Happy Thursday Friends!

We’ve got a beautiful week ahead & lots of fun things to get out and enjoy!

📰  What’s Happening?

🍻 Arbor Brewing takes over The Session Room
Arbor Brewing purchased The Session Room on Jackson Rd. and officially “re-opened” as the Arbor Brewing Company Session Room. It will keep the same menu & staff, but will now feature a selection of Arbor’s brews.

🎭 Shakespeare in the Arb all month long
Starting today through the end of June, you can catch an alfresco performance of Shakespeare’s As You Like It in the Arb every Thurs-Sun starting at 6:30pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

🎶 Summer concert series have started throughout Washtenaw County
Sweet, sweet summertime has begun & so has the outdoor live music! Lots of different concerts happening each week throughout Ann Arbor (Summer Streets, Sonic Lunch & A2SF), Dexter, Chelsea & Saline (full post coming on this soon!)

🎵  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, June 6th:
Sonic Lunch: Shaed & Aint Afraid @ Liberty Plaza from 11:30am-1:30pm (free)
Lilly MacPhee @ Erratic Ale (Dexter) at 6:30pm (no cover) 
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
The Robert McCarther Ensemble @ Blue Llama Jazz Club 7-10pm ($)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Kaia Kater @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
Ulterior Motives @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
A2 Summer Streets: Harmolodics performing downtown near S. Main and E. Liberty from 7-9pm (free)
Fallout Shelter Show @ 734 Brewing Co (Ypsi) from 7:30pm-midnight ($5 suggested donation)
SoftMesh w/ Bredan Collins & Rik Strange @ Ziggy’s (Ypsi) at 8pm ($)
Great Lakes Flow @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi) from 7-9pm (no cover)
Werewolves, Great White Rhino, The Dead Serious, Good Man’s Brother @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)
She Bop @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
Vernon David Trio @ Mash at 8pm (no cover)
House Music For All with DJ Batz + others @ Elks Lodge AA from 8pm-midnight ($5 cover)
The Pherotones @ Last Word from 9pm-midnight (no cover)

Friday, June 7th:
Pearl Street String Band @ Ypsi Alehouse at 4:30pm (no cover)
Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet Live Album Release Show @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-8:10pm & 9:30-10:40pm ($)
Citizen Jones @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover) 
DJ Batz @ Sam Hill from 6-10pm (no cover)
Mike May & The Messarounds @ Mash at 6pm (no cover)
Karl Sikkenga @ Argus Farm Stop (Packard location) from 6-7:30pm (free)
Ain’t Dead Yet @ Monument Park (Dexter) from 6:30-9pm (free)
Rick Burgess Trio and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Pontiac Trailblazers ft. Aaron Jonah Lewis @ North Star Lounge from 7-10pm ($10 cover) 
Steve Somers & Friends @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Gretchen Pleuss @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
Rock Well All Stars, K Michael Joseph, Ypsilanti Mystery Pooper, Barf Cat @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi) from 7-10pm (no cover)
Elden Kelly @ Rancho Tranquilico (Dexter) at 8pm ($)
Rochelle Clark @ Robin Hills Farm (Chelsea) from 8-10pm (no cover)
Cellar Cats @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
Tyvek, XV, C.A.D & the Peacetime Consumers @ Ziggy’s (Ypsi) at 8pm ($)
Prince Dance Party w/ Dante LaSalle, DJ Scotty D, The Harmolodics, Nathan Paul @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)
DJ Dubyah, ThrillKill and Danny Fantom @ Allley Bar from 10pm-2am (no cover)
House Music Dance Party w/ DJ Djinjo, Danny Boy, Waylau, DJ Batz @ LoFi from 10pm-2am (no cover)
Cetan Clawson @ Mash at 10pm (no cover)
Ypsi Pride After Party @ Mash (Ypsi) from 10pm-1am (no cover)

Saturday, June 8th:
Nucleate Beer Festival w/ Amateur Waifu & DJ Batz @ Vets Park 1-6pm
Throne 2gether, Where She Creep, Franky Hollywood & The Boggs, Milan & The Ellipsis @ Vertex (Ypsi) from 4-7pm
The Malty Taskers @ Ypsi Alehouse at 4:30pm (no cover)
Matt Boylan @ Mash at 6pm (no cover)
Me + Joe Smith @ Sam Hill from 6-8pm (no cover)
John Germain @ Revel Run (Chelsea) from 6-8pm (no cover)
Two Trick Pony @ Erratic Ale (Dexter) at 6:30pm (no cover) 
James Bourland & His Ex-Husbands @ North Star Lounge 6:30-10:15pm($)
Marcus Belgrave Songboook Release Ensemble @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6:30-7:30pm and 9-10pm ($)
Mallery Lynn @ Ugly Dog Distillery (Chelsea) from 7-10pm (no cover)
Jamison Jones @ Highline Room (Dexter) from 7-10pm (no cover)
Soundogs @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover) 
Robert Warren and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Jason Quick @ Venue 4M from 7-9:30pm (no cover)
VAE Potpurri Choir Peformance @ Zion Lutheran Church at 7:30pm ($)
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival @Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30pm ($)
734 Saturday @ Ziggy’s at 8pm ($) 
Chris Canas Band @ Mash (Ypsi) at 8pm (no cover)
The Machine @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($)
A Tribute to the MC5 @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)
Fields of Industry, Poor Player, Otto Parts @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi) from 8-10pm (no cover)
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
Scott Martin Band @ Mash from 10pm-midnight (no cover)
Kasan Belgrave Quartet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:30-11:45pm ($)

Sunday, June 9th:
William Marshall Bennett Jazz Brunch @ The Habitat Lounge from 10am-1pm (no cover)
Kasan Belgrave @ 4M Venue from 11am-2pm (included with brunch) 
Steve Somers & Friends @ Ypsi Alehouse at 2pm (no cover)
Pearl Street String Band @ Erratic Ale from 3-5pm (no cover)
Jean Wilson & Friends @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 6-8pm ($) 
Chris Fleming @ The Ark at 7:30pm ($)

Monday, June 10th:
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Paul Keller Orchestra @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 7-10pm ($) 
House of Waters @ The Ark at 8pm ($)

Tuesday, June 11th:
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
40 Stitches Later @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Easy Street Jazz Band @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 5-7pm ($) 
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
Davy Knowles, Jeffrey Gaines @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
Bunkerman @ Ziggy’s at 8pm

Wednesday, June 12th: 
Gretchen Pleuss @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover)
William Bennett Trio @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-10pm ($) 
Alex Anest Organ Trio @ North Star Lounge from 7-10pm ($)
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
Running on Blues @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Loudon Wainwright III @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
Band 804 @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)

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!