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    Rachael & Vilray

    Special Guest: Moorea Masa & The Mood

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Since their formation in 2015, Brooklyn-based duo Rachael & Vilray have achieved a certain timeless quality with their singular take on traditional pop. Though rooted in the language of an earlier age, their songs transcend nostalgia with wit and a flair for the theatrical. On their third album West of Broadway, vocalist Rachael Price (also of Lake Street Dive) and guitarist/singer/songwriter Vilray evolve their music’s previous dreaminess to achieve a refreshing angularity built on left-of-center instrumentation (e.g., vibraphone and alto saxophone coasting above the moody strains of baritone sax and trombone).

    $51.50

    Susan Werner

    Special Guest: The UofM Musical Theatre All-Stars

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Over the course of her twenty five year career, Susan Werner has earned a reputation as “one of the most innovative songwriters working today” (Chicago Tribune). With formidable chops on guitar (she began playing at age 5) and piano (she was a guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz), along with a graduate degree in voice performance, her shows are a one-woman master class in musicianship.

    $29.00
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    Mon Rovîa

    Special Guest: RYMAN

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    "I’m Mon, born in Mon Rovia, Liberia. My life can be summed up by being born into a civil war, escaping the life of a child soldier, rescued by the hands of missionaries. Spent a lot of my developmental years living in a variety of places with a number of life experiences. And then layered on top of all of this is the assimilation I felt being a transracially adopted refugee. My music in a nutshell is a culmination of these experiences blended with the empathy I feel for the experiences with others. The mission of my music is to heal with others - with every nation and tongue, in due time."

    $30.00

    Veterans for Peace Concert

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    This annual concert benefits the Veterans for Peace Chapter 93 Peace Scholarship Fund. Proceeds will go to scholarships for college students enrolled in an accredited peace studies program and for programs to assist combat veterans suffering from serious trauma. Past years performers have included Annie Bacon, Judy Banker, Al Bettis, Chris Buhalis, Annie & Rod Capps, Shari Kane & Dave Steele, Dave Keeney & Sophia Hanifi, Billy King, Pontiac Trailblazers, Jo Serrapere, Dick Siegel, Laith Al-Saadi, and Rollie Tussing.

    $24.00

    Bob Schneider & Rhett Miller

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter and former frontman of The Ugly Americans and The Scabs, Bob Schneider is one of the most-celebrated musicians in the live music capital. Rhett Miller is perhaps best known as the frontman of the Dallas-based alt-country band the Old 97's, although he has also pursued a critically acclaimed solo career.

    $40.00

    Sam Grisman Project

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Sam Grisman is a bass player, music appreciator, and bandleader who grew up in Mill Valley, California in a home where some of the great acoustic music of our time was being recorded on a regular basis. His father, legendary mandolinist, composer, and producer, David Grisman, was constantly having friends come over to his home studio for recording sessions and rehearsals. These friends, such as Doc Watson, Jerry Garcia, John Hartford, Mike Seeger, and Tony Rice all left an impression on the younger Grisman and inspired him to pursue a life making music with his many talented friends.

    $35.00
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    The Second City

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Celebrating its 65th anniversary year, the world’s most influential name in comedy, The Second City, is thrilled to return to The Ark with The Best of The Second City!

    $51.50

    Adam Ezra Group

    Opener: Jeff Kazee

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    “Welcome to Adam Ezra Group, who, along with nonprofit organization RallySound, host a free festival every summer that raised $151,000 for homeless veterans in 2024.” During the pandemic, Adam live-streamed for 500 nights in a row. The group co-produced an album with 163 fans, and Adam takes a month out of each year to visit the living rooms of his fans around the country.

    $29.00

    Stucchi & The Shepherd album release show

    Special Guest: Kyandé

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Ann Arbor’s own Davis Caruso & Giancarlo Robert make up the writer / producer duo that is making .wavs in the industry by taking the road less traveled and building local buzz around a multifaceted web of creatives. Be sure to catch them performing their new soul record entitled “The Way Home” for the first time as a full band featuring local Singer/Songwriter Kyandé, Bass aficionado Andrés Soto & Detroit Artist/ Producer/ Drum wizard David Ward.”

    $29.00
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    Nick Shoulders

    Special Guest: Jackson and The Janks

    El Club 4114 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit, MI, United States

    “All Bad,” the latest album from Nick Shoulders, ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Nick’s inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of dazzling musicianship and punk defiance, coupled with gritty eccentricity and a generational connection to the roots of the genre. With a singing style inherited from his family’s vocal lineage, Nick’s songs achieve the rare feat of imparting difficult truths while inciting a certain joyful abandon, balancing a sound forged by years of hard travel with a heartfelt reverence for the origins of country music.

    $33.99, $40.79 day of show

    An intimate evening with Shovels & Rope

    The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Shovels & Rope is the Charleston, South Carolina–based duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent. They perform as an energetic two-piece band, stirring up a righteous racket with two old guitars, a handful of harmonicas, the occasional keyboard, and a junkyard drum kit harvested from an actual garbage heap and adorned with tambourines, flowers and kitchen rags. But the songs are the deadliest arrows in this duo’s quiver.

    $40.00