Join us for a freshly crafted beer, a glass of French wine, some tasty food and great jazz/blues on Wednesday Wines, Rhythm & Brews night at the Zou!  Tonight’s artist is highly regarded guitarist and[...]

SPECIAL EVENT — The Zou is pleased to host Nashville touring duo My One and Only tonight, 8 – 10 p.m. with a one hour Thursday Open Mic set with guest host Judy Banker to[...]

Tonight the Zou welcomes highly regarded Chicago area artist, Mark Dvorak.  A refreshing portrait of the living folk tradition, The Chicago Tribune has called Mark Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him[...]

Equal parts songwriter and storyteller, Buffalo’s Davey O. has been recognized on a national level for his past two CD releases with multiple honors among the “best of“ lists of several Folk & Roots radio[...]

Come join Pete Bullard and The Zou Animals as they perform for our Wednesday Wines, Rhythm & Brews series, 8 – 10 p.m.  The Zou Animals will include such likely suspects as, Jim Merte on[...]

Come on down to our Thursday Acoustic Open Mic at the Zou with this week’s special guest host, Rollie Tussing, 7 – 9 p.m. with sign up at 6. PA provided. Perform a couple songs[...]

the Zou, 4Peace4 brings together four unique award wining musicians. Chris McCall (vocals) a six time winner on “Star Search,” Paul Vornhagen (sax/flute) a winner of six Detroit Music Awards, Carl Michel (guitar) winner of two[...]

The Sarah Swanson Band ~ Stripped is an engaging acoustic version of Sarah Swanson’s rock band created for more intimate settings. Keeping passion, intensity, and harmonies on the forefront, Sarah and guitarists Patrick Thomas and[...]

Formerly from Nashville, The Rough & Tumble are a teeny tiny traveling folk band, who live in a 16ft camper with a 90 lb puppy named Puddle. Playing over 140 shows a year cross country[...]

Michigan songwriter, John Natiw (half of the well-known duo Potters Field) appears Live at Zou Zou’s tonight, 8 – 10 performing Songs of Sin & Salvation to Salve the Soul from 8-10pm.

Chef Chris is known throughout the Ann Arbor/Detroit area and far beyond for being the high octane front man of his award winning Blues Band- Chef Chris & his Nairobi Trio. The Nairobi Trio formed back[...]

Sue Fink    Chicago-based singer-songwriter Sue Fink enchants audiences with her whimsical perspective on the world.  Her genre, “urban campfire cabaret,” is folk with a hint of jazz, a large dollop of humor, and a drop of[...]

Melissa May and Brian Coonan joined forces in 2015 performing strong, accessible original material as well as covering artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Blind Melon, Roberta Flack, Janis Joplin, Corinne Bailey Rae, and many others,[...]

RICK BROWN and JACK FALK, veteran Michigan songwriters and performers and good friends of the Zou, are back bringing their stellar folk/rock originals and dazzling picking. Always a great evening of music-making with Brown & Falk[...]

BILLY BRANDT wsg DAVE FALK  Multiple Detroit Music Award recipient Billy Brandt returns to the Zou to  perform his gritty, poetic tunes backed by stellar dobro player Dave Falk. 

DAVE BOUTETTE & KRISTI DAVIS return to the Zou for another evening of Dave’s popular tunes and Kristi’s liquid harmonies.  One of Michigan’s favorite troubadours Dave Boutette is known for his upbeat, catchy and poignant[...]

“Kitty Donohoe is a true treasure – a rare songwriter with tremendous range, a beautiful voice and an ability to write haunting, melodic and literate songs. She deserves a wider audience.”      All Music Guide[...]

The Zou is pleased to host spark, an Ann Arbor-based covers band that plays happy, uptempo, highly danceable pop/rock music. If you like the Beatles, power pop, and “classic ’80s'” tunes, you’ll enjoy spark. The[...]

LeLe XO, an alternative pop artist out of Sterling Heights, MI, (similar artists would be: Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga, and Halsey). LeLe XO released her debut mini-album, Aura Season, after doing a 7 out of[...]

Playin’ Chicken is group of Ann Arbor area music veterans from Footloose, Five Guys Named Moe, Mulligan Stew, Bill Bynum and Company, The Cellar Cats, Treetown Swingtette, and more, featuring Mike Knight on bass, Bill Connors on guitar and mandolin, Mary Seelhorst on fiddle, and Myron Grant on guitar and[...]