Join us for the next GR BUG CLUB meeting. Our club meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 6-7:30pm at Speciation Cellars. Our meetings consist of educational presentations, bug-themed activities, special guests, and bug of the month nominations.

Join us every Wednesday night for Geeks Who Drink trivia, a pub style quiz! Quizmaster Hayley will lead you on an adventure with topics ranging from celebrities in trouble to wordplay to bad television. Come by yourself, or with a team of up to six people!

Also, PizzaMI will have their food truck set up in our parking lot every Wednesday, beginning at 5pm. Arrive early to order some fresh za!

That’s right, Speciation has a book club! We read Nature nonfiction books, and have a casual discussion for about an hour. We meet every 2 months to give you plenty of time to read the book, and generally we pick books around 300 pages long.

This month’s book is Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion

Night Magic is a glorious celebration of the dark! New York Times bestselling nature writer Leigh Ann Henion makes the case for embracing night as a profoundly beautiful part of the world we inhabit--and she invites us to leave our well-lit homes and step outside. It turns out we don't have to go far to find marvels: We are surrounded by animals that rise with the moon, gigantic moths, and nocturnal blooms that reveal themselves, incrementally, as light fades. In her quest to know night with greater intimacy, Henion travels through forests alight with bioluminescent mushrooms and mountain valleys teeming with migratory salamanders. She ventures into the dark alongside naturalists, biologists, primitive-skills experts, and others who've dedicated their lives to cultivating relationships with darkness and the creatures who depend on it.

Newwwwww Achievement! Another sick af Free Show Friday show is booked!

SCANNERS - HYPNOTIC DRONE SHOEGAZE FROM GRAND RAPIDS

STRANGE SKIN - WEST MICHIGAN INDUSTRIAL

Music at 9pm • 21+ Only • FREE

Tommy Pancy's Jazz Jam comes to Speciation every Sunday starting June 14th from 5-8pm. Hosted by Grand Rapids saxophonist and MSU jazz alum Tommy Pancy, the weekly session kicks off with a house band set before opening the floor to a signup queue — all skill levels welcome. Rooted in jazz standards, it's a laid-back, inclusive night built around preserving a beloved art form.

Supo is the musical project of Gupta, launched in 2023 after she committed to writing only from genuine personal experience as an adult. Her debut album Crushed, recorded at Electric Moon Studios in Grand Rapids, is a pop-rock collection with cinematic ambitions — blending dreamy soundscapes, introspective lyrics, and a range of textures from grunge-inflected guitar riffs to piano ballads with synth-driven crescendos.

“Power Trio” may be as close as we’ll ever get for a description of Detroit’s own BODYGUARDS. Formed by Brody Britton and Jack Henry, the band has become infamous for their hectic and messy live shows and tendency to blow the roof off of whatever shack they end up dragging their amps into.

July 17 - music at 9pm - 21+ only - no cover