GRAND RAPIDS — When another season of “American Idol” kicks off this Sunday, the first group of episodes will, of course, be about all the contestants auditioning for their chance to be the next “Idol.”
Some of the greatest works of music ever composed, performed by many of the world’s finest soloists, will be part of the Grand Rapids Symphony’s 91st season.
Click Clack Moosic series continues at The Block
An afternoon of music, history and more is set for Saturday, Feb. 15, as the Tri-Cities Historical Museum will play host to a Great Lakes and lighthouses event.
MUSKEGON — Muskegon Community College’s Center for Theater will present the musical “Cabaret” on Feb. 19-23 in Overbrook Theater, with 7:30 p.m. performances Wednesday through Saturday and a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday.
It’s telling that the two words being attached to Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV halftime show are “disgusting” and “empowering.”
No matter what the score is for the Kansas City Chiefs’ showdown with the San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl LIV is already a big win for the NFL and Fox.
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will pay tribute to the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show.
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Grand Haven’s GOTAK will soon take center stage during the annual Irish music festival.
GRAND RAPIDS — Grand Rapids Community College’s Music Department will host award-winning soprano Antonina Chehovska, a 2010 alumna, in a Feb. 4 recital that is open to the public.
Singer/songwriter to perform at Tri-Cities Historical Museum
MUSKEGON — From Bizet and Rimksy-Korsakov to Led Zeppelin and Les Paul, the guitar duo of Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo take audiences on a journey of acoustic guitar music like you’ve never heard before.
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.
As the holiday season gets underway, there’s a concert this coming weekend aimed at providing peace.
WYOMING — Grammy Award-winning recording artist Bill Gaither will present the Gaither Christmas Homecoming Spectacular at the Grand Rapids First Assembly on Thursday, Dec. 5.
GRAND RAPIDS — Full of clever antics and comical wit, the heartwarming family film “Home Alone” is sure to get everyone into the holiday spirit with a hearty laugh or two along the way.
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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.
HOLLAND — The Hope College Great Performance Series will present Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and the Ahn Trio on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19-20, at 7:30 p.m. in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
HOLLAND – The Donia Organ Concert series at Hope College will feature Diane Meredith Belcher on Monday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
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GRAND HAVEN TWP. — The Color Guard’s flags flapped in the wind as the band counted in a marching step.
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The East side of Grand Haven was filled with the sounds of 46 different bands on Saturday afternoon for this year’s Walk the Beat music festival.
The Scottville Clown Band performed prior to Saturday's Coast Guard Festival Grand Parade on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019.
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.
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