For the most up to date information visit https://kellogg.edu/
Free admission, no ticket required. Doors at 6pm.
Parking available in the Hamblin Ave. Ramp
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Showstopper Dance Competition
Join us for the second weekend of the Showstopper Dance Competition: April 17-19, 2026 at Kellogg Arena!
🎟️ This event is FREE admission!
⏰ Schedule will be released shortly prior to the event.
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We design each day of the Showstopper dance competition in Battle Creek, MI, to be seamless and spectacular. When the details are handled, your dancers can shine and you can enjoy every second.
🌟 Step into the spotlight with a competition experience like no other:
- Built for Every Studio and Every Dancer:
- 5 competition levels, including a level for dancers with special needs and disabilities
- 5 overall age divisions
- 20+ category age divisions
- 6 routine entry types
- 15+ dance categories
- Awards for both categories and overalls
- World-Class Production: Custom Marley stages, pro lighting, massive LED screens
- Free Live Stream: Every routine streamed with “next-up” screen updates
- Dynamic LED Backgrounds: 100,000+ visuals tailored to each performance
- Capture the Moment: Multi-camera videos and professional photos—each photo or video package starting at $9.99 per routine
- Professional Critiques: Honest, helpful feedback from industry pros
- Trophies + Medals: Every dancer gets a medal, every routine earns a trophy
- Special Opportunities: Convention scholarships, magazine features, All-Star invites, and even Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade selections
- Shop the Showstopper Store: Over 50 exclusive items dancers love—at prices you’ll appreciate
- Memorable Extras: Just Dance videos, photo ops, and fun surprises throughout the weekend
🏨 Host Hotels: Reserve your room through Showstopper Travel to access exclusive discounted rates at the NEW venue’s hotel—stay just steps from all the action!
🅿️ Parking is available in the Hamblin Ave. parking ramp (connected to the Kellogg Arena)
T.K. Pro Rodeo Presents: Man Vs. Beast Bull Riding
T.K. Pro Rodeo Presents: Man Vs. Beast Bull Riding
🔥 Experience the Ultimate Rush of Professional Bull Riding! Get ready for a heart-pounding night of action as the toughest cowboys in the country face off against the rankest bulls in the business. This isn’t just a rodeo — it’s a full-scale adrenaline show packed with high-energy production, arena-shaking music, and edge-of-your-seat excitement. Every 8 seconds feels like a lifetime as riders battle for glory and fans witness raw power, grit, and elite athleticism.
Bring the family, bring your friends — and be part of an electric crowd that’s louder, wilder, and more alive than ever before. Don’t miss your chance to experience the action up close — grab your tickets now before they’re gone!
🎟️ General Admission: $23, children 2 and under are FREE
Family 4 Pack: $78
Doors open at 5:30pm, show at 7:00pm
Purchase Saturday, February 14th tickets HERE
NO ticket refunds or exchanges.
Interested in volunteering at the rodeo? Sign up HERE!
✏️ Know Before You Go:
- Parking is available in the Hamblin Ave. Ramp.
- NO outside food/beverage, coolers, or weapons allowed in the Kellogg Arena.
- Blankets are permitted, with subjection to search.
MARVAC 39th Battle Creek RV & Camping Show
*NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGE ALLOWED*
🚛 For the most up-to-date information visit: https://www.michiganrvandcampgrounds.org/rv-shows/
The MARVAC 39th Battle Creek RV & Camping Show is back at the Kellogg Arena – 1 McCamly Square in Battle Creek from March 6-8, 2026. Adventure awaits with tourable RVs, all brought in by MARVAC Association members! Our dealers are available during show hours to help you find an RV for any budget with exclusive on-site dealer RV financing, special discounted models, RV rental information. There will be multiple booth exhibitors featuring parts, accessories, and campground information.
🎟️ Ticket information coming soon!
Showstopper Dance Competition
Join us for the return of the Showstopper Dance Competition March 13-15, 2026 at Kellogg Arena!
🎟️ This event is FREE admission!
⏰ Schedule will be released shortly prior to the event.
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We design each day of the Showstopper dance competition in Battle Creek, MI, to be seamless and spectacular. When the details are handled, your dancers can shine and you can enjoy every second.
🌟 Step into the spotlight with a competition experience like no other:
- Built for Every Studio and Every Dancer:
- 5 competition levels, including a level for dancers with special needs and disabilities
- 5 overall age divisions
- 20+ category age divisions
- 6 routine entry types
- 15+ dance categories
- Awards for both categories and overalls
- World-Class Production: Custom Marley stages, pro lighting, massive LED screens
- Free Live Stream: Every routine streamed with “next-up” screen updates
- Dynamic LED Backgrounds: 100,000+ visuals tailored to each performance
- Capture the Moment: Multi-camera videos and professional photos—each photo or video package starting at $9.99 per routine
- Professional Critiques: Honest, helpful feedback from industry pros
- Trophies + Medals: Every dancer gets a medal, every routine earns a trophy
- Special Opportunities: Convention scholarships, magazine features, All-Star invites, and even Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade selections
- Shop the Showstopper Store: Over 50 exclusive items dancers love—at prices you’ll appreciate
- Memorable Extras: Just Dance videos, photo ops, and fun surprises throughout the weekend
🏨 Host Hotels: Reserve your room through Showstopper Travel to access exclusive discounted rates at the NEW venue’s hotel—stay just steps from all the action!
🅿️ Parking is available in the Hamblin Ave. parking ramp (connected to the Kellogg Arena)
Food Prize 2026
Food Prize 2026 is a regional food business competition and industry convening designed to support new and existing food entrepreneurs across Michigan.
The event combines a pitch competition, food product showcase, and educational summit, bringing together food business owners, support organizations, funders, and industry partners.
Food Prize is free for spectators! Head down from 12pm-4pm and try food items from competitors.
📅 Saturday, March 21, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Kellogg Arena & Battle Creek Innovation Hub
Register your organization now! 👇
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Program Overview:
Pitch Competition | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Two competitive tracks:
• Food Service (catering, food trucks, restaourants) — Regional
• Food Manufacturing (CPG Food & Beverage) — Statewide
• Food Service (catering, food trucks, restaourants) — Regional
• Food Manufacturing (CPG Food & Beverage) — Statewide
Up to $40,000 in cash awards will be distributed!
Food Business Summit | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Educational forums focused on the operational, regulatory, and financial needs of food businesses.
Make It:
• Commercial kitchen access, incubators, and accelerators
• Regulatory and compliance requirements
• Commercial kitchen access, incubators, and accelerators
• Regulatory and compliance requirements
Fund It:
• Capital access, including loans, grants, and investment
• Capital access, including loans, grants, and investment
Sell It:
• Scaling operations
• Co-packers, contract manufacturing, and retail pathways
• Scaling operations
• Co-packers, contract manufacturing, and retail pathways
Food Show:
Participating vendors will showcase and sell products at Kellogg Arena.
Participating vendors will showcase and sell products at Kellogg Arena.
Hosts / Co-Hosts
• Small Business Battle Creek
• Kellogg Arena
• Sprout BC
• BC Food Reimagined
• Battle Creek Innovation Hub
• Northern Initiatives
• Small Business Battle Creek
• Kellogg Arena
• Sprout BC
• BC Food Reimagined
• Battle Creek Innovation Hub
• Northern Initiatives
Que The Cheese – BBQ + Mac & Cheese Festival
🧀 Get ready, Battle Creek — the mash-up you’ve been waiting for is HERE! 🔥
Introducing QUE THE CHEESE — where smoky BBQ meets ooey-gooey mac & cheese, all under one delicious roof at Kellogg Arena!
📅 Saturday, February 28th, 2026
⏰ 3 PM – 7 PM
🎟️ Purchase tickets HERE!
Interested in volunteering at Que the Cheese? Sign up HERE!
Interested in sponsoring this smokin’ event? View sponsorship opportunities HERE.
Whether you’re team brisket, team cheddar, or both — come taste, sip, and celebrate Battle Creek’s boldest new food fest.
Thank you to our Que the Cheese Sponsors:
T.K. Pro Rodeo Presents: Man Vs. Beast Bull Riding
T.K. Pro Rodeo Presents: Man Vs. Beast Bull Riding
🔥 Experience the Ultimate Rush of Professional Bull Riding! Get ready for a heart-pounding night of action as the toughest cowboys in the country face off against the rankest bulls in the business. This isn’t just a rodeo — it’s a full-scale adrenaline show packed with high-energy production, arena-shaking music, and edge-of-your-seat excitement. Every 8 seconds feels like a lifetime as riders battle for glory and fans witness raw power, grit, and elite athleticism.
Bring the family, bring your friends — and be part of an electric crowd that’s louder, wilder, and more alive than ever before. Don’t miss your chance to experience the action up close — grab your tickets now before they’re gone!
🎟️ General Admission: $23, children 2 and under are FREE
Family 4 Pack: $78
Doors open at 5:30pm, show at 7:00pm
Purchase Friday, February 13th tickets HERE
NO ticket refunds or exchanges.
Interested in volunteering at the rodeo? Sign up HERE!
✏️ Know Before You Go:
- Parking is available in the Hamblin Ave. Ramp.
- NO outside food/beverage, coolers, or weapons allowed in the Kellogg Arena.
- Blankets are permitted, with subjection to search.
Winter Jam 2025 – Best of Both Worlds
Get ready for one of Michigan’s biggest nights of music and culture!
Winter Jam 2025 – Best of Both Worlds Edition brings Skilla Baby × Jacquees together on one stage for an unforgettable concert celebrating unity, arts, and culture through music. Hosted by comedian Jack Funny, with special guest Gloss Up. 🔥
Presented by R.I.S.E. Entertainment & E Baller Touring, this event uses entertainment as a powerful tool for community connection, cultural pride, and positive expression — highlighting Battle Creek’s growing influence in the Midwest music scene.
This concert is also part of R.I.S.E.’s broader mission to uplift and empower African-American communities through arts and entertainment, using music as a form of violence intervention, cultural restoration, and healing.
Experience explosive performances, local talent, and pure energy as hip-hop and R&B collide in
this Best of Both Worlds experience.
📍 Kellogg Arena | Battle Creek, MI
📅 Saturday, December 20, 2025
⏰ Doors open at 6:00 PM | Show starts at 7:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets available online now!
- General Admission (Balcony/Upper Level): $30.00
- Balcony Deal: 2 for $50 or Buy 3, Get 1 Free
• Lower Bowl / Floor GA: $60.00
• VIP: SOLD OUT
• Backstage Passes: Contact Damon Brown at Leadership@risecorp.org or (269)
358-9466
Sponsorship info:
(269) 358-9466 or (810) 347-3201, or dbrown42178@gmail.com
In-person box office purchases are by appointment only. Please call (269) 788-1101 to schedule an appointment. Box office hours are 9am-3pm, Mon-Fri.
🚫 There will be NO re-entry for this event.
🚗 Parking available in the Hamblin Ave. Parking Structure for $8
🚫 NO OUTSIDE FOOD/BEVERAGE OR WEAPONS PERMITTED IN THE KELLOGG ARENA. 🚫
👜 Kellogg Arena Bag Policy
For the safety and security of all guests, Kellogg Arena enforces the following bag policy:
- Bags may be no larger than 4.5” x 6.5”.
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All bags are subject to search upon entry.
Guests are encouraged to leave bags at home whenever possible to expedite the entry process. Thank you for your cooperation.
💰 ATM: The nearest ATM to Kellogg Arena is Kellogg Community Credit Union (35 Jackson St W). Guests can cross through Festival Market Square and access ATM through the Jackson St. parking lot.
Battle Creek Winter Wanderland 2025
❄️ Winter Wanderland returns to Downtown Battle Creek! ❄️
Winter Wanderland is a collection of holiday events happening in and around Battle Creek. Join in celebrating this magical time of year and wander all around our beautiful city to get into the holiday spirit. Special events happening December 6, 2025 from 2-8pm.
Event Highlights:
🎄Holiday Market
DoubleTree by Hilton Atrium
Saturday, December 6: 2-8 pm
🎨 Artisans and Makers: Browse handmade crafts by local vendors. Vendor spaces are full.
Event activities include:
- Santa Meet & Greet
- The Grinch Meet & Greet
- Cookie Decorating
- Chiropractic adjustments & massages
🐎 Horse Drawn Wagon Rides
Festival Market Square
Saturday, December 6: 3-8 pm
Dash through the snow in a one horse open sleigh around downtown Battle Creek. Rides are free of charge. Wagon rides will ONLY operate out of Festival Market Square. Click here to see the wagon ride route.
Rides will be available from 5-8 pm. Wagons can hold 12-14 people and will be running continuously every 25 minutes. Horse drawn wagon rides provided by Twinn Pines Carriages.
ALL WAGON RIDES ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. BE SURE TO GET THERE EARLY TO SECURE YOUR BOARDING PASS TICKET.
🚃 Mini Polar Express Train Rides
Festival Market Square
Saturday, December 6: 2-8 pm
All aboard! Enjoy a free magical ride around holiday themed track in Festival Market Square!
🎟️ Winter Wanderland events are FREE for all ages!
Bring your holiday spirit and join us for a memorable celebration at Battle Creek Winter Wanderland! 🌟
