Happy Thursday Friends!

Spring flowers are starting to push their way through the dirt and longer days are ahead! (Time to push the clocks ahead this Sunday for Daylight Savings)

📰  Coming Soon

⭐️ Revel Run opening soon in Chelsea

💃 More Fun Events

🛍️ Shop the Ypsi flea market this Sunday from 10am-4pm at the Freight House & find some pre-loved treasures (free admission)

🍷 Taste some new wines from Stolpman Vineyards at the Dixboro Project this Thursday (today) from 4-6pm (free)

☕️ Enjoy some coffee with local women in the community to celebrate International Women’s Day this Friday from 8:30-10am at Bamboo AA (free)

🎸 Check out the Battle of the Bands at Neutral Zone this Saturday from 6:30-10pm. (free admission & free food too!)

🌕 Take a hike under the stars, see the moon & hear stories by a campfire at the Leslie Science & Nature Center this Friday from 7:30-9pm. ($5/person & free under 2 years old)

🥁 See the 20th “Canniversary” show by this high-energy percussion and performance group this Saturday at 7:30pm at the Power Center ($5-$10)

🎲 Play games and meet some new friends at Maker Works’ game night this Saturday from 4-11pm. Games & guidance provided, but you can also bring your own! (free)

🍿 See a movie at the Michigan Theater. Shrek is playing tonight, Hunger Games on Friday as well as a variety of other new movies still in theaters ($)

💡 Want more ideas? Make sure you join our AA Insider Facebook group to get more local recommendations & connect with others in the community!

🎵  Live Music Lineup

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

Thursday, March 7th:
・Meredith Hinz @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover)
・Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
・Great Lakes Flow w/ multiple DJs @ Unity Vibration Triple Goddess Tasting Room from 6-11pm (no cover)
・Bret Maynard @ Erratic Ale (Dexter) at 6:30pm (no cover)
・Bob Mervak Quartet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6:30-9:45pm ($) 
・Jeff Fessler & Jeff Kopmanis @ El Limon from 6:30-8:30pm (no cover) 
・Sudden Death Syndrome, Armada Lounge, Sonic Smut, John Penman, crs rbn @ Ziggy’s (Ypsi) at 7pm ($5 cover) 
・Jake Reichbart @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
・Karl Sikkenga @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover) 
・Stolen Gin with Same Eyes @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($15)
・Fallout Shelter Show w/ multiple DJs @ 734 Brewing Co (Ypsi) from 7:30pm-midnight ($5 suggested donation)
・Chamber Soloists of Detroit @ Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30pm ($) 
・Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet @ The Ark at 8pm ($20) 
・Pillow Talk @ Mash Bar from 8pm-12am (no cover) 
・The Machine @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
・House Music For All with DJ Batz, Waylau & others @ Elks Lodge AA from 8pm-midnight ($5 cover) 
・The Pherotones @ The Last Word from 9pm-midnight (no cover)

Friday, March 8th:
・DJ Batz @ York from 5-9pm (no cover) 
・Cracked & Hooked @ North Star Lounge from 5:30-6:30pm (no cover) 
・Streetfiction @ Sweetwaters Kerrytown from 6:30-8:30pm (no cover)
・Sean Dobbins Rising Star Quartet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6:30-8:15pm & 9-10:45pm ($) 
・The Wldlfe with Abby Holliday @ The Blind Pig at 7pm ($) 
・Pontiac Trail Blazers ft. Billy Kirst @ North Star Lounge from 7-10pm ($10 cover) 
・Rick Burgess Trio and others @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
・Geoffrey Keezer & Gillian Margot @ Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30pm ($) 
・Tammy McCann Tribute: Women in Jazz @ Encore Theatre (Dexter) at 7:30pm ($)
・Igor Levit @ Hill Auditorium at 7:30pm ($) 
・Glen Phillips @ The Ark at 8pm ($30) 
・Darrin James w/ special guests Scotty Karate and Gregory Stovetop @ Ziggy’s at 8pm (no cover)
・Jonathon Root, Talented Asian Girlfriend, Premium Rat, Carmel Liburdi @ Triple Goddess Tasting Room(Ypsi)  from 8-10pm (no cover)
・Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
・Cellar Cats @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
・Latin Night @ Club Above from 9:30pm-2am (no cover before 10pm) 
・Ma Baker LIVE @ Mash Bar (Ypsi) at 9:30pm (no cover)
・Mike May & The Messarounds @ Mash Bar from 10pm-2am (no cover) 
・Alex Harding & Organ Nation @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:45-11:55pm ($10 cover) 

Saturday, March 9th:
・Tammy McCann Tribute: Women in Jazz @ The Encore Theatre (Dexter) at 2pm ($)
・Sean Stringer @ Ypsi Alehouse at 4:30pm (no cover) 
・Marion Hayden Sextet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6-8pm and 8:30-10:30pm ($)
・Spencer LaJoye & Annie Bacon @ North Star Lounge from 6:30-7:45 PM ($) 
・40 Stitches Later @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)
・Scott Fishkind, John Finan, Moon & The Muse @ Triple Goddess Tasting Room (Ypsi)  from 7-10pm (no cover)
・Rick Burgess Trio @ The Earle from 7-9pm (no cover)
・John Germain @ Highline Room (Dexter) from 7-10pm (no cover)
・A Cabaret Evening with Alvin Waddles @ Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30pm ($) 
・The Best of Bon Jovi & Journey @ Michigan Theater at 7:30pm ($) 
・Josh Ritter @ The Ark at 8pm ($45) sold out 
・Wakefire & Stone Clover @ The Blind Pig at 8pm ($) 
・Rock Jones @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 8-11pm ($) 
・Timothy Monger & Carol Catherine w/ special guest Jim Roll @ North Star Lounge from 9-10:15pm ($) 
・Pride Night @ Club Above from 9pm-2am (no cover before 10pm) 
・Rob Crozier Ensemble @ The Habitat Lounge from 9-11pm (no cover)
・734 Saturdays w/ multiple DJs @ Ziggy’s (Ypsi) at 9pm ($10 cover) 
・Scott Beal @ Ypsi Alehouse at 9:30pm (no cover) 
・Gwenyth Hayes Live @ Mash Bar (Ypsi) at 9:30pm (no cover)
・Dance Party w/ DJ Dubyah, Trillkill & Danny Fantom @ Alley Bar from 10pm-2am (no cover)
・Cetan Clawson @ Mash Bar from 10pm-3am (no cover) 
・Afrobeat Lounge @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 10:30-1am ($10 cover)

Sunday, March 10th:
・William Marshall Bennett Jazz Brunch @ The Habitat Lounge from 10am-1pm (no cover)
・Jazz Brunch with Josie Ala @ Venue 4M from 11am-2pm (no cover)
・Steve Somers & Friends @ Ypsi Alehouse at 2pm (no cover) 
・Isidore String Quartet @ Rackham Auditorium at 4pm ($) 
・Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 5-8pm ($)
・Charlie Parr @ The Ark at 7:30pm ($25)
・Hannah O’Brien & Grant Flick @ Kerrytown Concert House at 7:30pm ($)

Monday, March 11th:
・Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
・Paul Keller Orchestra @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 7-10pm ($) 
・OMO @ The Last Word from 10pm-12am (no cover)

Tuesday, March 12th:
・Easy Street Band @ Zal Gaz Grotto from 5-7pm 
・Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
・Vernon Tonges @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover) 
・Stephan Crump solo @ Ziggy’s at 8pm ($20 cover/$10 for students)

Wednesday, March 13th:
・Keaton Royer and Josef Deas @ Weber’s from  6-9pm (no cover)
・Hudson North & others @ The Blind Pig at 6pm ($10)
・Ron Brooks Quartet @ Blue Llama Jazz Club from 6:30-9:45pm ($) 
・Gear Lords Show w/ multiple DJs @ Ziggy’s from 7-11pm ($5-$10 suggested donation)
・Indie Rock Royalty @ Ypsi Alehouse at 7pm (no cover)

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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