Grand Rapids Events

 Best of 2008

Mayfest Bluegrass Festival

May 17 - May 19, 2008

225 S Hudson St, Kent County Youth Fairgrounds, Lowell, MI 49331 · 616-897-6050

May means one thing in Kent County: time to get pickin'! The West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association holds two bluegrass festivals annually – one in the fall and this event in May. Several bands...

Festival of the Arts

June 6 - June 8, 2008

Downtown Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 · 616-459-8287

Known simply as "Festival," this three-day event originated in the surge of enthusiasm following the installation of Alexander Calder's sculpture La Grande Vitesse in 1969. Today, Festival...

Celebration on the Grand

September 4 - September 6, 2008

299 Pearl St NW, Ah-Nab-Awen Park, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 · 616-752-8257

A community celebration in the truest sense, this event honors different features and attractions each year, including the Van Andel Institute and the Gerald R. Ford Museum. Regional acts and...

Garfield Park Arts & Crafts Fair

September 6, 2008

334 Burton St SE, Garfield Park, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 · 616-456-3378

Upwards of 200 vendors display goods at this one-day crafts sale, which attracts some 15,000 visitors searching for unique, handmade treasures. Now over 30 years old, the neighborhood event takes...

Gardens Holiday Express

November 19 - January 4, 2009

1000 E Beltline NE, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI 49525 · 616-957-1580

Grand Rapids native Chris Van Allsburg has simultaneously charmed and chilled millions of children with his beautifully illustrated kids' books. The Christmas theme of The Polar Express...