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Small's: your favorite neighborhood corner bar and rock venue all in one. Located in the wonderful city of Hamtramck, nested in the heart of Detroit, MI, Small's is the area's premiere independent music venue.
Our front room is home to an art deco-era bar stocked with more than 50 beers including local and national craft labels, European brands and your favorite lawnmower beer in cold 24 oz. cans. Down the hall in our live room, Small's hosts national and local bands and DJs several nights a week. Check out our calendar for details.
Small's was established in 1999. Our building, originally a bank, dates back to 1923.
Small's has been featured in Maxim, Travel and Leisure, Guitar World and other national outlets.
Locally we've been named "Best Live Music Bar" twice by MetroMix, "Best Bar on Paczki Day" three times by Real Detroit Weekly and "Best Sound and Lights" and "Best Venue Website" by Metro Times.
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Check out Passenger, a Detroit-based a support and transportation program for touring musicians, a sober greenroom.
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Calendar Of Events
TICKETING INFO: Advance tickets are WILL CALL only
and will not be shipped.
ALL TICKETING IS PAPERLESS AND TICKETS ARE NOT MAILED OUT.
YOUR NAME IS AT WILL CALL THE NIGHT OF THE SHOW. THANK YOU.
Tickets are transferable, but not refundable. All sales are final.
The "Keep it a Small's World After All" fundraising compilation is up now on Bandcamp!
The mix includes 49 local and national bands you've seen and heard at Small's throughout the past 20 years, including Flogging Molly, Chris Shifflet, Swingin' Utters, Supersuckers, Murphy's Law, Telegraph, the Suicide Machines, PIG, Actors and many more ...
Visit us on Bandcamp: https://smallsbar.bandcamp.com/
Wednesdays
We Don't Have To Dance Happy Hour
Stop by for some Doom & Gloom! Pinknoise plays new music (and a few classics). Drink specials by Jimmy Doom. Sandwiches by Renegade Kitchen. New post punk, dark wave, dark alternative, even some local Detroit bands.
Friday, May 26th
Radkey wsg The Boreouts
An early show with 2 great bands
Tickets: $10
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Friday, May 26th
Thirst Wave + Industrial Is Not Dead
*Please Note: We will be starting at 9:30pm rather than 9:00pm due to an earlier event at the venue!*
Resident DJ's Pleasure Kitten, Aaron Hingst and Jon Noble spin New Wave + Retro Alternative, Post-Punk, Dark 80's + 90's, Goth and Industrial from 9:30p-2am!
18+ welcome with proper ID.
$5 Cover for 21+
$10 Cover for 18-20
Saturday, May 27th
Night Club
Tickets · $20
7pm Doors / All Ages
TICKETS: www.ticketweb.com/
Night Club is Emily Kavanaugh and Mark Brooks: a dark, electro-goth duo from Los Angeles, CA. Touching upon themes such as mental illness, loneliness, and revenge, their self-released albums have helped them build a cult-like following since their formation in 2012.
In October 2016 Night Club released their 1st LP, Requiem for Romance, showcasing the duo’s discovery of their signature sound, with their single “Dear Enemy” entering heavy rotation in the underground club scene.
Partnering with Titmouse Animation and Google VR, they premiered the 360-video for their single “Show It 2 Me” on YouTube to viral success.
After completing a US tour with industrial legends Lords of Acid and Combichrist in 2017, they found themselves back in the studio. Inspired by their own personal dealings with depression and anxiety, they released their sophomore LP Scary World in August 2018, which debuted on the US iTunes Electronic chart at #4.
Shortly after the album’s release they were picked to open for A Perfect Circle on their Fall 2018 North American tour.
Night Club released their third full-length album Die Die Lullaby on October 9, 2020; written and produced entirely by Kavanaugh and Brooks, and co-mixed by Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Carly Rae Jepsen).
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Friday, June 2nd
INDUSTRIAL PRIDE Leæther Strip Plack Blague Bias Selector Crune
Join us for a hot and heavy night filled with new and legendary artists celebrating the LGBTQA+ community in industrial music
Leæther Strip (Denmark)
EBM INDUSTRIAL
Plack Blague (Lincoln, NE)
LEATHER INDUCED BODY MUSIC
Bias Selector (Cleveland, OH)
HARD INDUSTRIAL/E-FUNK
Crune (Detroit, MI)
WITCH POP/YEE HAW GOTH THEREMIN GLORY
Saturday, June 3rd
The Legendary Shack Shakers
wsg Dexter Romweber and
Viva Le Vox
Small's welcomes back The Legendary Shack Shakers.
TICKETS: $20
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Sunday, June 4th
Electric Frankenstein
wsg Mazinga and The Strains
Small's is proud to welcome Electric Frankenstein ( first area appearance in years ) wsg Mazinga and The Strains. Early show since it's Sunday, $15 advance and $18 day of show
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Saturday, June 10th
The Murder Junkies wsg
Busby Death Chair, Super Devil + EKG
Small's welcomes:
The Murder Junkies
wsg
Busby Death Chair
Super Devil
EKG
Doors @ 7pm
16+ welcome
Tickets: $12 in Advance / $15 Day of Show
TICKETS:https://www.eventbrite.com/
Sunday, June 11th
Clyde McGee and Lightnin Luke
(From Bridge City Sinners)
Friday, June 16th
Small's Summer BBQ w/ Elvis Hitler + The Slot Rods + The Gas Hounds
Small's Summer BBQ
featuring Elvis Hitler, The Slot Rods and The Gas Hounds
Doors @ 7pm
18+ welcome
BBQ from Renegade Kitchen
$9 in Advance/$12 Day of Show
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Saturday, June 17th
Industrial Is Not Dead
wsg. Ego Likeness
Low Dough show + Club Night!
Resident DJ's Pleasure Kitten, Elektrosonik and Aaron Hingst spin a blend of crunchy Industrial, EBM, Cold Wave, Dark Wave and more!
Special live performance from Ego Likeness!
Doors @ 9pm.
18+ welcome
Admission: $5 until 10pm for 21+ / $10 After 10pm
$10 for 18-20 all night
Saturday, June 24th
Pride Month Punk Rock Party
It's Pride Month and we're celebrating it punk rock style! Come join in on the love and inclusivity with some of the best queer friendly Detroit bands.
18+
Doors at 8pm
$10 Cover
Performing
Wednesday, June 28th
Skating Polly w/ Bugsy + Jacklen Ro
Small's welcomes:
Skating Polly
with
Bugsy
and
Jacklen Ro
Doors @ 7pm
All Ages Welcome
Tickets: $12 in Advance / $15 Day of Show
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Tuesday, July 11th
Savage Master and Traveler
wsg Sanhedrin and tba,
with Heavy and Beyond djs
Smalls welcome the Terra Hunter Tour
Heavy And Beyond Djs
Friday, July 14th
New Monarch
New Monarch
w/ Pray For Sleep, Avalon Black
7pm Doors / All Ages
When you take a group of musicians like those in NEW MONARCH who have pierced the veil of the music industry (getting a taste of success) and drop them into a twilight-zone-esque Covid-19 quarantine, the resultant material will be directly reflective of their own personal experience. They didn’t sit and listen to what everyone else was doing, they didn’t work with any other musicians and they didn’t tour with bands that influenced them. The proverbial blinders were on and they did what came naturally. NEW MONARCH consists of Ryan Williams, whose term as guitarist and songwriter for Red Sun Rising helped thrust the band from garage to greatness and James Lascu and Matt Puhy, AKA the powerhouse rhythm section from rock band Wilson (a band known for their amazing live shows)! Adding fresh perspective is vocalist Sabastian Duke. His soulful voice and soaring range are highlights of every song.
Thursday, July 27th
Lana Del Rabies/
Trace Amount/Disposal Unit/Soros
Saturday, July 29th
Speedealer
wsg The Highborn and Choking Susan
8 pm 18+
$12 advance / $15 day of show
TICKETS: TBD
Friday, August 11th
Pelican
wsg Upper Wilds
7pm Doors / All Ages
Pelican is a dreamlike art-metal institution, a band whose kaleidoscopic melodies and ocean-dredging riffs have now hypnotized audiences for more than two decades. Emerging from the frozen tundras of Chicago, Pelican were early adopters in blending post-rock’s majestic repetition with sludge metal’s skull-vibrating bluster, adding their own singular sense of keening emo-psychedelia and heavy-metal motorik. Since then, their prismatic instrumental mesmerism has rippled across six critically acclaimed studio albums, soundtracked episodes of CSI: Miami and True Blood, and could even be spotted on MTV during the waning days of music video.
Pelican will once again be hitting the road in 2022, emerging from the shadows of the pummeling bleakness of 2019’s Nighttime Stories. Following the departure of long-standing guitarist Dallas Thomas, the band will be joined on upcoming dates with founding guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec, reuniting the classic Pelican lineup behind albums like 2005’s landmark The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw. That album — along with Pelican’s spiraling debut Australasia (2003) and their bludgeoning breakthrough City of Echoes (2007) — are getting the deluxe vinyl reissue treatment thanks to Thrill Jockey, re-illuminating the band’s first three albums with rarities, unreleased outtakes, demos and remastered audio.
Sunday, August 13th
Life Of Agony / Sick Of It All
"River Runs Red 30th Anniversary World Tour"
Wednesday, August 23rd
Belvedere
w/ The Black List + Cascade Riot
Belvedere wsg The Black List and Cascade Riot
Doors @ 7pm
16 +welcome
Tickets $15
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Wednesday, September 13th
The Exploited
wsg Total Chaos and Acidez
Punk Rock Legends invade Small's!
Tickets are $30 in advance $35 day of show.
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
Wednesday, September 20th
Ash Code
Small's and Darque Productions welcome:
Ash Code
with special guests TBA
Doors @ 7pm
18+ welcome
Thursday, October 5th
mssv wsg The Witches +
Mark Paul and The Red Flags
Small's welcomes:
mssv
(mike baggetta + stephen hodges + mike watt)
with special guests
The Witches
and
Mark Paul and The Red Flags
Doors @ 7pm
16+ welcome
Tickets: $12 in advance / $15 day of show
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/
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Friday, October 13th
Visceral Anatomy wsg/ Siamese
Small's and Darque Productions welcome:
Visceral Anatomy
wsg.
Siamese
and
TBA
Doors @ 8pm
18+ welcome with proper ID
Visceral Anatomy (Chicago, IL) sister band to Wingtips, is helmed by the harrowing Hannah Avalon, who cracks her whip-like vocals over a pulsing EBM beat, proving the duo, also featuring Vincent Segretario, as a formidable force spanning multiple genres.
Saturday, October 21st
Bell Witch
Bell Witch
wsg Spirit Possession
7pm Doors / All Ages
Nothing's bigger than life. All vastnesses -- expanding space, infinite time -- crouch inside of consciousness. On a historical scale, to say nothing of a cosmic one, the individual human life vanishes, and yet it's the only aperture any of us get into reality. It's barely there, and it's all there is.
That's the paradox Bell Witch drives at. For more than a decade, the Pacific Northwestern doom metal band has sent tides surging over the seawalls of the song form, unraveling conventional expectations about the ways music stations itself in time to absorb a listener's attention. Rather than seek catharsis, the duo's songs heave themselves through time at a glacial pace, staving off resolution in favor of a trancelike capsule eternity. Invoking both boundlessness and claustrophobia in the same charged gesture, Bell Witch cultivates a sense of time outside of time, an oasis inside an increasingly frenetic media culture.
For their new album, The Clandestine Gate, bassist Dylan Desmond and drummer Jesse Shreibman exploded Bell Witch's bounds. Like 2017's lauded Mirror Reaper, The Clandestine Gate is a single 83-minute track -- a composition that pulses and breathes on a filmic timeframe. It constitutes the first chapter in a planned triptych of longform albums, collectively called Future's Shadow.
Saturday, November 11th
Detroit's 8th Annual Circus of Whiskers
Oh shit! We're doing it again. We're stoked to bring it back to Small's Bar in Hamtramck! Save the date, and don't shave!
This will be our eighth installment of the Circus of Whiskers facial hair competition. We hope you're ready to get weird. $25 Cash donation to get in the building. 18+
Performances by
TBA
Proceeds from this event will be donated to Detroit Animal Welfare Group (DAWG).
Categories include:
Natural Moustache
Styled Moustache
Partial Beard Freestyle
Goatee
Mutton Chops
Donegal
Fake Beard Realistic (for the whiskerinas)
Fake Beard Creative (for the whiskerinas)
Full Beard Styled Moustache
Scraggly Beard (under 1")
Full Beard Natural (Under 4")
Full Beard Natural (4" - 8")
Full Beard Natural (8" - 12")
Full Beard Natural (Over 12")
Freestyle
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Tickets $20
