Weekend Events for Chelsea and Detroit

Check out the Detroit scene, or stick closer to home. Up first, Detroit:

Hunk Mansion: Interactive Male Revue Show
$20 (individual) – $850 (entire table)
Detroit’s “Best Male Revue Show” has a diverse cast, and offers steamy fun for bachelorettes and other partying women in the area. 21+. For more information, visit Hunk Mansion online.

2017 Detroit Historical Society Ball
$75
Sat, Dec 9, 2017, 9:00 p.m. – midnight
The Detroit Historical Society Ball offers a gala evening with proceeds going to the society’s educational programs. Tickets range from $75 for the Afterglow reception, for $850 for Benefactor status. The event is black tie. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and silent auction followed by a seated dinner, brief program, live auction and incredible entertainment by Ben Sharkey. Visit theThe Detroit Historical Society online for more information.

A Very Electric Christmas
$10-$20.
Dec. 10-11. Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison, Detroit.

Christmas Cheer Swing Dance with the Dearborn Big Band
$20 a person, $35 couples.
7 p.m. Dec. 9, Historic Fort Wayne, 6325 W. Jefferson, Detroit.
This fund-raiser for the Historic Fort Wayne Coalition is an evening of dancing with a live big band.

12 Days of Grizmas
$60
Sat, December 9, 2017
7:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Midtown QLine Stop
(near Hopcat Bar)
This event to benefit Little Kids Rock invites Metro Detroiters to “join the brigade of Santas as we descend upon downtown Detroit for a walking bar tour full of merry drinking and holiday debachery…Dressing up in your best santa and holiday wears in HIGHLY encouraged.” For more info and tickets, visit the event's webpage.

Christmas Concert with Tedde Gibson
$10.00, (Childen 12 & under: $5.00)
Redford Theatre
17360 Lahser Rd
The Redford Theatre celebrates the holidays with a very special performance by Tedde Gibson playing a program of Christmas favorites on the pipe organ. Tickets available in advance at Eventbrite.

Meanwhile, in Chelsea:

2017 Chelsea Figure Skating Club Holiday Show
$10
Sat, Dec 9, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Arctic Coliseum, 501 Coliseum Drive, Chelsea
Skaters of all ages and skill levels will entertain with routines set to classic holiday tunes. Tickets via Eventbrite.

Ballet Chelsea and the JSO present The Nutcracker
$10 (students) - $15-$25 (adults)
Chelsea High School, 740 N Freer Rd
Saturday, Dec 9, 7:00 p.m.
Ballet Chelsea and the Jackson Symphony Orchestra will perform the classic Tchaikovsky ballet. Tickets via the Jackson Symphony online.

Bourbon and Whiskey Tasting
$25
Wines on Main, Chelsea, MI
110 North Main St, Chelsea, Michigan 48118
Friday, Dec 9, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Enjoy a sample of these two essential holiday spirits curated by Wines on Main. For more info, check out the event page on Facebook.