Schedule of Metro Detroit Shows and Concerts in 2013

Detroit is home to several theaters and concert venues. Listed below are some of the Metro-Detroit shows and concerts in 2013. Specifically, the list includes variety shows, comedy acts and music concerts coming to the area in the spring and summer months. Venues include the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, DTE Music Theatre, The Palace of Auburn Hills and Freedom Hill Amphitheatre -- just to name a few.

Note: Theatre, plays, Broadway shows, operas and ballets coming to the Metro-Detroit area are listed in the Detroit Theatre Guide.

Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Ann Arbor
Schedule:

• A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (6/1 Hill Auditorium) – Buy Tickets
• Django Django (6/18 Power Center)
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band (6/19 Power Center)
• Elastic Weaving Event for Children: Tangle (6/19 through 6/23 Top of the Park)
• Les 7 Doights De La Main in Sequence 8 (6/23 Power Center)
• Pink Martin (6/25 Power Center)
• Snap Judgment (6/29 Power Center)
• The Intergalactic Nemesis in Book One: Target Earth (6/30 Power Center)
• Amadou & Mariam (7/2 Power Center)
• The Capital Steps (7/4 Power Center)
• Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo (7/5 Power Center)

Chene Park Amphitheater, Riverfront Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Kenrick Lamar (6/5)
• Blackstreet (6/8)
• Patti Austin & Althea Rene (6/12)
• Tamia (6/19)
• Summer Jamz (6/22)
• B-52's & Go-Go's (6/25)
• David Sanborn & Bob James (6/26)
• Anthony Hamilton & Fantasia (6/28)
• Spyro Gyra & Swing Out Sister (7/3)
• Men of Soul with Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson and more (7/6)
• Soul of Summer with Sheila E and Johnathan Butler & Elan Trotman (7/10)
• Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds & Rachelle Ferrell (7/13)
• SOS Band & Rose Royce (7/17)
• Brian Culbertson (7/24)
• TGT: Tyrese, Ginuwine & Tank (7/28)
• Rahsaan Patterson & Kindred the Family Soul (7/31)
• D'Angelo & Erykah Badu (8/4)
• Will Downing (8/7)
• Ramsey Lewis & Dee Dee Bridgewater (8/14)
• Sergio Mendez (8/21)
• Michael McDonald & Toto (8/25)

City Theatre, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• No concerts currently listed

The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor, Windsor
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Natalie Cole (4/26)
• IL DIVO (4/28)
• Frank Caliendo (5/3)
• Earth, Wind & Fire (5/12)
• Scotty McCreery (5/18)
• Chicago (5/19)
• Wayne Brady (5/25)
• Thunder From Down Under (5/31)
• B.B. King (6/9)
• Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus (6/13)
• Willie Nelson (6/19)
• Jeff Foxworthy(6/28)
• Alice Cooper (7/5)
• Weezer (7/11)
• Journey (7/24)

Comerica Park, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• 99.5 WYCD Downtown Hoedown (5/31 through 6/2)
• Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band (7/20)

DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Tim McGraw (5/19)
• Eddie Money (5/24)
• The Lumineers (6/6)
• Toby Keith (6/16)
• LL Cool J with Public Enemy, Ice Cube and De La Soul (6/26)
• Rascal Flatts (6/27)
• Darius Rucker (6/30)
• Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls (7/6)
• Dave Matthews Band (7/9)
• Barenaked Ladies with Ben Folds Five (7/12)
• Jonas Brothers (7/13)
• Train (7/18)
• Heart (7/19)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company (7/23)
• Whitesnake (7/24)
• Chicago (7/25)
• Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (7/28)
• Ted Nugent (8/2)
• Big Time Rush and Victoria Justice (8/3)
• Keith Urban (8/4)
• John Mayer (8/7)
• Kid Rock with ZZ Top (8/9, 8/10, 8/11, 8/14, 8/16, 8/17, 8/19)
• Depeche Mode (8/22)
• Maroon 5 with Kelly Clarkson (8/28)

The Fillmore, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• All Time Low & Pierce The Veil (5/1)
• Paramore (5/10)
• Vampire Weekend (5/17)
• Fall Out Boy (5/22)
• The Postal Service (6/10)
• Rancid (6/11)
• The xx and Grizzly Bear (6/12)
• The Noise Tour: Marianas Trench (6/14)
• Queensryche (6/15)
• City and Colour (11/8)

Ford Field, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Concerts/Shows:

• Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran (5/4)
• Bon Jovi (7/18)
• Legends of the Summer: Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z (8/6)
• Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Eli Young Band & Kacey Musgraves (8/17)

The Fox Theatre, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Concerts/Shows:

• The Original Funkfest with George Clinton, Parliament P and more (4/27)
• An Evening with Joe Bonamassa (5/3)
• Soul 70's Super Jam (5/4)
• Jillian Michaels (5/9)
• The Legends of Hip Hop (5/18)
• Mario Frangoulis (5/31)
• Gladys Knight (6/7)
• Daniel Tosh (6/8)
• Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys and Alejandro Escovedo (6/20)
• -- Cancelled--: Victoria Justice (7/7)
• Steely Dan (7/27)
• Sarah Brightman (9/27)
• Celtic Thunder Mythology (10/13)
• The Fresh Beat Band (11/24)

Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Huey Lewis & The News (6/4)
• Styx (6/8)
• Lady Antebellum (6/13)
• Harley Fest: Three Days Grace, Hinder & Saving Abel (6/15)
• Beatlemania Live & Pete Best (6/22)
• Randy Travis (6/28)
• Cake (6/29)
• Kool and The Gang (6/30)
• Foreigner (7/3)
• Creedence Clearwater Revisited (7/19)
• Steve Miller Band (7/20)
• Weird Al Yankovic (8/1)
• The Beach Boys (8/2)
• Live and Loud 2013: Ratt, Dokken, Warrant & L.A. Guns (8/3)
• Rock 'n Blues Fest (8/10)
• George Thorogood & Buddy Guy (8/15)
• Bill Engvall & Larry The Cable Guy (8/16)
• REO Speedwagon (8/18)
• Warriers of Rock: Vince Neil, Queensryche & Slaughter (8/23)

Harpos, Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Highlights:

• Bam Margera (4/26)
• Cannibal Corpse / Napalm Death / Immolation (5/29)
• Fates Warning (11/16)

Joe Louis Arena, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Impact Fight League 57: War of Aggression (5/18)
• Fleetwood Mac (6/12)
• Justin Bieber (7/28)
• Lil Wayne (8/9)

Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township
Schedule
Concert Highlights:

• No big concerts currently listed

Magic Bag, Ferndale
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Highlights:

• Carl Palmer (4/21)
• Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires (5/10)
• The English Beat (5/12)

Majestic / Magic Stick, Midtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Majestic Tickets / Buy Magic Stick Tickets
Highlights:

• Airbourne (4/21)
• Johnny Marr (of The Smiths) / Meredith Sheldon (4/26)
• James Blake / Galty DL (5/3)
• Senses Fail / Such Gold / Read Friends / Major League (5/4)
• Black Moth Super Rainbow / The Hood Internet / Oscillator Bug (5/10)
• The Breeders (5/12)
• Peter Murphy Celebrates 35 Years of Bauhaus (5/13)
• The Airborne Toxic Event (5/15)
• The Whigs / Drivin' N' Cryin' (5/17)
• The Stranglers / Mike Marlin (5/30)
• The Detroit Cobras (6/1)
• Jonathan Richman (6/3)
• Calexico (6/4)
• Twin Shadow / Elliphant (6/5)
• Black Flag (6/10)
• The Mountain Goats / Baptist Generals (6/12)
• Swans / Low (7/19)
• Reverend Horton Heat / Wayne “The Train” (8/29)
• Mudhoney / Easy Action / Protomartyr (8/30)

Masonic Temple, Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (5/4)
• Classic Comedy Tour (5/11)
• Sugar Man Rodriguez (5/18)
• Kadim Al Sahir (5/24)
• Motor City Madness Comedy Jam (6/22)

Meadow Brook Music Festival, Rochester Hills
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Of Monsters and Men with Half Moon Run (5/28)
• Recess! Family Music Festival (6/22)
• OAR (6/30)
• fun. With Tegan and Sara (7/16)
• The Black Crowes and Tedeschi Trucks Band (8/15)
• The Goat Rodeo Sessions (8/21)
• St. Jerome's Laneway Festival (TBA)

The Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Concerts:

• Author: Neil Gaiman (7/7)
• David Byrne & St. Vincent (7/8)

MotorCity Casino Hotel (Sound Board), Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• An Evening with Paula Deen (4/25)
• Chippendales (5/9)
• Cheap Trick (5/16)
• David Spade (6/6)
• Unplugged – Ed Kowalczyk (6/13)
• Wynton Marsalis (6/19)
• Hour Detroit's Best of Detroit (6/21)
• Wayans Brothers (9/26)

Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Dionne Farris & The Russell Gunn Quartet (4/27)
• A-Cappella: Spring Sing (5/4)
• The Tenors (5/15)
• Circus: Cars & Stars (6/7)
• Corey Holcomb (6/21)
• Complexions Contemporary Ballet (6/22)

The Palace, Auburn Hills
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Pitbull and Ke$ha with Justice Crew and Jump Smokers (6/7)
• New Kids on the Block w/98 Degrees and Boyz II Men (6/8)
• Bruno Mars w/Ellie Goulding (7/11)
• One Direction (7/12)
• 2013 Vans Warped Tour (7/19)
• The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour Starring Beyonce (7/20)
• Fall Out Boy (9/14)
• Blake Shelton (TBA)
• Rod Steward w/ Steve Winwood (10/26)
• Pink (11/6)
• Selena Gomez (11/26)

Rockin' on the Riverfront, GM Renaissance Center, Detroit
Schedule:

• No concerts currently listed

The Royal Oak Music Theatre
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Highlights:

• Chris Mann (4/24)
• Tech N9ne (4/25)
• NeedtoBreathe (5/3)
• Kathleen Madigan (5/4)
• Fabolous & Pusha T (5/11)
• Bo Burnham (5/12)
• Jesse Cook (5/17)
• Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (5/21)
• Juanes (6/14)
• Dawes (6/15)
• Alabama Shakes (6/19)
• Animal Collective (7/15)
• Cody Simpson (7/23)
• Alt-J (9/10)
• Rodney Carrington (9/14)
• The Piano Guys (10/16)

Saint Andrew's Hall
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Highlights:

• Kvelertak (4/22)
• Machine Gun Kelly (4/23)
• Fight To Unite Tour with Kottonmouth and more (4/24)
• Yngwie Malmsteen (4/25)
• The Prince and Michael Jackson Experience (4/26)
• Skinny Lister (4/27)
• New Motown Revue (4/28)
• Olly Murs (4/30)
• 12 Reasons to Die Tour: Ghostface Killah (4/30)
• Attack Attack! (5/3)
• D.O.A. Rap Battle (5/5)
• Youngblood Hawke (5/8)
• Transit (5/9)
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (5/10)
• Limp Bizkit (5/11)