Live music in Kalamazoo, MI

A live piano performance with Dean Madonia from Piano Revival at The Old Skool Bar features audience members singing their favorite songs.

Xtreme Karaoke presents a karaoke event. Enjoy $3 well drinks.

Out of Favor Boys appears at Beats on Bates in Bates Alley. Expect a lively, fun-filled atmosphere throughout.

Glow Hall presents an evening with Glenn Jones, joined by opening sets from Liam Grant and the Kalamazoo Drone Society. Jones, once a member of the exploratory rock group Cul de Sac, has become a leading figure in American Primitive guitar. His solo work blends melody, physical presence, and precision, drawing deeply from folk roots while keeping the tradition alive and contemporary. Grant, a New England guitarist and improviser, extends that lineage with wide ranging guitar journeys, modal pieces, and lively rags that recall John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Peter Walker, and Jack Rose. The Kalamazoo Drone Society, a rotating local collective of musicians, artists, and magicians, sets the tone with experimental free improvisation that moves between structure and spontaneity. This is a seated performance. Admission is $20 and it is open to all ages.

An unofficial afterparty for Beats on Bates features an acoustic set by local artist Peyton Bohl. The show is free. Food and drinks are available, offering a relaxed way to keep the energy going after the main event.

Thursday nights feature karaoke with DJ Keil at 1871 Taproom. Take the mic and sing your favorite songs.

At Latitude 42, this event pairs live music built on a funky groove with craft beer and food. The familiar sound sets an upbeat tone from start to finish.

Sounds of the Zoo is partnering with Old Dog to spotlight local talent and help sustain Kalamazoo’s creative pulse. The gathering focuses on community, offering a friendly setting where artists and music lovers can meet, encourage one another, and keep the city’s musical spirit thriving.

At LFG Bar, music bingo features a host who plays songs over the speakers while participants mark the tunes they recognize on their bingo cards. Completing five squares in a row earns a win and prizes. Guests can enjoy the bar’s food and distinctive drink options while the music plays.

Glow Hall hosts an all-ages evening of immersive ambient, experimental, dream-infused and electronic sounds featuring Windy & Carl with opening sets from Zelienople and DJ Karl Meier. Windy & Carl have spent three decades shaping mostly instrumental, cinematic music. Centered on guitars, their long-form ambient work intersects with excursions into dreampop and shoegaze. After signing to kranky in 1998 they built an extensive catalog and toured across the United States and Europe, sharing bills with Silver Apples, Tony Conrad and Terry Riley. The recent reissue of Consciousness drew praise from Boomkat for its airy, near-cosmic ambience and lasting impact on drift music, and Pitchfork has included the duo in roundups of landmark ambient and shoegaze albums. After a long pause from the stage, they returned for select live dates in 2025 and 2026. Zelienople brings the quartet of Matt Christensen, Brian Harding, Mike Weis and P.M. Tummala. The project began in Chicago in the late 1990s in rehearsal rooms above an antique shop, moved from loft happenings to clubs like Lounge Ax and the Empty Bottle, and issued early releases on Loosethread Recordings before working with labels including Root Strata, Type and Miasmah. With Tummala on keyboards, synths and vibraphone, the group most recently released Everything is Simple on Shelter Press, and the album is available now. DJ Karl Meier, a lifelong advocate for electronic and experimental music who came up through Chicago House and Detroit Techno, crafts forward-looking sets informed by the past. He has opened for artists such as Surgeon, Monolake and Jeff Mills, exploring the space between movement and reflection with an emphasis on energy, contrast and recontextualization. His collaboration with Jonathan “Stave” Krohn as Talker appears on the Downwards imprint, alongside two releases and remix work for Eye Teeth, Horizontal Ground and Kathexis. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the show. All ages are welcome.

Enjoy karaoke hosted by Xtreme Karaoke every Tuesday and Sunday night.