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Performances in West Michigan

Everyone enjoys a good play or concert, and our communities along Lake Michigan are blessed with talented actors and musicians that entertain us throughout the year. Center Stage Theater at West Shore Community College is the venue for many interesting plays and performances, plus they have their very own wind symphony, jazz band, and concert choir. The Historic Ramsdell Theatre at the Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, in downtown Manistee and the Ludington Area Center for the Arts in downtown Ludington, offer a variety of performances. The Stage Left Theatre Company offers a variety of shows at different venues each year. And this is just to name a few of the venues West Michigan has to offer.

Performance Locations

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Instrumental Music & Sound

Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra

July 2024

  • 14th – With Special Guests Laura Osgood Brown, Soprano, Kyle Ferrill, Baritone at Benzie Central High School Auditorium- 9222 Homestead Rd., Benzonia; Time TBA

 

August 2024

  • 25th – With Special Guest Hyemin Kim, Piano at Corson Auditorium- 4000 M-137, Interlochen; Time TBA

 

October 2024

  • 6th – With Special Guest Patrick Owen, Piano at Benzie Central High School Auditorium- 9222 Homestead Rd., Benzonia; Time TBA

Central Park Players

Central Park Place- 421 Columbus Ave., Grand Haven

March 2024

  • 8th-9th AND 15th-17th – Half Baked, Fridays/Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm

 

May 2024

  • 10th-11th AND 17th-19th – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Fridays/Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm

City Opera House

106 E. Front St., Traverse City

April 2024

  • 6th – Fly Fishing Film Tour, 7:30pm
  • 20th – Artrageous, 8pm
  • 21st – Musical performance with The Accidentals Cover Album Tour, 6pm
  • 25th – Interlochen Center for the Arts Spoken Word Showcase, 7:30pm
  • 26th – The Moth, 8pm

May 2024

  • 3rd – The Four C Notes ~ A Night Celebrating Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, 7:30pm
  • 24th – Night Fever: The Ultimate Bee Gees Tribute Featuring The New York Bee Gees, 7:30pm

Hart Community Performing Arts Series

All performances are held at Hart Middle School Auditorium- 308 Johnson St., Hart 

April 2024

  • 12th – Eisenhower Dance Detroit, 7:30pm

 

May 2024

  • 10th – Alexis Cole Quartet featuring Pasquale Grasso, 7:30pm

Ludington Area Center for the Arts (LACA)

Events are held at LACA- 107 S. Harrison St., Ludington (unless otherwise noted)

April 2024

  • 27th – Musical performance by Special Consensus, 7pm

 

May 2024

  • 5th – Musical performance by Earthwork Music Collective, 4pm
  • 17th-19th – 10-Minute Play Festival: Tales for the Stage (time TBA). Submission due by February 4th, 2024. For more info, visit ludingtonartscenter.org.

 

September 2024

  • 14th – Musical performance by Dixon’s Violin, 7pm

 

October 2024

  • 12th – Musical performance by Brass Queens, 7:30pm

Manistee Community Band

July 2024

  • 12th – Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts Performance with the Manistee Community Choir, 6-8pm

Muskegon Civic Theatre

Frauenthal Theatre- 425 W. Western Ave. #401, Muskegon

March 2024

  • 23rd – Ladies Who Brunch, 10:30am AND 3pm

 

April 2024

  • 12th-13th & 19th-20th – Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Wedding, 6pm

 

May 2024

  • 2nd-5th – Ragtime, 2nd-4th at 7:30pm AND 5th at 3pm

Old Towne Playhouse

Performances take place at 148 E. Eighth St., Traverse City (unless otherwise noted)

March 2024

  • (February 23rd-25th AND 29th,) 1st-3rd, 7th-10th, 15th-16th – Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm, Special Matinee on March 16th at 2pm
  • 22nd-24th – OTP’s Senior Readers present Is Murder Tax Deductible, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 AND Sunday at 2pm

 

April 2024

  • 5th-7th AND 11th-13th – Radium Girls, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm, Special Matinee on April 13th at 2pm
  • 18th-20th – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm

 

May 2024

  • 3rd-5th, 9th-12th, 16th-19th, AND 23rd-25th – The Wedding Singer: The Musical Comedy, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm & Sundays at 2pm

 

June 2024

  • 1st – Some Like It Yacht, 7pm
  • 7th-9th AND 13th-15th – Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr., Thursdays-Saturdays at 7pm & Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm

Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee

Events are held at the Ramsdell Theatre- 101 Maple St., Manistee

March 2024

  • 23rd – The Met Opera presents Romeo Et Juliette, 12pm

 

April 2024

  • 6th – The Met Opera presents La Forza Del Destino, 1pm
  • 19th – Musical performance by Serita’s Black Rose, 7:30pm
  • 20th – The Met Opera presents La Rondine, 1pm
  • 26th-28th AND May 3rd-5th – Don’t Hug Me, Times TBA

 

May 2024

  • (April 26th-28th) May 3rd-5th – Don’t Hug Me, Times TBA
  • 11th – The Met Opera presents Madame Butterfly, 1pm
  • 17th – Musical performance by the Cherry Blossom Ramblers Family Band, 7:30pm
  • 24th – Remembering Patsy Cline, 7:30pm

 

June 2024

  • 8th – Scriptless in Seattle, 7:30pm
  • 14th – Greggie & the Jets: Elton John Tribute, 7:30-9:30pm

 

July 2024

  • 12th – Manistee Community Band & Choir Concert

Stage Left Theatre Company

Stay tuned for upcoming performances by the Stage Left Theatre Company!

The Garden Theater

301 Main St., Frankfort

March 2024

  • 17th – Musical performance by Kennedy’s Kitchen, 1pm

The Playhouse at White Lake

304 S. Mears Ave., Whitehall

March 2024

  • 16th – Musical performance by Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish, 7pm

 

April 2024

  • 25th-27th – Elephant/Man, Thursday-Saturday at 7pm AND Saturday at 2pm

 

May 2024

  • 5th – Tonight I’m My Mother: a Night of Improv with Liz Allen, 7:30pm

 

June 2024

  • 16th – Musical performance by The Moxie Strings—Their Farewell Tour, 7pm

Traverse City Symphony Orchestra

Performances are held at Corson Auditorium- 4000 M-137, Interlochen; unless otherwise noted.

March 2024

  • 17th – Bach: The Best of the Brandenburg Concertos, 3pm

 

April 2024

  • 14th – Messiah, 3pm

 

May 2024

  • 12th – Broadway Spectacular at City Opera House- 106 E. Front St., Traverse City, 3pm

West Shore Community College Performing Arts Series

Events are held at the West Shore Community Center Stage Theatre- 3000 N. Stiles Rd., Scottville (unless otherwise noted)

April 2024

  • 4th – WSCC Jazz Ensemble I & II Performance, 7:30pm
  • 13th – The Kenny Rogers Band present Through the Years featuring Don Gatlin wsg Edgar Struble, 2pm & 7:30pm 
  • 15th – WSCC Wind Symphony & Drum Line at Manistee High School Auditorium- 525 12th St., Manistee; 7:30pm
  • 23rd – WSCC Concert Choir, 7:30pm

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