Christmas and Holiday Traditions at the Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids
West Michigan grows and manufactures countless products. And we celebrate them with countless festivals honoring the diversity of our commerce and the bounty of our land. Many cultures find homes here. We celebrate their traditions with festivals and special events. Danish, Scottish, Irish, Polish, African and Native American, Hispanic, Dutch, German and more: we revel in our heritage.
We celebrate our seasons for no better reason than our appreciation of them. We applaud the gifts of greatness from artists around the world in dozens of venues for the performing arts. There’s nothing we like more than a race well won or a game well played. Sometimes we participate: sometimes we cheer from the stands. We celebrate our incomparable natural resources and the many ways we enjoy them -- for enterprise and for pure joy. Come celebrate with us! We’re West Michigan at play. And you’re invited.
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February, 2012
| Time | Start Date | End Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 PM | 02/01/2012 | 02/15/2012 | South Haven | Song Swap |
| 02/01/2012 | 02/29/2012 | Portage | Open Cockpit Month | |
| 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM | 02/01/2012 | 02/29/2012 | South Haven | Indoor Farm Market |
| 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/03/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Grand Rapids | Opera Grand Rapids presents The Magic Flute |
| 02/03/2012 | 02/05/2012 | Jones | WINTER BLITZ Middle & High Schoolers | |
| 02/03/2012 | 02/05/2012 | South Haven | Ice Breaker 2012 | |
| 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Mancelona | White Pine Stampede | |
| 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | South Haven | Ice Breaker Amateur Chili Cook Off |
| 06:00 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Jones | Winter Jam |
| 10:00 AM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Thompsonville | Snowshoe d'Art |
| 03:30 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Jones | Winter Jam |
| 07:30 AM - 03:00 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Bellaire | White Pine Stampede |
| 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Fennville | Girl's Afternoon Out |
| 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Benton Harbor | Winter Evening Snowshoe Walk or Ski |
| 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Bellaire | Sardine Special |
| 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM | 02/04/2012 | 02/04/2012 | Bellaire | Mid-Winter's Chocolate Therapy |
| 02/04/2012 | 02/05/2012 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo Antique Auto Swap Meet | |
| 06:00 PM | 02/05/2012 | 02/05/2012 | Three Rivers | Super Bowl Party |
| 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM | 02/06/2012 | 02/06/2012 | Stanwood | Senior Dancing Entertainment |
| 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM | 02/06/2012 | 02/06/2012 | Bellaire | 4 for $44 Mondays |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/07/2012 | 02/07/2012 | Bellaire | 2 for 1 Two-sdays |
| 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/07/2012 | 02/07/2012 | Big Rapids | Comedian Nicholas Anthony |
| 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM | 02/07/2012 | 02/07/2012 | Stanwood | Personal Action Towards Health Course |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 02/07/2012 | 02/07/2012 | Portage | Home School Discovery Day: Tuskegee Airmen |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/08/2012 | 02/08/2012 | Bellaire | KHQ Wednesdays |
| 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM | 02/09/2012 | 02/09/2012 | South Haven | Wine Dinner With White Pine Winery |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/09/2012 | 02/09/2012 | Bellaire | Thankful Thursdays |
| 02/09/2012 | 02/12/2012 | Gaylord | Alpenfrost Weekend | |
| 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/10/2012 | 02/10/2012 | Big Rapids | Lady Sunshine & the X-Band |
| 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/10/2012 | 02/10/2012 | Coopersville | Learn to Line Dance |
| 02/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Gaylord | 1st Annual Alpenfrost Weekend | |
| 02/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Marshall | Murder American Style | |
| 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 02/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids Symphony Classical: Romantic Piano |
| 02/10/2012 | 02/12/2012 | Jones | Winter Blitz - Middle & High Schoolers | |
| 02/10/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Grand Rapids | Amore & More: featuring Ulysses Dove's Red Angels | |
| 02/10/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Three Rivers | "Needs Garlic" | |
| 06:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 02/10/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Holland | Dinner Theater "Marriage is Murder" |
| 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM | 02/11/2012 | 02/11/2012 | South Haven | Chocomania 2012 |
| 07:30 PM | 02/11/2012 | 02/11/2012 | South Haven | Molly Bancroft Concert |
| 09:00 PM | 02/11/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Three Rivers | Branden Mann & The Reprimand |
| 08:00 PM | 02/11/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Sturgis | Madcat, Kane & Maxwell Street |
| 06:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 02/11/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Muskegon | Nordic Nights Dine and Glide |
| 06:30 PM | 02/11/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Hickory Corners | Valentine's Dinner |
| 02/11/2012 | 02/12/2012 | Acme | North American Vasa & National Masters Championship Ski Race | |
| 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM | 02/12/2012 | 02/12/2012 | South Haven | Artists in Transition Opening Reception |
| 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/12/2012 | 02/12/2012 | Grand Rapids | Broadway Grand Rapids presents RAIN: A Tribute To The Beatles |
| 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM | 02/13/2012 | 02/13/2012 | Bellaire | 4 for $44 Mondays |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/14/2012 | 02/14/2012 | Bellaire | Two-for-One Valentine's Day |
| 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 02/14/2012 | 02/14/2012 | Grand Rapids | Dinner in the Dark |
| 05:30 PM | 02/15/2012 | 02/15/2012 | Suttons Bay | Arcturos Concert |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/15/2012 | 02/15/2012 | Bellaire | KHQ Wednesdays |
| 05:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/15/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Grand Rapids | Mars Madness Nights |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/16/2012 | 02/16/2012 | Bellaire | Thankful Thursdays |
| 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/17/2012 | 02/17/2012 | Coopersville | Learn to Line Dance |
| 06:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 02/17/2012 | 02/17/2012 | Muskegon | Nordic Nights Dine and Glide |
| 02/17/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Marshall | Murder American Style | |
| 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM | 02/17/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Grand Rapids | An Afternoon of Fashion and Tea |
| 02/17/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Harbor Springs | Burton Mountain Festival | |
| 02/17/2012 | 02/20/2012 | Traverse City | Winter Wow!Fest | |
| 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Gaylord | Northland Sportsmen's Club Winter Ice Fishing Derby |
| 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Kalamazoo | Thunderbirds RC Swap Meet |
| 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Kalamazoo | Indian Artifact Show "Native American" |
| 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Big Rapids | I am the Yeti 5K |
| 09:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Three Rivers | Darkness Divine |
| 02:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Harbor Springs | Presidents’ Day Weekend Rail Jam |
| 07:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | St. Joseph | Dueling Pianos |
| 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/18/2012 | Grand Rapids | Winter Family Day |
| 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 02/18/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Saugatuck | Saugatuck Douglas Winter Break Gallery Stroll |
| 02/18/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo Live Green Fair and Home Show with Green Vehicle Showcase | |
| 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | 02/19/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Big Rapids | Winter Band and Orchestra Concert |
| 01:00 PM | 02/19/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Jones | Outpost Sports Cup Race |
| 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM | 02/19/2012 | 02/19/2012 | Grand Rapids | Good vs. Evil: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert |
| 09:00 AM - 03:30 PM | 02/20/2012 | 02/20/2012 | Grand Rapids | Engineering Week - Studen Program |
| 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM | 02/21/2012 | 02/21/2012 | Big Rapids | Taste of Mecosta |
| 05:00 PM - 08:30 PM | 02/21/2012 | 02/21/2012 | Boyne Falls | Family Night at Solace Spa - Relax with Your Children |
| 02/21/2012 | 02/26/2012 | Grand Rapids | Mary Poppins | |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/22/2012 | 02/22/2012 | Bellaire | KHQ Wednesdays |
| 09:00 AM - 03:30 PM | 02/22/2012 | 02/22/2012 | Grand Rapids | Engineering Week - Student Program |
| 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM | 02/22/2012 | 02/26/2012 | Grand Rapids | Broadway Grand Rapids Presents Mary Poppins |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/23/2012 | 02/23/2012 | Bellaire | Thankful Thursdays |
| 07:30 PM | 02/23/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Allendale | Allendale Civic Theatre presents ‘Murdered to Death!’ |
| 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/24/2012 | 02/24/2012 | Coopersville | Learn to Line Dance |
| 09:00 AM - 03:30 PM | 02/24/2012 | 02/24/2012 | Grand Rapids | Engineering Week - Student Program |
| 02/24/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Kalamazoo | Scrapbooking & Stamping Show | |
| 02/24/2012 | 02/26/2012 | Jones | Winter Blitz 3rd - 6th Graders | |
| 12:30 PM - 02:30 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | South Haven | Introduction to Beading |
| 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Gaylord | Sportsmen Club Craft Show & Flea Market |
| 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | WC Artisans Market | |
| 06:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | South Haven | The Fur Ball: Tails of the Arabian Nights |
| 07:00 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Benton Harbor | Trivia Night |
| 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Harbor Springs | Middle Earth Slopestyle Competition | |
| 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Kalamazoo | 16th Annual Garage Sale Art Fair |
| 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Grand Rapids | Engineering Week - Public Program |
| 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | South Haven | Wire Wrapping & Free-Form Design |
| 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo Reptile & Exotic Animal Show |
| 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 02/25/2012 | 02/25/2012 | South Haven | Chain Maille Jewelry Basics |
| 04:30 PM | 02/26/2012 | 02/26/2012 | Three Rivers | Mardi Gras in Michigan - Blue Extravaganza |
| 02:00 PM | 02/26/2012 | 02/26/2012 | South Haven | Lost on the Lady Elgin |
| 03:00 PM | 02/26/2012 | 02/26/2012 | Allendale | Allendale Civic Theatre presents ‘Murdered to Death!’ |
| 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM | 02/26/2012 | 02/26/2012 | Big Rapids | Ferris State presents Orpheum Bell |
| 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM | 02/26/2012 | 02/26/2012 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo Record & CD Expo |
| 02/27/2012 | 02/27/2012 | Harbor Springs | MHSAA Ski Racing State Finals, Division II | |
| 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM | 02/27/2012 | 02/27/2012 | Bellaire | 4 for $44 Mondays |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 02/28/2012 | 02/28/2012 | Bellaire | 2 for 1 Two-sdays |
| 08:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 04/03/2011 | 06/30/2012 | Grand Rapids | Sunday Night Funnies |
| 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM | 06/13/2011 | 05/31/2012 | Grand Rapids | Thank God for Michigan! Stories from the Civil War |
| 07/30/2011 | 02/29/2012 | Grand Rapids | All Dressed Up - 1950s Style | |
| 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM | 09/08/2011 | 02/19/2012 | Tiny Treasures | |
| 12/18/2011 | 02/05/2012 | South Haven | Michigan Outsider's Art | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 01/03/2012 | 02/21/2012 | Grand Rapids | Cozy Tales for Chilly Days (Pre -school story time) |
| 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM | 01/10/2012 | 02/05/2012 | Lowell | Works in Progress Art Show |
| 01/18/2012 | 02/05/2012 | South Haven | Michigan Outsider's Art Exhibit | |
| 01/25/2012 | 02/29/2012 | Big Rapids | Festival of the Arts 2012 | |
| 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM | 01/26/2012 | 02/09/2012 | Muskegon | Postcard Salon Exhibition |
| 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM | 01/27/2012 | 04/29/2012 | Grand Rapids | Essence: The Horses of Deborah Butterfield |
| 05:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 01/28/2012 | 02/11/2012 | Rothbury | Salute the Old West Buffet at Sundance Steakhouse |
| 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM | 01/30/2012 | 02/06/2012 | Grand Rapids | Animal Adventures: Growing Up Wild |
| 02/03/2012 | 05/20/2012 | Grand Rapids | Rober Rauschenberg | |
| 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM | 02/06/2012 | 03/01/2012 | South Haven | Weekend Navigator |
| 02/10/2012 | 03/18/2012 | South Haven | Artists in Transition | |
| 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM | 02/14/2012 | 03/14/2012 | Lowell | PunchLine Art Exhibition |
| 12:00 PM - 04:30 PM | 02/16/2012 | 05/06/2012 | Muskegon | 1934: A New Deal For Artists |
| 02/23/2012 | 04/21/2012 | Marshall | Church Basement LAdies | |
| 02/27/2012 | 03/01/2012 | Bellaire | Silver Streak Week | |
| 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | 02/27/2012 | 04/02/2012 | South Haven | Yoga Basics Session 2 |