If you’re flying in or out of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport this week, your travel day might come with a little extra holiday cheer, and not the artificial kind pumped through a speaker system.
Local choirs from across West Michigan are performing at GRR all week long, now through Friday, Dec. 12. And while holiday airport crowds can bring out the worst in people (we’ve all seen it…), this annual tradition has a way of softening even the most stressed traveler.
This year marks the 29th Annual Airport Holiday Music Festival, giving us almost three decades of students showing up to make the airport holiday travel season just a little brighter.
You’ll find performances happen between 9 am and 2:30 pm in the Airport Grand Hall, right before the TSA checkpoint. Meaning you don’t even need a boarding pass to enjoy it, so go by and get some cheer if you’re in the area.
A total of 12 choirs will rotate through the terminal this week, each performing a 20-minute set. Here’s who you can catch if you happen to be passing through:…