What's on in East Lansing for free?
18 upcoming events
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Events in East Lansing for free
Tue3
Tomorrow
Tomorrow · 7 PMFree
QuizConcert
Trivia Night at Jolly Pumpkin
Jolly Pumpkin
Tomorrow · 8 PMFree
Quiz
Trivia Night at El Azteco East
El Azteco East
Tomorrow · 8 PMFree
QuizConcert
Trivia Night at Lou & Harry's Bar and Grill
Lou & Harry's Bar and Grill
Tomorrow · 8 PMFree
Quiz
Trivia Night at Tin Can East Lansing
Tin Can East Lansing
Sat7
Saturday 7 November
Sat 7 · 9 AMFree
RunningVolunteering
5K for Costa Rica: Filter of Hope
Main Fee Hall
Sat 7 · 9:30 AMFreeES
Talk
Tu Casa, Tu Futuro: Taller para Compradores de Vivienda | En Español
MSU Headquarters 1 (Community Room)
Sat 7 · 10 AMFree
Art & Culture
Alternative Holiday Sale
Edgewood United Church
Sat 7 · 3 PMFree
Team sportsSpectator
Mid-Michigan Spartans MSU v UM Game Watch
One North Kitchen & Bar
Sun8
Sunday 8 November
Later
Mon 9 · 1:30 PMFree
Talk
MSU Retirees — November Monthly Membership Meeting
MSU Federal Credit Union
Wed 11 · 8 PMFree
Quiz
The Office Theme Trivia Night
Graduate Rock Bar
Fri 13 · 2 PMFree
Students
Lyman Briggs Prospective Student Visit
Holmes Hall
Sun 15 · 1 PMFree
Global Festival 2026
Michigan State University Office for International Students and Scholars
Thu 11 Feb · 5:30 PMFree
Leaders in Law: Harold Koh
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Thu 25 Feb · 8 AMFree
Spartan Well-Being Collective Summit
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Sat 13 Mar · 5 PM$0
The 62nd Cotillion Ball - Les Meres et Debutantes Club of Greater Lansing
Eagle Eye Banquet Center
Sat 22 MayFree
2027 East Lansing Art Festival
Downtown Streets
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Tomorrow · 6:30 PM$89–138
RockIndie
Free Throw & Microwave - Lansing
Grewal Hall at 224, Lansing
Thu 5 · 7:30 PM
Jam / Open micFolk / Acoustic
Tune In Open Mic
The Robin Theatre, Lansing
Thu 5 · 8 PM
RockConcert
A Foreigner???s Journey To Boston
Grewal Hall, Lansing
Sun 8 · 3 PM
ClassicalConcert
Spartan Spectacular
Wharton Center for Performing Arts, East Lansing
Tue 10 · 6 PM
ClassicalExperimental
Sightlines and Soundscapes
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Fri 13 · 7:30 PM$12–14
ExperimentalConcert
Transfigurations
MSU Music Building - Murray Hall, East Lansing
Fri 13 · 7:30 PM
ElectroConcert
MSU Museum x Vaux
Michigan State University Museum
Sat 14 · 6:30 PM$5–25
Singer-songwriterSoul / Funk
Aybil – Women in the Arts Festival
Edgewood United Church, East Lansing
Wed 4 · 6 PM
Jam / Open mic
Midweek Music Lounge
UrbanBeat, Lansing
Fri 6Free
Karaoke
Double Clutch Free Karaoke
High Caliber Karting and Entertainment, Okemos
Fri 6 · 7 PM
Karaoke
DOUBLE CLUTCH: Friday Night Karaoke
High Caliber Karting & Entertainment, Okemos
Thu 5 · 4 PM$20
Market
Houseplant & Succulent Sale VIP Party
MSU Horticulture Gardens, East Lansing
Fri 6 · 9 PM
DJ set
First Fridays w// DJ Diggthis
The Comfort Zone Cigar Lounge & Bistro, Lansing
Thu 12 · 7 PM
DJ set
DJ Butcher @ The Comfort Zone Cigar Lounge & Bistro
The Comfort Zone Cigar Lounge & Bistro, Lansing
Fri 13 · 6 PM
Parties
Holiday Shopping Night
Impression 5 Science Center, Lansing
Thu 19Free
SalsaBachata
Latin Dance Date Night
Lansing Shuffleboard & Social Club
Fri 13
Parties
Friday Night Live - Pilgrim Fest
Building Twentyone - Ninja, Mason
Thu 5 · 8 PM
Theatre
Clybourne Park
Riverwalk Theatre/Community Circle Players- Black Box, Lansing
Fri 6
Theatre
Eurydice
Lansing Community College Performing Arts
Sat 7 · 2 PM
Stage
Zoe Butler: The Genealogy of Light
Abrams Planetarium
Sat 7 · 8 PM
Stand-up
The Future of Comedy Show at Lansing Brewing Company (Lansing, MI)
The Future of Comedy Show, Lansing
Fri 13 · 8 PM$4.51–7.18
Drag show
Thank Drag It's Friday!
Mac's Bar, Lansing
Tue 1 Dec · 7:30 PM$1,104
MusicalTheatre
Six The Musical
Wharton Center - Cobb Great Hall, East Lansing
Fri 13 · 8 PM$28.52
Stand-up
Dead End Kids Productions Presents Mike Cronin Live at Capital Prime
Capital Prime, Lansing
Wed 4 · 6:30 PM
Food
Stars Hollow - Gilmore Girls Dinner
Red Haven, Okemos
Thu 5
CraftsCeramics & pottery
Greater Lansing Potters' Guild Show and Sale
All Saints Episcopal Church in East Lansing
Fri 6 · 5 PM
Crafts
Peace Education Center Alternative Holiday Sale
469 North Hagadorn Road, East Lansing, MI 48823
Sun 8 · 11 AM
CraftsFood
Holiday Bazaar
Liederkranz Club Lansing
Sat 14 · 10 AM
MarketVolunteering
Alternative Christmas Market
Presbyterian Church of Okemos
Wed 4 · 6 PM$12.51
Exhibition
Art Show and Tell
Chengdu Teahouse, Lansing
Thu 12 · 9 AM
Crafts
Annual Farm Open House & Mason Christmas Craft Trail
Happy Goat Lucky Ewe & Michigan Merinos, Mason
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Venues in East Lansing for free
509 Birch Rd
1 event
MSU Auditorium's Fairchild Theatre
2 events
East Lansing
3 events
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
20 events
404 Wilson Rd
2 events
Edgewood United Church
3 events
Jack Breslin Student Events Center
3 events
Breslin Student Events Center
2 events
Wharton Center - Cobb Great Hall
3 events
MSU Horticulture Gardens
3 events
MSU Learning and Assessment Center
2 events
Eagle Eye Banquet Center
2 events