our picks FERNDALE SPRING FEVER in Downtown Ferndale Local and national bands mix at this new music festival that seeps into four music venues in…
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FERNDALE SPRING FEVER
in Downtown Ferndale
Local and national bands mix at this new music festival that seeps into four music venues in downtown Ferndale: Loving Touch, Magic Bag, Otus Supply and New Way Bar. Some highlights are Born Ruffians, Handgrenades and Tart at Magic Bag Thursday and the Black Lips Friday night at Loving Touch with Brother Son and J. Walker & the Crossguard. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. $25 per day, $70 for three-day pass. ferndalespringfever.com.
DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS
at Fillmore Detroit
This year the annual award show will include a tribute to Motown for its 60th anniversary with the Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit, and a gospel tribute to Aretha Franklin with Carl B. Phillips and Friends. Other featured performers include country musician Frankie Ballard, Mike Skill of the Romantics and distinguished achievement awards honorees John Sinclair and the RFD Boys. 7 p.m. Fri. $25.2115 Woodward, Detroit. detroitmusicawards.net.
MOTOR CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
at Macomb Center for the Performing Arts
The MSCO closes out its 46th season with a performance of selected works by Russian composers including “Pictures at an Exhibition.” The ensemble will be under the direction of conductor Gina Provenzano. 3 p.m. Sun. $23, $20 seniors, $10 college student, free for K-12.44575 Garfield, Clinton Township. (586) 286-2222.
HAIR WARS
at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
Likely the most elaborate and colorful hair show of its kind, the annual Hair Wars returns for an evening of dazzling and gravity-defying hair styles, costumes and performances. This year’s theme pays homage to musical theater with more than 250 models dressed to recreate scenes from famous musicals of stage and screen. Doors open at 4:55 p.m. Sun. $20, $40-$100 VIP. 15801 Michigan, Dearborn. hairwarsustour.com.
big shows
THURSDAY
Bad Suns at Majestic Theatre, rock, 7 p.m. Thurs. $25.4140 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 833-9700.
Musiq Soulchild at Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel, R&B, 8 p.m. Thurs. $44-$55.2901 Grand River, Detroit. (313) 309-4700.
Aziz Ansari at Caesars Windsor, comedy, 8 p.m. Thurs. $52 Canadian and up. 377 Riverside Drive East, Windsor. (800) 991-7777.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Pink with Julia Michaels at Little Caesars Arena, pop, 7:30 p.m. Fri. and 8 p.m. Sat. $47.45 and up. 2645 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 471-7000.
FRIDAY
Puddle of Mudd with Saliva, Trapt, Saving Abel and Tantric at Harpo’s, rock/metal, 6 p.m. Fri. $35.14238 Harper, Detroit. ticketweb.com.
Eels with the Inspector Cluzo at Majestic Theatre, rock, 6:30 p.m. Fri. $35 in advance, $40 day of. 4140 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 883-9700.
Foals at Saint Andrew’s Hall, rock, 7 p.m. Fri. $38.50.431 E. Congress, Detroit. (313) 961-8961.
Trevor Noah at Fox Theatre, comedy, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Fri. $35 and up. 2211 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 471-7000.
Banda Los Recoditos and more at Masonic Temple, Latin, 9 p.m. Fri. $50 and up. 500 Temple, Detroit. ticketweb.com.
SATURDAY
Hunter Hayes with Levi Hummon at Royal Oak Music Theatre, country, 6 p.m. Sat. $32 and up. 318 W. Fourth, Royal Oak. (248) 399-2980.
Buckethead at Token Lounge, rock, 7 p.m. Sat. $35.28949 Joy, Westland. (734) 513-5030.
Honne at Saint Andrew’s Hall, electronic, 8:30 p.m. Sat. $22.431 E. Congress, Detroit. (313) 961-8961.
Brad Paisley at Caesars Windsor, country, 9 p.m. Sat. $78 Canadian and up. 377 Riverside Drive East, Windsor. (800) 991-7777.
SUNDAY
Ann Marie at Majestic Theatre, pop/R&B, 7 p.m. Sun. $20 in advance, $25 day of. 4140 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 833-9700.
Kenny Lattimore with Vivian Green at Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel, R&B, 7:30 p.
