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

**Come and Experience Our Award Winning City Wine Tour!**

We’ll take you on an all-inclusive VIP wine tour to some of the hottest wine and food spots around Grand Rapids!!

Our upscale wine tour experience is designed for wine lovers, foodies and those new to both, but want to learn more. So whether you’re brand new to wine or you’re a wine connoisseur, we have something special for you! We have partnered with some of the best wine and food venues around to create our own unique experience around wine, food and culture for our guest.

We're confident you'll love this wine tour experience!

Raise A Glass Wine Tours

We want you to get swept up in Michigan and all the beauty and flavors it has to offer. Our award-winning city tours share history stories and hidden gems of Grand Rapids.

Tours Around Michigan offers experiences and tours to international, national and local tourists, including Beer, Wine, Distillery, and Food, which can also be enjoyed during a walking history tour.

We love to walk or drive you around to share secrets of Grand Rapids and other parts of Michigan.

Focusing on high quality travel experiences, Tours Around Michigan creates tours with every detail in mind. Our team boasts expertise and local experience to provide unique trips that mark the memory and heart of those looking for unforgettable moments.

Tours Around Michigan

Full-Service Restaurant and Bar with 9 simulator bays, featuring Trackman and Multi Sport gaming technology. Interactive sports for everyone.

Gimme's Par & Grill

Fine dining, take out, parties, and catering.

PIND Indian Cuisine

Inhabiting what was once the legendary Fox Jewelers Building, five-story CityFlatsHotel was designed to achieve LEED Gold Certification. The boutique hotel features 48 conceptually unique guest rooms, each with intriguing colors, creative layouts, and lush yet eco-friendly materials. Located on CityFlats Hotel's main floor, CitySēn offers inventive cocktails and diverse local brews. Enjoy their full menu for lunch and dinner.

CitySen Lounge at CityFlats Hotel

Discover the Grand Rapids Art Museum's Creative Learning Center, a 4,500 square-foot space fostering hands-on creative exploration for all ages. Featuring an interactive Discovery Gallery, GRAM Studio classrooms, and enhanced accessibility, the Center embodies GRAM's commitment to connecting the community through art.

The Creative Learning Center

A local favorite in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids featuring award-winning BBQ ribs, certified Angus beef burgers and steaks, Michigan brewed beers and a large variety of spirits. Food served daily until 2am with great happy hour specials Monday-Friday.

Z's Bar & Restaurant

Authentic Korean BBQ, cooked right at your table, plus a variety of appetizers, entrées and hot pots, and Asian beers and cocktails. Our family recipes are waiting for you! Private dining options available, please contact the restaurant for more information.

K-Rok

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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