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UPCOMING EVENTS
Shows at The Robin are all-ages unless otherwise noted.
- Dec 07, 2024, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us for an afternoon poetry reading in The Robin! Bree Bailey, the award-winning TX-based poet, will be joined by Dennis Hinrichsen, Stevie Pipis and Madeline October! 1PM seating, 1:30 reading, donations welcome!
- Dec 19, 2024, 7:30 PM – 8:50 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAA special, solstice evening edition of Lansing's free, experimental electronica showcase and community gathering. Come get cozy, listen to original ambient/electronica, and meet other people interested in making this kind of music. More info at the link! 7:30 show, donations welcome, not required!
- Jan 16, 2025, 7:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA7:30 show, 7PM doors. Join us for a solo show from Luke Winslow-King! Originally from Cadillac, Michigan, LWK is a award-winning, career rock & roll guitarist, singer, producer, and songwriter. Expect brilliant, retro-tinged acoustic blues, Americana and more! Info/tickets at the link!
- Jan 18, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAWhat happens when a Venezuelan harpist starts playing music with an award-winning bluegrass artist? Absolute magic! Come hear one of the hottest new acts on the folk music circuit. 6:30 doors, 7:30 show, tickets through Ten Pound Fiddle. See link!
- Jan 21, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us for an evening of readings on the theme of "Exile". Featuring Shastri Akella, Samiya Bashir, and Aisha Sabatini Sloan. Co-produced with MSU RCAH Poetry Center and WRAC, with special thanks to Michael Copperman. 6:30 doors, 7PM reading.
- Jan 28, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us for an evening of lyrical expression and artistic camaraderie at The Poetry Room Open Mic! Whether you're a seasoned poet or stepping onto the stage for the first time, this event is your platform to share your words, thoughts, and emotions with a supportive audience. 7PM doors, 7:30 start.
- Feb 01, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin Lansing-based writers for readings from ‘Queer Earth Food 3: a collection of writing and art on food, the earth, and queerness.’ This work investigates queer relationships to land through textile fibers, combines poetry with recipes, and asks the question: are vegetables a social construct?
- Feb 25, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us for an evening of lyrical expression and artistic camaraderie at The Poetry Room Open Mic! Whether you're a seasoned poet or stepping onto the stage for the first time, this event is your platform to share your words, thoughts, and emotions with a supportive audience. 7PM doors, 7:30 start.
- Mar 17, 2025, 7:30 PM – 11:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAYou are invited to spend actual St. Patrick's Day in a gorgeous room, Sleepwalker beverage in hand, singing Irish songs with song leaders Michael McConeghy, Abbey Hoffman, and Sally Potter. Lyric sheets provided. $10 general admission at Ten Pound Fiddle website. Doors at 6:30, event at 7:30.
- Mar 19, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USASara Pajunen is a violinist/hardanger d’amore player, sound artist and composer-improviser. Born and based in Minnesota, Pajunen’s work is motivated by the interaction between her deep connection to ancestral roots and her experience of current American culture. 7:30 show, Ten Pound Fiddle presents!
- Mar 25, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us for an evening of lyrical expression and artistic camaraderie at The Poetry Room Open Mic! Whether you're a seasoned poet or stepping onto the stage for the first time, this event is your platform to share your words, thoughts, and emotions with a supportive audience. 7PM doors, 7:30 start.
PAST EVENTS
- Nov 26, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us for an evening of lyrical expression and artistic camaraderie at The Poetry Room Open Mic! Whether you're a seasoned poet or stepping onto the stage for the first time, this event is your platform to share your words, thoughts, and emotions with a supportive audience. 7PM doors, 7:30 start.
- Nov 21, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA7:30 show. Join local musician & emerging writer, D. Doug Mains (of Doug Mains & the City Folk and Douglas & the Firs), for an evening showcase celebrating the completion of his degree in creative writing from Michigan State University as well as decades of creative effort. More info at the link!
- Nov 14, 2024, 7:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA7:30 show, 7PM doors. Join us for The Don Julin Quartet, a superb trio of Michigan instrumentalists. Featuring Don Julin (mandolin, Billy Strings), Joe Wilson (dobro, Steppin' In It), Hayes Griffin (guitar) and Tom Kinific (upright bass). Genre-bending virtuosic acoustic grooves. Enjoy!
- Nov 09, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USACome join Button Poetry & The Poetry Room at The Robin Theatre on November 9th to celebrate the release of Neil Hilborn’s newest poetry collection About Time. This night of poetry will feature special guest performances by local favorites, check back soon for a full line up announcement!
- Oct 30, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us in welcoming Natalie & Brittany Haas to The Robin! The sisters bring a collaboration a lifetime in the making, and a music reflecting a wealth of string traditions. The beloved, world-class dancer and musician, Nic Gareiss, opens the show. More below!
- Oct 29, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin us for an evening of lyrical expression and artistic camaraderie at The Poetry Room Open Mic! Whether you're a seasoned poet or stepping onto the stage for the first time, this event is your platform to share your words, thoughts, and emotions with a supportive audience. 7PM doors, 7:30 start.
- Oct 24, 2024, 7:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA7:30 show, 7PM doors. Full Cord is a bluegrass super-group on the rise. These folks were winners of the coveted 2022 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition in CO, jam with Billy Strings, and are just getting started. Fast, fun, brilliant bluegrass from MI. More info at the link!
- Oct 10, 2024, 7:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA7:30 show, 7PM doors, All Ages, $20 adv. ($25 at the door). A night of Detroit blues and folk music, featuring Todd Albright (Third Man Records artist) and The Brown Thrasher! Albright is a 12-string country blues guitar player, one of the foremost performers in his genre. More info at the link!
- Oct 09, 2024, 7:30 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA7:30, 7PM doors, $20 adv. Molly Parden, Eliza Edens, and Louisa Stancioff team up for an indie/folk show! We're taken with each of their unique and beautiful voices, as well as their songwriting and lyricism. Lucas Powell opens up the show. More info & video on event page!
- Sep 28, 2024, 8:00 PM – 9:50 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USACharming Disaster is a goth-folk musical duo based in NY, inspired in part by the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton. Their music has been featured on Welcome to Night Vale & they tour extensively around the world. Super Secret Cult Band opens w/ a set of apocalyptic pop songs!
- Sep 22, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:10 PMLansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USAJoin four LCC faculty authors for readings of selections from their fiction and nonfiction work. Featuring Rob Edwards, Melissa Lucken, Kenya Nelson, Dave Schwinn. Part of Lansing Lit, a city-wide literary arts festival. Limited seating, please RSVP!
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