| Date | Event |
| 10/1/2025 | The next Free Community Meal will be Wednesday, October 1, at 5:30PM at Grand Ledge First United Methodist Church. Everyone welcome!  more info... |
| 10/1/2025 | Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding more info... |
| 10/1/2025 | This free workshop will equip you with valuable information about the rental process including costs, the application and approval process, and tenant responsibilities and rights. Participants will receive handouts to help document expenses, assess housing needs, and record important information about their rental. Presented by Ezra Pompos, Financial and Homeownership Program Instructor, MSU Extension. more info... |
| 10/2/2025 | Come learn about an amazing person from history you've maybe never heard of and create something inspired by them! We'll read a picture book biography and then do a related activity - this month is pilot Bessie Coleman! more info... |
| 10/4/2025 | The Grand Ledge Opera House is excited to announce its Grand Reopening Open House on Saturday, October 4th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, held in conjunction with the GL Fall Fest. This special event invites the public to celebrate the return of a cherished historic treasure in the heart of downtown Grand Ledge. Under new leadership, including a newly appointed Director and Assistant Director, the Opera House is entering a fresh chapter of growth, community engagement, and preservation. Event Highlights Include:
Located at 121 S. Bridge St., the Grand Ledge Opera House is a symbol of history and local pride. The Grand Reopening is more than just an event—it’s a celebration of resilience, renewal, and the shared spirit of Grand Ledge.  more info... |
| 10/4/2025 | For Adults - Come to the GLADL Digilab where you can restore faded and torn photographs, digitize slides and photo negatives to picture, preserve the content of written documents, convert your old VHS tapes, cassette tapes, and vinyl records to digital, and even record your oral history. While digitizing your past and present you will have the opportunity to donate photographs and documents of your GL memories to our community archive. For Kids and Families - Festival Fun at the library! Stop in for a seasonal scavenger hunt, take home a fall craft (while supplies last!), and check our fun fall books for all ages! more info... |
| 10/6/2025 | Please plan to attend all 6 classes (Monday October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 3, 10). Caregiving is rewarding but can be stressful, too! Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a program designed to help family caregivers take better care of themselves while caring for a family member or friend. This program will give YOU, the caregiver, tools to help you reduce stress, communicate effectively with others, take care of yourself, reduce difficult emotions (like guilt, anger, and depression), help you relax, make tough decisions, set goals, problem solve, and so much more! more info... |
| 10/6/2025 | Fill a jar with spooky decorations to make your own creepy Halloween scene. more info... |
| 10/7/2025 | Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week! more info... |
| 10/8/2025 | Join us for a fun and engaging afternoon of Bingo complete with light refreshments and prizes for the lucky winners! No registration required, just show up ready to have fun! more info... |
| 10/8/2025 | Ages 16+ Talented psychic Mr. Robert Taylor will present various techniques of divination including the Brighu Yantra from India, the Mo from Tibet Astrology Palmistry, the Astro Dice, and Tarot. Audience participants will choose one of the techniques for an individualized reading from Robert! more info... |
| 10/9/2025 | Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding more info... |
| 10/9/2025 | Adults will paint an elegant gothic-inspired scene or portrait based on a number of displays and photos available, perfect for Halloween decor (or all year round if you're like the presenter) ! Canvases, paint, and brushes will be supplied. Participants are encouraged to bring aprons and/or clothing that can be soiled. more info... |
| 10/11/2025 | Meet Dr. Nicholas W. Gentile, the local author of “Enemies to Their Country: The Marblehead Addressers and Consensus in the American Revolution”. Enemies to Their Country tells the story of the town’s struggle to achieve consensus even as the war for American independence began, complicating simplistic ideas of the American Revolution. more info... |
| 10/13/2025 | Teens Make a creepy succulent planter out of upcycled doll heads. more info... |
| 10/14/2025 | Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week! more info... |
| 10/14/2025 | Come out and join us for an evening of fun and friendly competition. We’ll have our Minecraft server set up and the laptops ready to go. No experience needed -- all levels of players/builders welcome. Create your own story in the world of Minecraft! more info... |
| 10/15/2025 | Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding more info... |
| 10/15/2025 | We’ll be exploring the exciting world of robotics during Code Club by using programmable robots from our Library of Things. Learn the basics of coding in a fun, hands-on way as you bring robots to life through movement, lights, and more. Whether you're a beginner or already love coding, this event is a great opportunity to build skills, solve challenges, and have fun with technology. more info... |
| 10/16/2025 | Our Chamber members will host Mix & Mingle networking events on the third Thursday of the month from 5:00 - 7:00 PM to give the Chamber Board an opportunity to meet with Chamber members and local residents who are interested in helping the Chamber build a stronger community. Please visit our website to see which Chamber member is hosting each event. more info... |
| 10/16/2025 | All Ages with Adult Supervision Join us for a neighborhood stroll right in downtown Grand Ledge to see the amazing Halloween decorations and lighted displays! We'll meet at the Library parking lot and head out to look for spooky lights, funny or scary pumpkins, witches, ghosts and more! We’ll finish the night with cider and donuts and a Halloween story. All ages with adult supervision. While space is available. Dress for the weather and bring a flashlight. more info... |
| 10/18/2025 | Ages 0 - 2 We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a finger play, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play and interact with each other. more info... |
| 10/18/2025 | Lincoln Brick Park Visit your Eaton County Parks and learn about Michigan Owls in autumn with Eaton County Parks Deputy Director/Naturalist Ethan Jacobs. What changes for owls in the autumn? How do they prepare for winter? We'll do some "Owl Science", try some owl observing and finish with owl stories and yummy s'mores around the campfire! more info... |
| 10/20/2025 | Decorate a pumpkin using yarn, Sharpies, carving tools etc. Pumpkins and supplies are limited, first come first served. Two sessions - 6pm - 6:30pm & 7pm - 7:30pm. more info... |
| 10/21/2025 | Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week! more info... |
| 10/22/2025 | Adults Gather in the daytime with other adults for coffee, conversation, and make a fun seasonal craft - mini pumpkins! more info... |
| 10/22/2025 | Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding more info... |
| 10/23/2025 | Ages 8+ Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing. more info... |
| 10/24/2025 | Dress up and come downtown for some early Halloween fun! Young children and their parents are invited to visit our "gently” haunted Library to collect treats from friendly costumed characters, before heading out to "Trick-or-Treat" on Bridge St from 5pm - 7pm! more info... |
| 10/25/2025 | Teens 12+ Learn emergency procedures, discipline techniques, diapering, age-appropriate activities, rescue breathing, the Heimlich maneuver, and basic first aid skills needed while babysitting. Upon workshop completion, students receive an American Red Cross babysitting course certificate. more info... |
| 10/26/2025 | Teens and Adults In this fall episode of Six Voices, Writing at the Ledges offers six of our writers--Becky Jensen, Cheryl Caesar, Alan Harris, Peter Ruark, Sandra Hudson, and Sarah Zwickle-- expressing their take on 5 different topics. Each reads a poem, short memoir, flash fiction, or other short writing on one topic. The audience hears six views of the same topic and then moves on to another topic. There are five topics and six readers with different ways of looking at the world. Which ones make you think, reflect your ideas, or challenged you to rethink something in a different way? more info... |
| 10/28/2025 | Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week! more info... |
| 10/29/2025 | Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding more info... |
| 10/29/2025 | Teens and Adults Return to the scene of Michigan’s most notorious crimes on this adventure in dark tourism. Using archival photographs, crime scene sketches, and documents, noted author Tobin T. Buhk will guide viewers on a journey to the most infamous spots in the Great Lakes State. The itinerary includes the place of Michigan’s bloodiest school day, a serial poisoner’s killing field, the apartment where the Purple Gang imploded, the third floor of an office building that hosted one of the State’s most vexing unsolved crimes, the house where the perfect crime was committed, and much more! more info... |
| 10/30/2025 | Ages 8+ Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing. more info... |
| 10/31/2025 | The city-wide Trick or Treating event takes place on October 31 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The start and end will be signaled with sirens. Enjoy and please use extra caution when driving or walking in town tonight!  more info... |
Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce
| Community Calendar - Grand Ledge Chamber |
Events available for Registration... 2025 Food Truck Registration 1/1/2025 - 12/5/2025 register for this event... 2025 Mix & Mingle Networking Events 1/1/2025 - 12/18/2025 register for this event... 2025 Market on the Grand 6/7/2025 - 9/27/2025 register for this event... 2025 Grand Ledge Beer Fest 10/4/2025 - 10/4/2025 register for this event... 2025 Grand Ledge Fall Festival 10/4/2025 register for this event... 2025 Bridge Street Trick or Treat 10/24/2025 register for this event... 2025 Adopt a Senior Citizen for Christmas 11/1/2025 - 11/15/2025 register for this event... 2025 Night Lights Christmas Parade 12/5/2025 - 12/5/2025 register for this event... |
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If you would like to submit a local community event to be included in our calendar, please submit your event online.
Submissions will ONLY be approved for those local community events that will take place within the Grand Ledge Public School (GLPS) District or that are sponsored by a local business or organization that is housed with the GLPS District.
Submissions will ONLY be approved for those local community events that will take place within the Grand Ledge Public School (GLPS) District or that are sponsored by a local business or organization that is housed with the GLPS District.
