Concerts in Rogers Park!

Free & family-friendly Concert Series held at the band shell in Rogers Park in downtown Sparta at 7 pm each Wednesday June 23, 2010 through August 18, 2010.   Bring a lawn chair or blanket and join us for some great entertainment!  Rogers Park is located one block north of downtown Sparta on Union Street (75 N. Union Street, Sparta, MI). 

2010 Concert in Rogers Park Sponsorship Form (PDF)

2010 Printable Concert Schedule (PDF)

2010 Concert Line Up 

Sponsors: 

  

Be sure to thank our sponsors who put on such a successful Concert in the Park series!  Without the assistance of these local businesses and organizations, groups such as the Sparta 4-H, Sparta Chamber, and others would not have the chance to provide fundraisers.  Each week, be sure to check out the Community Intermission, where a local arts Chamber Member business or organization will perform and entertain the crowd.   Included is Dance with me by Amber Marie dance students, Sparta Community Theatre performing pieces of 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, and Lil’ Learners fine arts performances including instrumentals and fencing displays. 

Special thank you to the Sparta Civic Center for allowing the Sparta Concerts in the Park to reserve the restrooms for each week!  Much better than porty-jons! 

 

 

 

Where do we receive funding from to put on these free community concerts?

Through the Michigan Council of Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) Minigrant Program the Arts Council gave $28,100 to nineteen local arts and cultural organizations.

  Despite a 71% funding cut, the MCACA continued their Minigrant Program for FY 2010.  The Arts Council serves as one of nineteen regional regranting agencies for the MCACA.  The region covered includes the following counties: Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo and Osceola.

The Arts Council received thirty-one grant applications, with a total of $104,000 in requests.  After much deliberation, the Minigrant Panel came to a consensus on how to distribute the $28,100.  The following organizations received awards:

Organization                                                                                     County                                Grant Award

Artworks: Big Rapids Area Arts and Humanities                 Mecosta                 $1,290

Belding Area Schools                                                                   Ionia          $1,000

Bethany Christian Services                                                        Kent            $1,790

Camp Idlewild of Michigan                                                        Lake             $4,000

DEAF, Inc.                                                                                        Kent             $1,290

Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapids                                      Kent             $1,000

Flat River Community Players                                                 Montcalm   $1,290

Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities                Kent              $1,000

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities                                 Kent              $1,000

Greater Lowell Chamber Foundation                                   Kent               $1,290

Greenville Area Community Center                                     Montcalm    $1,790

Mecosta Area Committee                                                        Mecosta          $1,000

Morton Township Library                                                      Mecosta          $1,790

Newaygo County Council for the Arts, Inc.                          Newaygo        $1,500

Open Concept Gallery                                                               Kent                  $2,290

Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce                                   Kent                  $2,290

Village of Howard City                                                             Montcalm       $990

West Michigan Savoyards                                                      Kent                  $500

Yates Township                                                                         Lake                   $1,000

 The Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids believes in the arts as a core value, in the power of the arts to promote excellence, cross-cultural understanding and a strong community. We strive to invest our resources and energies to make the arts central to the lives of everyone in our community.