May 30, 2012 And WFGR will be downtown and broadcasting on Saturday! Festival of the Arts (or Festival, as the locals call it--blend in if you are from out of town or new to the area--you can thank me later) starts on Friday with food and local art and food and music and some food and kids and did I mention the food? Here's all you need to know to be ready for the start of the Summer Festival season in West Michigan!
June 5, 2011 And the first "Big" summer event is in the books! Festival off the Arts 2011 wrapped up Sunday afternoon in Downtown, and quite possible 740 million people were in attendance. OK, maybe not quite 740 million, but it was alot!
June 2, 2011 It's one of the biggest weekends in Downtown Grand Rapids...Festival Weekend! All the art, the music and entertainment, and the FOOD! Don't hold me to this, but there seems to be about 27,000 food vendors downtown at Festival. OK really there's 33 (wow..only 33? I swear it's WAY more than that!)
May 17, 2011 Just Got back from a press conference for the Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts... We should be really proud to have such a cool festival right here in our own hometown.
This year looks to be the biggest ever. They've
