Arts & Entertainment
Weekend Events for Farmington and Detroit
Christmas parties, bar crawls, Santa, Improv comedy and beer.

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.
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A Very Electric Christmas
$10-$20.
Dec. 10-11. Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison, Detroit.
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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 Farmington:
Making Spirits Bright
Free
Enjoy holiday classics gratis thanks to the Farmington Community Band
Sunday, Dec. 10., 3 p.m.
Harrison High School, 29995 W. Twelve Mile, Farmington Hills.
Orchard Lake Philharmonic’s Music for the Holidays
Ticket prices TBA
Friday, Dec. 8, 3)00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Live orchestra performs a program of classical compositions in keeping with the season.
First Presbyterian Church in Farmington, 26165 Farmington, Farmington Hills. For more information, visit the Orchard Lake Philharmonic online.
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