With an exceptional symphony, opera company, ballet company and touring Broadway company, Grand Rapids is no stranger to the performing arts. 

• Vox GR

In the world of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim might as well be God.

• theatre
• review
• Farmers Alley Theatre
• Gilmore Piano Festival
• Sondheim

The 2024 Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival, as grand as its name implies, is back again with two weeks of legendary performances. It will feature more or less everyone and will take place everywhere and all of the time: 200+ musicians, 100+ events, and 26 venues.

• Kalamazoo
• jazz
• arts
• Classical Music
• Gilmore Piano Festival

It’s 2024 and arts organizations in West Michigan are thriving, with incredible, jam-packed seasons of art, conversations, fun and community involvement. 

• theatre
• jazz
• arts
• Classical Music

"She only wrote one good book. But if you write a book that good, you only need to do it once.” Neil Gaiman said that of Hope Mirrlees, author of Lud-in-the-Mist, but he could as easily have been talking about Harper Lee.

• DeVos Performance Hall
• theatre
• Broadway Grand Rapids
• Broadway

On Thursday, April 18, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will bring to the stage String Magic, an evening of music ranging over 140 years and demonstrating the enduring beauty of the art form.

It’s 2024 and arts organizations in West Michigan are thriving, with incredible, jam-packed seasons of art, conversations, fun and community involvement.

• theatre
• jazz
• arts
• Classical Music
• Plays

Dance performed to live music is one of life’s great joys, and Grand Rapids Ballet’s “Jumpstart 2024” celebrates the marvelous musicality of their dancers.

• Ballet
• Grand Rapids Ballet
• Jumpstart
• Reviews

If Grand Rapids has a reputation for celebrating art, a significant amount of credit for that reputation belongs to Avenue for the Arts.

• Avenue for the Arts
• Third Thursdays

Most of us who have studied American history to any degree have encountered the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 as a devastating and pivotal event that led to much-needed, fundamental change in labor laws.

• St Cecilia Music Center
• Ballet
• Deos Contemporary Ballet