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Tickets available and volunteers needed for Tribute on the Grand

Posted at 4:28 PM, Jun 30, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-30 16:28:17-04

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Tickets for a special Founders Beer dinner on the Gillette Bridge in downtown Grand Rapids went on sale Thursday.

The dinner is the fundraising portion of Tribute on the Grand, coming up on September 10. The dinner is a fundraiser hosted by Founders Brewing and sponsored by FOX 17 as a fundraiser for Grand Rapids Whitewater, the group charged with restoring the rapids in the Grand River. Tickets are available by clicking here.

Tribute on the Grand will be an afternoon and evening filled with tribute bands, food trucks and a beer tent at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in downtown Grand Rapids.  The event is free and expected to attract about 6,000 people.  80-100 volunteers are needed for the event, and if you’d like to help out, click here.

Bands that are scheduled to appear include L.A. vation, a U2 tribute band, Free Fallin’, a Tom Petty tribute band, and Brother Wolf and the Wolf Pack from Mars, a local David Bowie tribute band.