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Get ready to immerse yourself in the beauty, imagination, and pure spectacle that is the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

The Ann Arbor Summer Festival, celebrating its 28th season this year,  is a three-week event featuring dozens of performances, activities, exhibitions, and screenings representing the best in music, dance, comedy, film, street arts, and family entertainment. With an array of ticketed and free events, regional premieres and Ann Arbor exclusives, The Ann Arbor Summer Festival invites you to see some of best artists from around the world. More Festival Information

Summer Festival Mainstage Lineup

The 2011 Ann Arbor Summer Festival Mainstage Series features a wide variety of contemporary performing artists, including art rock virtuoso Andrew Bird, jazz funk sensation Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, New York’s hottest literary ticket The Moth, comedian, actor and expert banjo player Steve Martin with The Steep Canyon Rangers, fiery Texas blues trio Los Lonely Boys, acclaimed vocalist k.d. lang, popular political satirists The Capitol Steps, daredevil Aussie acrobats Tom Tom Crew with their urban circus spectacle, and more. See the full schedule with performance dates, ticket prices, and venues here.

Summer Festival's Top of the Park Series and More Outdoor Attractions

In addition to the Mainstage Series, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival presents a free nightly event called Top of the Park, featuring concerts from local and regional acts, movies under the stars, open-air spectacles, and unique family attractions. Top of the Park activities take place on the University of Michigan's Ingalls Mall, located directly in front of the Rackham School of Graduate Studies on Washington Street near the Burton Memorial Tower. In what promises to be one of the highlights of the 2011 season, the festival will host a special four-day outdoor exhibition of the Amococo luminarium, a massive walk-in art installation created by England’s acclaimed Architects of Air.  This 10,000 square-foot inflatable structure will make its Michigan premiere on Palmer Field, a short walk from the Top of the Park site. Get more information about Top of the Park here.

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