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“Top of the Park”: Ann Arbor Summer Festival
See 12 Friday.
Tonight in the KidZone: Ann Arbor Symphony members host an Instrument Petting Zoo (5 p.m.).
In the Annex Tent: “Being Black in America” (5 p.m.), see 24 Wednesday TOP listing. On the Power Center Lawn: a Barre workout (5:30 p.m.) led by Barre3 Ann Arbor staff.
On the O&W Grove Stage: Rochelle Clark and the Familiars (5 p.m.), a country- and folk-based Americana ensemble led by Clark, a golden-voiced Chelsea singer-songwriter whose well-crafted story songs are known for their emotional directness and vulnerability.
On the Rackham Stage: Live gospel music and blues by Nikki D & The Sisters of Thunder (6:45 p.m.), a 7-piece multi-generational family band from Toledo with a sound the Toledo Blade describes as “crisp, harmonious perfection, a mixture of church-ready gospel music and down-home, gritty blues,” and a smooth jazz ensemble led by Ypsi jazz guitar virtuoso John E. Lawrence (8:15 p.m.).
The music is followed at 9:45 p.m. by a screening of Elf, Jon Favreau’s goofy 2003 comedy starring Will Ferrell as a man raised as an elf at the North Pole who goes to NYC to reunite with his biological father.
5–11 p.m.
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