For decades, the Street Art Fair has featured lively street performances to engage our strolling audience. While marveling at the high quality art featured at our fair, keep an eye out for our talented street performers:

MR. B

Thirty years ago a tall young man dragged an upright piano to the corner of South University and East University Avenues, in the middle of the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, and started to play.  He went by the name Mr. B and he’s been back every year since.

In 2003 the Original Street Art Fair relocated to the North University side of the Diag and Mark Braun (aka Mr. B) came along.  Now under a tent with a grand piano on North University at the intersection of Ingalls Mall, Mark, and occasionally friends Bob Seeley and James Dapogny, are an official tradition of the Fair.

More information about Mr. B and pictures of his performances at the Fair can be found at:  www.marklincolnbraun.com/

GEORGE TAIT - THE LIVING STATUE

George Tait has been bending the minds of audiences around the world with his "Psychological Magic" and "Living Statue" (shown above) for over ten years. He’s entertained such notable talent as bands Metalica, Kid Rock, and Ted Nugent. He’s a well respected author in the magic community with three books to his name. Tait has transformed his art form into both a real and emotionally powerful experience. He has succeeded in taking magic to a level not often reached by other performers. Tait has gone on to direct, co-direct, write and co-write a wide variety of theatrical productions that include How to Kill a Piano - his one man show, Faces in the Crowd, Loud Thoughts and Silent screams, and The Magical Mystery Musical, among others. He’s the founder of CHaSed Productions, an entertainment company that hosts Monthly Magic & Mind Reading, a monthly installment of high class entertainment geared towards adult audiences in Plymouth, Michigan. He’s performed for literally every type of audience, from intimate dinner and cocktail parties to corporate America.

Click here to visit George’s website.

RUSSELL DONNELLON

Russell Donnellon is an innovative and versatile performer whose style reflects the wide scope of his influences. He joins the classical guitar (its technique, repertoire, counterpoint and sonic palette) with the harmonic and improvisational impulse of jazz. Romantic, deeply textured, vividly evocative and heartwarming, it is supported by the rhythms of Brazil, the Caribbean, Spain, the Gypsies, and American Pop, Country, Blues, Jazz and Gospel. Russell pushes the envelope of the orchestral and emotional potential of the solo guitar.

Click here to visit Russell’s website.