09/22/2026
The best arts and entertainment in Detroit isn’t always the biggest, newest, or most obvious.
Our Best of Detroit staff picks include Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, where nearly a century of jazz history still hangs in the room; Nicolas Uncaged, the gloriously over-the-top Nicolas Cage festival; Detroit Documenters, which pays residents to keep watch over public meetings; Detroit indie rockers Zastava; actor, writer, and Detroit native Diarra Kilpatrick; and plenty more.
Our staff celebrates the musicians, writers, festivals, venues, artists, and cultural institutions making metro Detroit more interesting.