TULIP TIME FESTIVAL


Purple tulips with one yellow tulip - Holland, Michigan
May 7-14, 2016

Tulip Time is probably the most beautiful and festive week in Holland, Michigan. It’s filled with parades, craft fairs, art exhibits, Dutch markets, dancing, music, fireworks and of course tulips, tulips, tulips.

Over six million tulips have been planted along the streets and parks of downtown Holland, and at Window on the Waterfront and Centennial Park. So grab a seat on the Tulip Trolley and enjoy the springtime spectacle. And on your way into town, remember to stop and enjoy the six miles of tulips which comprise Tulip Lanes, beginning on 12th Street & River Avenue.

Top recommendations for tulip lovers:


Windmill at Veldheer Tulip Farm
Veldheer’s Tulip Gardens
12755 Quincy Street & U.S. 31, Holland, MI
616-399-1900
Holland’s only tulip farm has over 5 ½ million tulips available for viewing and purchasing. Additional attractions include Delft factory, buffalo farm, wooden shoe factory.

Windmill Island Gardens
1 Lincoln Avenue & 7th Street
616-535-5792
Walk among 150,000 tulips in the shadow of an authentic Dutch windmill.


Tulip Trolley
Most of the festival action takes place in downtown Holland. Expect crowds, but the Tulip Trolley will make it easier to get around. Head over to Window on the Waterfront on 6th Street & Central Avenue and hop on a Tulip Trolley for a 60 minute tour. Adults - $20, Children 5-12 - $8


Saturday May 7

Tulip Time Run
Kollen Park
12th Street & Kollen Park
8am 5K
9am 10K
9:15am 1K Kids Fun Run
Register on-line (for a discounted rate)

Art & Craft Fair
Centennial Park
250 Central Avenue
10am - 6pm
More than 200 juried exhibitors, Dutch dancers
Tulip Time Art and Craft Fair banner
Carnival
Kollen Park
10th Street & Van Raalte Avenue
11am – 11pm
Rides, games, food

Quilt Show
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
10am - 4pm

1800's Vintage Base Ball Game
The
Douglas Dutchers vs. The Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club
Riverview Park
5th Street & Columbia Avenue
2pm
Free event

girl photographing purple tulips
Kinderplaats
Kollen Park
10th Street & Van Raalte Avenue
11am – 6pm
Arts, crafts, petting zoo, Dutch dancers, live music, food, inflatables
Tickets $1 - Rides and inflatables require 2 to 3 tickets each.

Leaving Iowa - A comedy by Spike Manton and Tim Clue
Holland Civic Theatre
50 West 9th Street
7pm - 9pm
Tickets $23

Fireworks
Kollen Park
10th Street & Van Raalte Avenue
Live Music 6:30pm
Fireworks -- After dusk

Sunday May 8

Art & Craft Fair
Centennial Park
10am - 4pm
More than 200 juried exhibitors, Dutch dancers

Painted gourds

Kinderplaats
Kollen Park
10th Street & Van Raalte Avenue
11am – 6pm
Arts, crafts, petting zoo, Dutch dancers, live music, food, inflatables
Tickets $1 - Rides and inflatables require 2 to 3 tickets each.

Leaving Iowa - A comedy by Spike Manton and Tim Clue
Holland Civic Theatre
50 West 9th Street
2pm - 4pm
Tickets $23

S'Wonderful - A Night with Gershwin - The Holland Chorale sings music by George and Ira Gershwin
Beechwood Church
895 Ottawa Beach Road
7pm - 8:30pm
Tickets $23

Monday May 9

Carnival
Holland Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
2pm – 9pm
Rides, games, food

Modern Delft Art Class - Carolyn Stich shows you how to create a Delft-style souvenir
14th Street Church
14 West 14th Street
10am - 11:30am or 1:30pm - 3pm
Tickets $28

Quilt Show
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
10am - 8pm

“With A Song in My Heart” - The Holland Chorale sings music by Richard Rogers
Miller Center for Musical Arts
221 Columbia Avenue
7pm - 8:30pm
Tickets $23

Veldheer Farm Show Garden Sign
Tuesday May 10

Carnival
Holland Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
2pm – 9pm
Rides, games, food

Dutch Marktplaats
Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
10am – 6pm
Folk dancing, costumes, period crafts, Dutch food, shopping.

Floral Arrangement Class
Eastern Floral
11595 East Lakewood Blvd, Holland.
10am - 11:15am or 2pm - 3:15pm -- $28 per person -- Advance tickets required
Master floral designers present a workshop on tulips and various floral design techniques. Participants will leave with their own floral design piece.

Tulips at Veldheer Tulip Farm - Holland, Michigan
Quilt Show
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
10am - 8pm

Modern Delft Art Class - Carolyn Stich shows you how to create a Delft-style souvenir
14th Street Church
14 West 14th Street
10am - 11:30am or 1:30pm - 3pm
Tickets $28

Leaving Iowa - A comedy by Spike Manton and Tim Clue
Holland Civic Theatre
50 West 9th Street
7pm
Tickets $23

FiddleFire - Bluegrass, Irish and Classical fused into a unique contemporary folk style.
Beechwood Church
895 Ottawa Beach Road
7pm - 8:30pm
Tickets $23

Jay Mattioli - Magician and Illusionist
Knickerbocker Theatre
86 East 8th Street
7pm - 8:30pm
Tickets $25

Wednesday May 11

Dutch Cleanliness: White Glove Inspection
Corner of 8th Street and Central Avenue
10:30am

Street Scrubbing
8th Street, downtown Holland
1:15pm
Hundreds of local residents wearing Dutch costumes will scrub and sweep the streets of the parade route clean.

Dutch Wooden Shoes  - Holland, Michigan
Volksparade - "People's Parade"
8th Street, downtown Holland
2:00 - 3:00pm $6.00 reserved bleacher seats - $12 premium grandstand seats
Dutch dancers ‘klomping’ down the parade route, floats, bands - Dutch Dogs on Parade
(Parade route runs along 8th Street between Columbia Avenue and Kollen Park)

Carnival
Holland Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
11am – 2pm & 3:30pm – 10pm
Rides, games, food

Dutch Marktplaats
Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
10am – 6pm
Folk dancing, costumes, period crafts, Dutch food, shopping.

yellow tulips at Veldheer tulip farm - Holland, Michigan

Quilt Show
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
10am - 8pm

Pipe Organ Recitals
Two imported Dutch organs & a 1929 four manual E.M. Skinner organ
Hope College Dimnent Chapel
277 College Avenue
10am - 2pm
Free to attend

Leaving Iowa - A comedy by Spike Manton and Tim Clue
Holland Civic Theatre
50 West 9th Street
7pm
Tickets $23

“Walt Matzke's Four Pianos” - Four master pianists perform classical, Broadway and pop favorites, movie themes and more.
Miller Center for Musical Arts
221 Columbia Avenue
7pm - 8:30pm
Tickets $25

Thursday May 12

Dutch Dance Performance - 1pm
Kinder Dutch Dance
- 1:20pm
Kinderparade
- "Children's Parade"
8th Street, downtown Holland
2:00 - 3:00pm $6.00 reserved bleacher seats - $12 premium grandstand seats
Over 7000 area schoolchildren in Dutch costumes, marching bands
(Parade route runs along 8th Street between Columbia Avenue and Kollen Park)
(Rain Date - Friday May 13)

Carnival
Holland Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
11am – 2pm & 3:30pm – 10pm
Rides, games, food

people photographing tulips at Veldheer Tulip Farm - Holland, Michigan
Dutch Marktplaats
Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
10am – 6pm
Folk dancing, costumes, period crafts, Dutch food, shopping.


Quilt Show
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
10am - 8pm

Pipe Organ Recitals
Two imported Dutch organs & a 1929 four manual E.M. Skinner organ
Hope College Dimnent Chapel
277 College Avenue
10am - 2pm
Free to attend
Tulip Time Arts and Craft Fair - Holland, Michigan
The Second City Comedy Review
Knickerbocker Theatre
86 East 8th Street
7pm - 9pm
Tickets $28

Leaving Iowa - A comedy by Spike Manton and Tim Clue
Holland Civic Theatre
50 West 9th Street
7pm
Tickets $23

The Bretts Show - Singing, Dancing, Comedy and Variety
Central Wesleyan Auditorium
446 West 40th Street
7pm - 9pm
Tickets $34

Friday May 13

Street Performers
8th Street between River & College Ave.
8th Street Marketplace between Pine and Maple
5pm – 7pm

Modern Delft Art Class - Carolyn Stich shows you how to create a Delft-style souvenir
14th Street Church
14 West 14th Street
10am - 11:30am or 1:30pm - 3pm
Tickets $28

Celebrate Tulip Time with P. Allen Smith - Award winning gardener and design expert shares gardening ideas.
Engedi Church
710 Chicago Drive, Holland
10am - 11am - book signing and social hour follows
Tickets $35

Carnival
Holland Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
11am – 11pm
Rides, games, food


Dutch Marktplaats
Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
10am – 6pm
Folk dancing, costumes, period crafts, Dutch food, shopping, town crier competition.
woman photographing red tulips at Veldheer Tulip Farm - Holland, Michigan
Quilt Show
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
10am - 8pm

Pipe Organ Recitals
Two imported Dutch organs & a 1929 four manual E.M. Skinner organ
Hope College Dimnent Chapel
277 College Avenue
10am - 1:30pm
Free to attend

Bill Engvall
Central Wesleyan Auditorium
446 West 40th Street
7 - 8:30pm
Tickets: $58 general - $72 premium

Leaving Iowa - A comedy by Spike Manton and Tim Clue
Holland Civic Theatre
50 West 9th Street
7pm
Tickets $23

28th Annual Handbell Concert
First United Methodist Church
57 West 10th Street
7:30pm
Free to attend


Saturday May 14

Preview Bands
8th Street in downtown Holland
12:30pm

Dutch Dance Performance
8th Street in downtown Holland
12:45pm

Muziekparade - "Music Parade"
8th Street in downtown Holland
2:00 - 3:00pm $6.00 reserved bleacher seats - $12 premium grandstand seats
Floats, Dutch dancers, giant helium balloons, marching bands, horses
(Parade route runs along 8th Street between Columbia Avenue to Van Raalte, south to 24th Street)
Dancer in traditional dutch costume
Carnival
Holland Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
11am – 2pm & 4pm – 11pm
Rides, games, food

Dutch Marktplaats
Civic Center
150 West 8th Street
10am – 6pm
Folk dancing, costumes, period crafts, Dutch food, shopping.

Quilt Show
Holland Area Arts Council
150 East 8th Street
10am - 1pm

Salvation Army Band Concert
Centennial Park Fountain
250 Central Avenue
10:30am

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Pipe Organ Recitals
Two imported Dutch organs & a 1929 four manual E.M. Skinner organ
Hope College Dimnent Chapel
277 College Avenue
10am - 2pm
Free to attend

Live Accordion Dutch Folk Tunes
Marktplaats/Civic Center
11:45am-12:15pm

Leaving Iowa - A comedy by Spike Manton and Tim Clue
Holland Civic Theatre
50 West 9th Street
7pm - 9pm
Tickets $23

Klomp The Record 2.0
Help break the world record for most people dancing at one time in wooden shoes!
$6 per participant - You must bring your own wooden shoes and
register in advance.
Kollen Park
7:30 - 8pm

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For a complete listing of scheduled events check out the 2015 Tulip Time Festival online brochure.


Unless otherwise indicated, all Lake Effect Living photographs are the work and property of Sharon Pisacreta.