Happy Thursday Friends!

📰  What’s Happening?

👶 Just Between Friends Sale this weekend featuring all the maternity, baby & kid items you could possibly imagine at 50-90% off retail. More details here!

🌼 Spring Break Craft Show & School Supply Drive this Saturday in Chelsea featuring 50+ vendors, food trucks, live music, kids activities & more.

🎵 Check out SpringFest this Sunday for a “SXSW style” festival with live music, food trucks & more — details here.

🐺 See some exotic animals up close this Friday night during the adult-only hours at the Creature Conservancy. Cougars, dingos, & wolf hybrids… oh my!

🌳 Help clean up the Arb this Saturday morning with the UM Club of Greater Ann Arbor to keep our parks beautiful!

🎵  Live Music Lineup

(Live music events in Ann Arbor/Ypsi unless otherwise noted & those marked with ($) charge a cover or require a ticket to the best of my knowledge)

Thursday, April 11th:
Coley Roberts @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover) 
Devyn Mitchell @ Erratic Ale (Dexter) at 6:30pm (no cover) 
Kevin Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
One World Jazz Orchestra ft. Danilo Pérez@ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-10pm ($15 cover)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Amy Speace @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
The Glen Leven Band @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Fallout Shelter show w/ The Silent Echo, Mr Nugz, Sprg8k @ 734 Brewing Co (Ypsi) from 7:30pm-midnight ($5 suggested donation)
The Decarlo Family w/ Jeffrey Jablonski @ Ziggy’s at 7pm ($5 cover) 
Michigan Songwriters Showcase @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)
Jerry Mack & The Terraplanes @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
Brother’s Three @ Mash from 8pm-midnight (no cover)
The Pherotones @ Last Word from 9pm-midnight (no cover)

Friday, April 12th:
Mary Ann Kirt @ Ypsi Alehouse at 4:30pm (no cover)
DJ Batz @ York from 5-9pm (no cover) 
Lava, EKG, Dull Knige, Blowhole @ The Regal Beagle (Ypsi) at 8pm (no cover)
Kenny Garrett @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-8:15pm & 9:30-10:40pm ($)
Stuart Benbow @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover) 
Tony Pinell @ Argus Packard Cafe from 5:30-7:30pm (no cover)
The Al Jacques Band @ LIVE Ann Arbor from 6:30-9pm (no cover)
Rick Burgess Trio and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Pontiac Trailblazers @ North Star Lounge from 7-10pm ($10 cover) 
Cliff & The Bass Player @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Bret Maynard @ Ugly Dog Distillery (Chelsea) from 7-10pm (no cover)
The Brother Brothers @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
Jessey Adams at Valiant Bar & Grill (Chelsea) from 8-10pm (no cover)
UM Symphony Band w/ Eighth Blackbird @ Hill Auditorium at 8pm (free)
Deep House Fridays w/ MusicMix Rick Hicks @ 734 Brewing (Ypsi) from 8pm-midnight (no cover)
Rock Jones @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
Rado @ Mash (Ypsi) at 8pm (no cover)
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
James Bourland & The Staches @ Ziggy’s at 8pm ($10 cover)
KPop Club Night @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($)
Outbound Packard @ Ypsi Alehouse at 9:30pm (no cover)
DJ Dubyah, ThrillKill and Danny Fantom @ Allley Bar from 10pm-2am (no cover)
The Cloudhoppers @ Mash from 10pm-2am (no cover)
Nick Collins Sextet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:45-11:55pm ($10 cover) 

Saturday, April 13th:
Blueskye @ Chelsea Fairgrounds from 1-3pm (no cover)
Dog Latin @ Ypsi Alehouse at 4:30pm (no cover)
Bekka Madeleine @ North Star Lounge from 6:30-7:45pm ($) 
Kenny Garrett @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6:30-7:40pm and 9-10:10pm ($)
John Germain @ Highline Room (Dexter) from 7-10pm (no cover)
Malty Taskers @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover) 
Robert Warren and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Doug Horn @ Venue 4M from 7-9:30pm (no cover)
Lil Sasquatch @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($)
734 Saturdays @ Ziggy’s at 8pm ($10 cover) 
Frontier Ruckus @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
Light Fall Rain @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi) from 7-10pm (no cover)
Hot Wired @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($)
Deadicated Shakedown Saturday @ The Rumpus Room (Chelsea) from 8-11pm ($10 cover)
Pillow Talk Live @ Mash (Ypsi) at 8pm (no cover)
DJ Seoul, The Silent Echo, Kaito Ian, Jack @ Maniacal Mead Co (Ypsi) from 9pm-1am ($10 cover)
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
Rollie Tussing @ North Star Lounge from 9-10:15pm ($) 
Bachata Love w/ DJ Kev, Samara, Beto @ Club Above from 9:30pm-2am ($)
No Conflict @ Ypsi Alehouse at 9:30pm (no cover) 
Cetan Clawson @ Mash from 10pm-midnight (no cover)
Gimme Gimme Disco @ The Blind Pig at 10pm ($)
Blou Reed Electric @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:45-11:55pm ($10 cover)

Sunday, April 14th:
William Marshall Bennett Jazz Brunch @ The Habitat Lounge from 10am-1pm (no cover)
Houston Patton @ 4M Venue from 11am-2pm (included with brunch) 
Steve Somers & Friends @ Ypsi Alehouse at 2pm (no cover)
Jean WIlson & Friends @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 7-9pm ($) 
Antighost w/ V*A*S*E*, Harper, The Dartmoors, Theatre Girl @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($)
Cadyn Duford & Triple Threat @ Ziggy’s (Ypsi) at 7pm ($5 cover)
Ellen Rowe’s All About the Trio @ Kerrytown Concert House at 2pm ($) 
Cheryl Wheeler @ The Ark at 7:30pm ($30)

Monday, April 15th:
Kevin Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Paul Keller Orchestra @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 7-10pm ($) 
Oumou Sangare @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
DJ OMO @ The Last Word from 10pm-midnight (no cover)

Tuesday, April 16th:
Kevin Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Open Mic @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Easy Street Jazz Band @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 5-7pm ($) 
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
Suzanna Vega @ The Ark at 8pm (sold out)
Nelson Walker @ Ziggy’s at 8pm ($15 suggested donation)

Wednesday, April 17th: 
Jonas & Friends @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover)
Kevin Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
Deep Steam @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
The Pherotones @ The Grateful Crow (Chelsea) at 7pm (no cover)
Kittel & Co @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
U of M History of Jazz Recital @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 5-6:30pm (no cover) 
Mahogany w/ Luna Pier, VUP @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($)
Josh Harlow & Jon Taylor @ Ziggy’s at 7pm ($)
Gear Lords Vol. 7 @ Elks Lodge from 7-11pm ($5 cover) 
Ryan Lynch @ North Star Lounge from 7-9:30pm ($) 
Aguankó @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-10pm ($)

And if you haven’t already… make sure you follow me on Instagram to get more updates & ideas of things to do and see in the area! 

💙 THANK YOU!

Thanks for reading the AA Insider this week!

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See you next week!

-Bailey Walsh