West Michigan Weekend - Thanksgiving Week

Adam is in with details on how you can have a fabulous weekend!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ah, little Christmas music as we talk about weekend events.
This is West Michigan's Morning News Steve Kelly and bred
Bekta Schmidty with a much needed day off today and
I'm a road show out of the producers, both here
to discuss stuff going on outside of Thanksgiving. Adam, what's
coming up?

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, well, actually we will start with one thing going
on tomorrow, and we talked to them earlier in the week.
It's the Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation Turkey Trot. That's right, folks,
move your feet before you eat tomorrow morning, the thirty
third annual Turkey Trot or Turkey Trot right outside of
Van Andel Arena, and you can register same day. So
if you wake up tomorrow morning and feel like, man,

(00:40):
I want to do something before I eat my weight
in Thanksgiving food, that's where you're going to want to be.
Starts around eight o'clock. You can hear the full interview
with Stephanie Andrews in the podcast section at woodradio dot
com for more information.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
All of those benefits go to help kids in sports
programs in Grand Rapids Public Schools.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
So important it is, yeah, and so then the next day,
Black Friday, starting that Christmas shopping. The Black Friday Market
at Fulton Street that's opening for their annual Black Friday Shale.
You've got handmade arts and crafts, sweet treats, and you
can sip on some hot cocoa or spiked apple cider
while you're shopping. That goes from eleven till three at

(01:19):
the Fulton Street Market. And then of course our Christkindle
Market will be open all weekend and as we talked
about yesterday, the ninth best Christmas market in the country
according to the Independence over in Europe. So we've got
quite a thing here.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
In Wait a bit a question there, So can you
spike your hot chocolate if you want to?

Speaker 2 (01:37):
I mean, don't threaten me with a good time market, Okay,
just yeah, I'm sure you could do just that.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
The Grand Rapids Griffins have a couple games this weekend
against the Iowa Wild Friday Night is the annual Teddy
Bear Toss, so make sure you bring that stuffed animal
and when the Griffins, I'm saying, when the Griffins score
their first goal, you get to toss that bad boy
out onto the ice and all of those stuffed animals
go to kids with critical illnesses here in West Michigan.

(02:03):
You can also enjoy two dollars beer, two dollars dogs
Because it's a Friday night game, and then Sunday afternoon
four o'clock puck drop is the Griffins' thirtieth anniversary celebration,
so fans in attendance to that we'll get a commemorative poster.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Can't believe both Brett and myself at that game, the
first one.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah wow, back when they compete in the IHL that inning,
I know, National Hockey League.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
I don't know if I want to say how old
I was when that started?

Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah? How old were you?

Speaker 2 (02:32):
I was seven? How's that feels?

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Steven? Wow, We're so proud of the progress you're making.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Oh thanks man. A couple other Christmas things going on.
Enlightened at the Meyer Gardens officially kicks off this week.
Enjoy the ninety minute outdoor light show, seasonal music and soundscapes,
and warm up with festive food and seasonal beverages. This
goes until January third.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
There's your seasonal beverages.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Oh yeah, I like that. You can get tickets at
Meyer Gardens dot org. The Christmas Light Show at LMCU
Ballpark is kicking off the twenty eighth year of entertaining
people of all ages two miles with over a million
Christmas lights. You can drive through it now, or if
you want a special memory, the Memory Lane train starts
this weekend as well. You can get tickets for both

(03:19):
of those at Christmas Lightshow dot com. Frozen Theemusical is
still going on at the Grand Rapid Civic Theater, and
if you're looking for something to do on Thanksgiving, they
actually have a show Thanksgiving Night that has a pretty
fair amount of tickets left. So if you're trying to
get out of the house after being cooped up all day,
head on down to the Civic Theater for Frozen the Musical.
A big fan of these guys, Straight No Chaser, the

(03:41):
nine person a cappella group has their holiday road tour
in Grand Rapids Friday night. Tickets still available at Devosperformance
haul dot com. Just a couple more things, The Candlelight
Concert Series is back this weekend Saturday night. They'll be
featuring Coldplay and Imagine Dragon. Oh yeah, that's that can
Lit String Quartet Very very cool. Tickets are still available,

(04:04):
but very limited. And finally, Comedian Dimitri Martin bringing his
Quick Draw Tour to GLC Live at twenty Monroe Saturday night.
Limited tickets available for that as well at ticketmaster dot com.

Speaker 3 (04:15):
Quickly want to piggyback a couple of things because it
rarely happens, but we've got two local college football teams
will have home playoff games. Farristate I told you one
o'clock on Saturday, hosting Ashland. Tickets are still available Farristate
Bulldogs dot com. And then noonkickoff on Saturday, Hope College
at round two in the Division three National Playoffs, taking
on Wisconsin lacrosse. And that'll be Hope dot edu for

Speaker 1 (04:36):
Tickets, all right, Thank you, gentlemen.