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FoolMoon
This annual outdoor festival features a vast array of huge, quirky, and beautiful handmade illuminated sculptures, as well as interactive installations, a beer tent, and more. All invited to drum on pots and pans and welcome spring dressed in homemade wing-themed illuminated costumes in the spirit of this year’s theme, “Fools of a Feather.” A parade departs from the corner of W. Washington & S. Ashley at dusk and travels throughout downtown before returning for a street party with dancing and live music on 2 stages. On the Ashley St. Stage: Music by emerging local acts, including the winners of this year’s Neutral Zone Battle of the Bands and Battle of the Voices competitions, along with the all-female U-M student pop-punk cover band Rumor Has It. On the Washington St. Stage: An all-night set by the U-M music student funk collective VUP. Also, during the parade, performances by U-M student groups, including the glowstick dance ensemble Photonix and the percussion-and-dance ensemble Groove (see 3 Friday listing). Those joining the parade are invited to assemble at one of 3 “constellation stations”: the UMMA front lawn, the Kerrytown Farmers Market, and the Slauson Middle School parking lot. Many Kerrytown, Main St., and State St. merchants are open late. 8–11 p.m., downtown Ann Arbor. Free. bit.ly/foolmoon2026.
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