For the second year in a row, cash prizes will be offered to song contest winners in five categories during ArtPrize; new “busking stations” will spotlight live music. Hailing the importance of music as art, St. Cecilia Music Center in Grand Rapids will once again host a song competition during ArtPrize with $10,000 in [...]
Things ramp up this weekend with riveting national tours and local shows: Bimini Brothers’ 30th anniversary, Bruce & Becca Ling benefit, Go Rounds, plus tickets to Meijer Gardens concerts go on sale to the general public. Save this Bucket List image on your smartphone and take it with you wherever you go this weekend. Amid [...]
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early in downtown Grand Rapids at Michigan’s biggest celebration of its kind, plus a dual CD-release show by The Wallace Collective and Chain of Lakes, a chiptune show and a benefit spotlighting some West Michigan rock icons. Save this Bucket List image on your smartphone and take it with [...]
The country star won’t be making his first-ever appearance at the Grand Rapids amphitheater because he’ll be filming a mini-series. Make that 29 concerts. Country artist Dwight Yoakam has canceled his scheduled June 7 appearance at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park “due to a conflict with his filming schedule as an actor.” The [...]