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“Top of the Park”: Ann Arbor Summer Festival
See 12 Friday.
Tonight in the KidZone: a “Fishing Challenge” (5 p.m.) led by Big Blue Swim School staff offers kids a chance to hook little ducks and whales from a kiddie pool.
In the Annex Tent: “My Memories, My Story Printing Activity” (5 p.m.) offers a chance to make a unique work of printed art, explore the U-M library’s collection of wood type, and other print-based activities.
On the Power Center Lawn: a yoga session (5:30 p.m.) led by local yoga instructor Marty Betts.
On the O&W Grove Stage: the local Americana folk-rock quintet Annie Bacon & Her OSHEN (5 p.m.), and Ember & Ash (6 p.m.), a side project of Alex Holycross, lead singer of the Oakland (MI) self-styled “thrash grass” country quartet the Native Howl, along with Erin Zindle, the fiery fiddling front woman of the popular veteran local country-rock band the Ragbirds. Followed by a late-night DJ set by 3Steez (10 p.m.).
On the Rackham Stage: My Brightest Diamond (7 p.m.), the stage name of Shara Worden, a Detroit-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who plays an avant-garde blend of opera, cabaret, chamber music, and rock, and The Army, The Navy (8:45 p.m.), an acclaimed young L.A.-based indie pop-folk duo known for their sweet yet unusual harmonies and atmospheric songs about love, loss, and identity. 5–11 p.m.
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