Welcome to our beautiful city! We suggest checking out these websites for some ideas of what to do during your visit to Grand Rapids:

http://www.experiencegr.com/

http://www.grnow.com/

http://www.michigan.org/hot-spots/grand-rapids/

Also, after the regatta be sure to head downtown to check out ArtPrize, the world's largest art prize competition and most attended public art event in the world (bringing 500,000 visitors), which runs from September 20 to October 8, 2017.