Market · Grand Rapids metro · within 25 miles
The Grand Rapids market books about 716 shows a year across 323 venues, with 206 already on the calendar. Rock leads the tagged shows at 40%, ahead of Country / Bluegrass at 15%. Fridays are the busiest night and Mondays the quietest, and Friday and Saturday together carry 47% of the year. July is the peak month. The Pyramid Scheme is the most-booked venue, with 218 shows on record. The market covers Grand Rapids and 34 nearby cities within 25 miles, including Rockford, Comstock Park and Caledonia.
Refreshed September 29, 2026 · from Cultivate's live dataset
The venues
Ranked by shows on record. Genre focus comes from what each venue has actually booked.
The shape of the market
What else competes for the night
Fairs, festivals, sports and civic events pull the same crowd. Cultivate weighs each one by expected draw and scores every night in Grand Rapids from 0 to 100 before you commit a date.
1 date on the calendar · major draw
1 date on the calendar · major draw
1 date on the calendar · major draw
3 dates on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
Nearest markets
Questions
Cultivate tracks 323 venues that book live music within 25 miles of Grand Rapids, Michigan, from bar stages to arenas, with about 716 shows in the last twelve months and 206 upcoming.
Friday. In 2026, 210 shows fall on a Friday, against 49 on a Monday, the quietest night. Friday and Saturday together account for 47% of the year's shows.
Rock leads with 40% of the shows that carry a genre, followed by Country / Bluegrass at 15%. Genre comes from what venues actually book, not from how they describe themselves.
The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, with 218 shows on record and 55 upcoming. Booking contacts and exact capacities for every venue are available in the Cultivate console.
This is a sample of the Grand Rapids data
The console has every venue, every act, the booking contacts, the Competition Grid and the Tour Planner, for Grand Rapids and every other market in the country.