Nightspots
Elbow Room
6 S. Washington, Ypsilanti [map]
483-6374
ypsielbow.com
This Ypsilanti tavern features live music and/or DJs Mon.-Thurs., 9 p.m. a.m., and Fri. & Sat., 10 p.m.- 2 a.m. Also, occasional Sun., 8 p.m.-midnight. No cover ($5 suggested donation), dancing.
March 1: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
March 2: “Tiki Tuesday”
The Elbow Room Tiki Tuesday band plays surf music and various exotica. Also, performances by the belly dancer Aurora and magician Scarboni.
March 3: Jim Cherewick
Local folk-rock singer-songwriter. Opening acts are Connor Dodson, a local Americana singer-songwriter, and Annie Palmer, an Ypsilanti folk-style indie singer-songwriter.
March 4: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
March 5:
TBA.
March 6:
No music.
March 7: Todd Osborne
Detroit-area electronic musician.
March 8: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
March 9: “No More Bunk Parties”
DJs Scarboni and VJCC spin soul, funk, and rock ’n’ roll records.
March 10:
TBA.
March 11: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
March 12: Silverghost
Detroit-area pop-rock band. Opening acts are Secret Twins, a local garage punk quartet, and Ghostlady, a local indie pop-rock trio.
March 13:
TBA.
March 14: Todd Osborne
Detroit-area electronic musician.
March 15: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
March 16: “The Cycle”
DJs Blakguts and Joe Vargas spin funk, soul, and indie dance records.
March 17: Black Jake & the Carnies
Ypsilanti octet that calls its energetic, foot-stomping blend of punk, old-time music, and bluegrass “crabgrass.” All Music Guide writer Steve Leggett calls it “a kind of raucous acoustic Americana that tosses postmodern Appalachian murder ballads, Irish drinking songs, skewed, twisted love songs and general cautionary tales into a stylistic blender that has them sounding like nothing so much as a maverick, hopped-up punk polka band in full 21st-century everything-fits jug band mode.” Opening acts are The Darn Fools, a local indie rock band featuring members of Black Jake & the Carnies and Ghostlady, and another band TBA.
March 18: “Mofo Karaoke”
With “the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs.”
March 19: Hezekiah Jones
Philadelphia pop-folk singer-songwriter. Opening acts are Chris Kasper, a Philadelphia alt-folk singer-songwriter, and Wizards of Agriculture, a new Ypsilanti band with undisclosed musical predilections.
March 20:
TBA.
March 21: Todd Osborne
Detroit-area electronic musician.
March 22: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
March 23:
TBA.
March 24:
TBA.
March 25: “Mofo Karaoke”
With “the standard karaoke playlist crap plus 2,500+ obscure and awesome songs.”
March 26: Ganon.
Ferndale noise-metal band. Opening acts are Goes Cube, an indie punk-rock trio from Brooklyn (NY), and East of the Wall, an NYC experimental progressive rock band.
March 27:
TBA.
March 28: Todd Osborne
Detroit-area electronic musician.
March 29: Laith Al-Saadi
Soulful acoustic rock and blues covers and originals by this local singer-guitarist.
March 30: “Elbow Deep”
Gay and lesbian gala with Detroit DJ Humanfly.
March 31:
TBA.
