# Live Music in Big Rapids 2026 | Gigs, Bands & Concerts

- **Subtitle**: Discover live music in Big Rapids. Book tickets for gigs, band performances, jazz nights and live concerts happening across the city. Find your next show today.
- **Category**: Live Music
- **Type**: other

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## About

For the ones whose heart beats for music, live music events are something that you will absolutely enjoy. Groove on the most upbeat songs and enjoy the best of live music in [CITY]. You will find music of all kinds and genres, discover the ones that fit your interests and enjoy the spellbinding surroundings near you. You will be in a constant dilemma what to choose and what to drop, because there is music beating all around the city. From jazz nights at the jazz clubs to soulful musical events at the best live music venues in [CITY].
Discover all the mesmerizing and all the heavy & loud music events near you.

## Live Music Events in Big Rapids

- **Event Name**: Pocket Park Music Series - Peter Jordan & His Fun Lovin' Crowd
  - **Description**: Join us for our next installment of the 2026 Pocket Park Music Series! This week Peter Jordan & His Fun Lovin' Crowd will join our stage and perform live in Downtown Big Rapids! 

Peter Jordan & His Fun Lovin' Crowd is a local band known for their
  - **Date**: Fri Jul 03 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri Jul 03 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/pocket-park-music-series-peter-jordan-and-his-fun-lovin-crowd/200029912248324
  - **Venue**: 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States
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  - **Categories**: Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Kelly Quinn at The Sawmill in Big Rapids
  - **Description**: Come on out to the Sawmill for some great brews and a variety of classic and blues rock with Kelly Quinn's band covering artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Aretha, Trampled Under Foot, Bonnie Raitt, Fleetwood Mac,  MelissaEtheridge, and more! Also featuring
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  - **Date**: Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat Apr 18 2026 at 10:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/kelly-quinn-at-the-sawmill-in-big-rapids/200029485596002
  - **Venue**: Sawmill Saloon
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, art
- **Event Name**: Pocket Park Music Series - Hand of Giants
  - **Description**: Join us for the next installment of the 2026 Pocket Park Music Series! This week Hand of Giants will hit the stage to perform live in Downtown Big Rapids! 

Hand of Giants is a Michigan-born revival rock band with anthems of survival, rebellion, and redem
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  - **Date**: Fri Jun 26 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri Jun 26 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/pocket-park-music-series-hand-of-giants/200029912248525
  - **Venue**: 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Dueling Pianos at Stone House Vinyards!
  - **Description**: Join Jake and Cass for a dueling piano show at Stone House Vinyards! Call for reservations, don’t miss out! 

Twilight Tunes takes your song requests April 16, 2026 5:30-7:30pm.
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  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/dueling-pianos-at-stone-house-vinyards/200029891202226
  - **Venue**: Stone House Vinyards
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  - **Categories**: Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Pocket Park Series - Whiskey Bound
  - **Description**: Join us for the next installment of the 2026 Pocket Park Music Series! Country/Classic Rock band Whiskey Bound is taking the stage to perform live in Downtown Big Rapids from 12 pm to 2 pm! 

Whiskey Bound will also be joined by honored guests from Big Ra
  - **Date**: Fri Jun 05 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri Jun 05 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/pocket-park-series-whiskey-bound/200029912247622
  - **Venue**: 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States
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  - **Categories**: Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Glitter & Sawdust at Cranker's Brewery in Big Rapids!
  - **Description**: Join Michael Morales and Kelly Quinn at Cranker's for a blast in a variety of covers including Fleetwood Mac,  Allman Brothers, Linda Ronstadt,  Little River Band, Melissa Etheridge and more! 

Come enjoy some exceptional craft brews from Cranker's Brewer
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  - **Date**: Sat May 30 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/glitter-and-sawdust-at-crankers-brewery-in-big-rapids/200029576405044
  - **Venue**: Cranker's Brewery
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, beer-festivals
- **Event Name**: Pocket Park Series - Colmus Family
  - **Description**: Join us for the next installment of the 2026 Pocket Park Music Series! This week Colmus Family will join the stage with their Gospel inspired music. 

The Colmus Family will also be joined by honored guests from Mecosta County ARC. 

Thank you to Lake Osc
  - **Date**: Fri Jun 19 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri Jun 19 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/pocket-park-series-colmus-family/200029912249328
  - **Venue**: 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States
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- **Event Name**: Pocket Park Series - High Strung Steel
  - **Description**: Join us for the next installment of the 2026 Pocket Park Music Series! Celtic Roots/Americana band High Strung Steel will take the stage to perform live in downtown Big Rapids from 12 pm to 2 pm!

High Strung Steel is an acoustic Michigan duo with a fusio
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  - **Date**: Fri Jun 12 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri Jun 12 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/pocket-park-series-high-strung-steel/200029912247020
  - **Venue**: 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Pocket Park Music Series - Stanley & Quiggle
  - **Description**: Join us for the first installment of the 2026 Pocket Park Music Series! Folk/Acoustic Duo and Big Rapids natives Stanley & Quiggle are joining the stage to perform live from 12 pm to 2 pm! 

Drawing on inspiration from artists such as The Lumineers, T
  - **Date**: Fri May 29 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri May 29 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/pocket-park-music-series-stanley-and-quiggle/200029912243708
  - **Venue**: 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States
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  - **Categories**: Art, fine-arts, Kids
- **Event Name**: The Backsliders @ Pocket Park
  - **Description**: live
  - **Date**: Fri Jun 26 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/big-rapids/the-backsliders-pocket-park/200029912250733
  - **Venue**: Pocket Park, Big Rapids
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## Trending Events in Big Rapids

- **Event Name**: RAM Free Clinic - Big Rapids, MI
  - **Description**: Location: R.L. Ewigleben Sports Complex
210 Sports Dr, Big Rapids, MI

– PATIENT PARKING LOT OPENS
The patient parking lot will open no later than 11:59 p.m. (midnight local time) on Friday night, May 29, and will remain open throughout the clinic weekend
  - **Venue**: Ewigleben Sports Complex
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- **Event Name**: Pride Big Rapids QUEEN-tennial Festival
  - **Description**: It is with joy and hope in our hearts that we prepare for our 5th (yessss, 5TH!!) Pride Festival! 

📢 SAVE THE DATE 
🏳️‍🌈 PRIDE BIG RAPIDS QUEEN-TENNIAL FESTIVAL!! FEARLESS & FREE, LOUDER THAN EVER!! 🏳️‍🌈
📍 Downtown Big Rapids, on Michigan Ave., betwe
  - **Venue**: Downtown Big Rapids
- **Event Name**: AMSO Car show 2026
  - **Description**: Ferris State AMSO presents our 2026 car show! This is the biggest car show of the year in Big Rapids! All makes and Models are welcome!

General admission is free!
Car show registration is $5 for students and $10 for non-students.
The event will be held i
  - **Venue**: Ferris State University Lot 19
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- **Event Name**: Blessing of the Iron
  - **Description**: Blessing of the Iron celebrates the return of chrome, horsepower, and the unmistakable smell of fresh exhaust. Join us as we kick off the 2026 car show season with good friends, good fun, and a ceremonial send-off for every ride brave enough to hit the ro
  - **Venue**: Baker Big Rapids
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- **Event Name**: Big Rapids Summerfest
  - **Description**: Summerfest is back and better than ever! Join us in beautiful Downtown Big Rapids on June 6th from 10 AM to 2 PM to celebrate the beginning of an amazing and fun-filled summer! 

We will have live music, a vintage car show, treats galore, inflatables, fun
  - **Venue**: Downtown Big Rapids
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- **Event Name**: Greenhaven Yard Sales
  - **Description**: 🎈 Greenhaven 52nd Annual Yard Sale!!! 🎈

This is a neighborhood-wide event with 100+ homes participating!
We’ve extended this sale to surrounding neighbors, and last year (2025) was a HUGE SUCCESS!

🗺️ A map of participating homes will be continuously upd
  - **Venue**: Ross Parkway
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- **Event Name**: Corewell Health Big Rapids & Reed City Hospitals Wheatlake Wellness Walk & 5k
  - **Description**: Join the fight against cancer and participate in the 20th Annual Wheatlake Wellness Walk and 5K benefiting the Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center! 

$30 Registration Fee
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Start

Big Rapids Bandshell (behind Big Rapid
  - **Venue**: Big Rapids Middle School
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- **Event Name**: Angels of Action's Annual Chicken BBQ at the Mecosta County Fair
  - **Description**: Hey BBQ fans! 🍗💛

We’re so excited to be firing up the grill again for this year’s Angels of Action Chicken BBQ and we’d love to see your smiling face as you dig into some seriously delicious chicken!

Join us at the Chicken Coop during the Mecosta County
  - **Venue**: Mecosta County Fairgrounds
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- **Event Name**: Bandshell Summer Concert Series - Ferris Community Summer Band
  - **Description**: Join us for the first installment of the 2026 Hemlock Park Bandshell Summer Concert Series! This week we will have the Ferris Community Summer Band performing live at the Bandshell! 

The Bandshell is located in Hemlock Park along the Riverwalk. Bring a c
  - **Venue**: Hemlock Park
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## Browse Live Music Events by Date

- [Live Music Events Today in Big Rapids](https://allevents.in/big-rapids/live-music--today)
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- [Live Music Events in May in Big Rapids](https://allevents.in/big-rapids/live-music--may)

## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Live Music events in Big Rapids?
  - **A:** Pocket Park Music Series - Peter Jordan & His Fun Lovin' Crowd (Fri Jul 03 2026 at 12:00 pm at 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States), Kelly Quinn at The Sawmill in Big Rapids (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Sawmill Saloon), Pocket Park Music Series - Hand of Giants (Fri Jun 26 2026 at 12:00 pm at 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States), Dueling Pianos at Stone House Vinyards! (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 05:30 pm at Stone House Vinyards), Pocket Park Series - Whiskey Bound (Fri Jun 05 2026 at 12:00 pm at 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Big Rapids this weekend April 17–19, 2026?
  - **A:** Kelly Quinn at The Sawmill in Big Rapids (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Sawmill Saloon).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Big Rapids in April 2026?
  - **A:** Kelly Quinn at The Sawmill in Big Rapids (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Sawmill Saloon), Dueling Pianos at Stone House Vinyards! (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 05:30 pm at Stone House Vinyards).
- **Q**: How can I find Live Music events in Big Rapids?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Live Music events in Big Rapids on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Live Music events in Big Rapids?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Live Music events in Big Rapids?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Live Music events in Big Rapids include 123 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, MI 49307-1401, United States, Sawmill Saloon, Stone House Vinyards.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Live Music events in Big Rapids?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Live Music events in Big Rapids include Big Rapids Downtown Business Association, Twilight Tunes, Glitter & Sawdust.
- **Q**: What types of Live Music events can I find in Big Rapids?
  - **A:** You can explore a variety of live music sub-genres and styles including Hip Hop Music, House Music, Classical Music, Afrobeats, Bachata and more.
- **Q**: Are there any online Live Music events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Live Music events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Live Music events in Big Rapids?
  - **A:** Follow the Live Music category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Live Music events are listed in Big Rapids.

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