Claudia Schmidt and Rachael Davis are at it again! Both lovers of winter and each others’ company, they are excited to show up at Winter Solstice time to energize, harmonize and humanize!
Special Guest: Amy Petty
The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesTerry is a seasoned professional musician. Starting from a young age in his family band, Terry’s music career has taken him to all four corners of the country and beyond as a player and band leader, including a 2-year stint as lead guitarist with surf legends Jan & Dean, and 3 years of national touring with his original rock & roll band, The Bead Band. Terry has been artistic director and musical director for many initiatives including the live radio show, Radio Free Bacon, and has toured the US and Canada extensively as part of various groups.
The Yellow Room is the "brilliantly yellow" living room of Tamulevich's house on Ann Arbor's Old West Side, where the gang members meet monthly for musical brainstorming and mutual critique. There are eight members of the gang, most or all of whom are on hand for any given show: Annie Capps, Kitty Donohoe, Jan Krist, Michael Hough, David Tamulevich, David Barrett, Jim Bizer, and Matt Watroba. Each an accomplished songwriter and performer in their own right, they create a unique atmosphere of respect and support, friendship and generosity finding new and unexpected ways to explore beyond their previous personal boundaries.
The tradition that started two decades ago at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York, and now is a much-anticipated event also in Los Angeles and other cities, is coming back to Ann Arbor! Fifty of the area's up-and-coming and veteran comics come together to tell the first jokes they've written for the new year, kicking off the 2027 comedy scene in the most righteous way possible!
Duke Tumatoe is a blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter who has been entertaining audiences for over four decades with his unique blend of humor, talent, and showmanship. Born in Chicago, Duke began his musical career in the early 1970s. He was a member in the band that became REO Speedwagon before forming his own group, Duke Tumatoe and the All-Star Frogs.
Schmaltz is a modern klezmer band based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With a unique sound that hinges on craftily blended genres, their music provides a refreshing perspective on klezmer music, infusing traditional Jewish music with contemporary flavor by mixing in elements of jazz, balkan, funk, latin, and polka. Warren & Flick creates music that feels both grounded and adventurous—rooted in tradition yet unafraid to explore. With Jacob Warren on double bass and tenor bass, and Grant Flick on violin, tenor guitar, and nyckelharpa, the duo crafts a compelling sound that blends original composition and improvisation with classical, jazz, and folk traditions.
Jill Jack’s decades-long career has taken her across the globe, performing solo and with her band, opening for acts like Bob Seger and Loretta Lynn. Her Americana music blends folk, rock, country, and blues, and she’s known for storytelling, humor, and heartfelt performances. With 12 CDs and 51 Detroit Music Awards, she’s also composed for documentaries and ad campaigns. Jack gives back through missionary work, nonprofits, and mentoring artists of all ages.
All together now! Welcome to the first annual folks choir community sing. We invite you to join us as we lean on the power of music to uplift our hearts with songs of hope and resilience. Bring your kids! Bring a date! Bring your friends! This event will be centered around singing in beloved community. Your band will feature May Erlewine, Phil Cook, Corie Brown, Packy Lundholm, Joel Gottschalk and Ben Rose. Come as you are and let us lift our voices on high.
That’s no typo! Twin brothers, San and Laz Slomovits will celebrate their 78th birthdays, and the beginning of the 54th year of their career, with a concert of songs and instrumentals from each of those decades and many others; traditional and 60s folk, pop songs from the 30s thru the 80s, instrumental tunes from the British Isles and Eastern Europe, and San and Laz's own songs and poetry settings, accompanying themselves on guitars, violins, mandolin, pennywhistle, bones and more. They'll be joined by San’s daughter Emily on vocals and violin, Laz’s partner Jennifer Burd on bowed psaltery, and their long-time “Good Mischief Band” members Eric Fithian on bass, and Mike Morrison on drums.
Originally born in Germany and transplanted to the U.S. as a young teen, Antje Duvekot began honing her observational skills through a lens of biculturalism when she picked up a guitar in high school. Some years later, the confessional folk of Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco gave her license to share those observations, no matter how personal, in her first emerging songs. She has never let go of the tenet of vulnerability, building a celebrated career around songs that transform deeply personal experiences into something universal. Santa Fe-based songwriter and author David Berkeley writes songs capable of both breaking and mending the heart. A standout guest on This American Life, he’s won many songwriting awards and honors including ASCAPs Johnny Mercer Songwriting Award
Join us as a standout lineup of Michigan’s finest musical talent takes the stage to honor folk music history, covering iconic hits from past Ann Arbor Folk Festival headliners. It’s a night of legendary songs reimagined by local favorites. Celebrate the legacy of the Folk Fest and help keep independent live music thriving at The Ark. Featuring Annie Bacon, Brain Vander Ark, Chris Bathgate, Chris Buhalis, Davis Caruso, Jen Sygit, Jess Merritt, Jordan Hamilton, The Lucky Nows, Martin & Kiana Howley, Phillip-Michael Scales, The Minor Pieces, The RFD Boys, Rochelle Clark, Seth Bernard, and more!
Heywood Banks is simply one of a kind, almost impossible to describe, with a style his very own. Equal parts genius and buffoon, this songwriter-comic-singer-poet-musician has become a cult hero and a pop icon, with a show that appeals to college students, stoners, businessmen, yuppies, rednecks, punks, kids or your grandmother.