The two-day winter fundraiser for The Ark will also boast sets by Ingrid Michaelson, The Lone Bellow, Bettye Lavette, Molly Tuttle, Cedric Burnside, Rainbow Girls and more. Details here.
Calexico with Iron & Wine, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ingrid Michaelson and Mandolin Orange will lead the musical charge during the 2020 Ann Arbor Folk Festival.
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The lineup for the 43rd annual festival announced this week also features Michigan favorites — Detroit soul singer Bettye Lavette and up-and-coming Americana act Cold Tone Harvest from Plymouth.
The festival — which is a fundraiser for Ann Arbor’s The Ark — will take place Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.
The Friday night lineup will be headlined by the collaborative combo of Calexico and Iron & Wine, which released the joint project, “Years to Burn,” earlier this year, followed by a national tour that made a stop in September at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids.
That evening will also features sets by singer-songwriter (and Ark favorite) Ingrid Michaelson, New York indie-folk act The Lone Bellow, country blues artist Cedric Burnside, California’s Rainbow Girls and Canadian alt-country outfit Elliot Brood.
On Saturday, singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliffe — leader of the R&B combo Nathaniel Rateliffe & The Night Sweats — will headline, with folk duo Mandolin Orange (who also played Meijer Gardens in September), LaVette, fast-rising bluegrass star Molly Tuttle, Oklahoma singer-songwriter John Moreland and Cold Tone Harvest filling out the bill. Rock/blues/jazz musician Willy Porter will emcee both nights, with performances beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets for premium seats — $110-$225 for one night, $200-$400 for two nights — will be on sale by phone only starting Nov. 1 through The Ark’s office at 734-761-1800. Regular tickets are on sale to Ark members by mail only from Nov. 1 through Nov. 14 ($65 one night, $120 two nights); get information on becoming an Ark member by calling 734-761-1800.
Remaining seats will go on sale to the general public ($45-$65 one night; $80-$120 two nights) and online on Dec. 2. Get more details here.
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