slideshow: Michigan Roots Jamboree returns to Ypsilanti's Riverside Park
Posted on Fri, Aug 5, 2011 : 9:12 p.m.
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Artist Jill Romine, of Ypsilanti, works on a piece as the Drunken Barn Dance perform during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Artist Jill Romine, of Ypsilanti, works on a piece as the Drunken Barn Dance perform during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Missy Stump chats with her boyfriend Brian Bett, both of Ypsilanti as they sit on a blanket during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Drunken Barn Dance perform during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Drunken Barn Dance perform during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Julia Rigiel, 4, Flushing, smiles while playing catch with a hacky sack during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Wynter Osstifin, 4, of Tecumseh, attempts to hula hoop during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Cammie Osstifin, Tecumseh, laughs as she manages to hula hoop using a huge hoop during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Theo Katzman performs with his band Love Massive during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Artist Mary Thomason, of Ypsilanti, works on a painting as Theo Katzman and the Love Massive play on stage during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Fans listen to Theo Katzman and Love Massive perform during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Theo Katzman performs with his band Love Massive during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Matt Jones, Ypsilanti, packs up his drums after playing a set with his band Drunken Barn Dance at the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Black Jake and the Carnies accordion player J.C. Miller is greeted with a hug by band mate, fiddler Mark Wallace before they take the stage during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Lisby Pollock dances with her granddaughters Zoey, 7 and Bea, 3, during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Black Jake performs with his band the Carnies during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. . Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Fans listen to Black Jake and the Carnies during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Black Jake plays a banjo with his band the Carnies during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. . Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Fans listen to Black Jake and the Carnies during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Black Jake and the Carnies during perform a set at the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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Volunteer and performer Alexis King, Ypsilanti, dances during a set by Black Jake and the Carnies during the Michigan Roots Jamboree at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti on Friday. . Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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The annual Michigan Roots Jamboree is back this weekend, bringing a wide range of local, regional and national music acts to Riverside Park in Ypsilanti.
Photographer Melanie Maxwell captured these images.
The Jamboree continues tonight and Saturday with a full schedule at the park as well as late-night events at other locations. For more information, see the AnnArbor.com preview article or the Jamboree website.
Melanie Maxwell is a photographer for AnnArbor.com. She can be reached at melaniemaxwell@annarbor.com. Follow AnnArbor.com photography on Facebook at AnnArbor.com Photo and on Twitter at @AnnArborPhoto.
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