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✈️How to get to Upheaval Festival
Planning your trip to Upheaval Festival? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR), about 16 km from the venue.
- Allow about 22 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Grand Rapids or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
- By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
🌤️Upheaval Festival 2026 weather
Weather in Belknap Park in July 2026?
Actual weather at the 2026 edition
From July 17 to July 18, 2026: up to 33°, low of 19°, 4.8 mm of rain in total.
- Fri, Jul 17Light rain33° / 20° 3.7 mmHot
- Sat, Jul 18Light drizzle32° / 19° 1.1 mmHot
Day-by-day observed readings at the festival site (Open-Meteo archive).
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 50% of days
| 2025 | Light rain | 27° / 16° | 1 rainy day |
| 2024 | Overcast | 27° / 13° | no rainy days |
| 2023 | Rain | 27° / 18° | 2 rainy days |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
Hour by hour
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Same week in 2025: Fri July 18 → Sat July 19 (days aligned on the edition's weekdays).
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📋About
Upheaval Festival 2026 — Grand Rapids' Metal and Rock Festival
Upheaval Festival takes over Belknap Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 17 and 18, 2026. This two-day festival brings together sixteen artists around a powerful metal and rock lineup for Midwest heavy music fans.
The bill features three internationally caliber headliners: GOJIRA, French progressive metal titans, PAPA ROACH, nu metal and alternative rock icons, and Poppy, an unclassifiable artist blending art pop and metal.
From alternative metal to groove metal, through heavy metal, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, and avant-garde metal, the festival covers an impressive metal spectrum. Poppy's presence adds an unexpected touch of alternative pop.
Belknap Park, along the Grand River, provides an ideal outdoor setting for this summer metal celebration. Upheaval Festival has established itself as a major event for Michigan's metal community.
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