Top 10 venues to explore Detroit’s vibrant music culture in 2015

7. The Old Miami

There’s something about the magical combination of a variety of live music, grungy furniture, arcade games, old collectors items, Detroit memorabilia, a big back patio, campfires, and gargoyles that makes The Old Miami one of the most uniquely intriguing bars in Detroit. As I said in my article earlier this year, some call The Old Miami “the CBGBs of the Midwest.” Usually smaller metro-Detroit artists play here. Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor native and one of the godfathers of punk, frequently performed here before his worldwide breakthrough.

The Old Miami is more of a bar than a ballroom. The building’s history dates to the ‘30s when it was named the Miami Lounge. Its kept the theme of a veterans bar despite closing, reopening and changing names several times throughout the years due to high crime in the Cass corridor. Eventually, Vietnam veteran Dan Overstreet refurbished the building and made it into The Old Miami that it is today. Fortunately, the police presence increased and the neighborhood has become safer.

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