Fun Things to Do in the D this Summer

An Extensive Listing from Sunday's Free Press.

Concerts galore: Extensive list of acts headed to metro Detroit this summer
Brendel Hightower and Brian McCollum
Detroit Free Press

Pine Knob Music Theatre
May 22 Neil Young + Crazy Horse May 28 21 Savage May 31 Hozier June 6 Hootie & the Blowfish June 7 Nate Bargatze June 11 Tyler Childers June 14 A Boogie Wit da Hoodie June 15 Foreigner and Styx June 18 New Kids on the Block June 21 Maroon 5 June 22 Hank Williams Jr. June 23 James Taylor and His All-Star Band June 25 Santana and Counting Crows June 26 Dave Matthews Band June 28 Luke Bryan June 29 Luke Bryan July 2 Janet Jackson July 6 KIDZ BOP July 7 Third Eye Blind July 10 Niall Horan July 13 I Prevail and Halestorm July 16 Alanis Morissette July 17 Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago July 21 Train and REO Speedwagon July 23 Limp Bizkit July 31 Creed Aug. 1 Dan + Shay Aug. 2 Sammy Hagar Aug. 4 John Fogerty Aug. 6 Thirty Seconds to Mars Aug. 7 Five Finger Death Punch Aug. 10 Barbie the Movie: In Concert Aug. 12 Imagine Dragons Aug. 15 The Doobie Brothers Aug. 23 Bret Michaels Aug. 24 Glass Animals Aug. 30 Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper Sept. 4 Pitbull Sept. 7 Avril Lavigne Sept. 10 Cage The Elephant Sept. 11 Staind, Breaking Benjamin Sept. 13 Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top Sept. 15 Outlaw Music Festival: Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp Sept. 19 The Marley Brothers Sept. 21 Megadeth Sept. 27 Korn Sept. 28 Godsmack

Little Caesars Arena
May 14 NF May 18 Megan Thee Stallion May 21 Heart May 29 Lauren Daigle June 1 Peso Pluma June 5 Chris Brown June 14 Melanie Martinez June 19 Jhené Aiko June 30 AJR Aug. 1 Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake Aug. 4 Future and Metro Boomin Aug. 9 Xscape and SWV Aug. 12 Blink-182 Aug. 15 Missy Elliott Aug. 23 Incubus Sept. 12 Usher Sept. 13 Usher Oct. 2 Suicideboys Oct. 5 Tom Segura Oct. 7 Billie Eilish Oct. 11 Maxwell Oct. 14 Pink Oct. 15 Pink Oct. 25 Justin Timberlake

Ford Field
June 20 Zach Bryan July 13 George Strait and Chris Stapleton Aug. 10 Kenny Chesney with Zac Brown Band and Uncle Kracker

Comerica Park
July 18 Def Leppard and Journey Sept. 4 Green Day with Smashing Pumpkins and Rancid

Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
May 29 NEEDTOBREATHE June 8 Parker McCollum June 9 Maggie Rogers June 12 A Day to Remember June 13 Sarah McLachlan June 14 Billy Currington June 15 Brothers Osborne June 18 Pixies, Modest Mouse June 26 Bryson Tiller July 6 Whiskey Myers July 12 Mother Mother July 18 Jamey Johnson July 27 311 July 28 Tate McRae Aug. 10 Lamb of God, Mastodon Aug. 11 Tedeschi Trucks Band Aug. 16 Bush Aug. 17 Cody Jinks Aug. 20 Lindsey Stirling Aug. 22 Deep Purple Aug. 24 O.A.R. Aug. 25 The Roots Aug. 31 Wallows Sept. 20 Clutch and Rival Sons Sept. 21 Conan Gray Sept. 25 The National and the War on Drugs Sept. 30 Meghan Trainor

Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre
June 5 Lalah Hathaway June 12 Will Downing June 15 Boosie Badazz June 16 The Isley Brothers: A Father's Day Celebration with Angela Winbush June 19 Spyro Gyra's 50th Anniversary June 21 Robert Glasper June 26 Rose Royce July 3 Regina Belle July 10 Damien Escobar July 17 Peabo Bryson July 20 Southern Soul on the River: King George July 24 Cassandra Wilson: A Tribute to Ed Love with Ralphe Armstrong July 31 PJ Morton Aug. 2 Kem with Chante Moore Aug. 7 Gerald Albright Aug. 21 Kirk Whalum Aug. 23 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Acoustic Set Aug. 28 Keyon Harrold & Cory Henry with Cassowary Sept. 4 After 7 with Ready for the World

Masonic Temple Theatre
May 11 Bad Religion and Social Distortion May 11 Our Last Night May 15 Say Anything May 18 Violent Femmes May 31 XFC Grand Prix II June 4 Khruangbin June 8 Ancient Aliens Live June 20 Andrew Callaghan June 28 Nate Jackson July 2 My Morning Jacket July 8 Daryl Hall and Elvis Costello & the Imposters July 23 Lyle Lovett and His Large Band July 30 Still Woozy Aug. 6 Lizzy McAlpine Aug. 7 Ken Carson Aug. 8 Stephen Sanchez Aug. 11 Idina Menzel Aug. 18 Iron & Wine Aug. 21 The Avett Brothers Aug. 27 Mitski Aug. 28 Mitski Aug. 31 Bikini Kill Sep. 13 Noel Miller Sep. 14 Sum 41 Sept. 19 Sigur Ros Sept. 21 The 2024 Great American Beard and Moustache Championship Sept. 22 Bored Teachers Sept. 24 Cowboy Junkies Sept. 28 PJ Harvey Oct. 27 Beat: Belew, Vai, Levi, Carey play '80s King Crimson

Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
June 4 Orville Peck June 15 Donny Osmond June 25 Roger Daltrey July 5 The Beach Boys July 16 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo July 20 The Warren Haynes Band July 26 Totally Tubular Festival [['80s bands) July 28 “The Music of ABBA” with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Aug. 10 Classic Albums Live Performs “Purple Rain” Sept. 23 Vampire Weekend

Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 5 Black Veil Brides May 8 Shakey Graves May 9 Sisters In Law Podcast Live May 10 Welcome Home Tour Alan Doyle May 11 Marc Maron May 14 Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB May 17 Mark Normand May 18 Architects May 22 The Decemberists May 31 Luke Hemmings June 1 Dusty Slay June 5 Dungeons and Daddies June 6 Whine Down with Jana Kramer June 8 Jeff Arcuri June 15 Tom's Elton Tribute June 18 Best in Grass Michigan Awards June 21 Matt Mathews June 22 Al Di Meola June 23 Hiatus Kaiyote June 29 Leo Skepi July 2 Future Islands July 16 Hobo Johnson & the Lovemakers July 20 Let's Sing Taylor July 23 Charley Crockett July 26 Taking Back Sunday July 29 Comedy Bang! Bang! July 30 Faye Webster July 31 Idobi Summer School Aug. 3 Shxtsngigs Aug. 9 The Struts Aug. 10 Andrew Bird Aug. 18 Dweezil Zappa Aug. 21 Graham Nash Sept. 7 Charlie Berens Sept. 8 Sierra Ferrell Sept. 10 Peter Hook & the Light Sept. 13 Sheng Wang Sept. 14 Jim Breuer Sept. 21 Leonid & Friends Sept. 26 Robin Trower Sept. 27 Two Feet Sept. 28 Girls Gotta Eat Sept. 29 Testament Oct. 3 Hatebreed Oct. 4 Aries Spears Oct. 6 OMD Oct. 11 Chromeo & the Midnight Oct. 23 Jose Gonzalez Oct. 24 Tori Kelly

Fox Theatre
May 6 Gunna May 10 Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, John P. Kee, Tye Tribbett May 18 Mike Epps May 25 E-40 & B-Legit, Too Short, DJ QuikJune 15 Daniel Tosh June 1 Moneybagg Yo, Rob49, Skilla Baby Oct. 10 Air

Sound Board Theater
May 9 Jon B May 16 Luenell May 24 MotorCity Cage Nights XVII May 30 Parliament-Funkadelic featuring George Clinton June 6 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony June 8 “Who's Bad”: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience June 9 Brian McKnight June 12 Corinne Bailey Rae June 13 Eric Benet June 14 Jeremy Piven June 21 Night of Knockouts XXX July 14 Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs July 21 D.L. Hughley July 26 Detroit Kickboxing 2 July 28 B. Slade July 30 Aaron Lewis July 31 Aaron Lewis Aug. 18 Kindred the Family Soul Aug. 24 Bronco: Tour 45 Aug. 29 Shalamar Sept. 15 Freddie Jackson Sept. 21 Lalah Hathaway Sept. 22 J.B. Smoove Sept. 29 Nick Carter Oct. 4 Eddie Griffin Oct. 5 Terry Fator Oct. 13 Get the Led Out Oct. 24 Floyd Nation

Music Hall
May 17 Kenny Wayne Shepherd May 18 Morris Day and the Time May 19 Kumar Sanu and Sadhana Sargam June 1 Ginuwine and Dru Hill June 2 Detroit Youth Choir June 8 Boney James June 9 Australian Pink Floyd June 14 The Moth Mainstage June 15 Shayar Live! June 21 World Ballet Festival June 22 World Ballet Festival June 23 World Ballet Festival June 28 KC & the Sunshine Band June 29 Detroit Music Weekend July 5 Clint Black July 19 Chris Botti July 26 Il Divo Aug. 9 Tony! Toni! Tone! Aug. 16 Marshall Tucker Band Aug. 17 Michael Franks Sept. 6 Matt Fraser Sept. 8 Aretha's Jazz Jam Oct. 4 Air Supply Oct. 5 Average White Band Farewell Tour Oct. 6 Celtic Thunder Odyssey Oct. 11 Little River Band

Majestic Theatre
May 9 Stiff Little Fingers with Ricky Warwick May 11 Molly Tuttle May 14 Abbath with Imperial Triumphant / Black Anvil / Final Gasp May 15 Ride with Knifeplay May 16 Psychedelic Porn Crumpets with Spoon Benders May 17 They Might Be Giants May 18 They Might Be Giants May 19 Shordie Shordie May 30 Hunxho June 7 Archspire June 25 The Church with The Afghan Whigs / Ed Harcourt July 25 Amyl and The Sniffers with Lambrini Girls July 26 Sleater-Kinney July 31 DIIV with Horse Jumper of Love /Full Body 2 Aug. 2 Killer Mike Sept. 13 Royel Otis Sept. 16 Novo Amor Sept. 18 The Aces Sept. 28 Loveless with Beauty School Dropout / Julia Wolf Oct. 4 Faun Oct. 9 Tinlicker

That is an impressive list, especially since I was sure several of these people had already passed on.:)