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UPCOMING EVENTS

Shows at The Robin are all-ages unless otherwise noted.

  • Hildaland at The Robin
    Hildaland at The Robin
    Thu, Nov 20
    Nov 20, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Rising stars in transatlantic folk music, Orkney (Scotland) born fiddler Louise Bichan and Indiana (USA) mandolinist Ethan Setiawan present a collaboration and meeting of their musical worlds. 7PM doors, 7:30 show. Click link for more info and tickets!
  • The Poetry Room Open Mic: Nov. 2025
    The Poetry Room Open Mic: Nov. 2025
    Nov 25, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Time: 7:00 Doors/Sign Up Start Event 7:30p - 9:00pm Click for FB event with more info about this specific event!
  • Matthew Carlson & The Wild Honey Collective: A Live Recording Event
    Matthew Carlson & The Wild Honey Collective: A Live Recording Event
    Dec 03, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Matty and Wild Honey will romp through a combination of brand new songs as well a host of tunes from throughout Matty’s extensive catalog of songs. The full show will be recorded with plans for a finished release sometime in 2026. More info at the link!
  • TUNE IN: December, 2025
    TUNE IN: December, 2025
    Dec 04, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    TUNE IN is an inclusive music showcase for performers and songwriters from Greater Lansing. You are invited to share a song, or just enjoy great music from your friends and neighbors. Click for more info. RSVP to attend in the audience, email us to register to perform.
  • Mia Chinni Trio + Session: December, 2025
    Mia Chinni Trio + Session: December, 2025
    Dec 06, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    1 - 3 PM. The Mia Chini Trio will perform a set, followed by an open jazz session. Come out for great music, and bring your own instrument if you want to sit in for the second set! Free to attend, donations encouraged! Made possible thanks to Cold Plunge Records!
  • Bill Bartilson (Ten Pound Fiddle)
    Bill Bartilson (Ten Pound Fiddle)
    Dec 07, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Bill was raised attending Ten Pound Fiddle concerts with his dad, Stan Bartilson. He saw countless shows, eventually doing sound for many of them. Along the way, he picked up musical instruments, songs and stories and has woven them into a program highlighting the Fiddle's first 50 years.
  • Pure Winds Quintet: Sounds of the Season
    Pure Winds Quintet: Sounds of the Season
    Dec 09, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    7PM doors, 7:30 show
  • Bo Johnson (wsg/ Brad Wenzel)
    Bo Johnson (wsg/ Brad Wenzel)
    Dec 11, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    7:30 PM show, 7 PM doors. More info at the link. Join us for a brilliant night of standup comedy with Bo Johnson & friends! Brad Wenzel (a Robin Theatre fave) will share a set, too! Hosted by Emilie Burkhart!
  • Shhh… Black People Are Talking
    Shhh… Black People Are Talking
    Dec 13, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    5:30 doors, 6 PM event. What does it take to create a world where every person has what they need to thrive? Join us for, "Shhh… Black People Are Talking" for a fun and intimate live discussion from our worldbuilding neighbors, Oprah Jrenal and Kiana Elkins.
  • Unwrapped & Unscripted: A Bare Bones Improv Holiday Special Event
    Unwrapped & Unscripted: A Bare Bones Improv Holiday Special Event
    Dec 18, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    One Night Only at The Robin Theatre 7 PM doors, 7:30 show. Bare Bones Improv is getting bad for a good cause. Join us for an evening of unholy holiday chaos - a sharp, unscripted comedy show raising funds for Riverwalk Theatre’s community programs. Info at the link!
  • TUNE IN: January, 2026
    TUNE IN: January, 2026
    Jan 08, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    TUNE IN is an inclusive music showcase for performers and songwriters from Greater Lansing. You are invited to share a song, or just enjoy great music from your friends and neighbors. Click for more info. RSVP to attend in the audience, email us to register to perform.
  • The Poetry Room Open Mic: Jan. 2026
    The Poetry Room Open Mic: Jan. 2026
    Jan 27, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Time: 7:00 Doors/Sign Up Start Event 7:30p - 9:00pm Click for FB event with more info about this specific event!
  • TUNE IN: February, 2026
    TUNE IN: February, 2026
    Feb 05, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    TUNE IN is an inclusive music showcase for performers and songwriters from Greater Lansing. You are invited to share a song, or just enjoy great music from your friends and neighbors. Click for more info. RSVP to attend in the audience, email us to register to perform.
  • Pure Winds Quintet: Music For Meditation, pt. 2
    Pure Winds Quintet: Music For Meditation, pt. 2
    Feb 11, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    7PM doors, 7:30 show
  • Wilson Thicket at The Robin
    Wilson Thicket at The Robin
    Feb 12, 2026, 7:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Wilson Thicket is Michigan-based supergroup of bluegrass virtuosos. Old school tunes and dynamic original songs are all delivered with strong doses of vocal harmony & creative instrumental mastery. Their last appearance at The Robin sold out, so don't sleep on getting tickets! More info at the link.
  • The Poetry Room Open Mic: Feb. 2026
    The Poetry Room Open Mic: Feb. 2026
    Feb 24, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Time: 7:00 Doors/Sign Up Start Event 7:30p - 9:00pm Click for FB event with more info about this specific event!
  • TUNE IN: March, 2026
    TUNE IN: March, 2026
    Mar 12, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    TUNE IN is an inclusive music showcase for performers and songwriters from Greater Lansing. You are invited to share a song, or just enjoy great music from your friends and neighbors. Click for more info. RSVP to attend in the audience, email us to register to perform.
  • The Poetry Room Open Mic: March 2026
    The Poetry Room Open Mic: March 2026
    Mar 31, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Time: 7:00 Doors/Sign Up Start Event 7:30p - 9:00pm Click for FB event with more info about this specific event!

PAST EVENTS

  • Ambient Annotations: November, 2025
    Ambient Annotations: November, 2025
    Nov 15, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Drop in to enjoy ambient sounds and experimental electronica from local artists in a welcoming environment. Meet other people interested in making this kind of music, or just enjoy strange sounds in a cozy book shop / theatre setting. FREE! Donations welcome.
  • Debutants (SOLD OUT)
    Debutants (SOLD OUT)
    Thu, Nov 13
    Nov 13, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Debutants is a high-energy string band with eclectic influences. Dancing between songs and styles of old and new, this fun-loving collective dazzles with impressive musicianship & writing. Co-produced w/ The Ten Pound Fiddle! More info and tickets at the link. 7:30PM, 7PM doors.
  • Next Step Poetry: Open Workshop
    Next Step Poetry: Open Workshop
    Nov 08, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    A standalone workshop with the brilliant, prolific local poet, Dennis Hinrichsen (Lansing Poet Laureate, Emeritus). More info at the link!
  • TUNE IN: November, 2025
    TUNE IN: November, 2025
    Thu, Nov 06
    Nov 06, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    TUNE IN is an inclusive music showcase for performers and songwriters from Greater Lansing. You are invited to share a song, or just enjoy great music from your friends and neighbors. Click for more info. RSVP to attend in the audience, email us to register to perform.
  • Mia Chinni Trio + Session: November, 2025
    Mia Chinni Trio + Session: November, 2025
    Nov 01, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    1 - 3 PM. The Mia Chini Trio will perform a set, followed by an open jazz session. Come out for great music, and bring your own instrument if you want to sit in for the second set! Free to attend, donations encouraged! Made possible thanks to Cold Plunge Records!
  • Don Julin's Standards Trio
    Don Julin's Standards Trio
    Oct 30, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Don Julin's Standards Trio (Don Julin, Ron Getz, Bruce Dondero) brings a fresh twist to the jazz scene, blending the elegance of classical chamber music with the raw soul and improvisational spirit of a jazz trio. Co-produced w/ The Ten Pound Fiddle! Info and tickets at the link. 7:30PM, 7PM doors.
  • The Poetry Room Open Mic: Oct. 2025
    The Poetry Room Open Mic: Oct. 2025
    Oct 28, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Time: 7:00 Doors/Sign Up Start Event 7:30p - 9:00pm Click for FB event with more info about this specific event!
  • The Poetry Room Presents: Fall Brawl
    The Poetry Room Presents: Fall Brawl
    Oct 25, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    2:30 PM doors, 3 PM show. 13 poets. 3 rounds. 1 stage. They’ll battle it out for $500 cash, the 2025 Fall Brawl Chain, and a shot at Summer Slam VI. More info at the link!
  • Ambient Annotations: October, 2025
    Ambient Annotations: October, 2025
    Oct 18, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Drop in to enjoy ambient sounds and experimental electronica from local artists in a welcoming environment. Meet other people interested in making this kind of music, or just enjoy strange sounds in a cozy book shop / theatre setting. FREE! Donations welcome.
  • Next Step Poetry Workshop: Series 3, Part 2
    Next Step Poetry Workshop: Series 3, Part 2
    Oct 11, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    The next series of workshops with the brilliant, prolific local poet, Dennis Hinrichsen (Lansing Poet Laureate, Emeritus). More info at the link!
  • Paul McKenna (Presented by The Ten Pound Fiddle)
    Paul McKenna (Presented by The Ten Pound Fiddle)
    Oct 09, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    The Paul McKenna Band is a staple of Scottish folk music. This show is mid-week stop on a rare solo tour by one of Scotland's biggest voices. Think Martin Sexton, or Stan Rogers. Great songs sung by a clear, strong, engaging voice. This is Paul McKenna. Tickets and info on the Ten Pound Fiddle site!
  • TUNE IN: October, 2025
    TUNE IN: October, 2025
    Thu, Oct 02
    Oct 02, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    TUNE IN is an inclusive music showcase for performers and songwriters from Greater Lansing. You are invited to share a song, or just enjoy great music from your friends and neighbors. Click for more info. RSVP to attend in the audience, email us to register to perform.
  • Flamy Grant (SOLD OUT)
    Flamy Grant (SOLD OUT)
    Wed, Oct 01
    Oct 01, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    *SOLD OUT* Flamy Grant is a powerhouse vocalist and award-winning songwriter that blends country, folk, gospel, and roots music to deliver a theatrical, therapeutic, and wholly original experience of intrepid storytelling - through the art of drag. More info and tickets at the link. 8PM, 7:30 doors.
  • The Poetry Room Open Mic: Sept. 2025
    The Poetry Room Open Mic: Sept. 2025
    Sep 30, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Time: 7:00 Doors/Sign Up Start Event 7:30p - 9:00pm Click for FB event with more info about this specific event!
  • Showman & Coole
    Showman & Coole
    Wed, Sep 24
    Sep 24, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Excellent, Toronto-based old-time & bluegrass. Some of the very best players in folk music, folks- don't miss this show! Co-produced w/ The Ten Pound Fiddle! More info and tickets at the link. 8PM, 7:30 doors.
  • Book Show & Tell
    Book Show & Tell
    Sun, Sep 21
    Sep 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    *Lansing Lit* Co-hosted by Oprah Jrenal, Dylan Rogers, and Tashmica Torok, the friendly neighborhood librarian of the Healing Justice Lending Library. Remember the joy of sharing your favorite things with the class during show and tell? We’re bringing that feeling back! More info at the link!
  • Ambient Annotations: September, 2025
    Ambient Annotations: September, 2025
    Sep 20, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    Drop in to enjoy ambient sounds and experimental electronica from local artists in a welcoming environment. Meet other people interested in making this kind of music, or just enjoy strange sounds in a cozy book shop / theatre setting. FREE! Donations welcome.
  • Roy Book Binder at The Robin
    Roy Book Binder at The Robin
    Sep 18, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
    8PM, 7:30 doors, $25 adv. Join us for a show from master storyteller & fingerstyle blues guitar player, Roy Book Binder! "The Book" traveled with Rev. Gary Davis in the 60s & went on to a spectacular career in performing/preserving this American music tradition. Info & video on event page!

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