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Things to do in Grand Rapids, October 2026
Browse 52 upcoming events and things to do in Grand Rapids during October 2026. Venues include GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Acrisure Amphitheater, Intersection. Highlights include Modest Mouse, Dan + Shay: The Young Tour, San Holo presents TRUE LOVE IN A MADE UP WORLD and more. Each listing links to tickets, venue details and practical visitor info.
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Dan + Shay: The Young Tour
San Holo presents TRUE LOVE IN A MADE UP WORLD
El Ten Eleven
🎟️ From $27
Jennifer Knapp
🎟️ From $29
Joe Russo's Almost Dead
The Red Clay Strays
TASTE OF CHAOS
THROWN
Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: NeX GEn-THE THIRD ASCENSION PROGRAM
feeble little horse: bitknot tour + Snuggle
🎟️ Free entry
An Evening with John Cusack
Left Lane Cruiser wsg The Von Werewolves
🎟️ From $12
Skillet: Comatose 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour
John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic
🎟️ From $56
Deerhoof
Scene Queen: METALICIOUS
Sweet Pill + Heart To Gold + Spaced
🎟️ From $28
Julia Wolf
He Is Legend + In Angles + Excide + He Who Dwells
🎟️ From $33
The Notebook (Touring)
The Linda Lindas
Michael Franti Trio - Heartstrings & Dynamite
Wheeler Walker Jr.
Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen - Still Gettin' Away With It Tour
Grand Rapids Ballet: Broken Wings
Christone Ingram
Anthony Hamilton, Leela James & Raheem Devaughn
Zach Top
Eric Johanson
🎟️ From $23
Night of the Living Drag
SOLD OUT - Failure: Rising Skyline 2026 + Quannnic
🎟️ Free entry
Bonnie "Prince" Billy + Laurel Premo
🎟️ From $50
Alton Brown
Balance and Composure + Midrift
🎟️ From $37
The Brook & The Bluff - The Werewolf Tour
High Score Comedy: Round 10
Austin Snell
Judah & the Lion
Chloe Kimes
🎟️ From $18
Sleeping With Sirens: An Ending In Itself Tour
Spite
All Them Witches w/ Emma Ruth Rundle
The Story So Far
Evan Honer - It's An Even Longer Road Tour
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey with Special Guest Bello Nock · Oct 29
Blue October: The Foiled 20th Anniversary World Tour
Noah Gundersen: Rites of Spring US TOUR FALL 2026 + Runnner + Breakup Shoes
🎟️ Free entry
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey with Special Guest Bello Nock · Oct 30
L7: The Last Hurrah Tour 2026
Gasolina Halloween Party (18+)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey with Special Guest Bello Nock · Oct 31
Autumn arts season
October tends to bring a strong indoor cultural calendar — film festivals, theatre and live music pick up as the weather cools.
- Browse film festivals, theatre openings and live-music line-ups
- Look for Halloween-season events later in the month
- Check for autumn food and drink festivals while they’re still running