Your Grand Rapids Bucket List Guide for Things to Do by Season

Photos of Michigan during the seasons are accompanied by text reading, "Explore the Seasons, Grand Rapids, Michigan."

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  • Take a ride through Grand Rapids on the Grand Rapids Beer Trolley
  • Visit Grand Rapids’ most hidden, off-grid cocktail lounge (sidebar)
  • Spring into shape with Pilates in East Grand Rapids
  • Fish at the famous Fish Ladder Park
  • Attend the parade for Tulip Time in Holland and learn about Dutch heritage May 1-9
  • Visit the Blandford Nature Center and view the sugarbush
  • Experience a Holland Tasting Tour
  • Bike the White Pine Trail from Riverside Park up to Rockford, MI
  • Tour GRAM exhibits
  • Feed the giraffes at Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park.
  • Enjoy a wine tasting and charcuterie experience with House of Wine
  • Paddleboard on Reeds Lake
  • Attend 2021 Picnic Pops in the Park, bring your own picnic, and listen to some live music.
  • Attend the Asian American/Pacific Islander Festival
  • Give back to West Michigan by attending the Festival of Arts June 4-6, where all proceeds go back into helping our community.
  • Attend the Rockford Start of Summer Celebration
  • Join John Ball Boo at the Zoo Halloween Trick or Treat
  • Attend Grand Rapids Greek Festival and savor some homemade spanakopita and baklava
  • Run in the Grand Rapids Marathon
  • Attend a Drag Brunch
  • Visit Martha’s Vineyard and indulge while being educated about cheese and wine
  • Attend JW Marriott’s Just Wicked event
  • Learn to make fresh pasta at The Local Epicurean
  • Jump in a pile of leaves
  • Attend the African American Art and Music Festival
  • Volunteer the Mayor’s Grand River Clean Up
  • Attend the Hispanic Festival
  • Sightsee artwork from around the world at Art Prize
  • Visit Exhibit Christmas Around the World at Frederick Meijer Garden
  • Try a four-course fondue experience at the Melting Pot (ask for a blindfold)
  • Take a horse and carriage ride around the Gerald R. Ford Museum
  • Visit the family-owned Vormittag Tree Farm for Christmas trees
  • Learn how to style a charcuterie board in a class with @saycheesegr
  • See a planetarium show at the Grand Rapids Public Museum

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