While the Celebration on the Grand is no more, the good news is that another group has emerged to present a new event, Tribute on the Grand, that is sure to fill the hole the old festival left in your fall schedule.
Founders Brewing Company along with television’s FOX17 are partnering to present
Tribute on the Grand — a brand new community-building event created to support the fundraising efforts of the
Grand Rapids Whitewater, a local nonprofit working to improve the Grand River.
Projected to attract as more than 6,000 people to Ah-Nab-Awen Park in downtown Grand Rapids, the Celebration on the Grand is a free public event…unless you want to be a part of the sit-down dinner scheduled to take place on Ah-Nab-Awen Park’s adjoining Gillette Bridge, which spans the mighty Grand River.
The bad news is that the dinner is sold out…that is, unless you have a connection to someone with tickets. (Don’t ask, I don’t have tickets either.)
But that should not stop you from joining the evening’s festivities, which include Grand Rapids favorite craft brew from a local beer hero.
The headliners are national acts L.A. Vation and Free Fallin,’ with our local Jim Shaneberger Band and Friends and Bowie tribute act The Wolf Pack from Mars acting as openers for the night’s live music entertainment.
Our local Grand Rapids Whitewater, made up of individuals, rowing and paddling clubs, anglers and businesses, is a dedicated group of citizens who are seeking to return the rapids back to the Grand River.
The evening’s events include:
3pm Yoga in the park w. AM Yoga
4pm Beer tent opens
5pm Jim Shaneberger Band and Friends
5:30pm Beer Dinner (Sold Out)
6:30pm Free Fallin’
8pm Brother Wolf and Wolf Pack from Mars
9:30pm L.A. Vation
Admission: The festival is free, dinner is $150.