Round up your best sport loving, beer loving friends for fun and adventure in the city that makes getting together time easy, convenient and affordable. Here are a few ideas for bonding over beers, sports and more!
1. Drink Up
Become a Brewsader!
Eight stamps in your passport and you become an official Beer City Brewsader! Get the app today!
- Find your craft beer heaven in Beer City USA.
- Visit 75+ craft breweries on the Beer City Ale Trail – and collect stamps at specially designated breweries to become a Beer City Brewsader.
- Savor locally produced artisan beverages at our distilleries and cideries.
- Get more bang for your booze buck at happy hours and bloody mary bars.
- Perk up your day with a locally roasted coffee in a neighborhood coffee shop.
2. Dig in to Hardy Food
Food and Dining
Search for area restaurant options!
- Start your day off right (with plenty of bacon) at top breakfast spots like Real Food Café, Sundance Grill and Wolfgang’s.
- Get a good ‘ol fashioned hot dog (or six) at Yesterdog.
- Try the Crack Fries at HopCat – they’re ranked in the Top 10 of all French Fries served in America.
- Treat yourself to a juicy slab of beef at three downtown steakhouses:
The Chop House
- 190 Monroe Ave. NW
- (616) 451-6184
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Ruth's Chris Steak House
- 187 Monroe Avenue NW
- (616) 776-6426
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3. Attend a Sporting Event
Sports
Baseball, hockey, college athletics and a host of special events.
- Cheer on our minor-league baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer teams.
- Get your motor running watching stock-car action at Berlin Raceway.
- Mark your calendar for the Meijer State Games of Michigan, an Olympic-style event held every February and June. This year the State Games of America will be held Aug 3-6
- See student athletes flex their skills at seven area colleges – including Grand Valley State University, home of the winningest team in college football history.
The Grand Outdoors
Four-season splendor promotes year-round outdoor play.
4. Get Outdoors
- Golf at two-dozen excellent courses as close as five minutes to downtown.
- Bike hundreds of miles of paved trails through all kinds of scenery.
- Treat yourself to some of the country’s best fishing, boating, hiking and hunting.
- Lace up for a never-ending series of running events – including the Fifth Third River Bank Run, America’s largest 25K road race, held every May.
- Take a Running Tour to burn calories while you learn about the city’s past and present.
5. Chase Thrills
Michigan's Adventure Amusement Park
Experience Michigan’s largest amusement park – seven roller coasters, eight thrill rides, 15 family rides, six kiddie rides, and a water park with 15 attractions.
- Tackle more than 60 miles of mountain bike trails in and around the city.
- Ski, snowboard and ride the zipline at Cannonsburg Ski Area.
- Climb aboard seven roller coasters at Michigan’s Adventure amusement park.
- Engage in pitched paintball battle at TC Paintball.
6. Enjoy the Nightlife
Music
You’ll find something for every musical taste here at 100+ live-music venues!
- Head to the downtown entertainment district for dozens of nightclubs, bars, brewpubs, a comedy club and more.
- Catch an indie act at The Intersection and Pyramid Scheme nightclubs.
- Check the Grand Rapids Music Trail for 100 additional live-music venues including the brand.
- See touring superstars in concert at:
DeVos Performance Hall
- 303 Monroe Ave. NW
- (616) 742-6500
DeVos Performance Hall, located in the DeVos Place convention center, is Grand…
GLC Live at 20 Monroe
- 11 Ottawa Ave. NW
- (616) 482-2021
This incredible space is the perfect location to host your corporate event, private…
7. Do Something Grand
Do Something Crafty: Beer Tours
Explore beer production tours, guided beer tours and our self-guided Beer City Ale Trail.
Delve deeper into Grand Rapids culture with awesome tours and experiences highlighting beer, food, history, art, music and more.
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