Nightspots
The Circus
210 S. First St. [map]
913-8890
cavernclubannarbor.com
This 2nd-floor downtown club features live music on Wed. & occasional other nights 10 p.m.-2 a.m., DJ on Thurs 10 p.m.-2 a.m. No cover, no dancing (unless otherwise noted). Also, live music or karaoke on Fri. & Sat., 10 p.m.-2 a.m. in the street-level Millennium Club or basement Cavern Club (cover with dancing in these clubs). Karaoke, Thurs.-Sat., 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Age 21 & older admitted on Wed. & Thurs., age 18 & older on Fri. & Sat.
April 2: Killer Flamingos 
Rock ’n’ roll covers and originals by this popular, veteran band from Dearborn. Cover, dancing. In the Millennium Club.
April 6: Dragon Wagon 
Local experimental acoustic roots-music band.
April 13: 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.”
April 16: Killer Flamingos 
Rock ’n’ roll covers and originals by this popular, veteran band from Dearborn. Cover, dancing. In the Milleninum Club.
April 20: Ben Miller Band
Self-styled “Ozark stomp” trio from Joplin (MO) whose music is a carnivalesque blend of blues and old-time music. Instrumentation includes slide guitar, washtub bass, washboard, drums, and trombone.
April 27: Whistlepigs 
Illinois bluegrass band.
April 30: Killer Flamingos 
Rock ’n’ roll covers and originals by this popular, veteran band from Dearborn. Cover, dancing. In the Cavern Club.
May 4: Dragon Wagon 
Local experimental acoustic roots-music band.
May 11: Company of Strangers 
Veteran Ypsilanti alt-country and alt-bluegrass quartet.
May 14: Killer Flamingos 
Rock ’n’ roll covers and originals by this popular, veteran band from Dearborn. Cover, dancing. In the Millennium Club.
May 18: The Henhouse Prowlers 
Traditional bluegrass by this Chicago band.
May 25: Whistlepigs 
Illinois bluegrass band.
May 28: Killer Flamingos 
Rock ’n’ roll covers and originals by this popular, veteran band from Dearborn. Tonight’s show is a Halloween Party featuring a costume contest with cash prizes. Cover, dancing. In the Millennium Club.
