MUSKEGON — Movies+Music, a Wednesday night series that debuted in 2019, is back this winter with “Allegro non Troppo,” “Waking Life” and “Pink Floyd: The Wall.”

For the 10th consecutive year, a wide variety of area and regional musicians will perform in the For Love of the Sally concert series at Grand Haven’s D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins Road.

For nearly two decades, Dave Palmer has done everything in his power to put musical instruments in the hands of local kids. He now has another goal – to gather a few of the most talented local musicians and help them take the next step in their music careers.

Up until a few hours before showtime, Jaycee Peters had made up her mind not to attend Monday's Festival Idol.

The annual Festival Idol singing competition has always drawn some of the top vocalists from the Lakeshore to Grand Haven’s Waterfront Stadium.

The second in the Summer Sessions concert series at Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium will take place Thursday, July 18.

Not all the fun was shot off with the July 4 fireworks. The weekend was just getting started.

The Sounds of Summer concert series, which are hosted in Bolt Park and Pottawattomie Park, bring a bit of excitement to Grand Haven's east side on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Grammy Award-winning Los Lonely Boys will kick off a new concert series at the Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium in Grand Haven.

The Grand Haven High School choirs held their annual spring concert, titled “Count on Me,” on Thursday, May 16, 2019. 

Keegan Young, a student of cello at Grand Haven High School, has been named a Michigan Youth Arts Distinguished Scholar and invited to participate in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival.

It began with a brilliant fanfare that jolted you out of your seat, followed by an epic trumpet solo backed by a full symphony orchestra.

Frank Sinatra impersonator Billy McAllister of East Lansing entertained residents at The Village at the Pines Senior Community on Friday. 

GRAND RAPIDS — Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park announced today the Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens 2019 lineup, featuring 30 unique shows.

HOLLAND — The Hope College Community Gospel Choir will perform its final concert of the spring at the college on Saturday, April 13.

I bet you’ve been asking when spring will get here. Well, a sure sign of it is at our public libraries on Sunday!

SPRING LAKE TWP. — The Spring Lake High School marching band shrugged off Wednesday’s snow and cold and headed outside for practice. 

SPRING LAKE — Motown, jazz, blues, folk, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll music gave wings to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s through the 1970s, serving as a rallying call to a generation working for change.

A local boy headlines this weekend’s music offerings.

ZEELAND — The second of a yearlong series of concerts and events will be presented Sunday, Nov. 18, at Second Reformed Church in Zeeland.

HUDSONVILLE — Mark Schultz will bring his ministry to Fair Haven Church in Hudsonville with the Follow Tour at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11.

The Holland Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Johannes Müller-Stosch, is preparing for its 2018-19 season of concerts. The roster includes soloists and a variety of musical offerings.

NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin never saw herself as a feminist heroine. That, she quipped, was Gloria Steinem's role. But she leaves a legacy of indelible anthems that resonated deeply with women by celebrating their strength and individuality — and demanding, well, just a little respect.

Waterfront Stadium was alive with music Monday evening as 20 competitors took the stage for the annual Festival Idol singing competition. 

Walk the Beat, a day-long music festival that has taken place on Grand Haven’s east side the past several years, won’t be held this summer. 

FRUITPORT — Dancing along Spring Lake in Fruitport has a history going back to the Fruitport Pavilion in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

From big bands to banjos, classic rock to country, the Lakeshore comes alive with music during the summer months.

After a hellacious winter season that seemed to last an entire year, the sun has finally come out from hiding and we can put away those winter coats and boats in favor of T-shirts and sandals.

Dancers spun across the floor and the tunes of jazz filled the air at the Grand Haven Community Center on Saturday night. 

Maybe I’m just getting older, or maybe my musical taste buds have changed, but it seems like the creativity in the music industry has hit a steep decline in recent years.

Chasing childhood dreams is a noble pursuit, one few people have a real opportunity to take on. Fulfilling fantasies of fame and fortune is a tall task. Achieving them takes stamina, dedication and drive — and, as one local artist has found, reconciling with achievement sometimes takes reinvention.

Grand Haven High School’s marching band experienced the magic of Disney earlier this month. 

Christmas is right around the corner, which means you’ve (hopefully) already got your decorations up, your tree littered with ornaments and your Christmas shopping completed.

Spring Lake’s marching band turned in its best score of the season on Saturday at the East Kentwood Band Invitational. 

SPRING LAKE — Seth Glier and Birds of Chicago headline the annual Courtyard Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday in the courtyard behind Seven Steps Up, 116 S. Jackson St.

Walk the Beat returns to Grand Haven on Saturday afternoon, with a slight change from previous years — all 26 venues will be located along the Beechtree Street corridor.

Macy Krupiczewicz is a broadcast journalism major at Michigan State University, but her real passion is getting up on stage and rocking to her favorite country tunes. 

Hundreds of people packed Grand Haven’s Waterfront Stadium Sunday evening to hear the Christian pop rock group, Hawk Nelson, minister during Worship on the Waterfront.

Two local concert series, the Sounds of Summer and Tuesdays in the Park, both resume next week and proceed into August.

The Community Artist Series Committee of First Presbyterian Church of Grand Haven will host its final concert of the season at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 4. The New Reformation Jazz Band will be the featured artist.

The Grand Haven Farmers Market will have an added draw this summer.

MUSKEGON — Teens danced to the music of The Roaring Twenties during Fruitport High School’s Prom 2017 held Saturday night at the Watermark in Muskegon.