Metro area amphitheaters crank up for a busy weekend – Daily Tribune

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The metro area’s major amphitheaters have all started their seasons by now, but this is the first weekend that they’ll be going full-blast like it’s…guess what? ⁠— summer. The next three days feature shows by…

• Muir-raised bluegrass Grammy Award winner Billy Strings plays his biggest headlining show to date in his home state at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 16 at the Pine Knob Music Theatre, 33 Bob Seger Drive, Independence Township. 313-471-7000 or 313Presents.com.

• Young The Giant, Milky Chance and TALK play at 7 p.m. Friday, June 16 at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre, 14900 Metro Parkway, Sterling Heights. 313-471-7000 or 313Presents.com. For an interview visit theoaklandpress.com.

• Michael Franti & Spearhead take aim at 7 p.m. at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, 2600 Atwater St. at Chene, Detroit. 313-393-7128 or TheAretha.com.

• Grosse Pointe’s Quinn XCII comes home with The People’s Tour at 7:30 p.m. at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre. ARIZONA and Julia Wolf also perform. 313-471-7000 or 313Presents.com.

• Rodrigo y Gabriela display their jaw-dropping instrumental chops at 7 p.m. at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre. 313-393-7128 or TheAretha.com.

• Onetime YouTube sensation Charlie Puth is back in town with The “Charlie” Live Experience at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 18 at the Meadow Brook Amphitheatre on the Oakland University campus in Rochester Hills. Alexander Stewart opens. 313-471-7000 or 313Presents.com. For an interview, visit theoaklandpress.com.

• Weezer, Modest Mouse and Momma bring the Indie Rock Road Trip to Pine Knob at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 18. 313-471-7000 or 313Presents.com.

Other music events of note this weekend (all subject to change) include…

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

• The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is back in the neighborhoods, playing Beethoven, Bates and Hindemith at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, 8 p.m. Friday at the Meyer Theater in Monroe and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 18 at the Seligman Center in Beverly Hills. 313-576-5111 or dso.org.

• British rockers the Struts, with Detroit’s Mac Saturn opening, are at the Fillmore Detroit, 2115 Woodward Ave. Doors at 7 p.m. 313-961-5451 or thefillmoredetroit.com.

• The K-pop sextet TRI.BE brings its Vida Loca 2023 USA tour to town at 7 p.m. at the Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw St. 248-858-9333 or thecrofoot.com.

• The Detroit indie rock trio Bonny Doon celebrates the release of its new album, “Let There Be Music,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Ave. Doors at 7 p.m. 313-832-6622 or mocadetroit.org.

• Detroit singer Ben Sharkey performs as part of Adobe Road Winery’s Cabaret-Style Wine Tasting Dinner at 7 p.m. at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 E. Fourteen Mile Road, Warren. 586-268-2300 or andiamoshowroom.com.

• Chicago Spitafield kicks off a busy weekend of alt.rock at Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit. Doors at 7p.m. 313-961-8961 or saintandrewsdetroit.com. Also on tap at Saint Andrew’s is the British group Palace on Saturday, June 17, while the Columbus metal group Attack! Attack! headbangs on Sunday, June 18 (doors at 8 p.m.).

• The Roxy in Rochester opens to the public with two nights of Dueling Pianos at 8 p.m. 401 Walnut Blvd. 248-453-5285 or theroxyrochester.com.

• Britain’s Chris Comer brings his electronic IAMX band to the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave. Doors at 8 p.m. 248-544-1991 or themagicbag.com.

• British singer Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, Alcatrazz, etc.) plays at 7:30 p.m. at the Token Lounge, 28949 Joy Road, Westland. Killer Dwarfs opens. 734-513-5030 or tokenlounge.com.

• The “trop-pop” duo Summer Salt shakes at El Club, 4114 W. Vernor Highway, Detroit. Doors at 7 p.m. 313-757-7942 or elclubdetroit.com.

• The Sean Dobbins Organ Quartet entertains through Saturday, June 17, at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe. 313-882-5399 or dirtydogjazz.com.

• Six bands, including Tinfoil and Far Beyond Blood, play the Motor City Meltdown at 6 p.m. the Diesel Concert Lounge, 33151 23 Mile Road, Chesterfield Township. 586-933-3503 or dieselconcerts.com.

• Veteran electronic music proponents Liz and Clark Warner begin a monthly third Fridays residency at 9 p.m. at Northern Lights Lounge, 660 W. Baltimore St., Detroit. 313-873-1739 or nothernlightslounge.com.

• The Northwoods Improvisers bring all that jazz to at Cliff Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave., Detroit at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. through Saturday, June 17. 313-961-2543 or cliffbells.com.

• Auntie Chanel, Latex Girl, Wulfhound and Brent Shay perform as part of What’s Done in the Shadows at 8 p.m. at the Sanctuary Detroit, 2932 Caniff, Hamtramck. 313-462-4117 or sanctuarydetroit.com.

• Singer-songwriter Jason Eady performs at 8 p.m. at The Ark 316 S. Main St. 313-761-1818 or theark.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 17

• The Motown Museum offers a pair of events, staring with choreographer Michael Manson’s “Dancing in the Street: Hip Hop” class at noon and then a porch concert at 4 p.m. by Brittney B. Hayden, winner of the 2020 Hitsville Next’s Amplify: The Sound of Detroit competition. 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit. 313-875-2264 or motownmuseum.org.

• Pianists Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thebaudet go keyboard-to-keyboard as part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s annual Heroes Gala, honoring chairman emeritus Peter D. Cummings, at 7 p.m. at Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 313-576-5111 or dso.org.

• With a new album, “Orpheus Descending,” dropping the day before, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Mellencamp performs at the Masonic Temple Theatre, 500 Temple St., Detroit. Doors at 7 p.m. 313-548-1320 or themasonic.com. For an interview visit theoaklandpress.com.

• Kansas celebrates its 50th anniversary at 7:30 p.m. at the Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit. 313-872-1000 or broadwayindetroit.com. For an interview visit theoaklandpress.com.

• Keyboardist Robert Glasper brings his Black Radio show to town at 9 p.m. at the Russell Industrial Center, 1600 Clay St., Detroit. 248-434-7699 or russellindustrialcenter.com, or mean.red.

• The Oak Ridge Boys harmonize at 8 p.m. at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 E. Fourteen Mile Road, Warren. 586-268-2300 or andiamoshowroom.com.

• A Flock of Seagulls joins Strangelove ⁠— The Depeche Mode Experience for an 80s throwback night at District 142, 142 Maple St. Doors at 6 p.m. district142live.com.

• Grooving Violation plays for free at 6 p.m. at Hotel Royal Oak, 811 E. Eleven Mile Road. 248-547-9770 or hotelroyaloak.com.

• Sirius XM’s DJ Bueller hosts a Strange Waves show, playing music from 80s and 90s New Wave, at the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave. Doors at 9 p.m. 248-544-1991 or themagicbag.com.

• A triple bill of Carolyn Striho and Scott Dailey, Mary McGuire and Jason Charboneau plays at 8 p.m. at the Trinity House Theatre, 38840 W. Six Mile Road, Livonia. 734-464-6302 or trinityhoustheatre.org.

• Local favorite the Beggars top a bill that includes the Hourlies and Bad Magnets at the Loving Touch, 22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. Doors at 7 p.m. 248-820-5596 or thelovingtouchferndale.com.

• Salt Lake City’s Rodeo Boys tops a bill that includes Hayley & the Crushers, Elspeth Tremblay & the Treatment and Seaholm at 8 p.m. at the Sanctuary Detroit, 2932 Caniff, Hamtramck. 313-462-4117 or sanctuarydetroit.com.

• Masteria, Versace James and others perform as part of Ghettoblaster at 9 p.m. at the Tangent Gallery, 715 E. Milwaukee Ave., Detroit. 313-873-2955 or tangentgallery.com.

• Detroit quartet 30 on 6 headlines the hometown at the Diesel Concert Lounge, 33151 23 Mile Road, Chesterfield Township. Doors at 7 p.m. 586-933-3503 or dieselconcerts.com.

• The New Orleans heavy rock troupe Woorms is at the Lager House, 1254 Michigan Ave., Detroit. Doors at 8 p.m. 313-500-1475 or thelagerhouse.com.

• Baltimore industrial rockers Ego Likeness perform at Small’s, 10339 Conant St., Hamtramck. Doors at 9 p.m. 313-873-1117 or smallsbardetroit.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 18

• Tino G’s Dumpster Machine steps into the daylight for a 3 p.m. show at the Cadieux Cafe, 4300 Cadieux Road, Detroit. 313-882-8560 or cadieuxcafe.com.

• San Francisco rapper Larry June performs at the Fillmore Detroit, 2115 Woodward Ave. Doors at 7 p.m. 313-961-5451 or thefillmoredetroit.com.

• Harmonica Shah and Howard Glazer team up at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Cliff Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave., Detroit. 313-961-2543 or cliffbells.com.

• Canadian-based singer-songwriter Jolie Holland visits at The Ark, 316 S. Main St. at 7:30 p.m. 313-761-1818 or theark.org.

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