🎶🥕📍 Music, Markets & Discovering Montcalm | What’s Up Big Rapids Ep. 25

This week on What’s Up Big Rapids, we’re kicking off July with fireworks, fairs, farmers markets, and a fantastic guest — Duane Weed from Discover Montcalm! 🎙️

We talk:

• 4th of July Fireworks in Big Rapids (July 3rd!) 🎆

• Big Rapids Fair returns with sulky races, beer tents, BBQ & more 🎡

• Live music every Wednesday night at the Bandshell 🎶

• Library events, summer shows, and why local matters

• Plus, Duane shares powerful stories from the road and reminds us: every community has a story worth telling 📍

Tag us using #WUBR and let us know who we should feature next!

0:00 – Intro 👋
1:20 – Recap on the guys’ weekends ☀️
2:40 – Shout out to the wives behind the scenes ❤️
5:18 – Closer to 2050 than 2000?! 😳
8:36 – Music at the Bandshell every Wednesday 🎶
11:38 – 4th of July Fireworks – July 3rd in Big Rapids 🎆
13:56 – Big Rapids Fair starts next week 🎡
15:29 – Chicken BBQ – support Angels of Action 🍗
16:03 – Sulky Race Tuesday at the fairgrounds 🐎
16:59 – Elks Beer Tent Monday with live music 🍻🎸
17:48 – Big Rapids Library summer events 📚
19:00 – Farmers Market now open Fridays & Saturdays 🥕
20:03 – Tag us! #WUBR 📱
20:20 – Challenges finding new guests 🤝
24:24 – Welcome Duane Weed to What’s Up Big Rapids! 🎙️
26:35 – Getting to know the people behind the signs 🔍
29:09 – Duane shares one of his favorite interviews 💬
31:51 – Sharing communities, not fences 🛤️
34:34 – Reaching out and looking for storytellers 🌟
36:25 – No limits: everyone has a story 🎤
37:37 – DW Multimedia can help your online presence 💻
39:41 – Community Orgs & Band of Locals 👥
41:04 – Teachers & other professions worth featuring 🍎
41:55 – Highlighting events on Discover Montcalm 📅
43:17 – Involving other communities 🤝
44:11 – Making guests into co-hosts?? 👀
45:59 – Chris joins Discover Montcalm soon! 📺
47:05 – Remembering the start of What’s Up Big 🎬
48:10 – Thank you Duane Weed for joining us 🙏
50:20 – Kenzie’s Recaps 📋
50:00 – Outro 👋

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