Tag Archives: Grand Rapids

Events for the Week October 17th – 23rd

Holy Schnikes!!! There are a lot of events for this week. Check them out.

Don’t know what to do for the week? Well, check out what’s going on for this weekend.

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Events for the Week September 19th – 25th

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Events for the Week September 12th – 18th

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GR8bit Live IV! Review

GR8bit Live is an annual Video Game Music (VGM) concert which serves as a fundraiser to purchase board game and video game equipment for the local children’s hospital. All of the proceeds from the event went towards the hospital. For the first two years, the event was held at the Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids. Last year, a convention was centered around the concert and held at DeVos Hall. GR8bit Live IV returned back to being a concert for this year. This time around, it was a 2 day concert event with activities attached.

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JAFAX 2016 Review

2016 marked the return of the Japanese Animation Film and Anime eXpo (aka JAFAX). JAFAX began in June of 1996 at Kendall College as a one day event. It grew to become a two day event for the next year at that location. From year 3 to 19, JAFAX resided at the beautiful campus of Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. JAFAX 19 was the last year the event was held at GVSU. Unfortunately the event grew too big for the campus, since the attendance level was over 5000 people. JAFAX 20 signaled the transition from a free 2 day event to a 3 day ticketed event. DeVos Hall became the new home for the Grand Rapids anime and Japanese culture event.

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GR8bit Live IV!

Photos from the Video Game Music concert series and fundraiser known as GR8bit Live!
Featuring photos of:
Super Guitar Bros
Knight of the Round
Mail Order Monsters
Arc Impulse
Gimmick!
The Returners
Playing with Power

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JAFAX 2016 (Sat/Sun)

Final batch of photos from JAFAX 2016. Saturday afternoon to closing time on Sunday are the name of the game of this album from the returning event.
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JAFAX 2016 (Fri/Sat)

Check out these photos from Friday and Saturday afternoon from the returning JAFAX.

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GR8bit Live IV

GR8bit Live is a Video Game Music concert series and fundraiser to secure gaming equipment for the local children’s hospital. Learn more about this awesome event.

http://www.gr8bitlive.com/

JAFAX 20 Interview

JAFAX (Japanese Animation, Film, and Art eXpo) is a long running anime convention in Grand Rapids with 19 years of history. Rae and Jon talk about this awesome convention and the guests. Check it out.

http://www.jafax.org/