Attractions

Musical Fountain - Performance/Playlist Schedule

Nightly performances start Memorial Day weekend and run until Labor Day. Performances are held on Fridays and Saturdays only from Labor Day through September.

Grand Haven Musical Fountain 2009 Season Schedule

Musical Fountain-Photo by Ed Post

The fountain will start at:

10:00 p.m. May 8 & 9, 15 & 16,
May 22 thru June 10

10:10 p.m. June 11 thru July 15

10:00 p.m. July 16 thru August 5

9:50 p.m. August 6th thru August 19

9:30 p.m. August 20 thru September 3

9:00 p.m. September 4, 5, 6 & 7, 11 & 12

8:30 p.m. September 18 & 19, 25 & 26

All starting times have been determined by selecting the very best time for viewing based upon darkness behind Dewey Hill.
Grand Haven Musical Fountain
2009 Schedule of Start Times

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Musical Fountain-Photo by Ed Post

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Musical Fountain Designer Leaves His Legacy

William Booth II

January 09, 2008-Muskegon Chronicle

William Booth II, the engineer credited with making Grand Haven's Musical Fountain a true musical fountain, died Sunday at his home. He was 87.

Booth, a 59-year resident of Grand Haven, was a member of the original 18-member Musical Fountain Committee charged with making the concept of a musical fountain a reality. The fountain debuted May 30, 1963, and quickly became a major downtown tourist attraction.

Booth recalled when he, then Mayor William Creason and their wives were in a boat in the middle of the Grand River when the fountain gave its first performance on May 30, 1963. They all embraced and cried when the fountain worked as planned.

"We figured if it didn't work, or if people did not like it, we were going to have to hop a freight train and hightail it out of town," Booth said in a 1988 interview.

The Musical Fountain is credited with being the springboard for the redevelopment of Grand Haven's waterfront that now includes Bicentennial Park, Waterfront Stadium and the popular boardwalk linking the downtown with the south pier. .......click the link below for the rest of the story.

http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/01/musical_fountain_designer_dead.html