• Recap: Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates 25 years of Picnic Pops with star-spangled salute to America Friday, Jul 12, 2019
  By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk Twenty-five years ago, the Grand Rapids Symphony proved that if you build it, people will come. The D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops debuted a quarter century a...
• 25 years later, how the Grand Rapids Symphony's D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops got its start. Thursday, Jul 11, 2019
  Twenty-five years ago, on the hills of Cannonsburg Ski Area, several thousand gathered for an evening’s entertainment. The ski lift was still. Not a flake of snow covered the ground. In fact...
• Grand Rapids Symphony's leadership team named honorary co-chairs of Festival of the Arts 2020 Thursday, Jun 20, 2019
  Grand Rapids Symphony has been invited by Festival of the Arts to serve as honorary co-chairs for next year’s community-wide celebration of arts and culture in Grand Rapids Festival ...
• On Memorial Day weekend, get 50 percent off Picnic Pops lawn tickets for 'Classical Fireworks: Salute to America,' July 11-12 Friday, May 24, 2019
  When plans were made to celebrate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, organizers turned to a well-known composer to write music for the occasion. John Williams’ Liberty Fanfare &nb...

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