Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has announced the lineup for its 2026 Tuesday Evening Music Club, with 12 shows featuring groups ranging from indie bands to folk musicians to Motown – and a return performance by the Grand Rapids Ballet to end the summer. 

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For years, the idea of a large outdoor concert venue along the river in downtown Grand Rapids felt like a hopeful dream. Now, with the grand opening of the new Acrisure Amphitheater on May 15, that vision is soon becoming one of the city’s most ambitious live entertainment projects to date.

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For the past 16 years, Joe Vannucchi—the voice behind From Indian Lakes—has built a steady presence in indie music.

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Welcome to Summer of Live, presented by Live Nation—a celebration of live music, kicking off with a week of $30 tickets to over 4,000 shows across the U.S. and Canada. Summer of Live brings fans closer to their favorite artists with real, in-the-moment experiences that can’t be replicated anywhere else.

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The annual Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens series continues to bring the finest national and international musicians to West Michigan, thrilling music lovers across all generations and genres.

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Ten years after releasing Songs of Bob Dylan, Joan Osborne is still happily wandering the songwriter’s endless landscape.

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Martin Johnson, frontman of Boys Like Girls, has built far more than a cult following. Across his two-decade career and multi-platinum songs, Johnson has soundtracked a generation while quietly navigating his own evolution. 

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Founded on friendship, fun, and finding yourself, Pretty Sure has confidently made their own place in Grand Rapids’ diverse music scene—one that’s equal parts heart-on-your-sleeve vulnerability and mall-rat mischief.

WYCE’s Jammies, now approaching their 26th year, are right around the corner. This celebration of some of the best music in Michigan serves not only as a spotlight for established and emerging recording artists, it’s also a primary fundraiser for WYCE. 

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Back in West Michigan after a whirlwind few years that took him from a welding shop in Otsego, to opening for legends like Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, Americana songwriter Myron Elkins has come home with a clearer sense of who he is, where his music belongs, and how he wants to make it.

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