Fifty years ago, a group U-M students and blues fans threw the inaugural Ann Arbor Blues Festival, featuring the likes of blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Son House, Big Mama ...

James Partridge was an ardent fan of the blues long before he ever knew it. “I was a classic rock ‘n’ roll fan most of my life,” says Partridge, the attorney-turned-impresario who became the driving ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials have OK’d street closures for two more annual events in August. The Ann Arbor Pride festival on Aug. 3 and the University of Michigan’s Go Blue Mix on Aug. 30 will ...