My cousin got married here this past summer, and it was just gorgeous…read more The setting: shady trees and sun (so carefully pick where you sit!), long benches with plenty of space in between, a lovely walkway (although sort of scary to navigate a wheelchair down the hill), and an incomparable view. There is street parking right out front (although I did not see a handicap spot), and all through the downtown, if you can walk a bit. Lovely!

The Bandshell is a very fun location to attend a musical event.  When someone plays here, you can…read morehear the wonderful   The Bandshell hosts the Municipal Band concerts, St. Joseph Today sponsored brown bag and friday night concerts, as well as a variety of other public events.  music all throught the downtown area.  Brown bag concerts are definitely a hit for locals and tourists alike. I remember coming here since I was a child with my day out for fun musical events and since then I have taken gone with cousins,  friends and even stood on the sidewalk with my nephew while he listened to a jazz concert.  I would recommend checking out their event listings because it's a lot of fun to come in the nice weather.

Berrien County Youth Fair has gotten ridiculous with prices, $32.00 to just get in, what are we…read morepaying for, what do we get for $32.00, absolutely nothing, food prices are outrageous, only thing still loyal to the actual youth is the Green Corn Dog Stand!

Berrien County Youth Fair is located at the fairgrounds in Berrien Springs, Michigan. I go to this…read morefair almost every year and was extremely ecstatic to come back this year. I'm not a ride person at fairs but if I was my 2 favorite rides were there if I chose to (swinging ship and the fair swings that launch you in a circle). We mostly went to look at the purchasable items, food, and animals. For food we got fried apple, fried peanut butter and steak with potatoes, onion and mushrooms. We also got lemonade because a fair isn't complete without lemonade in my opinion. Everything about this fair is nostalgic for me because I have been coming to this fair since I was about 6. I am so grateful to be able to come back year after year. Thank you BCYF for allowing me to create new memories while cherishing all the past memories. See y'all next year.

Best prices around, which is why my husband and I bother to drive 30 minutes each way to see a…read moremovie. We came today for the Mean Girls movie and each ticket was only $5.50 for an evening showing. The Loma only has three theaters and doesn't have all the glitz and glamour of a Celebration! Cinema, but it is where I prefer to go personally. I can easily only spend $20 for tickets and treats to enjoy a movie so I will most definitely continue to be a patron of the Loma simply based on prices.

The best place. Cozy and comfortable. Defiantly recommend, this place beats all the other big…read morecinemas by a landslide, the owners are amazing

Oh... my... god. We're driving across Michigan, I'm thinking about my new wine obsession, and…read moresuddenly the wine gods smile on us and I spot a sign for this festival that was going to be riiight on the way. YES We actually only made it the free wine tastings at the two wineries in town--St Julian's and Warner's. HIGHLY recommend St. Julian's. Yes, it's totally held in big stuffy tent in the gravel lot behind their building. Enter the tent, however, and you are basically in wine tasting heaven. They pretty much brought out every single one of their wines for the occasion. There were at least nine different stations, each featuring 4-8 wines, with laminated sheets displaying the tasting notes. There were also tasting sheets and pencils for writing notes. For a wine beginner like me, this was an amazing way to learn about a whole lot of different varietals all at once, and I loved a lot of what I tasted. The place was set up in such a way that there was absolutely no pressure to buy--in fact, sales were handled in a separate tent. Also, they were doing a 20% off sale on all bottles, rendering them cheaper than Binny's! Crazy deal on their already affordably-priced wine. After all this, Warner's was kind of a let down. The place was near empty when we arrived and it was a bit awkward with the wine attendants waiting as we tasted maybe three samples. We weren't too impressed by our selections, so we left pretty soon afterwards. The grounds were very nice though, with the river running through it. Bottom line, just go to Julian's. You will get sticky drinking many sips of wine out of tiny plastic cups and you will be happy.

Let's just start with the greatest part of the festival, the Spasmastics (sp?) playing at St…read moreJulians. They did an amazing show. They kept the crowd dancing and laughing, it was amazing. The four gents from Chicago were so incredible to do a meet and greet after the show. It was truly the best part of the event. I enjoyed the car show very much. There were some very beautiful cars on display up and down the main street. With the two good things listed Iust say that I have gone to this festival in Paw Paw a few times now and the trend is not promising. Due to new rules by the government they must use tickets to monitor the consumption of alcohol at the tastings. Understandable, but what did this mean for 2017? Five tickets for 1 ounce samples given out for a $5 cover charge. Most wine bottles are 750mL or 25.4 ounces... No wonder the wineries are excited for the festival, to sell 1 ounce samples to the public for twice the cost per ounce over them buying the bottle from a store. The cider tasting at St Julians was the best racketeering scheme of them all, same 1 ounce sample for a $1 ticket of a $3.99 bottle of cider... I would love a festival that got people to play 450% over shelf price of my product. Got to try 5 flavors out of the greater than 40 options they had on site. The carnival quality was just kind of sad. The only thing that looked halfway kept up was the food booths, which is likely only a byproduct of health code requirements. We attempted to enjoy a carnival ride twice and both times the worker was going on break. I understand work breaks, especially for someone working the Gravitron, but his attitude was completely uncalled for when we asked the simple question of how long would he be on break. It is a straight forward question that should have been answered without needing to be asked by the people standing in line to get on. Jobs have schedules, letting people know what the break schedule is would help them not waste 5 minutes in line when a "15 minute" (20 actual minute) break is coming. To wrap it all up, the police presence at the festival was just staggering. Hundreds of officers from departments all over were swarming around the festival. You could not go 20 feet without seeing another Law Enforcement Officer. The barcode scanners at the event that gather name and address of all attendees... If crime was not zero then I am concerned as to why not. In the course of walking from the carnival the sugar bear downtown, I personally counted 6 marked LEO cars and 23 officers on foot. That was even using the back trail by the river to get away from the crowds and having to walk on the roads.

It was worth what we paid , the movie was very good quality…read more Although there was a woman with multiple little ones and a new baby all crying restless

This Celebration is in need of some investment and upkeep. The recliners are scratched up, peeling…read moreor in various states of visual disrepair. They're still comfy enough, but when the lights come on you see you've sat in a pretty disheveled seat. The projection is pretty good, but these theatres really struggle with sound. It seems to be a newer issue -- I don't remember it happening much during my visits to this theatre years ago -- but you hear rumbling and loud sounds from the theatre next to you quite easily. During the quiet parts of my Dune 2 showing, I could hear Dune 2 music from the theatre next door! The worst part is I wouldn't even say the theaters are loud... sound isolation is just so poor that the movie doesn't sound particularly great and you hear the one playing next door. The good news is these are solvable problems... but they need investment from the company. Hope they put some love into it.

This is my favorite festival, as a vendor I do a lot of festivals and arts and crafts shows all…read moreover west Michigan. It has everything for everyone from carnival rides to pancake breakfast accompanied by local talent, home made apple yummiest of all sorts to a huge craft show that donates it's booth rental to a list of charities. Carnival food galore to a car show and plane rides even a costume contest. First weekend in October

My best friend and I came in on April 18th for some tattoo therapy.  I was extremely excited to…read morewalk in and be offered to be tattooed by their female artist since I had never been tattooed by a women.  The waitong area is comfortable and a great atmosphere to relax while you wait. Emily did an amazing job.  My best friend and I loved our tattoos so much we are already looking into our next tattoo with her.  She told us both all about keeping them nice looking, which we knew but I find it helpful to always be reminded after every tattoo.  Since mine is behind the ear she had a few instructions about keeping it away from shampoo and keeping my hair up to help it stay clean and get air. Thanks for a great experience

TJ did an excellent job on my brother's and my "Brothers Tattoo"! He had some great suggestions…read moreready when we arrived based on some ideas we had sent him and he worked with us to make sure that the tattoos looked exactly like what we were thinking before we got started. The shop was clean and inviting and TJ was great company while he was giving us our tattoos! I would definitely recommend the Conception Gallery to anyone thinking about getting their first or next tattoo!!!

If you're looking for a nice change from the normal movie theatre experience, and a MUCH cheaper…read moreone at that, you must check out The Strand! At only $4 per person during the week and $6 Fri & Sat, you can't go wrong! Plus, popcorn is only $5 for a large! (Not the best popcorn ever but doable) It's an old 1 room theatre from the 20's and still has some original architecture inside. The old projectors are upstairs that you can see if interested (which my family was!). The upstairs can be very warm so dress accordingly.

This theater has so many positive attributes. They include early running movies right after…read morenational release, great acoustics, low prices and comfy seating. Easy, free parking access in front of and behind the theater. Dine before or after at local stops right close or just consume regular movie snacks. Great staff. They love kids. I can't think of any negatives.