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Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Blues
Nationally known artists visit the Ark, Kerrytown Concert House, other clubs, and campus venues, crowning a flourishing nightlife scene. Home to considerable local talent, Ann Arbor's also a stop for up-and-comers on the college circuit.

Highlights this week:

Tim Flood: Kerrytown Concert House.

11th Annual Milan Bluegrass Festival: Jim Wilder & Jerry Yates.

Roger McGuinn and John Sebastian: The Ark/Michigan Theater Foundation.

Monday
August, 2008

Noon-2 p.m.
"Music in the Park": Herb David Guitar Studio. June 1-October 31. Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.

8 p.m.
Tim Flood: Kerrytown Concert House. This local avant-jazz bassist and programmer performs his experimental improvisations that combine computer technology with bass. KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10 (students, $5). 769-2999.

Tuesday
August, 2008

Wednesday
August, 2008

Thursday
August, 2008

Noon-2 p.m.
"Bank of Ann Arbor Sonic Lunch": Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce. Every Thursday, June 5-September 25. Musical entertainment by local performers TBA. Today: Bump, a Detroit progressive rock quartet. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 214-0109.

Noon-midnight.
11th Annual Milan Bluegrass Festival: Jim Wilder & Jerry Yates. August 7-9. Three days of bluegrass music performed by leading regional and national performers. Headliners this year are International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainer of the Year Rhonda Vincent & the Rage (August 8, 4:30 & 8:30 p.m.) and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (August 9, 3:45 & 8:30 p.m.), a celebrated bluegrass band from Tennessee best known for the breathtaking beauty and control of its voices and instruments. For a complete schedule, see wilderbluegrassfestival.com. KC Campground, 14048 Sherman Rd. (US-23 to Exit 25; southeast on Plank Rd.), Milan. Tickets $55 (for all 3 days) in advance by Aug. 1, $65 at the gate for all 3 days. $35 per day at the gate only. (248) 435-2828, (248) 813-0260.

12:10 p.m.
Gifts of Art: U-M Hospitals. August 7 & 14. Outdoor performances by local musicians. Today: jump blues and swing by the Bluescasters. Also this month: the Global Jazz Trio (August 14) plays upbeat, inspirational contemporary jazz. Rain location: U-M Hospital lobby. U-M Hospital courtyard, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. (off Fuller). Free. 936-ARTS.

6:30-8:30 p.m.
"Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights": Chelsea Retail Advisory Council. Every Thursday. Musical entertainment on stages downtown, as well as activities for kids. Also, an art market, food vendors, and carriage rides. Weekly schedules available at chelseafestivals.com. downtown Chelsea. Free (fee for carriage ride). 475-1145

Friday
August, 2008

Noon-midnight.
11th Annual Milan Bluegrass Festival: Jim Wilder & Jerry Yates. August 7-9. Three days of bluegrass music performed by leading regional and national performers. Headliners this year are International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainer of the Year Rhonda Vincent & the Rage (August 8, 4:30 & 8:30 p.m.) and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (August 9, 3:45 & 8:30 p.m.), a celebrated bluegrass band from Tennessee best known for the breathtaking beauty and control of its voices and instruments. For a complete schedule, see wilderbluegrassfestival.com. KC Campground, 14048 Sherman Rd. (US-23 to Exit 25; southeast on Plank Rd.), Milan. Tickets $55 (for all 3 days) in advance by Aug. 1, $65 at the gate for all 3 days. $35 per day at the gate only. (248) 435-2828, (248) 813-0260.

7-10 p.m.
Crossroads Summer Festival. Every Friday, June 6-September 12. Weekly outdoor stage in downtown Ypsilanti with a variety of dance bands. (In case of rain, held in Club Devine, 25 North Washington.) Weekly schedules available at ypsicrossroads.org. Washington St. at Michigan Ave. Free. 717-7305.

8 p.m.
Roger McGuinn and John Sebastian: The Ark/Michigan Theater Foundation. See review. Double bill featuring 2 pioneering folk-rock singer-songwriters. McGuinn is the former Byrds frontman who helped forge the distinctively bright 12-string Rickenbacker electric sound that has inspired everyone from Tom Petty to R.E.M. and beyond, and Sebastian is the Lovin' Spoonful founder whose band helped revive interest in jug-band and other old-time pop idioms. Michigan Theater. Tickets $25, $39.50, & $75 in advance at Herb David Guitar Studio, the Michigan Union Ticket Office, & all other Ticketmaster outlets; and at the door. To charge by phone, call 763-TKTS.

Saturday
August, 2008

Noon-2 p.m.
"Music in the Park": Herb David Guitar Studio. June 1-October 31. Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Today: the View, an Ypsilanti rock quartet fronted by singer-songwriter B. J. Walraven. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.

Noon-midnight.
11th Annual Milan Bluegrass Festival: Jim Wilder & Jerry Yates. August 7-9. Three days of bluegrass music performed by leading regional and national performers. Headliners this year are International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainer of the Year Rhonda Vincent & the Rage (August 8, 4:30 & 8:30 p.m.) and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (August 9, 3:45 & 8:30 p.m.), a celebrated bluegrass band from Tennessee best known for the breathtaking beauty and control of its voices and instruments. For a complete schedule, see wilderbluegrassfestival.com. KC Campground, 14048 Sherman Rd. (US-23 to Exit 25; southeast on Plank Rd.), Milan. Tickets $55 (for all 3 days) in advance by Aug. 1, $65 at the gate for all 3 days. $35 per day at the gate only. (248) 435-2828, (248) 813-0260.

Sunday
August, 2008

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