Annual Events

The annual Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens concert series brings the finest national and international musicians to West Michigan, thrilling music lovers across all generations and genres.

As you explore our gardens and grounds—indoors and out—note the rich color palette, tempting textures, and striking details of this year’s exhibition theme: Unexpected Color.

The beloved University of Michigan Health-West: Christmas & Holiday Traditions exhibition begins in November and runs through the entire month of December and into January each year. It includes more than 40 trees and cultural displays, over 300,000 colorful lights both indoors and outdoors, choirs, rooftop reindeer, as well as the wonderful Railway Garden.

The Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming, a beloved temporary annual exhibition features thousands of tropical butterflies from Central and South America, Africa and Asia freely flying in the Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory. Every year from March 1 through April 30, experience butterflies close up and watch them emerge from their chrysalises right before your eyes.