Happy Halloween friends! 👻

This week’s edition is focused on Halloween (again) because, you know… it’s Halloween! May your children get some good candy that you can share with them. 🍫 

And, in case you don’t already follow me on Instagram, I recently shared 9 restaurants that opened in Ann Arbor so far this year in case you missed them (and have more content like that coming if you like to stay in the know!)

🎃  Halloween Events

🍭 TRICK OR TREATING:
Chelsea: Trick or treating from 5:30-7:30pm
Dexter: Trick or treat at various businesses on Main St. from 1-4pm and regular city trick or treating from 5-7:30pm
Depot Town (Ypsi): Trick or treat at participating Depot Town Businesses from 4-5:30pm

👻 OTHER HALLOWEEN PARTIES/EVENTS:
🎃 Circ Bar Halloween party | 6pm-2am | Ann Arbor
👯‍♀️Halloween Drag Show @ North Star Lounge | 7:30-9:30pm | Ann Arbor
🌽6th Annual Maiz Halloween Fiesta | 9pm-midnight | Ypsi
🍸Necto Halloween Night | 9pm-? | Ann Arbor

🎵  Live Music Lineup

(Live music events in Ann Arbor/Ypsi unless otherwise noted & those marked with ($) charge a cover or require a ticket to the best of my knowledge)

Thursday, October 31st:
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Cliff and The Bass Player w/ Dan Carafelli @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Kimmie Horne Halloween Show! @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-8pm & 8:45-9:45pm ($)
Quivering Quavers and Hellish Relish! (Halloween Stories and Music) @ Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30 ($)
Fallout Shelter show w/  @ 734 Brewing Co (Ypsi) from 7:30pm-midnight ($5 suggested donation)
Anna Tivel w/ Sam Weber @ The Ark at 8pm ($20)
Along with Ghosts, Witchpucker, Ben Willis’ Lycanthopy @ Ziggy’s (Ypsi) at 8pm ($) 
Pajamas @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($15)
House Music For All @ Elks Lodge AA from 8pm-midnight ($5 cover)
The Pherotones @ Last Word from 9pm-midnight (no cover)

Friday, November 1st:
Kasan Belgrave @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 5-6:10pm
The Max Lockwood Trio ft. Dylan Charles @ The Rumpus Room (Chelsea) from 7-10pm
Brian Curran @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover)
Patio House w/ DJ Batz @ Sam Hill from 6-10pm (no cover)
Pontiac Trail Blazers ft. Dave Keeney @ North Star Lounge from 7-10pm ($) 
Shahida Nurullah & Good Company @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-8pm & 9:30-10:30pm ($)
CONCERT4aCAUSE: Beethoven Sonatas @ Northside Church at 7pm (free)
Caleb Wheeler Curtis Trio @ Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30pm ($)
Bizarre w/ Multiple Guest Artists @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($15)
Shane Koyczan w/ Derrick Brown @ The Ark at 8pm ($25)
MusicMix Rick Hicks @ 734 Brewing (Ypsi) from 8pm-midnight (no cover)
Salmagundi @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
Infinite River, Dr. Pete @ Ziggy’s (Ypsi) at 8pm ($)
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
ThrillKill and Danny Fantom @ Alley Bar from 10pm-2am (no cover) 
House Music For All Dance Party @ LoFi from 10pm-2am (no cover)

Saturday, November 2nd:
DJ Batz @ York from 5-9pm (no cover) 
Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds @ The Rumpus Room (Chelsea) from 5:30-10pm ($)
SCHMALTZ Halloween Party @ North Star Lounge from 6:30-7:45pm ($)
Gene Dunlap Band @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6:30-7:30pm and 9-10pm ($)
Robert Warren and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Natalie & Brittany Haas with Nic Gareiss @ The Ark at 8pm ($20)
Medicine Men and Westside Girls @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($)
Broadway Rave @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($25)
Alex Anest Organ Trio ft. Ingrid Racine @ North Star Lounge from 9-10:15pm ($)
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
The Pink, Demonbreath, Dying Under the Influence @ Ziggy’s at 10pm ($10) 
Disco Boutique @ LoFi from 10pm-2am (no cover)
The Jack Nissen Quartet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:30-11:55pm ($)

Sunday, November 3rd:
CONCERT4aCAUSE: Beethoven Sonatas @ Northside Church at 3pm (free)
Pearl Street String Band @ Erratic Ale (Dexter) from 3-5pm (no cover)
Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin) @ Michigan Theater at 4pm ($)
João Luiz @ Kerrytown Concert House at 4pm ($)
Bria Skonberg @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 5-6pm & 7-8pm ($)
PORK @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 5-8pm ($)
Resonant Soundscapes @ Burton Memorial Tower at 5:30pm
Full Cord w/ Wilson Thicket @ The Ark at 7:30pm ($20)

Monday, November 4th:
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Paul Keller Orchestra w/ Hillsdale H.S. Jazz Band @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 7-10pm ($)
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards @ The Ark at 8pm ($20)

Tuesday, November 5th:
Easy Street Jazz Band @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 5-7pm ($) 
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
Bear Hands @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($30)

Wednesday, November 6th: 
Acquired Dialects @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover)
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
Jon Brown @ Grateful Crow (Chelsea) from 7-9pm (no cover)
Gear Lords, Ambit, Dillon Preech, Bilebob, OMO @ Ziggy’s at 7pm ($)
Lunar Octet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-8pm & 8:45-9:45pm ($) 
Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro @ The Ark at 8pm (free)

And if you haven’t already… make sure you follow me on Instagram to get more updates & ideas of things to do and see in the area! 

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