Food & Drink Events in Grand Rapids

The city’s biggest annual food events include:

Winter Beer Festival (February), a one-day outdoor event with hundreds of Michigan beers for sampling.

Cider Week GR (May), a 9-day festival celebrating the area’s abundant apple orchards and hard cider production

Food Truck Fridays (All Summer), a weekly street food fest in Riverside Park

Grand Rapids Foodie Fest, a food-and-entertainment festival over the July 4^th weekend

Restaurant Week GR (November), a 10-day showcase of local restaurants (and delectable dining deals)

International Wine, Beer & Food Festival (November), Michigan's premier fine-food tasting and shopping event

Christkindl Market (Nov-Dec), a European-style Christmas village featuring festive food & drink for gifting and on-site dining

Grand Rapids is the place to enjoy premium-quality food & drink celebrations without the hassle of a big-city culinary festival. It’s easy to get here, everything is close-by and convenient, the vibe is always friendly and hotels are available for every budget, so you can stay, savor and sip over multiple days.

If you’re staying overnight – and we certainly think you should – you can choose from nearly 100 hotels all across the city, offering a wide range of price points and amenities. Downtown Grand Rapids, the site of many of our food festivals, has 13 downtown hotels within walking distance of everything you’ll want to see and do.

Get the Flights of Flavor® digital pass to find the city’s best food and/or drink pairings. Download the Beer City Brewsader® app and visit eight local craft breweries to get a FREE exclusive t-shirt. (Visting 30+ breweries earns a free sweatshirt.) Explore the Grand Rapids Downtown Market, 1 of 13 Must-Visit U.S. Food Halls (per Tasting Table in 2025). Pick your own apples and other fruits and vegetables at family farms and orchards on The Fruit Ridge, one of the world’s finest agricultural regions. Treat your taste buds at Butcher’s Union, Yelp’s #11 Top U.S. Restaurant for 2026; Grove, Newsweek’s #3 Farm-to-Table Restaurant in 2025; KCM, home to one of the New York Times’ 23 Best American Dishes of 2023; and more than 1,000 other Grand Rapids restaurants.

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Explore downtown Grand Rapids, where 300+ restaurants, shops, cultural attractions and performance venues are within a 10-minute walk/free bus ride. Visit Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, named America’s #1 Sculpture Park by USA Today. Tour five first-class museums and a classic urban zoo. Shop the largest, most diverse collection of stores between Chicago and Detroit. Hike, bike, paddle, golf, fish, ski and more just minutes from the city center. Find many more things to do here.