(June – July) The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is an exciting celebration of performing arts, outdoor entertainment and community spirit. The three-week gathering features some of the best in theater, music, dance, comedy, street arts, and family entertainment. Founded in 1984, the Summer Festival has become one of the leading multi-arts festivals in the country. Today, the festival runs two concurrent event series: one indoor, one outdoor. The indoor series …more…
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit: Festivals
Detroit Multi Arts Festivals: Multi Arts Festivals Around Detroit
Below are our Detroit Festivals recommendations, with information on location, admission, transportation/parking, festival history and other points of interest in Detroit Art.
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
(May 9-24, 2012) Made possible by partnership between Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic Church, Temple Beth El, and Kirk in the Hills, this southeastern Michigan festival has present chamber music concerts since 1997. Guest artists such as contemporary ensemble eighth blackbird, pianists Jeremy Denk and Jonathan Biss, violinist/conductor Peter Oundjian, violist Kim Kashkashian, the Miró Quartet, and pipa player Wei Yang, along with contemporary composers Chen Yi Zhou Long, Elliott Carter, Joan Tower, Ned Rorem, William Bolcom have all participated in Great Lakes. ...more...
