In 1969, a group of University of Michigan students defied racial prejudice and gathered what is widely considered the greatest lineup of blues musicians ever assembled. Their efforts would unleash a chain of events that changed the world.

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"Without doubt the festival of the year, if not the decade.”

  Dan Morgenstern – Music Critic,  Downbeat Magazine, Oct. 1969

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ANN ARBOR BLUES FESTIVAL

We Made ANN ARBOR GYRATE AGAIN

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