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.
FRUITPORT — A month after it was originally scheduled to begin, Dancing into the Sunset was given the go-ahead by the Village of Fruitport to start the outdoor activity on Thursday, July 2.
Due to the current COVID-19 concerns, the board members of the Wednesday night dances held at the Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium have decided to cancel the June concerts.
FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s that time of the year when students drop off items owned by their school.
The Walk the Beat Board of Directors has canceled the 2020 event, scheduled for Aug. 8, due to concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At 5 p.m. on May 8, Diplo and Dillon Francis — A-list DJs and dance music producers – hopped behind their decks to spin a quarantine livestream.
Local bookstores across the country are struggling due to lost revenue during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
MUSKEGON — The Michigan Irish Music Festival has canceled its 2020 festival due to the uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The community is being asked to save Seven Steps Up, a local concert venue that is in danger of closing due to revenue loss during COVID-19 pandemic.
While organizers of some local concert series hold out hope of a summer with some semblance of normalcy, others have made the call to cancel their events.
MUSKEGON — West Michigan Symphony has postponed all concerts previously scheduled for May and will extend its performance season – which originally concluded in June – into mid-August.
ROTHBURY – Electric Forest announced Tuesday, April 21, that based on input from state and local authorities regarding public gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has cancelled its 2020 event.
ROTHBURY — The Rothbury Village Council voted late last week to deny the Electric Forest Festival to reschedule their festival dates amid the coronavirus outbreak.
GRAND RAPIDS – Though the concert halls are empty, the musicians of the Grand Rapids Symphony and Symphony Chorus have not been silent.
FERRYSBURG — Lisa and Dr. John Mulder have composed a song that is bringing many teachers to tears – good tears.
Country music legend Kenny Rogers, the congenial, silver-bearded crooner of "The Gambler," "Islands in the Stream" and "Lady," has died of natural causes at age 81. Rogers' verified Twitter account announced the news in a statement late Friday.
HOLLAND — The Hope College Chapel Choir is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
GRAND RAPIDS — Exciting evenings of epic music, sensational cinema, show tunes, sci-fi, and more are coming to the Grand Rapids Pops stage in its 2020-21 season.
Garth Brooks unintentionally upset a number of his fans who happen to be supporters of President Donald Trump.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — There will be an organ recital at St. Matthew Lutheran Church at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 8, as part of the Music at St. Matthew music series.
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.”
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