The summer festival is back! A three week community celebration with evening performances on two…read moreoutdoor stages, and a ticketed indoor venue. Kids activities, a family tent with cornhole, demonstrations, and free bike tune-ups on Weds. Held on UM campus by the clock tower. Drinks and food for purchase available on site.

As free summer festivals go, Ann Arbor has one of the best. With events nearly every evening all…read morethroughout June and into early July, it's one festival that you won't want to miss! I was able to visit several times with friends, and we always ended up wandering to the "Top of the Park" where we would away to upbeat music and enjoy some delicious food. Everyone seems to congregate here, so it's not uncommon to bump into other friends and see your party grow as the night wears on. We would find ourselves talking, eating, dancing, and laughing late into the night and after the stars had already appeared on more than one occasion. I was sad that the festival wasn't longer but am already looking forward to next year and more summer nights under the stars at the top of the park!

First time at this annual fall festival. This year they celebrated their 29th year!…read more We enjoyed the corny dogs and loaded butterfly chips. Lots of other great vendors like BBQ, classic burgers, tavern style food and beer on tap. We only stayed for 45minutes because it was raining and it was in the low 50's. They had 330 vendors from all over Michigan and Detroit area. I'm definitely looking forward to next year, as we will be more equipped and know what to expect. Highly recommend you next year in October. Check website for exact dates as they only have it for 2days.

Just a fun homemade- community made festival and parade. We have never been to the Friday night…read morepart of the fest, we attend the Sunday parade. We have been going from time to time since the kids were really little, at least a decade. We have not always made it out here, but we were able to attend this year then take a nice walk around the city. This is a fun little event, nothing fancy, but great for all ages and the kids love the bubbles.

The kickoff to the Ann Arbor festival season and by far one of the funnest gatherings in town…read more Festifools is split up into two events--the original and flagship "Festifools" and a younger twilight party called "FoolMoon." Here's the dish on each. Firstly--Both typically take place on the second weekend of April. FoolMoon goes down on Friday night and Festifools on Sunday. FoolMoon is a night time processional through several streets of Ann Arbor made up of locals who have made luminaries and are dressed up in lovely glowing garb (in the weeks leading up to FoolMoon you can attend luminary workshops to help make your own or buy kits at a few local shops like Downtown Home and Garden). The processionals all end downtown by Washington and Ashley for a nightime block party filled with cool sights, light projects and shows, beer, food, music and merriment. And all those eye popping and impressive luminaries. The party, on a nice weather night, goes until midnight. So it's truly a party. In general FoolMoon is my favorite of the two and is one of my favorite things to do in town. Sadly this year it was raining and I'm just not built for elements like that so I didn't make it down but next year I shall be sure to return. Festifools is what they call "a gigantic public art spectacular, created by members of the community and U of M students." Folks get together in the weeks leading up to the event and make huge papier-mâché puppets (most of which need several people to help control) which they then take to Main Street and march in a parade (along with costumed revelers and marching bands) for folks to enjoy. The puppets typically veer into the silly, the surreal, and maybe a little creepy. This year I saw some Pac Man ghosts (silly), big headed replicas of notable locals (the surreal), and a big fat baby with a phone that said "send nudes" (the creepy). There was also a huge Vincent Van Gogh, little kids dressed up as robots, Chinese dragons, an octopus controlled by about 10 walkers, and so so much more. This event is short, it only runs about an hour (4-5 pm) but they pack in a lot into it. Lots of fun, great for kids, pet friendly (I walked my dog down to watch the processional), and most importantly-- FREE! Great cheap fun for the whole family! Or just curious onlookers on the street! Happy to have such a cool, creative community in town working on this. Hoping they continue this tradition for many many years into the future!

I enjoyed Taste of Ann Arbor but there are legitimate criticisms of it having really long lines. I…read moreavoided the crowds by getting there early. I bought tickets when the festival started at 11:00 AM and hardly anyone was there. I walked through the entire festival and ordered what I wanted between 11:00 AM and 11:45 AM. It starts to get very crowded by noon. By that time it looked like you'd have to wait an hour in each line to get anything to eat. I left soon after it got busy. At $1.00 per ticket, the festival is an excellent deal to get a sampling of all the restaurants along Main Street. I spent $40 on tickets and was able to order quite a lot including main dishes, dessert, an alcoholic beverage, and pastries to go. Despite its flaws Taste of Ann Arbor is worth attending. Just get there in the morning and your experience will be better than those having to wait in long lines in the afternoon.

My friend and I had a wonderful evening here! The live music added a great vibe to the event,…read morethough it was a little loud if you had to stand by the speakers when waiting for food. There is a huge variety of food, from ice cream to pretzels to Mediterranean food to tacos to Indian food to Jamaican food to fried chicken and waffles. There was something for literally everyone. The crowd was in great spirits, and the lines were fairly evenly-dispersed, so there was never too long of a wait. There isn't a ton of seating, but it was just enough and no one had to wait to sit and eat. It was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to go back next year!

First time at the Plymouth Art in the Park. We usually come here for the ice festival in the…read morewinter, so we can have a yummy hot chocolate from Alpine Haus. It's made from real chocolate. There's a lot of vendors. Food trucks were mostly by the center park area, some random ones are down the side streets from the park. Bring a hat or umbrella. Doesn't appear the earlier rain had much impact as far as the crowds much.

We came on a Saturday and parked in the shuttle lot. The…read moreshuttle is $8/a person and was nicely air conditioned (badly needed for a hot hot day)!! The ride is about 15 min but the shuttle is comfy (it is a huge bus)! You pay at a tent and don't need a ticket. The shuttle dropped us off right at the end so we could start from the side (there are many vendors). It was right by the fire station. It was very hot walking through but we did find a market that was perfectly air conditioned to cool down in! We bought a refreshing Acai bowl at Wander Bowls Acai, a cookie from Chocolate Chipped Bakery (SO good and they give you a coupon for a free cookie at their farmington location), and a birthday card from the store Vitrine (also nicely air conditioned and has the cutest things)!! We saw the blue fountain, chalk art, music performer, the jurassic park dinosaur, etc. Overall, the vendors are great but it was a crazy hot day and so we didn't have enough energy to walk the whole thing. Loved what we did get to see and I think it is worth attending!

Great fun for all! Great live music and entertainment. Great vendors selling unique items. Great…read morefood and drinks.

I remember the first time I came to Dally. I instantly fell in love with it! It's super cozy and…read morefamily oriented. If you ever wanted to feel like you belong, this is the place to be.

This weekend we enjoyed exploring Second Annual Dexter Ice Festival. Featured over 50 ice carvings…read moresponsored by local businesses within the Dexter community. It's free event that took place in the Monument Park between 11am - 5 pm on Saturday. We went around 4.30 pm and it was little crowded. We enjoyed watching the ice carvings and it's fine details. Kids including my 5 year old enjoyed playing with the broken ice carvings. Parking was easier near the park.

Great community activity for mid-jan. Nice day, good weather and thousands of spectators enjoyed…read more50+ ice sculptures.

Mt Carmel church is having its annual festival this weekend…read more Friday Saturday Sunday Family event Food games bands dancing Aug 27 28 29 Beer wine raffles Dinners served every afternoon. Children games under the big tent. Wyandotte , MI Off of 10th and oak. Plenty of free parking.

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.