Happy Thursday Friends!

Summer is here & there are tons of outdoor events and festivals to enjoy this weekend! ☀️

📰  What’s Happening?

🎵 Sights & Sounds (Chelsea) | June 13th · 6:30-8:30pm

🎤 Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival | June 15 & 16th · 11am-5pm

🍔 Saline Food Truck Festival | June 15th · 11am-3pm

🎨 Westside Art Hop | June 15th & 16th

🎥 Cinetopia | June 13th-23rd

👀 A2 Oddities Bazaar | June 16th · 10am-5pm

🐟 Father’s Day Fishing Tournament | June 16th · 1-3pm

🎵  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 13th:
Sonic Lunch Series: Laith Al-Saadi and Shane Guerrette @ Liberty Plaza 11:30am-12:30pm
Mike Lee @ Erratic Ale (Dexter) at 6:30pm (no cover) 
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Summer Streets: II-V-I Orchestra on Main St from 7-9pm
McLaughlin’s Alley @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Fallout Shelter show w/ LeVee Banks, Guava, HopNasty @ 734 Brewing Co (Ypsi) from 7:30pm-midnight ($5 suggested donation)
Tom Voiles with his Theramini @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi) from 7-9pm (no cover)
Dixon’s Violin Concert @ Frog Island Park at 7pm ($)
Same Eyes, Bluhm, Feign, Blue Florence @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)
The Whiskey Charmers @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
NuAudio @ Mash at 8pm (no cover)
Jerry Mack and The Terraplanes @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
House Music For All with DJ Batz, Ypsilanti Mystery Pooper & Pardo @ Elks Lodge AA from 8pm-midnight ($5 cover)
The Pherotones @ Last Word from 9pm-midnight (no cover)

Friday, June 14th:
Olivia Kimes @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover) 
A2SF ft. Ron Brooks Trio, Kenyatta Rashon, Thornetta Davis @ Ingalls Mall from 5-10pm (free)
Detroit Social Club Blues Band @ Tolan Square (Milan) from 5:30-8pm (free)
Marcus Elliot Quintet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-8:10pm & 9:30-10:40pm
Dave Menzo @ Mash at 6pm (no cover)
DJ Batz @ Sam Hill from 6-10pm (no cover)
Dexter Community Orchestra @ Monument Park from 6:30-9pm (free)
Rick Burgess Trio and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Pontiac Trailblazers ft. Tony Pace @ North Star Lounge from 7-10pm ($10 cover) 
Wilson & Brenner Co. @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival @ Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30pm
Zachariah Malachi & The Nashville Counts @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
MusicMix Rick Hicks @ 734 Brewing (Ypsi) from 8pm-midnight (no cover)
Eric Moore @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi) from 8-10pm
Rock Jones @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
Open Mic Showcase @ Ziggy’s at 8pm ($) 
Kenji Lee’s Fortune Teller Trio @ Mash (Ypsi) at 8pm (no cover)
The Vig Arcadia, Brothers Ralph, J.H. Patton & The Good Companions @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)
ThrillKill and Danny Fantom @ Allley Bar from 10pm-2am (no cover)
Nobody’s Business @ Mash at 10pm (no cover)
Caleb Robinson & Reaching @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:45-11:55pm ($)

Saturday, June 15th:
Cliff & The Bass Player @ Ypsi Alehouse at 4:30pm (no cover)
DJ Batz @ York from 5-9pm (no cover) 
A2SF ft. Jamie Register, Jess Merritt, Laura Rain & The Ceasars, Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds @ Ingalls Mall from 5-9pm (free)
David Janeway Trio ft. Billy Hart & Robert Hurst @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6:30-7:30pm and 9-10pm ($)
Nick Orr @ Mash at 6pm (no cover)
John Germain @ Highline Room (Dexter) from 7-10pm (no cover)
Bob Skon Trio @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover) 
Robert Warren and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
Paul Vornhagen & Pat Cronley @ Venue 4M from 7-9:30pm (no cover)
ZZVAVA Record Release w/ Dear Darkness & RawHide @ Ziggy’s at 7pm
Buffalo Rose @ The Ark at 8pm ($)
T.E.A.M. @ Mash (Ypsi) at 8pm (no cover)
Wayward Mission @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi) from 8-10pm (no cover)
Ain’t Dead Yet @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($)
24KGOLDN, Jack Lutz, Gen Z @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($)
Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
V*A*S*E* @ Mash at 10pm (no cover)
Nick Collins Sextet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:30-11:45pm (no cover)

Sunday, June 16th:
William Marshall Bennett Jazz Brunch @ The Habitat Lounge from 10am-1pm (no cover)
Houston Patton @ 4M Venue from 11am-2pm (included with brunch) 
Acoustic Jam @ Ypsi Alehouse at 2pm (no cover)
PORK @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 5-8pm ($) 
A2SF ft. Anne Erlewine, Charles & Gwen Scales, Elisabeth Pixley-Fink, Kidsrock Sonia De Los Santos @ Ingalls Mall from 5-10pm (free)
The Halluci Nation, Creeasian @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($)
Annie Bacon & Her OSHEN and Sammie Hershock @ The Ark at 7:30pm ($)
DJ Batz, Waylau, DJ Djinjo @ 8 Ball Saloon from 9pm-1am (no cover)

Monday, June 17th:
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Gregory Alan Isakov @ Hill Auditorium at 7:30pm (low ticket alert)
Paul Keller Orchestra @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 7-10pm ($) 

Tuesday, June 18th:
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Easy Street Jazz Band @ Zal Gaz Grotto Club from 5-7pm ($) 
A2SF ft. Al Bettis, Peter Madcat Ruth’s C.A.R.MA. Quartet, Jessey Adams, Wilson Thicket @ Ingalls Mall from 5-10pm (free)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
The Noah Hogan Quartet w/ Two Stephens @ Ziggy’s at 8pm ($)

Wednesday, June 19th: 
A2SF ft. Chris Canas Band, Jade Nicole, Jill Govan, Violet Sol @ Ingalls Mall from 5-10pm (free)
Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
Gear Lords @ Liberty Plaza Park from 6-10pm (no cover)
Houston Patton Quartet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 7-10pm ($)
Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover) 
Girard Brothers @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
Anthony Roperti, Queso Tone, Bryan Barnes, Ddicea @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($)
The Heard @ Ziggy’s 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! 

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