Welcome!  Like to sing?  Live in the greater Ann Arbor - Ypsilanti area? 

Whatever your skill level -- from beginner to expert -- here are many ways to join with people who simply want to sing together.

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If you'd like to add a group or event, or correct a listing, contact us via email.  (We're still adding links for all of the groups -- please bear with us.  7/8/26)

 

Tree-town Pub Sing  Literally, a traditional pub-sing.  50 - 100 folks gather, once a month, at an actual pub.  (Typically 1st Mondays, but it varies.)  Anyone can lead a song; any song with a teachable chorus is welcome.  We lean towards 'traditional', folk, sea-songs, and the like -- but we get the occasional pop or Disney song, too!  A great way to sing along with others, no matter how well you sing.

The location is the "Celtic room" at Conor O'Neill's.  Free, but most attendees buy a drink or dinner.

Matt Watroba community sing    An acclaimed folk singer/songwriter, folk-radio DJ for 40 years(!), and a community-song leader, Matt hosts a monthly open 'sing' at the Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth", near the Ann Arbor airport.  Anyone is welcome; each person is welcome to lead a song, request a song, or pass.  Matt does fun 'warm-up' exercises that quickly bring the group together.  We often sing from "Rise Up Singing", but any song with a teachable chorus is welcome!

A $5 donation is encouraged but not required.

Singing Resistance Washtenaw hosts a free monthly "resistance sing-along", and gathers to sing at public events and protests. 

They are "...building a mass movement of singers to protect and care for our communities in the face of rising authoritarianism... we sing because song is an antidote to fear, & helps us connect to each other."

Folk Song Jam Along    Come sing and play!  Get more music in your life and join us for this family-friendly sing-along.  Bring your voices and/or instruments -- lyrics and chords will be projected, so all can sing and strum along.  Beginners welcome!  You choose from 350+ familiar folk/pop songs.  This event is led by Lori Fithian and Jean Chorazyczewski.  Free.

Charles Roth's in-home sing.  An open, comfy in-home sing, in SE Ann Arbor.  Limited to 20 people; contact Charles to attend.  Similar to the pub-sing, but smaller.  Free.

Out Loud Chorus is the largest North American mixed chorus for the LGTBQ+ community, bringing together people of all genders and sexual orientations, including straight allies.  We are a non-auditioned chorus, and don't limit membership based on musical ability.  We are committed to putting on musically excellent shows that are entertaining and fun for all while centering LGTBQ+ people.

Ann Arbor Sacred Harp is a "shape note" singing group.  No experience is necessary, but it helps if you can read music, just a little bit.  The songs are all 4-part harmony, but are taught -- and the "shape note" method, 100+ years strong, is possibly the easiest way to learn such songs.

The lyrics are religious, but the group and the intent is not -- people of all faiths (and none!) gather for, and enjoy, these sings.  Free.

Ypsilanti Shape Note singing group.  No experience is necessary, but it helps if you can read music, just a little bit.  The songs are all 4-part harmony, but are taught -- and the "shape note" method, 100+ years strong, is possibly the easiest way to learn such songs.

The lyrics are religious, but the group and the intent is not -- people of all faiths (and none!) gather for, and enjoy, these sings.  Free.

Measure for Measure is a premier choral group that entertains and inspires large & diverse audiences by performing a broad range of music arranged for male voices.  The men of Measure for Measure believe that singing is for a lifetime, and that it serves as a source of inspiration for young singers to carry on the tradition of male choral singing that brings joy to both performer and listener.