Fork Fest

Name: Fork Fest
Start: 2025-09-12T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-12T19:00:00-04:00
Location: City Built Brewing Company

Schedule

Fri Sep 12 2025 at 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

City Built Brewing Company | Grand Rapids, MI

We are bringing back Fork Fest as a block party this year! Fork Fest is an exciting community-driven event designed to celebrate the vibrant local business scene in West Michigan. It brings together consumers, entrepreneurs, and food lovers in a one-of-a-kind experience focused on discovery, connection, and culinary exploration. The event offers food sampling from local restaurants, food vendors, and food artisans while spotlighting the diverse range of businesses that make West Michigan unique. Fork Fest aims to create a fun and engaging environment for attendees to learn about new businesses, connect with local entrepreneurs, and support the growth of the local economy.
This year attendees can expect locally made food and beverages from our members as well as a small makers market. Venus Flyytrapp will be spinning jams all night! People First Economy & City Built Brewing partnered together to offer each attendee one free beverage! Additionally, we will be hosting two mini Forkshops that will celebrate food equity. Click here for tickets!
Agenda:
4PM | Event Begins | Fork Fest Opens
4:40PM | PFE Presentation
5PM | Mini Forkshop 1
5:30PM | Mini Forkshop 2
5:50PM | Fork Fest | Networking
6:30PM | Paul Lee & Food Industry Acknowledgement
7PM | Event Ends
Fork Fest Food Vendors:
El Granjero
Furniture City Creamery
Olly’s Donuts
Sunroom Suppers
All In Hospitality
Bowermans on 8th
Field & Fire
Madcap Coffee
Citysen Lounge at CityFlatsHotel
Juju Catering
Fika
Daddy's Dough
Fork Fest Market Members:
Lindo Mexico
Rise
Wormies Vermicompost
Grady's Garden
Forkshops:
Wormies Vermicompost | Building Better Habits: Composting & Waste
Grady's Garden | Building Better Habits for Kids: Cultivation & Food
Games:
Make sure you grab your Tasting Passport so you can be entered into a drawing to win prizes! Three winners will be selected at the end of the night!
Guess Who? In our food industry! More details coming soon.
Parking:
There's paid public parking available off of Bond St, Monroe St, & Ottawa St.
Mason St. will be closed for Fork Fest Vendors.