Name: Creepy Critters of Michigan
Start: 2026-10-06
End: 2026-10-06

Chili's Grill & Bar® features Big Mouth® Burgers, steaks, salads, fajitas, Baby Back Ribs and more! Celebrate every Monday with Fajita 'Rita Mondays. Chili's® grills like no place else.

Chili's Grill & Bar®

Informal, family-owned Palermo Pizza offers sizable pies – including a mammoth 24” version –plus salads, wings, subs & Italian entrees. is one of four local Palermo Pizza locations.

Palermo Pizza

The closest beach to Grand Rapids is just five minutes from downtown and offers six acres of sandy lake frontage, a well-marked swimming area, boat rentals and one of America’s Top 10 Splashpads. Millennium Park’s beach facilities include locker and changing rooms, restrooms, picnic areas and a concession stand with hot food, snacks and frozen treats. Daily admission to the beach and splashpad is $4 for ages 16-62, $3 for ages 63 & older and $2 for children ages 3-15. Ages 2 and under get in free. Season passes are also available. Millennium is one of the nation’s largest urban parks, spanning 1,400 acres and nearly 18 miles of paved hiking/biking trails through diverse terrain. Pets are not allowed in the beach area but are permitted on a leash of six foot or less elsewhere in the park. There is no fee for accessing non-beach portions of the park.

Millennium Park

Enjoy a full selection of craft beer, wine, hard cider and seltzer, all made with fresh ingredients farmed right on site! Relax with a glass in the taproom or grab a bottle, growler or howler to go. Pink Barrel Cellars is the taproom inside [Ed Dunneback and Girls Farm Market](https://www.experiencegr.com/listing/ed-dunneback-%26-girls-farm-market/6248/), a century-old family fruit farm located 10 minutes northwest of downtown Grand Rapids. Order the [Flights of Flavor](https://www.experiencegr.com/flights-of-flavor/) selection – a lineup of cranberry, OJ, sunrise, peach and apple cider mimosas – to earn points toward free merchandise. In addition to the craft beverage operation, there’s an on-site restaurant and gift shop, a huge selection of fresh-picked and u-pick fruits and vegetables, and year-round events and classes, from harvest festivals to weekly concerts.

Pink Barrel Cellars

Stay and play in the Little Dip Splash Pad! Guests can relax and enjoy our 10,000 square foot, expanded pool area. Featuring our new splash pad area, hot tub, vortex pool, zero depth toddler play area, mini slides, and tipping buckets. Fun for everyone! The hotel offers a delicious hot breakfast buffet with your room rate. Day passes for are available to the general public on certain days and times of the year, blackout dates apply. Contact the hotel for admission and pricing.

The Little Dip Splash Pad at Holiday Inn Grand Rapids South

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

Legacy Stables

A motorcoach charter service offering tours, corporate outings, school trips, and convention shuttle bus service. Will travel anywhere in US & Canada.

Great Lakes Motorcoach, Inc.

Shop for fresh produce and baked goods, pick your own fruits and vegetables, browse the gift shop, listen to live music, attend a festival, meet farm animals and much more on this century-old farm. Located 10 minutes northwest of downtown Grand Rapids, Ed Dunneback & Girls isn’t just a farm market – it’s a glorious celebration of farm life. With year-round events and classes, an on-site restaurant, plenty of activities for kids and a [taproom serving adult beverages](https://www.experiencegr.com/listing/pink-barrel-cellars/12218/), it’s tremendous fun for all ages. Order the [Flights of Flavor](https://www.experiencegr.com/flights-of-flavor/) selection – a lineup of five mimosas – to earn points toward free merchandise.

Ed Dunneback & Girl's Farm Market

Villa Bar & Banquet is home to the Villa Banquet Hall and the Dungeon Bar & Lounge Restaurant.

The Villa, a completely new state-of-the-art banquet hall, is available for rent for all events, from business lunches to lavish weddings.

The Dungeon, a cozy basement speakeasy, serves upscale craft cocktails and far-to-table food.

Dungeon Bar & Lounge Restaurant

Popular family-owned restaurant offers homemade versions of such Mexican favorites as tacos and burritos, for dine-in or takeout. Five area locations.

Adobe In & Out - Standale

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

Michigan is home to some of the neatest creepy critters around. Join the Outdoor Discovery Center to learn about amphibians, arachnids, reptiles, birds, and mammals that some people may find weird but others may find fascinating. There will be live animal ambassadors to see up close and there will be lots of hands on animal artifacts.  
  
Date: Tuesday, October 6  
Time: 6:00 pm-7:00 pm  
Location: Roselle Park  
Cost: $15/household  
Registration: Opens September 1  
Pre-registration highly encouraged, not required.

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