Any time a new event is planned, there’s always that fear — what happens if not enough people show up?
The next Music at St. Matthew event will be a Hymn Festival on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.
Saturday's Chowdown Centertown event drew big crowds to Grand Haven's Centertown, with food trucks, live music and more.
The Celtic music group Blackthorn will perform as part of the First Presbyterian Church Community Artist Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3.
MUSKEGON — Michigan State University’s Be-Bop Spartans, a 22-member student jazz orchestra, will perform selections from their repertoire of jazz, soul, swing, blues and gospel at the Frauenthal Center, 425 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10.
HOLLAND — A vocal music teacher at West Ottawa’s Macatawa Bay Middle School has been awarded this year’s Calvin Langejans Excellence in Music Education Award from the Holland Chorale.
HOLLAND — Hope College faculty member and flutist Gabe Southard will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The West Michigan Opera Project will perform “From Broadway to Opera and Back Again” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Village at the Pines Retirement Community Courtyard, 1450 S. Ferry St., Grand Haven.
SPRING LAKE — Lloyd’s Bayou Baldwin House Senior Living of Spring Lake is hosting Michael Carluccio, known as “The Man of A Thousand Voices," for a night of musical memories on Thursday, Sept. 23, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Rob Hlebinsky will be performing a Disney-themed organ concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Haven.
HOLLAND — The Hope College Chapel Choir, College Chorus, and SPERA choirs will present the program “Together Again: Songs of Belonging and Becoming” during an outdoor concert on Friday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Pine Grove in the central campus. Bring a chair, blanket and sweater to enjoy thi…
MUSKEGON — Grand Haven Area Community Foundation has opened a new endowment fund for the West Michigan Symphony (WMS) with a $75,000 gift — part of its most recent round of Community Impact Grants.
The Tri-Cities Puentes Initiative announced that its upcoming concert as part of the Grand Haven Hispanic Fiesta on Sept. 24 will now be free, thanks to the support of event sponsors.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan marching band will perform a halftime show on Saturday — the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks — that its director says will not only pay tribute to the lives lost and impacted that day, but also will be dazzling in its scope.
SPRING LAKE — The 97th St. Mary’s Parish Festival is Saturday, Sept. 11, from 12-8 p.m.
FRUITPORT — The Scottville Clown Band, in a surprise appearance, played to a crowd of hundreds Tuesday night at Pomona Park in Fruitport.
The Scottville Clown Band wrapped up the Dancing into the Sunset season with a surprise concert Tuesday night at Pamona Park in Fruitport. (Tribune photos by Becky Vargo)
“Who doesn’t like music?” asked Tammy Lamadline, a volunteer at Walk the Beat, which took this past weekend on Grand Haven’s east side.
“Music at St. Matthew” will continue with an organ recital by Joanne Jansen, organist and parish musician at St. Matthew Lutheran Church at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22.
The Grand Haven Gospel Chapel will welcome The Calabogie Road Bluegrass Band on Sunday, Aug. 15, for an outdoor concert on the lawn beginning at 11 a.m.
FERRYSBURG — Participants were happy that cooler temperatures and a nice breeze made conditions nice for the Coast Guard Festival Community Picnic on Sunday.
Free music and games for the children, along with emergency vehicle displays and birthday cake were all part of the Coast Guard Festival Community Picnic, held Sunday at Coast Guard Park in Ferrysburg. The games and food (for purchase) were put on by Boy Scout Troop 37 of Spring Lake.
NORTON SHORES — Grammy Award-winning artist David Phelps will perform at the Maranatha Bible & Missionary Conference, 4759 Lake Harbor Road in Norton Shores, on Saturday, July 31.
Grand Haven Gospel Chapel, 1805 Waverly Ave. in Grand Haven, is hosting a free outdoor concert at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 18, featuring vocalist/musician George Nicholson.
The sound of the bass, mandolin, guitar, fiddle and banjo fill the room as the Full Cord Bluegrass band members play their instruments.
While Worship on the Waterfront (W.O.W.) lives, it won’t be in Grand Haven.
FRUITPORT — Dancing into the Sunset returns in full force after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opera Grand Rapids plans coming season
Grand Haven won’t limit booked events at a popular downtown venue following a split vote of the City Council Monday night.
The Community Artist Series Committee of First Presbyterian Church of Grand Haven will feature The Moxie Strings in an outdoor concert in the church parking lot at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 9.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — The bands of Grand Haven High School have been waiting for more than a year for the chance to perform with an audience.
MUSKEGON — The Muskegon Community College Winter Concert, featuring virtual performances by MCC students, faculty and staff, has been divided into two separate videos, each premiering on a different day in May.
A scaled-back 2021 Spring Lake Heritage Festival will feature a car show, artisan market, senior day and Music in the Park.
Local radio personality Jesse Bruce was awarded a pair of “Best of Category” awards at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’ annual Broadcast Excellence Awards.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially cruel to music venues across Michigan.
MUSKEGON — Known as America’s foremost Latin Jazz ensemble, the Mambo Kings will take center stage at the Frauenthal in collaboration with Scott Speck and the West Michigan Symphony. The virtual concert premiere will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 19.
2020 was a difficult year for many organizations, and the Scottville Clown Band was no exception.
Paige Horist says she has been planning to be a singer for as long as she can remember.
Home for the Holidays – West Michigan Symphony’s virtual Yuletide concert – features a guest appearance by Grand Haven’s Diane Penning.
Off the Record, nestled at 1114 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven’s east-side Washington Square business district, is a vinyl maelstrom.
HOLLAND — “A Virtually Celtic Christmas” concert is coming to the Holland Civic Center Place on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m.
MUSKEGON — Local musicians and vocalists are encouraged to participate in Muskegon Community College’s Virtual Music Gift, an online celebration that will replace the college’s traditional holiday concert at the Frauenthal Center.
The Grand Haven Musical Fountain season has ended, but not because of COVID-19.
MUSKEGON — The West Michigan Symphony will be bringing Beethoven, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and other classical composers directly in your living room this fall.
Dancing on the Grand celebrated a masked birthday this summer, but that didn’t stop the event from being a successfully social-distant slew of dancing and live music.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — The community is invited to a special program of organ music by Joanne Jansen, organist and parish musician at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.
In the words of his newest release, after “walking a long road,” it seems like Grand Haven “kept on calling” to musician Jeff Lionheart.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — Grand Haven High School marching band members typically spend a week in early August up in Interlochen for their annual band camp.
David Ladd and a few dozen of his closest friends are some of the most popular folks in Michigan.
A Spring Lake family is hoping to liven up some of the monotony of life due to pandemic restrictions by presenting on-the-water concerts for some social-distancing entertainment.
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