a2VV: FestiFools Studio - Julie Hagopian, Production Manager & Mark Tucker, Founder, Creative Director, Head Fool
The Fools are back! FestiFools and FoolMoon are returning to downtown Ann Arbor to celebrate with all NEW Giant Papier-Mâché Puppets, community made Luminary Sculptures, LIVE music, street dancing and Foolish mayhem!
Learn more on their Facebook page: FestiFools Studio
FoolMoon 2026: FoolMoon 2026: Fools of a Feather!
FRIDAY April 10th, 2026, DUSK 7:30pm-Midnight
Downtown Ann Arbor, Washington & Ashley Streets
It’s a bird! It's a plane! It's a Fool with wings!
FoolMoon returns to downtown Ann Arbor with light-filled art, street dancing, and Foolish fun! This year's theme, "Fools of a Feather", will invite winged creatures of all kinds to light up Ann Arbor’s streets!
On Friday, April 10th, FoolMoon participants gather at one of 3 different “Constellation Stations”: Slauson Middle School, the front lawn of UMMA, and the Kerrytown Farmers Market. Stepping off at 8pm, the homemade luminary processionals will dance and cavort through downtown Ann Arbor, winding through neighborhoods and past restaurants. Hundreds of luminary sculptures (and their makers!) will pour onto Washington Street in front of Grizzly Peak for a Luminous Celebration of lights, LIVE music, and dancing from dusk to Midnight!
FestiFools 2026: Back to the FOOLture!
SUNDAY April 12th, 2026, 4-5pm
Main Street, Downtown Ann Arbor
20 years ago, FestiFools exploded onto Ann Arbor’s Main Street with enormous kinetic papier-mâché sculptures created by a joyous collaboration of students and community members. Time sure flies when you’re having (Foolish) fun! Come help us celebrate "Back to the FOOLture", where we'll reconstruct our past, present, and FOOLture with bizarro, street-sized Puppets created and animated by U-M students and community members! Make a crazy costume, bring an old pan to bang on, or just come as you are, to help celebrate the 20th Annual FestiFools Spectacle on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor! This not-2-B-missed one-hour only event starts at 4pm sharp!