Grand Haven, Michigan - Musical Fountain

We hadn't been to the fountain in more than 20 years, so we took our teenage daughter - and all enjoyed the 20 minute performance. We were glad that we had gone early to spend the day at the beach; to have traveled 2+ hours just for the 20 minute presentation would have been a let down. I had remembered it being a longer performance.

Sit in the bleachers at the Waterfront Stadium or on the grassy hillside along the river. Nightly performances Memorial Day through Labor Day; Friday and Saturday evenings in September. See website for picture, season schedule, musical selection or to place a request. [Greg & Gail Eckels, 09/18/2009]

William Booth II, the engineer credited with, as the Muskegon Chronicle put it, "making Grand Haven's Musical Fountain a true musical fountain," has passed away at age 87.

The fountain gave its first performance on May 30, 1963, and has been spritizing summer's evenings ever since. Booth's creation is 250 feet long, 100 feet wide, and pumps out 4,000 gallons of water a minute. [RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 01/09/2008]

The Musical Fountain appears nightly throughout the summer. [RA: this is a Waltzing Waters-colored light spritz-o-rama, very popular in the early 80's. Another example is in DeSoto Caverns, Childersburg, AL] Downtown Grand Haven, on the shore of Lake Michigan. [Tracy Stevens, 04/27/1997]