Name: The Nutcracker
Start: 2026-12-20
End: 2026-12-20

Hudsonville Lanes is a great place to have fun times with family and friends. At Hudsonville Lanes you can have a great time at prices that won’t break your family’s budget. We have plenty of bumper bowling lanes just for kids! Bumpers are great to keep the bowling balls out of the gutters and smiles on the faces of your small children.

Hudsonville Lanes

We share a love for nature and good, quality craft beer. As a family of beer nerds, we like to push the envelope to brew creative, innovative, and unique beers. Join us as we pursue our dream of opening a brewery in charming Rockford, MI.

Third Nature Brewing Company

Rated 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) by Golf Digest; 9-time host of NCAA National Championships and annual host of the Michigan High School Golf Finals. Popular choice for golf outings and special events.

The Meadows Golf Club at Grand Valley State University

The Cannonsburg adventure tour puts adventurists in the Cannonsburg tree tops, zipping through terrain guaranteed to get your adrenaline pumping. Perfect for first-timers or the experienced adrenaline junkie.

Cannonsburg Zipline

A small brewery with a neighborhood pub feel. Come as you are. Great beer here.

White Flame Brewing Company

Riding lessons, birthday parties, and one day trail rides.

Legacy Stables

Established in 2012, Pike 51 was a long time dream of owners Ron Snider & Steve Guikema. With 15 taps and homemade Root Beer on tap, there is something for everyone.

Pike 51 Brewery

Established in 2012, Pike 51 was a long time dream of owners Ron Snider & Steve Guikema. With 15 taps and homemade Root Beer on tap there is something for everyone.

Pike 51 Brewery Facility Tour

Rockford Brewing Company (RBC) opened for business in 2012 by its founding partners, Jeff Sheehan and Seth Rivard. Although relatively new as a company, RBC’s team has over 15 years of previous professional brewing and business experience. RBC specializes in traditional and inventive beers that focus on Michigan agriculture. The brewery is located in historic downtown Rockford, MI and is situated adjacent to Michigan’s Frederick Meijer White Pine Trail State Park and among the rolling hills of the beautiful Rogue River Valley.

Rockford Brewing Company

Action Water Sports, located in Hudsonville, MI, now presents to you Wakesurf Grand Rapids. Wakesurf Grand Rapids offers a variety of options to get your crew out on the water this summer on Lake Macatawa located in Holland, MI! We will be offering All-Inclusive Wakesurfing, where you can get your crew together for 2, 3, 4, or 6 hours and go out on one of our brand-new Mastercraft boats. Everything for this all-inclusive experience is included, from the gear to a coach/captain who is capable of driving the boat along with getting you up for your first time to teaching you that next trick you have been wanting to learn. We also offer Kids Surf Camps on select Tuesday and Wednesdays from 9am-1pm each day. This camp is for kids age 6-15 and our captains will provide personalized instruction to all the riders to help them get the most out of this wakesurf experience! For more information, please visit actionwater.com/wakesurf-grand-rapids

Action Water Sports

We are an economic generator through sports tourism for Greater Grand Rapids and Kent County in the West Michigan area.

We own and operate an award winning baseball/softball complex; the Meijer Sports Complex [www.MeijerSportsComplex.com](https://www.MeijerSportsComplex.com) featuring eight fields, including a championship field that seats 1,000.

Our signature event, the Meijer State Games of Michigan (Olympic-style sporting event), draws 10,000 athletes through 60+ sports in its Winter and Summer Games.  We work with many of our local sports clubs and organizations to host various regional and national tournaments.

Why Grand Rapids? We have:
•	12,000 + hotel rooms (2,500 downtown)
•	234,000 square foot downtown convention center (fits 40 volleyball courts)
•	12,000 seat Van Andel Arena
•	5 facilities that feature 4+ courts and multiple grass or turf fields
•	Grant program for new events
•	and more!

West Michigan Sports Commission

We are thrilled to bring the magic of the holiday season to life once again with our beloved production of *The Nutcracker*, running December 11-13 & 18-20, 2025, at DeVos Performance Hall. For so many families across West Michigan, this timeless tradition fills the season with wonder, joy, and unforgettable memories.

Join us as Clara and her Nutcracker Prince journey from a festive holiday party to a daring battle with mischievous mice, and finally, to the dazzling Land of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy welcomes them with enchanting dances from around the world—including the breathtaking Waltz of the Flowers. With choreography by Val Caniparoli, stunning sets designed by Grand Rapids’ own Chris Van Allsburg (*The Polar Express*) and Tony Award-winner Eugene Lee, and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score performed live by the Grand Rapids Symphony, our production is a feast for the senses that captures the magic of the season. We can’t wait to share this holiday tradition with you.

**Estimated Run Time:** 2 hours with one intermission

**Seating:** Reserved seating

**Accessibility:** Accessible and companion seating available

**Third-party ticket notice:** Don’t get scammed! If you buy your tickets anywhere other than the GRB Box Office or ticketmaster.com, you will pay more than the value of your ticket and miss important pre-show information. Some third-party sellers don’t even send the tickets, leaving patrons seatless and out of pockets.

**To avoid Ticketmaster fees:** Please contact the Grand Rapids Ballet Box Office for tickets by phone at 616.454.4771 ext 110, or in person. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Please contact the Grand Rapids Ballet Box Office with any questions about this event via phone or by email at boxoffice@grballet.com.

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