Tulip Time Announces Attractions for Next May’s Event

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 2, 2022) – Another sign that Holland’s annual signature event is coming back from the effects of the 2020 COVID-related cancellation came on Wednesday.

Tulip Time Festival officials announced its entertainment and exhibition lineup, and after two years of scaled back attractions, the festival will have a top-name headliner coming to the Tulip City. Sara Evans is a multi-platinum country music performer with five top singles and numerous honors, including American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards, along with nominations from the Country Music Association, Country Music Television and the Grammys. She will appear at Central Wesleyan Auditorium on Friday, May 12^th.

Also coming to Holland is the trio Girl Named Tom, a winner of NBC-TV’s “The Voice” competition, and the return of Elton John tribute performer Elton Rohn. Rohn will be on the Heeringa Holland Civic Center stage on Saturday, May 6^th, while Girl Named Tom is at Central Wesleyan Auditorium on Thursday, May 11^th.

Just as in 2022, Tulip Time will hold two instead of three parades next May, with the Gentex Kinderparade on Thursday, May 11^th, and the Quality Car Wash Volksparade on Saturday, May 13^th.

Local performers include the Tuesday, May 9^th “Dazzle” at Central Wesleyan Auditorium spotlighting area high school talent; “Nana’s Naughty Knickers” at the Holland Community Theatre throughout the festival’s nine-day run; and the American Legion Band at Hope College’s Miller Center for Musical Arts on Monday, May 10^th.

Other returning attractions announced by the festival include the Tulip Immersion Garden and the Quilt Show, both at Beechwood Church; the Artisan Market at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds on the opening weekend of May 6^th and 7^th; Historical Walking Tours; Dutch Dancing; the Art in Bloem Fine Art Showcase at the Heeringa Holland Civic Center Place; the Tall Ship Dockside Tour of the Michigan Maritime Museum’s “Friends Good Will” vessel docked in Lake Macatawa off of the Boatwerks restaurant dock; and the traditional opening day Tulip Time Run event at Kollen Park on May 6^th.

More information on these and other attractions for the Tulip Time Festival, which runs from May 6^th through the 14^th, is here.