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5 years ago

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Great community activity for mid-jan. Nice day, good weather and thousands of spectators enjoyed 50+ ice sculptures.

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Ypsilanti Heritage Festival

Ypsilanti Heritage Festival

2.6(7 reviews)
15.4 mi•Depot Town Ypsilanti

I'm not quite sure where the heritage part comes in for this festival -- maybe BBQ is a local…read morespecialty and the different BBQ trucks count? Eager to get out of the house and try something different, I headed over to the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival recently. I love local festivals and figured this one would be worth checking out. Be prepared to walk a few blocks or else pay $5 or more for parking. The $5 was being called a "donation" but the organization soliciting them wouldn't let you park without paying that amount. The last time I checked, that was called a fee. I guess now I can say "Been there, done that." It was mostly booths from religious organizations or selling the type of knickknacks you might find at the state fair. After making a trip around the festival area and not finding anything too interesting, I decided to head up to Depot Town and grab a bite. I'll upvote it a star because admission is free. Next year, I'll skip the festival and head straight to dinner.

Imagine a super fun town festival. Then imagine they sucked everything fun out of it. That's what…read morethe Ypsi heritage festival is all about. It wasn't all bad, but it was far from what I would call a good festival. The best part was the live music. That was great. There were also lots of awesome causes and charities that I hope did great. Some of the tents were really interesting. Some exotic birds, old motors, and various food to try. What made it lame for the most part was the various political agenda tents and religious agenda tents. I'm not going to a festival to have someone cram some political or religious affiliation, down my throat. It wasn't just a few. There were a lot. And maybe even a worse of an offense was the cheese and checkers "expert". Dude was just sitting in the middle, letting everyone just sit at the tables to eat, while he read a book. I wanted to throw down, and take that title. I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'm not sure if there are in the later portion of the day, but there were no drinking tents in the afternoon. It's alright to kill an hour or two, but this festival is nothing to special to remember.

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair - Awesome find at the art fair this year

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair

4.2(36 reviews)
8.4 mi

Local in A2. Very interesting time to be here because the foot traffic downtown explodes. The art…read morebooths are fun to see but a lot of it is stupidly expensive. Food options are also super limited; it's a few food trucks with local businesses selling overpriced iterations of some of their fare. A couple of happy hour spots I like in town shut their discounts down for the weekend. Most art is unexceptional. I really don't feel like anything is worth purchasing but it is fun to browse. With that said. It was fun to see the variety of works on offer. The La Croix booth (free la Croix seltzers) and pickle booths ($8 for a small, $11 for a large), were some of the most popular stands I saw. Perhaps there could be more of a consumable stand next year.

AA Art Fair is one of the best events of the year in AA and definitely one I look forward to every…read moresingle year! My challenge to myself each year is to visit every nook and cranny of art fair because it is EXPANSIVE! My strategy is to go more than one day (obviously a little difficult to do if you're coming into town for this each time, but still completely worth it) so that I can spend at least one day looking at everything, MARINATE on it all, and then come back another day in the same weekend to buy everything in a less impulse-centric way! The AA Art Fair goes on for a whole weekend in July each summer, normally ranging from Thursday to Sunday! There are well over 1,000 vendors to look at and it basically spans across many of the streets throughout all of Ann Arbor (Main, Liberty, State, South U, East U, University, Washington, and more!). It's not only Michigan's, but the WHOLE NATION'S, largest JURIED art fair and it worth checking out a thousand times over! I've been checking out the art fair basically every year since 2010 and I've loved to see how it has evolved over the years! Obviously there are some vendors that keep coming back and that I have gotten to know over the years, but there's also so many new and incredible vendors that show up from year to year just waiting to be discovered and it's absolutely the funnest thing ever! The only downside to the art fair is how HOT it can be given that it takes place at the peak of Michigan summer, so take precautions with sunscreen, hats, sunglasses, and PLENTY of water breaks and/or duck into shops throughout AA for brief respite as needed! It's wonderful because there are also tons of the AA storefronts that you can check out during art fair as well because they'll put on massive deals knowing that art fair is going on! AA Art Fair is truly the best! I hope everyone gets to check it out at some point in their lives and am eagerly looking forward to next July's art fair again!

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Ann Arbor Street Art Fair - Glassblowing demonstrations @ AA Art Fair 2023

Glassblowing demonstrations @ AA Art Fair 2023

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair - My dog with the Welcome to Art Fair sign!

My dog with the Welcome to Art Fair sign!

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair

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