Ann Arbor Summer Festival: Top of the Park

Ann Arbor Summer Festival: Top of the Park 2025 Dates: June 13-29

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6 nights per week The indoor Mainstage series includes ticketed performances of world-class music, dance, circus, and comedy.
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✨ 200+ FREE concerts & events to discover✨
The best part of summer in Ann Arbor.
www.a2sf.org

The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is an exhilarating celebration of performing arts, outdoor entertainment, and community spirit. The nearly four-week gathering offers dozens of performances, activities, exhibitions, and screenings representative of the best in music, dance, contempo

rary circus, comedy, film, spectacle, street arts, and family entertainment. Founded by Eugene Power, and established as an equal partnership between the City of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival presented its first full season in 1984. Early festival seasons emphasized classical music and theater, but have since become more popular and diverse in nature, encompassing a breadth of performance genres. What began with a vision for a summer cultural event that would connect audiences with world-class artists, bring community together, and showcase the city and state as a major arts destination, now flourishes as one of the leading multi-arts festivals in the country. Today, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival produces two concurrent programs, one indoor and one outdoor, at various venues and spaces across the University of Michigan campus and in downtown Ann Arbor. The outdoor program, Top of the Park, is held along a beautiful campus green and offers admission-free concerts, blockbuster movies by moonlight, open-air spectacles, and unique family attractions. The Ann Arbor Summer Festival offers a progressive mix of regional, national, and international artists of all disciplines. Presenting over 200 scheduled events each season and attracting a diverse audience of over 80,000 people, the festival continues to grow as a major cultural event in the Ann Arbor community, and as an internationally recognized celebration of arts that enriches the cultural, economic, and social vitality of the region. For over three decades, the festival has hosted such luminaries as Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Marcel Marceau, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Garrison Keillor, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Gladys Knight, Chris Isaak, Bonnie Raitt, Diana Krall, Ingrid Michaelson, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Andrew Bird, Lily Tomlin, Circa, Steve Martin, Trombone Shorty, The Indigo Girls, John Waters, Gregory Allan Isakov, Bernadette Peters, Cake, Lyle Lovett, Momix, k.d. lang, Ira Glass, Buddy Guy, Feist, Mayer Hawthorne, John Hiatt, Taylor Mac, The Moth Mainstage, Ani Difranco, Meow Meow, Los Lobos, Diana Krall, Patty Griffin and Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me! In addition to its mainstream presentations and regional artists, recent outdoor spectacle installations and performances offerings have included Australia’s Strange Fruit, The Architects of Air, Transe Express, Wild bytes’ Superhero, The Dream Engine, Erth’s Dinosaurs, Close Act Theatre’s Saurus, Polyglot’s Tangle, The Water Balloon Gladiators, David Zinn, Mucca Pazza, March Fourth! and many more!

Love A2SF? 🎶 Now's the time to show that, as Current is holding their Best of Washtenaw awards! 🗳️ We would greatly appr...
09/16/2025

Love A2SF? 🎶 Now's the time to show that, as Current is holding their Best of Washtenaw awards! 🗳️ We would greatly appreciate your vote for Music Festival, Outdoor Music Venue, Outdoor Event, or Annual Event. 🥁 Our volunteers, staff, and board of trustees are hard at work planning the 2026 season, and we'd love to amplify A2SF to the broader community. 🎸 Thank you!

www.ecurrent.com/music/best-of-washtenaw-2025

✨ One last summer soirée! ✨Join us at Fireman’s Park, Superior Twp for a FREE evening of food, music & community!📅 Sat, ...
09/11/2025

✨ One last summer soirée! ✨
Join us at Fireman’s Park, Superior Twp for a FREE evening of food, music & community!

📅 Sat, Sept 13 | ⏰ 4–7PM

🎺 Live music by rising Detroit trumpeter
🎤 Hip-hop energy from
⚽ Sports & workshops with CLR Academy
🌭 Free hot dogs, Kona Ice, bounce house + face painting

💫 Don’t miss this final summer celebration — free & open to all!

Check out our 2025 Top of the Park season photo gallery, captured by Doug Coombe! 📸✨ What were your favorite moments thi...
08/07/2025

Check out our 2025 Top of the Park season photo gallery, captured by Doug Coombe! 📸✨ What were your favorite moments this summer?

All Photos by Doug Coombe

Check out these incredible shots from the 2025 Top of the Park season, captured by Doug Coombe! 📸✨Make sure to share you...
07/09/2025

Check out these incredible shots from the 2025 Top of the Park season, captured by Doug Coombe! 📸✨

Make sure to share you experience from Top of the Park this season by taking our 2025 season survey. You'll be entered for a chance to win a $50 Visa gift card as a token of our appreciation!

🔗 2025 SEASON SURVEY LINK: bit.ly/4kupFgm

Lovely moments from So Long Sunday at Top of the Park by The Eastern Echo 💚
07/08/2025

Lovely moments from So Long Sunday at Top of the Park by The Eastern Echo 💚

We appreciate everyone who volunteered with us this season, including our volunteer teams 💛 Thank you to: Intentional Co...
07/01/2025

We appreciate everyone who volunteered with us this season, including our volunteer teams 💛 Thank you to: Intentional Communities of Washtenaw (ICW), First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, Kapnick Insurance, Howard Hanna, Reinhart Realtors, A2SF Community Engagement Committee, and A2SF Board of Trustees.

Our second lucky winner of Sun Cruiser Bike Giveaway is Clinton Brenner, who has been coming to Top of the Park since th...
06/30/2025

Our second lucky winner of Sun Cruiser Bike Giveaway is Clinton Brenner, who has been coming to Top of the Park since third grade. Congrats Clinton!👏🚴🎉

It's So Long Sunday Sunday at Top of the Park! Enjoy performances and activities today starting at 4:00PM. Come out and ...
06/29/2025

It's So Long Sunday Sunday at Top of the Park! Enjoy performances and activities today starting at 4:00PM. Come out and celebrate with us as we wrap up the 2025 season! 🎉

🎸 4:00PM • Timothy Monger

👧🎨 4:00PM • KidZone: Face Painting & Music • Colorful Events & Copper Tom

🎤 5:00PM • Alex Cuba

🖌️ 5:00PM • David Zinn Chalk Art

🥋 5:30PM • Retreat: Capoeira with Mestre Lobinho

✨ 7:00PM • Lady Sunshine and the X Band

🎶 8:30PM • George Bedard and the Kingpins

🎭 7:00, 8:00, & 9:00PM • The Annex: Matt Sandbank • Still Life

🎥 10:00PM • Wicked

Special thank you to our Lead Sponsor State Street District for their support of the 2025 season! https://statestreetdistrict.org/

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Ann Arbor, MI
48109

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Tuesday 5pm - 11:45pm
Wednesday 5pm - 11:45pm
Thursday 5pm - 11:45pm
Friday 5pm - 11:45pm
Saturday 5pm - 11:45pm
Sunday 5pm - 11:45pm

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✨ 175+ FREE concerts & events to discover✨ The best part of summer in Ann Arbor. Top of the Park runs June 14 -July 7, 2019 #a2sf #topofthepark www.a2sf.org The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is an exhilarating celebration of performing arts, outdoor entertainment, and community spirit. A boutique music and arts festival, the nearly four-week gathering offers dozens of performances, activities, exhibitions, and screenings representative of the best in music, dance, comedy, film, circus and street arts, and family entertainment. Founded by Eugene Power, and established as an equal partnership between the City of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival presented its first full season in 1984. Early festival seasons emphasized classical music and theater, but have since become more popular and diverse in nature, encompassing a breadth of performance genres. What began with a vision for a summer cultural event that would connect audiences with world-class artists, bring community together, and showcase the city and state as a major arts destination, now flourishes as one of the leading multi-arts festivals in the country. Today, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival produces two concurrent programs, one indoor and one outdoor, at various venues and spaces across the University of Michigan campus and in downtown Ann Arbor. The indoor Mainstage series includes ticketed performances of world-class music, dance, theater, and comedy. The outdoor program, Top of the Park, is held along a beautiful campus green and offers admission-free concerts, movies under the stars, open-air spectacles, and unique family attractions. Since 2007, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival offers a progressive mix of regional, national, and international artists of all disciplines. Presenting over 175 scheduled events and attracting a diverse audience of 80,000 people, the festival continues to grow as a major cultural event in the Ann Arbor community, and as an internationally recognized celebration of arts that enriches the cultural, economic, and social vitality of the region. For decades, the festival has hosted such luminaries as Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Marcel Marceau, Aretha Franklin, and Tony Bennett. Recent Mainstage seasons have featured Garrison Keillor, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Gladys Knight, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chris Isaak, Cake, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, Diana Krall, Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Andrew Bird, Bernadette Peters, Indigo Girls, Lyle Lovett, k.d. lang, Buddy Guy, Ingrid Michaelson, Trombone Shorty, John Hiatt, Ira Glass, Los Lobos, Pink Martini, Patty Griffin The Moth Mainstage and Pink Martini. In addition to its mainstream presentations, recent fringe and alternative offerings have included performances by John Waters, Sandra Bernhard, Feist, Devo, Dean & Britta, Neal Medlyn, Taylor Mac, Meow Meow, Mucca Pazza and MarchFourth. Since 2007, the festival has presented major outdoor spectacle from around the world including Australia’s Strange Fruit, Spian’s WyldBytes, The U.K.’s Architects of Air, France’s Company Transe Express and many more.