What's Happening in Livonia

City Council takes formal votes on eight items at its 2,050th regular meeting Monday, Oct. 12, among them three unmarked police vehicles and new City Hall entrance doors. Faith & Blue, Wilson Barn's Haunted Barn and a Councilmember coffee hour fill Saturday, Oct. 10, and Spooky Swim runs Sunday, Oct. 11. The week's news and school sports run in separate editions.

What's Happening in Livonia

Thursday, October 8

The Traffic Commission meets 7:30-9 p.m. at 33000 Civic Center Drive. Livonia Public Schools holds elementary parent-teacher conferences, with no school for elementary students. The Livonia Community Foundation's Fire & Flannel Fall Fundraiser starts at 7 p.m. at One Under Craft Beer & Eats, 35780 Five Mile Road, according to its flyer, with raffles, a silent auction and music.

The Livonia-Westland Chamber's SEMI Connect Networking Group meets at 8:30 a.m., the Local Business Network meets at Leo's Coney Island, and Bookmarks and Tags (Junk Journal Style) meets at 17940 Farmington Road. The LEARN October Members Meeting appears twice under one listing: today at McNamara Towers, and Thursday, Oct. 15, at 14363 Barbara St. Neither is resolved here.

Friday, October 9

Trinity House Theatre hosts Brian McCarty, Jo Serrapere, Marbrisa and Dan Tennant in the round at 7:30 p.m. DJ ZIG-ZAG plays One Under Craft Beer, no cover; its listings for tonight and Saturday, Oct. 10, give 9 a.m. in the scheduled-time field and 9 p.m. in their own descriptions. Neither is resolved here.

Livonia's high school games, and last week's results, run in the separate Livonia High School Sports edition.

Saturday, October 10

Faith & Blue 2026, with the Livonia Police Department and Trinity Health Livonia, runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nehasil Park, 33223 Five Mile Road, according to the City of Livonia. Coffee Hour: Let's Talk Livonia, with Councilmember Carrie Budzinski, is at 11 a.m. at the Civic Center Library, per its flyer.

The Haunted Barn at Wilson Barn's Pumpkin Fest runs at 29350 W. Chicago St. Bluestone Children's Center's 7th Annual Fall Fest and Trunk-or-Treat runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 38935 Ann Arbor Road; its flyer gives admission as $6, with children under 2 free. A separate Trunk or Treat is listed at 12801 Inkster Road. The Alliance of Rouge Communities' Fall Bug Hunt runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., meeting at Plymouth Arts and Recreation, 650 Church St., Plymouth.

First Family's Black and Gold Ball 2026 is at UAW Local 182. The Marketplace Hooligans Card Show is at 30375 Plymouth Road, Touchdowns or Tutus? at 28851 Plymouth Road, a Peace Playgroup at 9415 Merriman Road, and a Men's Breakfast at Kerby's Koney Island. Trinity House Theatre hosts Jon Shain, the Durham, N.C., singer-songwriter, at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 11

Spooky Swim runs at 15100 Hubbard St.; the listing gives no time.

Monday, October 12

City Council holds a public hearing 6-7 p.m., its 2,050th Regular Meeting 7-8 p.m. and a study meeting 8-9 p.m.; the city's listings give no location. The regular meeting takes formal votes on eight items moved forward from the council's Sept. 28 study meeting, among them three unmarked police vehicles, $170,332 in new City Hall entrance doors and a two-year park mowing contract, Livonia Thrive reported. Council President Kayleigh Reid said the public hearing covers two items not yet published.

The Livonia Public Schools Board Committee meets at 6 p.m. The Livonia Senior Wellness Center's Mackinac Island trip departs at 4:45 a.m. and runs through Friday, Oct. 16.

Tuesday, October 13

The Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. at 33000 Civic Center Drive. The chamber's Business Networkers of Westland meet at 9:30 a.m., and its 2026 Western Wayne Business Leadership Banquet starts at 4 p.m.

Wednesday, October 14

The MNNP Fall Consortium 2026 meets at Schoolcraft College's Vistatech Center. Livonia Public Schools holds secondary parent-teacher conferences, with a morning-only half day. The chamber's Nonprofit Networking Group meets at 9:15 a.m.

Thursday, October 15

Wild Bill's Tobacco holds a Cut & Light with Oliva and Nub Cigars.

Friday, October 16

The chamber holds a ribbon cutting for Apollo Fire Apparatus Sales & Service at 11 a.m. Sip, Paint & Slay, a door-hanger painting class, runs 6-9 p.m. at 29110 Five Mile Road; its flyer gives the price as $80. Trinity House Theatre hosts folk singer Anne Hills at 7:30 p.m., and cover band Power Play Detroit plays One Under Craft Beer at 8:30 p.m.

Around Metro Detroit

Friday, Oct. 9 — the Red Wings host the Seattle Kraken at Little Caesars Arena at 7 p.m., and the 80th Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show runs at 14500 E. 12 Mile Road in Warren. Saturday, Oct. 10 — the Lumbre Festival runs at M1 Concourse in Pontiac. Sunday, Oct. 11 — Michigan men's basketball plays Eastern Michigan at Crisler Center.

Tuesday, Oct. 13 — the Red Wings host the New Jersey Devils at 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 15-16 — Leanne Morgan's Time of Our Lives Tour plays the Fox Theatre at 7 p.m. (Oct. 15, Oct. 16). Friday, Oct. 16 — the Pistons host the Toronto Raptors in a preseason game at 7 p.m.

Event details and times can change. Confirm with each venue before heading out.