pasta Dinner to benefit Cousino High School Band Boosters; 5-8; $13/meal and concert; $5/concert only; in the cafeteria, Hoover south of 13 Mile; 586-698-4605
May 7 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Youth Leadership hosts Kentucky Derby fundraiser; 4 pm; $40 for two drinks, Southern appetizers; Black Finn Pub, 530 S. Main, Royal Oak; 248-936-1281 or www.facebook.com/jdrfdetroit
May 7 Flint Arthritis Walk; 10 am; UM-Flint Campus; www.letsmovetogether.org or 800-968-3030
May 7 Walk MS; Detroit; www.walkMSmi.org , 1-800-FIGHT-MS
May 14 Detroit Zoo Arthritis Walk; 8:30 am; free registration includes all-day admission to the Zoo; www.letsmovetogether.org or 800-968-3030
May 14 NOVA and Mixed Company Troupe present: Lines A’la Carte; 5:30 pm; $35 for three one-act plays and a buffet dinner; Deer Lake Athletic Club, 6167 White Lake, Clarkson; tickets: 248-814-8549
May 14 Golf Outing for the Lions Bear Lake Camp; Metamora Golf & Country Club; Dennis, 586-786-0683
May 14 Road Rally hosted by The Eastpointe Lioness Club; starting from Ellis Richards Motors; register: Shirley at 586-772-7266
May 15 Race For Your Memories to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association; 7:30 registration; 8:30 event; 5K / 10K Run and 5/K walk; $30/walkers, $35/runners; 248-351-0280, www.raceforyourmemories.kintera.org
May 15 The Great American Basset Waddle to benefit the rescue group; 10 am – 4 pm; Canterbury Village, 2369 Joslyn, Lake Orion; www.michiganbassetrescue.org
May 15 Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser to help Kaden Strek, age 8, go to China to receive a special medical procedure not available in the USA; 1:30-7; $10/adults, $8/kids; Johnny B Good’s Sports Bard, 26230 Groesbeck, Warren; www.helpkaden.org
May 15 Salon & Spa Dolcevita fundraiser for Team Breast Wishes for Susan G. Komen 3-Day; 4-9 pm; appetizers, beverages, spa demos, etc; $20; 46162 Van Dyke, Utica; www.salonandspadolcevita.com or 586-323-0855
May 21 20th Annual Komen Detroit Race For The Cure; to make a donation:
www.active.com/donate/detroitRFTC11/RTadey
May 22 Card Party; 1 pm; $7; to benefit “Respect for Life”; St. Donald Church Hall; 16330 12 Mile, Roseville; 586-756-7186
MAGIC BAG – 22920 Woodward, Ferndale; 248-544-3030, www.themagicbag.com
May 6 Citizen Zero with Infatuations, etc.
May 9 Bad Manners
May 12 Sam Bradley wsg Holly Conlan
May 13 Domestic Problems wsg Crashing Cairo
May 19 Ben Sollee wsg Sean Rowe
May 20 Who’s Bad: Michael Jackson Tribute
FILLMORE – 2115 Woodward; Detroit; 313-961-5450, T.M., www.livenation.com
May 1 Deftones with Dillinger Escape Plan
May 6 Jagermeister Country Tour with Dierks Bentley
May 13 The Flaming Lips
May 17 Cage The Elephant & Manchestra Orchestra
May 20 WRIF Rock Girl Finals with Stone Sour
May 26 Arctic Monkeys
May 27 Rusko and Z-Trip
HARPOS – Detroit, Ticketmaster
May 6 Saliva
May 7 Cavalera Conspiracy
May 7 Destruction – CANCELLED
May 9 Combichrist
May 20 Trapt
May 21 Devil Driver
EMERALD THEATRE – Mt. Clemens; T.M.
May 7 (Hed) P.E.
May 12 Port Huron’s Most Wanted
May 14 The Glen Meadows Band
May 19 Alien Feedback
HAYLOFT – Mt. Clemens; T.M.
May 6 Drive By
May 7 Jocaine
May 21 Mitten May-Hem
May 25 Adler’s Appetite
SAINT ANDREWS HALL – www.livenation.com
May 7 Brooke Fraser
May 15 Twilight Singers with Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
May 18 Sleigh Bells / CSS
May 19 Sick Puppies
May 21 Hollywood Undead, 10 Years, Drive A & More
May 24 Black Label Society presents By Mistress Juliya
May 25 LG Ones to Watch presents Neon Trees
May 26 Blackfield
May 29 Brett Dennen: 2011 Loverboy Tour
CLUTCH CARGO’S – Ticketmaster
May 3 Breathe Carolina; iLounge
May 16 Seether
May 26 Arctic Monkeys
BLONDIES – Ticketmaster
May 1 Laugh with Your Mouthful
May 20 Sepultura
THE MAGIC STICK – 4120 Woodward, Detroit; 313-833-9700, www.majesticdetroit.com
May 2 Lord Huron
May 3 The Kills; Majestic Theatre
May 4 Surfer Blood with And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
May 5 LA Dispute
May 8 Face to Face; Majestic Theatre
May 8 The Foreign Exchange
May 10 Reb Yosil : Kosher Gravy Co.
May 12 Wanda Jackson
May 13 Tsol
May 16 Ofwgkta
May 17 Donald Glover + Childish Gambino
May 18 Guitar Wolf
May 19 Eternal Summers with The Beets
May 20 His Name is Alive
May 21 Crystal Stilts
May 22 The Spits
May 23 Hot Water Music
May 24 Two Cow Garage
May 26 Cerebral Ballzy
May 30 Michal Menert
PIKE ROOM @ THE CROFOOT – 1 South Saginaw, Pontiac; 248-858-9333;
Ticketmaster or with link to partner site Ticket Web
May 1 Someday Came Suddenly
May 2 The Air I Breathe with Ten After Two
May 6 David Vandervelde featuring the High Strung
May 8 Aria Aesthetic with Rival Summers; Crofoot Ballroom
May 8 John Vanderslice with Damien Jurado
May 10 Here We Go Magic
May 11 Tune Yards with Buke & Gass
May 13 Tribal Seeds with Through the Roots
May 14 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings; Crofoot Ballroom
May 15 Jack Kennedy & Joe Reynolds
May 19 Timber Timbre
May 20 Swing the Coast; Crofoot Ballroom
May 20 The Donkeys
May 21 Farewell Continental & Gold Motel
May 22 Autumn Rhapsody
May 25 Silverstein & Bayside; Crofoot Ballroom
May 26 Amor De Dias featuring Damon & Naomi
May 29 Peace Be Still
May 29 Indie Acoustic Night with Native America; The Vernors Room
HAPPENINGS AROUND THE STATE . . . www.michiganfun.com
May 6-7 Jackson Storyfest; 517-499-2290
May 6-8 Mesick Mushroom Festival; 231-885-2679
May 7 Grand Ledge Victorian Day; 517-627-5170
May 7-8 Goodrich M-15 Heritage Route Garage/Rummage Sale; 810-636-2570
May 7-14 Holland Tulip Time Festival; 800-822-2770
May 8 Centreville Antique Markets open for the summer; 715-526-9769
May 13-15 Baldwin Blessing of the Bikes Marketplace; 231-745-4331
May 13-15 Boyne City National Morel Mushroom Festival; 231-582-6222
May 13-15 Durand Railroad Days; 989-288-4080
May 14 Milan Discover Milan Day; 734-439-1223
May 14-15 Marshall Turkeyville Arts & Crafts Show; 800-228-4315
May 14-15 Tecumseh Promenade Historic Home Tour; 517-424-6003
May 14-15 Traverse City Blossom Days; 231-223-4110
May 20-21 Frankenmuth World Expo of Bear; 800-386-3378
May 21 Ann Arbor Ann Arbor’s Scio Twp Jackson Road Cruise; 734-665-2123
May 21 Brooklyn MIS Great Lakes Wine Fest; 800-354-1010
May 21-22 East Lansing MSU Spring Arts & Crafts Show; 517-355-3354
May 24-30 Fruitport Old Fashioned Days; 231-865-6220
May 26-30 Belleville Sumpter Country Fest; 734-461-6201
May 27-29 Remus Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend; 989-967-8879
May 28 Eastport Antrim County Petoskey Stone Festival; 231-533-8363
May 28-29 Alma Highland Festival & Games; 989-463-8979
May 28-29 Frankenmuth River Place Dog Bowl; herding demos, dock dogs diving, etc; 800-600-0105, www.dogbowlfun.com
May 28-29 Gladwin Dick Berg Memorial Weekend Rodeo; 989-426-2311
May 28-29 Harrison 12th Annual Memorial Day Weekend; 989-539-6011
May 28-30 Mackinaw City Ft. Michilimackinac Historic Re-enactment Pageant; 231-436-5574
May 28-30 Mackinaw City Memorial Weekend Celebration; 800-666-0160
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
MAY 8, 2010