AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo reports from the University of Michigan campus for the 35th annual Ann Arbor Summer Festival. In this gallery, you’ll see photos from Wednesday, June 20, 2018. In a great story of seizing your destiny, 28-year-old guitarist and singer Stef Chura, a DIY organizer on the Detroit underground garage rock scene and once clerk at Ypsi Food Co-op when she was just out of high school, has been reaping the success of a commitment she made to transforming her quirky, delicate basement tapes and bandcamp posts into a recognizable voice going all the way. Saajtak, born from a quartet of U-M music school alums, including vocalist Alex Koi, electronic artist Simon Alexander-Adams, drummer Jon Taylor, and bassist Ben Willis, they are a unique project on the SE Michigan scene, marrying their classical training to avant garde artistry.
Welcome to the University of Michigan
Fun with Bubbles
Fun with Bubbles
Fun with Bubbles
Restaurant booths
Guitarist and singer Stef Chura
Guitarist and singer Stef Chura
Guitarist and singer Stef Chura
Guitarist and singer Stef Chura
Guitarist and singer Stef Chura
Guitarist and singer Stef Chura
A2SF 35th anniversary mural
Wine Down Wednesday
Attendees enjoying wine
Kids playing with chalk
Umbrella chalk art
Food stands
Celebrating 35 Years
Saajtak
Saajtak
They are a quartet of U-M music school alums
Saajtak
They are a quartet of U-M music school alums
Saajtak
Saajtak performing live
eVenti Verticali’s “Wanted”
eVenti Verticali’s “Wanted”
eVenti Verticali’s “Wanted”
Two Italian brothers play “cops and robbers
eVenti Verticali’s “Wanted”
Two Italian brothers play “cops and robbers
Two Italian brothers play “cops and robbers
eVenti Verticali’s “Wanted”
eVenti Verticali’s “Wanted”
Two Italian brothers play “cops and robbers
They are playing Mario Bros.
eVenti Verticali’s “Wanted”
Two Italian brothers play “cops and robbers
Local restaurant booths lit up
Getting ready for “Minority Report” movie
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival continues through July 1st. For more info, visit http://a2sf.org/