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The Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College

2755 East Napier Avenue
Benton Harbor, MI 49085

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269-927-8700

The Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College is the region’s premier location for events, weddings, meetings, and performing arts. Located on the Lake Michigan College Napier Avenue Campus in Benton Harbor, The Mendel Center hosts more than 100,000 annual visitors. Patrons enjoy a wide range of trade shows, meetings, weddings, and events in Grand Upton Hall and surrounding meeting rooms, as well as world-class performances in the 1,559-seat Mendel Center Mainstage and in the 229-seat Hanson Theatre.  For more information, please visit www.TheMendelCenter.com.

Gift cards are available at: https://www.themendelcenter.com/faq

 

 

Upcoming The Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College Events

Sunday
08
/ Aug
201 Graham Avenue, Benton Harbor
Legends Scholarship Fundraiser with Jack Nicklaus & Ken Harrelson
4:30pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
28
/ Aug
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Drive-in Live Beach Bash
5:30pm
Sunday
19
/ Sep
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
May Erlewine: Here We Are Tour
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Saturday
25
/ Sep
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Folk Legacy Trio
7:30pm
Tuesday
28
/ Sep
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Jon Meacham part of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series
7:30pm
Wednesday
06
/ Oct
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
National Geographic Live - Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul
7:30pm
Wednesday
13
/ Oct
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
The Accidentals with Sawyer Fredericks
7:00pm
Thursday
14
/ Oct
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Motown All-Star Spectacular
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturday
16
/ Oct
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Aureum: An Ariel and Acrobatic Adventure Tale
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Saturday
23
/ Oct
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: Scared Scriptless
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Sunday
31
/ Oct
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
ABBA Mania
7:00pm
Tuesday
16
/ Nov
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Mo Rocca part of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series
7:30pm
Monday
22
/ Nov
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
National Geographic Live - Filipe DeAndrade: Untamed
7:00pm
Tuesday
07
/ Dec
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Alan Alda part of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series
7:30pm
Tuesday
11
/ Jan
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
National Geographic Live - Steve Winter: On the Trail of Big Cats
7:00pm
Friday
04
/ Feb
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
The Russian National Ballet presents Swan Lake
7:00pm
Tuesday
08
/ Feb
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Bill Nye part of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series
7:30pm
Saturday
19
/ Feb
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory
8:00pm - 09:00am
Saturday
26
/ Feb
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Winter Delights Festival
Thursday
24
/ Mar
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
National Geographic Live - Kara Cooney: When Women Ruled the World
7:00pm - 09:00am
Thursday
31
/ Mar
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Stars of the Sixties
7:30pm
Friday
01
/ Apr
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
STOMP
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday
19
/ Apr
2755 E Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Henry Winkler
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
10
/ May
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor
Lara Logan part of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series
7:30pm

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