Grab, harpgirls advice about the Ark is right on,for music, as well as Herb David for guitar sales... the advice regarding the News/Free Press is wrong, These scab papers are notoriously unreliable... when you get to Detroit, pick up a copy of the Metrotimes, or visit it at www.metrotimes.com/ they list all the music, food and entertainment venues, there is traditional music in small clubs all over... not much in Trenton any more. Dick O'Dows in Birmingham, and Conor O'Neils in Ann Arbor also many great places to eat and be entertained with a great exchange rate, across the river in Windsor.