no no one could say there isn't anything
interesting fun to do this weekend we've
talked about the upcoming art of fire
festival and the Romanian festival but
wait there's more
is there are all kinds of festivals and
events kicking off this weekend in Ann
Arbor and we have Meredith Bruckner the
community news producer at all about Ann
Arbor calm she's back with us well the
details hey guys so glad to have you
good to be back yes gosh so where do we
begin we have the mayor's green fair
that's starting off on Friday this is a
huge huge weekend for festival as in Ann
Arbor it's really the kick off of summer
so mayor's green fair takes over the
Main Street area it's from 6:00 to 9:00
p.m.
totally free the whole point is just to
come on by and learn about initiatives
about sustainability and environment
local members of government and
nonprofits organizations set up booths
and you can come and learn what they're
doing to keep the city and the county
green so it's a great thing exactly and
there's live music kids activities and
you're on Main Street I mean take over
it's the heart of the downtown now so if
something tickles your fancy then you
can wander off in that direction that's
right exactly everything's right there
yeah and you can you can wander off as
well to summer festival so Summerfest is
a few blocks away it runs through July
so this is a month long event so 5:00
p.m. onward six nights a week there's
free music kids activities dance lessons
as you can see performances here I mean
it's just it's just everything it's
called top of the park it's really the
biggest event of the summer I'd say
besides Art Fair this is the official
kickoff people just love it so you can
see it takes over part of University of
Michigan's campus and there's also a
main stage performance series that you
can pay tickets to see your favorite
artist so Ani DiFranco actually just
played last night at power centers they
have some pretty big names playing this
year too so key it's all free isn't it
that's right they do encourage small
donations $5 per person or $10 for
family but it is free I swear I saw the
wolf man in that video did you see it
yeah do you know what a famous what
violin monster violin he plays all over
town he is his own Instagram I saw him
last weekend at Ann Arbor taste of Ann
Arbor and he was a hoot he like
interacts with kids he says we should
have had him on TV longer than a half
second I got to look up but he doesn't
talk you know he just plays his violin
with a scary thing music is his language
yeah we have the Greek Festival the Yasu
Greek festival going on this weekend
that's Friday Saturday and Sunday so
it's at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Church and Nick must plain do you guys
remember that band was in the 90s
making a comeback this the spirit and
that spiritual kind of it's tribal
tribal you would totally know it okay if
you got it so they're playing there's a
lot of authentic food as you can see
they also have a traditional Greek
dancing which is really fun in full
costume and the great thing is they
invite the whole crowd to join so you
can learn some footwork and just have a
lot of fun and say yeah so yeah so it's
some so it's a good bye hello and - your
house - Cheers yeah there's also a fun
festival that's a great fundraiser as
well yes this is a grill and for food
gatherers who gathers is just so loved
in town they're the biggest of food
rescue nonprofit in Washington County so
their their goal is to end hunger in the
county all together so so this event
it's it's their biggest fundraiser of
the year the community loves it
it's ticketed so it's 75 dollars if you
preorder online or $85 at the door
ten dollars for kids kids under three
are free so just so you have an idea
this is a charity and they estimated
that one adult ticket can pay for a
hundred and fifty meals for people in
need so it's really going to a good
cause and like I said the community
embraces it local restaurants donate
food to be grilled up and served there's
local micro breweries on-site there's a
massage area hands-on Children's Museum
is doing activities so this is like a he
huge deal so grilling for food gatherers
check it out awesome cause awesome
events yeah Thank You Meredith you
always have the scoop on what's going on
yeah thanks clear I wish I could like
you know cut myself in half so I could
like go to all these things this weekend
all at once but now if I find him I'll
try to take a selfie oh yeah he actually
is I just followed of money Instagram to
learn more about the festivals and all
that's going on this weekend check out
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