GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — We now know the name of one of the acts who will perform at West Michigan's newest concert venue.
On Monday morning, the Acrisure Amphitheater announced it had booked country singer Russell Dickerson for May 30, 2026, its first publicly confirmed concert.
Dickerson will tour his newest album, Famous Back Home, and bring with him special guest Niko Moon.
While the first to be announced, Dickerson will not be the first act to perform at the amphitheater, according to ASM Global, the company in charge of managing the venue.
ASM Global told me discussions are "still being had" regarding the opening performance.
On Monday, though, the song of construction echoed throughout the open-air venue, whose large and looming,164-foot canopy has already taken shape.
The weighty mass is a well-engineered web of 3.2 million pounds of steel and 53,000 pounds of bolts.
"The project is going really well," said Scott Veine, the project executive for Pioneer Construction and Barton Malow.
"We're on pace. We're on schedule," he said.
Veine says he plans for construction to be completed by May 1, 2026.
Before then, the venue's buildings will need to be enclosed, the lawn, lawn seating and landscaping will likely go in this fall, bowl seating is set to be installed in the spring, and construction related to food service, including kitchens, concession stands and bars, will also need to be finished.
"We are on the threshold of it now," Veine said. "There's not a whole lot of structures like this in the Midwest. We're really proud of it."
In its inaugural season, ASM Global says concertgoers can expect 35 ticketed events.
There will be additional events for the 2026 season announced in the coming weeks and months.
Tickets for Russel Dickerson's tour stop are set to go on sale this Friday, September 12, at 10 a.m. Those signed up for VIP emails from Acrisure Amphitheater will get information on a presale, according to a social media post.
