There are over 20 different concerts, comedy shows, and sporting events in West Michigan for you to check out in September.

Concerts:

Emmylou Harris & Mary Chapin Carpenter

Thursday, September 1, 2022 - 6 pm - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
A 14-time Grammy winner and Billboard Century Award recipient, Emmylou Harris’ contribution as a singer and songwriter spans 40 years. She has recorded more than 25 albums. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008 and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 2018.

With hits like “Passionate Kisses” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” Mary Chapin Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards, two CMA awards, two Academy of Country Music awards and is one of only fifteen female members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Over the course of her acclaimed career, Carpenter has sold over 16 million records.


Kid Rock

Saturday, September 3 & Sunday, September 4, 2022 - 8 pm - Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, Mt. Pleasant, MI
From hit singles like “Bawitdaba” and “Cowboy” to “Picture” and “All Summer Long,” Kid Rockhas blazed his own trail in the music world, having sold over 26 million albums to date. Kid Rock holds the Michigan record for most tickets sold with 150,000 for a run of ten consecutive sold-out shows, and recently set the Little Caesars Arena attendance record in his hometown of Detroit with 86,893 attendees in six sold-out shows.


Australian Pink Floyd

Friday, September 9, 2022 - 9 pm - Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI
Performing the music of Pink Floyd with note for note perfection, this Pink Floyd tribute show has been astonishing audiences worldwide. Striving to reproduce the Pink Floyd experience and bring the music to new audiences, the show continues to include a stunning light and laser show, video animations, state of the art high resolution LED screen technology and other special effects.


Wiz Khalifa and G-Eazy

Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 8 pm - Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, Mt. Pleasant, MI
A military kid, Khalifa spent most of his childhood bouncing around before settling in Pittsburgh. He started releasing mixtapes around 2005, racking up an increasingly high-profile set of features before breaking through with 2011’s Rolling Papers. Some rappers want to take over the world; Wiz Khalifa just wants to meet girls, get money, and smoke as much weed as his constitution will allow.


Sam Hunt with Travis Denning

Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 7 pm - Allegan County Fair, Allegan, MI
Multi-platinum-selling, award-winning hitmaker Sam Hunt’s sophomore album SOUTHSIDE debuted to critical acclaim and was one of the top country albums of 2020 landing at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Named one of the Best Albums of the Year by The New York Times and US Weekly the Platinum-selling project features 12 songs all written by Hunt including his number one hits “Kinfolks,” “Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s” one of the NPR’s best songs of 2020 “Hard to Forget” and a three-week No.1, 8x Platinum-selling GRAMMY-nominated smash, “Body Like A Back Road.”


Australian Pink Floyd

Monday, September 12, 2022 - 7 pm - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Performing the music of Pink Floyd with note for note perfection, this Pink Floyd tribute show has been astonishing audiences worldwide. Striving to reproduce the Pink Floyd experience and bring the music to new audiences, the show continues to include a stunning light and laser show, video animations, state of the art high resolution LED screen technology and other special effects.


Goo Goo Dolls with Blue October

Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 7 pm - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Beyond selling 15 million records worldwide, the Goo Goo Dolls have had four GRAMMY® Award nominations and seized a page in the history books by achieving 16 number one and Top 10 hits — the most of any artist. As a result, they hold the all-time radio record for “Most Top 10 Singles.” Among a string of hits, “Iris” clutched #1 on the Hot 100 for 18 straight weeks and would be named “#1 Top 40 Song of the Last 20 Years.”


Jimmie Allen

Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 7 pm - Allegan County Fair, Allegan, MI
Jimmie Allen has been blazing trails since the beginning of his breakout career. Allen was nominated for Best New Artist at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards, his first ever GRAMMY nomination. He was also nominated for Male Artist of the Year nominee at the 57th ACM Awards and Outstanding New Artist nominee at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards.


Lynyrd Skynyrd

Friday, September 16, 2022 - 7:30 pm - Allegan County Fair, Allegan, MI
The legendary rockers are best known for the RIAA platinum-certified “Sweet Home Alabama” and self-proclaimed signature song, “Free Bird,” that Rolling Stones said was “easily the most requested song in existence.” With hits like “Simple Man," "Gimme Three Steps,” “What’s Your Name,” “Call Me The Breeze,” “You Got that Right,” and more, it is easy to see why Rolling Stones named Lynyrd Skynyrd one of its 100 Greatest Bands of All Time.


Dionne Warwick

Friday, September 16, 2022 - 9 pm - Four Winds Casino, New Buffalo, MI
Dionne Warwick is a six-time Grammy Award-winning music legend who has earned more than 75 charted hit songs and sold over 100 million records. She received her first Grammy in 1968 for “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”. Ms. Warwick became the first African-American solo female artist of her generation to win the prestigious award for Best Contemporary Female Vocalist Performance.


Kenny Loggins – At The Movies Tour

Saturday, September 17, 2022 - 8 pm - Firekeepers Casino, Battle Creek, MI
Over the last four decades, Kenny Loggins has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards. His songs have left his musical imprint on “the soundtrack of our lives,” with chart-topping hits including “This Is It,” “I’m Alright,” “Footloose,” “Danger Zone,” and so many more.


Foreigner: The Greatest Hits Tour

Sunday, September 18, 2022 - 7 pm - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
With 10 multi-platinum albums and 16 Top 30 hits, Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world with a musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, now exceeding 80 million. Responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” ““Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” and the worldwide #1 hit, “I Want To Know What Love Is.”


Gordon Lightfoot

Monday, September 19, 2022 - 7:30 pm - DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
After over decades of active hit song making and international album sales well into the multi-millions, it's safe to say that esteemed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats. His song catalog is incredibly vast and includes such immortals as “Early Morning Rain,’“If You Could Read My Mind,’ “Carefree Highway,’ “Sundown,’ “(That's What You Get) For Lovin’ Me,’ “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald,’ "Canadian Railroad Trilogy,’ "Ribbon Of Darkness,’ "Beautiful’,"Song For A Winter's Night’ and "Rainy Day People" to name a few.


Alice Cooper

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 7 pm - DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics that he's known for.


Keith Urban The Speed of Now World Tour

Thursday, September 22, 2022 - 7 pm - Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
The tour will feature Keith's hit songs including 'Blue Ain't Your Color,' 'The Fighter,' 'Somewhere In My Car,' 'Wasted Time,' 'Somebody Like You,' 'Long Hot Summer,' his latest single 'Wild Hearts,' his global smash 'One Too Many,' featuring P!NK and so many more!


Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Friday, September 23, 2022 - 8 pm - DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
Frankie Valli's career with the Four Seasons, as well as his solo success, has spawned countless hit singles. With unforgettable tunes like "Sherry," "Walk Like A Man," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "December '63 - Oh What a Night," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and of course, "Grease."


Alice in Chains & Breaking Benjamin

Friday, September 23, 2022 - 6:30 pm - Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, Mt. Pleasant, MI
What separates Alice in Chains from their alt-rock brethren was how their roots lay in heavy metal, not punk. Despite their connections to metal, Alice in Chains thrived in the glory days of grunge. The band’s sensibility fit into the alternative rock zeitgeist of the early ’90s. After the group scored rock radio and MTV hits with “Man in the Box” and “Would?” in the early days of grunge, Alice in Chains became one of the first alt-rock bands of the ’90s to delve into acoustic-based music, scoring hits with the comparatively softer “No Excuses” and “I Stay Away.”


Blue Man Group Tour

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 & Wednesday, September 28, 2022 - 7:30 pm - DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
More than 50 million people around the world have experienced the smash hit phenomenon that is BLUE MAN GROUP. Don't miss the signature drumming, colorful moments of creativity and quirky comedy - the men are still blue but the rest is all new! Featuring pulsing, original music, custom-made instruments, surprise audience interaction and hilarious absurdity, join the Blue Men in a joyful experience that unites audiences of all ages.


The Judds

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 7:30 pm - Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Country Music Hall of Famer Wynonna Judd has announced that the highly anticipated, previously announced “The Judds: The Final Tour” will move forward after the tragic passing of her mother and musical partner Naomi Judd.


Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 8 pm - Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Ringo knew at a very young age what he wanted to do. “When I was 13, I only wanted to be a drummer,” remembers Ringo. Four years later, he joined the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Band, and in 1959 hooked up with the Raving Texans, who later became Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Just three years after that, Ringo was asked to join The Beatles. On August 18, 1962, Ringo Starr officially joined Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison in what would become one of the most important popular music acts of all time, or as Ringo says, “the biggest band in the land.”


Comedy:

Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias Back on Tour

Friday, September 9, 2022 - 8 pm - Allegan County Fair, Allegan, MI
Gabriel Iglesias is one of America’s most successful stand-up comedians performing to sold-out concerts around the world. He is also one of the most watched comedians on YouTube with almost a billion views and has over 25 million fans across social media. In 2018, Gabe was included in The Hollywood Reporter’s “Top 40 Comedy Players” issue alongside comedy giants Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Lorne Michaels.


Randy Rainbow: The Pink Glasses Tour

Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 7:30 pm - DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
Randy Rainbow is a two-time EMMY® nominated American comedian, producer, actor, singer, writer, and satirist best known for his popular YouTube series, "The Randy Rainbow Show". His musical parodies and political spoofs have garnered him worldwide acclaim and two EMMY® nominations for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series. His first viral video of 2020 was called "The Funniest Trump Roast Ever" by Funny or Die, and his subsequent viral parodies like "Social Distance" and "A Spoonful of Clorox" (described as "perfect" by John Legend) have been viewed by tens of millions.


Sporting Events:

West Michigan Whitecaps Baseball

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The West Michigan Whitecaps play their final regular season games in the month of September at LMCU Ballpark.

The West Michigan Whitecaps vs. The Great Lakes Loons:
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - 6:35 pm - Bulletin Night
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 6:35 pm - Dog Day
Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 6:35 pm - Michigan Army National Guard Thrifty Thursday
Friday, September 9, 2022 - 6:35 pm - Family Fare Fireworks
Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 6:35 pm - Prospect Series Bobblehead: Spencer Torkelson
Sunday, September 11, 2022 - 2:00 pm - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Family Sunday

Keep in mind that LMCU Ballpark is completely cashless this summer. Here is a video that explains it all...

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