Life is good again on Main Street. Festifools kicked off the festival season in Ann Arbor last Sunday with a huge crowd, happy to see the end of the coldest Michigan winter in a long time. Thousands of people lined Main Street to watch and interact with the papier-mâché creations. The Violin Monster participated, Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, and Spooner, the Mayor of Main Street was there.
•• After a long winter, life is once again good on Main Street in Ann Arbor as the annual Festifools Parade takes place. University of Michigan students and local residents build creative papier-mâché public art pieces and bring them to life in front of thousands of Ann Arborites every spring to kick off the festival season. Shown here, kids have fun with giant soap bubbles, which take the form of some kind of amphibious creature.•• Papier-mache puppets march down Main Street during the annual Festifools Parade, which begins the season of festivals in Ann Arbor. University of Michigan students and local residents build the creative public art pieces and bring them to life in front of thousands of Ann Arborites every spring.•• Spooner “the mayor of Main Street” walks down Main Street during the annual Festifools Parade, which begins the season of festivals in Ann Arbor.•• A boy shakes the hand of a Caricature of the mayor as mayor John Hieftje looks on at right, during the annual Festifools Parade in downtown Ann Arbor, MI.•• Kids participate in the annual Festifools Parade on April 6, 2014.
