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Ann Arbor The Ann Arbor State Street Fair has resumed plans to hold its July event after they were canceled earlier this month due to restrictions to stem COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s announcement last week with plans to lift restrictions on outdoor venues as of July 1 spurred organizers to reconsider. After careful consideration and consultation with the City of Ann Arbor and others, we have decided to officially rescind our cancellation, organizers said on the fair s website.
The Ann Arbor State Street Fair has a long tradition as part of the collective Ann Arbor Art Fair, which also includes the Ann Arbor Original Fair and the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. Last year s event was canceled due to the pandemic. The other two fairs, typically held simultaneously with the State Street Fair, have not announced any changes to their earlier cancellations.
2021 Ann Arbor Art Fair Canceled Again Due to Ongoing Pandemic
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The 2021 Ann Arbor Art Fair has been canceled for the second year in a row due to concerns over COVID-19 safety at the event. In a statement released Wednesday, the directors of the event stated the three fairs that comprise the Ann Arbor Art Fair which includes the Ann Arbor Original Fair, the State Street Fair, and the Summer Art Fair, would not be happening in 2021.
The annual event, which is the nation’s largest Art Fair, was met with challenges due to its size and massive attendance each year. Directors found executing the event under current mandates and guidelines to be difficult.
The directors of the Ann Arbor Original Fair, the State Street Fair, and the Summer Art Fair the three fairs that comprise the Ann Arbor Art Fair jointly announce the decision to cancel the 2021 Ann Arbor Art Fair. The three fair directors worked very hard to find a way to make this event happen under the State of Michigan’s pandemic restrictions and have realized that, as the nation’s largest art fair, it would be impossible to move forward with this year’s event.
“We can truthfully say that we tried everything we could to make it work with COVID protocols, but the bottom line is that outdoor gathering restrictions would need to be totally lifted before we could proceed. We hung on to hope that restrictions might change, but we have now run out of time. We all think it is likely that capacity limits will be lifted by July, but there are no guarantees. It would be unfair to ask artists to take that risk.”, said Mo Riley, director of Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, t