Detroit scene guide
Detroit scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at TV Lounge. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Detroit’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Horse Meat Disco: TV Lounge, The Eagle of Detroit, Northern Lights Lounge
- Techno — if you like SHDW: Lincoln Factory, TV Lounge, The Eagle of Detroit
- Dubstep — if you like Introspekt: TBA - 215 West, Elektricity, Lincoln Factory
- Hip-Hop — if you like Eastside Jon: Big Pink, TV Lounge, Warren Cafe
- Bass — if you like Amor Satyr: Hizz Lounge, Elektricity
- Deep House — if you like Gregboi: Majestic Theater, Roar Brewing (Detroit), Sindbad's Restaurant and Marina
- Disco — if you like Horse Meat Disco: Paris Bar, 215 W, Necto
Busiest venues
How big is Detroit’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 3,655 club nights across 306 venues in Detroit, featuring 1,721 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Detroit tonight.
Which Detroit venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Detroit club nights actually start and end?
From the 3,655 listings publishing door times: the median Detroit night opens at 21:00 — 66% open before 22:00, 34% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 196 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 14% run past 04:00 and 5% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Detroit cost?
Across the 169 listings publishing prices (5% of all nights): the median advance ticket is 0, with half of all nights between $0 and $20. 27% of listed nights are free.
When does Detroit go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (32% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 58% of the week. The busiest month of the year is May.
What does Detroit sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 35% · Techno 29% · Funk / Soul 10% · Jazz 6% · Hip-Hop 6% · Disco 6%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.
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