On Our Radar

The Bootstrap Boys

The Bootstrap Boys, the Grand Rapids honky-tonk act behind "Some Boots," play their first Lansing date since the death of founding guitarist Nick Alexander.

5 PM · Horrocks Farm Market · All Ages · Free

Tonight's Pick • GTG Fest: Punk Rock Costume Party

The Aliens, Feign, A Rueful Noise, Ozenza, Moon Pony

GTG Records' A Rueful Noise headline with Setterwind Records' Feign, Grand Rapids doom act Ozenza, Lansing jazz act Moon Pony, and indie punk cover act The Aliens.

8 PM · The Avenue Cafe · 21+ · Free

Chirp, Desmond Jones, Coaster

Detroit prog-fusion four-piece Chirp, WYCE Jammie-nominated for Album of the Year, headlines with Grand Rapids' SXSW-vetted Desmond Jones and East Lansing's Coaster.

8 PM · The Green Door · 18+ · $10–$20

Nolan Collins, Between the Pines

8 PM · Macs Bar · $10–$20

Lewie Austin

4 PM · Lansing Shuffle · Free

Frog and the Beeftones

Lansing blues-rock act led by guitarist S.J. Forgey, with past shared bills with Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, Edgar Winter, and Mitch Ryder.

5 PM · Horrocks Farm Market · All Ages · Free

Ouija Macc, Billy Marchiafava, Darby O'trill, Mikey Rotten, Jimi Kanklez

Las Vegas horrorcore rapper Ouija Macc headlines with Chapter 17 Records' Darby O'Trill, Chicago's Billy Marchiafava, LA's Mikey Rotten, and Lansing's Jimi Kanklez.

6 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $20–$30

Hearth & Hymn, Jen Sygit

Samantha Cooper and Elisabeth Pixley-Fink of Earthwork Music's Hearth & Hymn lead a folk bill with Lansing's Jen Sygit, an Independent Music Award-winning multi-instrumentalist.

7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Bad Mouth, Greenback, Delusional Zoo, Grassland Reptiles

Saginaw skate punk act Bad Mouth headlines with Lansing's Greenback, Kalamazoo's Delusional Zoo, and Chicago-Michigan math-rock duo Grassland Reptiles, whose EP The Trinity dropped on Ryan Records in October 2025.

8 PM · bowie hausPrivate Venue · Under $10

John Beltran

John Beltran, the Lansing producer behind R&S Records' Earth and Nightfall and Peacefrog's Ten Days of Blue, performs melodic Detroit techno rooted in ambient and jazz.

2 PM · Horrocks Farm Market · All Ages · Free

Nathan Grant

4 PM · Lansing Shuffle · Free

GTG Fest: All Ages Sunday

Flatfoot, NEW, Overtone, Justice for Midge, GTG All-Star Band

Lansing alt-country act Flatfoot, whose 2012 album Blue Water drew a Lansing City Pulse rave, headlines with Overtone, Justice for Midge, and the GTG All-Star Band.

5 PM · The Avenue Cafe · All Ages · Free

Sunday's Pick

William Elliott Whitmore

Montrose, Iowa folk songwriter William Elliott Whitmore tours his Bloodshot Records catalog with minimal banjo and drum setup.

7 PM · The Green Door · All Ages

Mexican Slum Rats, Erik Nervous, Boiler Room

Mexican Slum Rats, a Granada Hills alt-rock four-piece fusing emo with jazz, have played Mr. Smalls and Flagstaff's Orpheum Theater.

8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $20–$30

Ten Pound Fiddle Presents

Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light

Rachel Sumner, formerly of Twisted Pine, leads her Boston trio Traveling Light behind their Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest win and album Heartless Things.

7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Super Scary Fun Day 2

Alien 666, Goremonger, Maidenless, blue waffle syrup, The Golden Ghouls, Fist a Cunt, Wizard Bane

Seven-band death metal night led by Toledo's Goremonger, a Full Terror Assault and UK Slam Fest alum, with Lansing's Blue Waffle Syrup among the supporting acts.

6 PM · Moriarty's Pub · $10–$20

The Capstone Volunteers, Jenn's Apartment, Soccer

Jenn's Apartment, the Lansing trio drawing from 90s alternative and early-2000s emo, headlines with Detroit's Capstone Volunteers and Lansing's Soccer.

10 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

The Music of Steely Dan

Brooklyn Charmers

A Steely Dan tribute featuring Colin Peterik, whose father Jim founded Survivor and The Ides of March.

3 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $30–$50

Get Loud Get Organized Fundraiser

Tequila Mockingbird, SSUUSSIEE, Glen, Faceless, Home Grown Homunculus, New Bark Town, Good Decision

Lansing emo act Tequila Mockingbird headlines with Warren's New Bark Town, whose debut LP Hi, I'm Sorry dropped in July 2025, plus SSUUSSIEE, Glen, The Faceless, Home Grown Homunculus, and Good Decision.

5 PM · The Fledge · All Ages · Pay What You Can

All Ages Sunday

The Tryouts, Noah Miller

7 PM · The Avenue Cafe · All Ages · Free

Perfectly Unfamiliar Tour

In Her Own Words, Every Avenue, Public Works

Fearless Records veterans Every Avenue headline with Los Angeles pop punk act In Her Own Words and New Jersey emo musician Public Works.

6:30 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $30–$50

Halloween Show

Futuretime String Band, Super Secret Cult Band

Grand Rapids duo Futuretime String Band, All-Ireland Fleadh competitors, headline with Lansing trio Super Secret Cult Band performing Lovecraftian doo-wop in black robes.

7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Wolf & Bear, Coletta, Origami Button

Sacramento's Wolf & Bear, Rise Records post-hardcore veterans of Dance Gavin Dance's anniversary tour, headline with Blue Swan acts Coletta and Chicago math rockers Origami Button.

6 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

Magnolia Farms Benefit

Soft dog, Worm, Itchy Tomato, Cylindrical Blazingstar

Lansing indie folk act Worm, whose 2023 debut EP Something Golden describes itself as John Denver filtered through an emo phase, headlines with Cylindrical Blazingstar, Soft dog, and Itchy Tomato.

6 PM · The Avenue Cafe · All Ages

Tanner Dane

Easy Does It Records' Tanner Dane, the Chicago frontman behind Hollyy, brings his '60s soul and '90s R&B-rooted indie sound.

7 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

Abigayle Oakley, Fairhazel

Kerrville New Folk Competition winner Abigayle Oakley headlines a Nashville folk double bill with British-born singer-songwriter Fairhazel.

7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

A Foreigner's Journey to Boston

Classic rock tribute featuring former Boston bassist Kim Dahme covering Foreigner, Journey and Boston hits.

8 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $30–$50

No Hope In Hell

Heal The Hurt, Magdalene Rose, Unbroken Reign, Voluntary Mortification

Revolver-cited Heal The Hurt lead a Christian metal night with RockFest Records signee Magdalene Rose, whose Underoath-featuring single hit Sirius XM Octane, plus Unbroken Reign and local deathcore act Voluntary Mortification.

6 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

The Late Checkout Tour 2026

Ax and the Hatchetmen

Three-guitar alternative rock from Chicago's Ax and the Hatchetmen, formed in 2018.

7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $30–$50

Y2K Night

Electric Flower Co, Smokey Bear

6 PM · The Green Door · All Ages

Centenary, Malition, Blyst, Convulsis, Nethergate

Detroit death metal act Centenary, who spoke with Audio Ink Radio about their 2021 LP Death...The Final Frontier, headline with four Michigan acts.

Saturday the 14^th · 7 PM · The Green Door · 18+ · $10–$20

Erasure Tour

Sap, Sludge Mother, AWannabe

Kent anarcho-punks Sap, who recorded a session for Cleveland's WRUW 91.1, headline with Seattle grunge revivalists Sludge Mother and Madison's shoegaze-emo project AWannabe.

Sunday the 15^th · 8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

The Gringos

Athens five-piece The Gringos mix rock, funk, country, and jazz, with SXSW and their EP "Tossing & Turning" behind them.

8 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

Youngman & Oldmen, Andy Wilson

Youngman & Oldmen mix Americana, old-time country, and vintage jazz, with East Lansing multi-instrumentalist Andy Wilson.

7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Lake Drive, NIGHTBREAKERS

Milwaukee's Lake Drive, a Hopeless Records pop-rock trio compared to The 1975 and The Band Camino, headlines with Tampa's NIGHTBREAKERS in support.

6 PM · The Green Door · All Ages

Headless Mary, Home Grown Homunculus, Faceless

Three Michigan acts: Detroit's Headless Mary mixing shoegaze and grunge, Ryan Records' Home Grown Homunculus, and East Lansing prog-metal outfit The Faceless.

9 PM · The Avenue Cafe · 21+ · Free

FLYDLPHN

FLYDLPHN, a six-piece experimental ensemble from Southeast Michigan, opened the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Concert of Colors alongside New Music Detroit.

Thursday the 19^th · 7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Kill The Mood, The Half Notes, Sour Orchid, Born Hostile

90s Pacific Northwest-influenced Kill The Mood from Barry County headlines with The Half Notes, Sour Orchid, and Born Hostile rounding out a four-act Michigan bill.

Friday the 20^th · 5:30 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

Turkey Eve

Global Village

Michael Fredericks fronts Global Village, a Lansing horn-driven funk band rooted in James Brown and Earth Wind and Fire.

Wednesday the 25^th · 8 PM · The Green Door · 21+

Horn & Holland

Contemporary urban jazz from Lansing's Horn & Holland, whose influences span Nat King Cole, Anita Baker, and gospel.

Friday, December 4^th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $30–$50

Universe Band

Saturday, December 5^th · 8 PM · The Green Door · 18+ · $10–$20

"Laments" Vinyl & Book Release

Laurel Premo

Traverse City multi-instrumentalist Laurel Premo, of duo Red Tail Ring, plays fingerstyle guitar, lap steel, and fiddle across American old-time and Nordic folk traditions.

Thursday the 10^th · 7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

FinalBossFight!, Feign, Cult Therapy, PlayGround!

PNWK Records' FinalBossFight! headline with Green Day melodies and Jeff Rosenstock-style lyrics, supported by Setter Wind Records' Feign, Freakbaby Records' Cult Therapy, and South Lyon's PlayGround!

Friday the 11^th · 6 PM · The Green Door · All Ages · $10–$20

No Skull, Ladyship Warship, supergrudge, LVRS

Lansing sludge-punk trio No Skull, whose GTG Records debut reworks 90s-era songs by guitarist Ryan Andrews, headlines with Detroit swamp duo Ladyship Warship, Grand Rapids' supergrudge, and Lansing's LVRS.

Friday the 11^th · 10 PM · The Green Door · All Ages

The Verve Pipe

"The Freshmen" hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 for Grand Rapids alt-rockers The Verve Pipe, whose RCA debut went Platinum.

Saturday the 12^th · 7 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $30–$50

Kanin Wren

University of Michigan singer-songwriter Kanin Wren, whose EP featured Elton John's bassist Matt Bissonette, plays original pop-country.

Saturday the 19^th · 6 PM · Grewal Hall at 224 · All Ages · $20–$30

Ten Pound Fiddle Presents - Day 1 of 2

Spencer LaJoye

Kerrville New Folk winner Spencer LaJoye performs queer indie folk built on live looping and multi-part harmony, with past bills alongside Dar Williams and Mary Gauthier.

Wednesday the 20^th · 7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Ten Pound Fiddle Presents - Day 2 of 2

Spencer LaJoye

Kerrville New Folk winner Spencer LaJoye performs queer indie folk, layering multi-part harmonies live with a loop pedal alongside songs like "Plowshare Prayer."

Thursday the 21^st · 7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Ten Pound Fiddle Presents

Tim Grimm

Indiana Americana songwriter Tim Grimm, whose "Broken Truth" took Song of the Year and "Broken Dreams" took Album of the Year in the 2025 International Folk Radio poll.

Thursday the 11^th · 7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · Free

Caroline Keane, Tom Delany

2020 ALSR Celtic Music Awards winner Caroline Keane, a concertina player and former Fourwinds member, performs with Dingle uilleann piper Tom Delany, whose 2022 album The Lark's Call draws on traditional Irish repertoire.

Wednesday the 3^rd · 7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30

Sam Robbins

Sam Robbins, named a 2025 Atwood Magazine artist to watch, draws on James Taylor and Jackson Browne across his Seth Glier-produced third album So Much I Still Don't See.

Thursday the 22^nd · 7:30 PM · The Robin Theatre · $20–$30