2025

Music stages

Stage on Main: Summer Sounds

Featuring The Ark | With Support from Stage Sponsor, WEMU 89.1

 

Stop by and join one of the best street parties of the year!

The Stage on Main features one of the top music clubs in the world, The Ark, a non-profit organization presenting the best of traditional and contemporary live music in downtown Ann Arbor for over 300 nights each year. The stage is also brought to you with support from WEMU 89.1. We’re excited to bring live music each day of the fair to the Stage on Main - Summer Sounds, to celebrate the 60th anniversaries of both of our partners The Ark and WEMU, and dance the evening away at the best street party of the year!

LOCATION: The corner of Main and William in the parking lot next to Palio restaurant.

Performance Schedule

Thursday | July 17, 2025

  • 6-7pm - DuPont Phillips

  • 7:30-8:30pm - Nathan Graham

Friday | July 18, 2025

  • 6-7pm - Rabbitology

  • 7:30-8:50pm - Joe & The Ruckus

Saturday | July 19, 2025

  • 6-8pm - Brain Plasticity Ukulele Collective and Blueshouse

Additional Entertainment

Thursday | July 17, 2025

  • 112-2pm - Neutral Zone Takeover

  • 3-5pm - Street Fiction 2.0

Friday | July 18, 2025

  • 11am - 5pm - Amplify Stage Takeover

Saturday | July 19, 2025

  • 1-2pm - Out Loud Chorus

  • 3-5pm - Saline Fiddlers

The Amplify Project will curate a set of performances on Friday, July 18 from 11am to 5pm. The local acts span a wide range of genre and flavor and are sure to bring a pleasant flair to the day's activities.

For more details on these performers visit: https://www.theguild.org/fair/ann-arbor-art-fair/art-fair-stage/

The Fountain Stage

 

The Fountain Stage features continuous performances during the days of the Fair, July 17–19, 2025; creating an intimate and inviting sense of community and complementing the exceptional visual art at the Street Art Fair, The Original. The stage is located on Ingalls Mall, between E. Washington Street and N. University. 2025 Performance information coming soon!

 

2024 Performance Schedule

Thursday, July 18

  • 11:00 AM - Mark Jewett 

  • 12:00 PM - Esh Shaden & Jospeh Gregory 

  • 1:00 PM - Perfect Average

  • 2:00 PM - Neutral Zone After-Hours

  • 3:00 PM - Rebecca Cameron 

  • 4:00 PM - Taylor DeRousse 

  • 5:00 PM - Scott Leeman 

  • 6:00 PM - *Rochelle Clark - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

  • 7:00 PM - *Annie Capps Band - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

  • 8:00 PM - *Delta 88 - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

Friday, July 19

  • 11:00 AM - TBD

  • 12:00 PM - TBD

  • 1:00 PM - Shannon Lee

  • 2:00 PM - TBD

  • 3:00 PM - TBD

  • 4:00 PM - TBD

  • 5:00 PM - Eric Moore 

  • 6:00 PM - *The Sidemen - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

  • 7:00 PM - *Judy Banker Band - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

  • 8:00 PM - *Dick Siegel - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

Saturday, July 20

  • 11:00 AM - Warehouse Cloggers

  • 12:00 PM - Detroit Opera

  • 1:00 PM - The Lucky Now's 

  • 2:00 PM - Ashley Pyle 

  • 3:00 PM - Angela Predhomme

  • 4:00 PM - Lauren Blackford - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

  • 5:00 PM - *Billy King Band - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over

  • 6:15 PM - *Hoodang - Johnny’s Speakeasy Benefit Stage Take Over