Summer Festival Adapts to COVID-19 Restrictions

The nonprofit Ann Arbor Summer Festival features new pop-up events and outdoor concerts this year, in addition to dozens of performances, activities, exhibitions and screenings of the best in music, dance, contemporary circus, comedy, film, spectacle, street arts and family entertainment.

The pandemic has forced them to adapt, and the traditional activities at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall and indoor ticketed events will not take place this summer. Instead, it will hold an adapted season anchored by the Tiny TOPS and Live Here Now outdoor programs from June 11 to July 3.

Tiny TOPs are intimate concerts to reserve or gift to a friend. Choose from a roster of 20 artists and select a time for that artist to play at an outdoor location of choice. Live Here Now comprises pop-up concerts and events that will take place in outdoor spaces throughout Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.

For more info, call 734-764-2538 or visit Facebook.com/AASummerFest.

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