The Pyramid Scheme
The Pyramid Scheme is a pub, music venue, and pinball arcade in the Heartside neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Shows all the time, front bar open for pinball and drinks 4p-2a W, Th, F, Su, and 1p-2a Sa. Tix/booking at https://pyramidschemebar.com!
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- We're two months away from this night chock full of emo with Dear Maryanne, Equipment, Arcadia Grey, and OK Cool! Come hang! Tickets are still available! 🗓️ 4.3.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- NEW SHOW: ✦kenji✦ is bringing back Tarotopia for another round on March 13, with Headband Henny, Squatch, and Deep October rounding out a great bill. Tickets are available now! 🗓️ 3.13.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- NEW SHOW: Grand Rapids, you've been chosen. One of just two Castle Rat headline shows this spring is coming to the Scheme on April 26, with Sacred Leather! Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am! 🗓️ 4.26.2026 | all ages | 7:30pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- Just under a month remaining until the return of Jonathan Richman, this time with Tommy Larkins on drums! Grab tickets now! 🗓️ 3.1.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- This week, it's time to engage with your community, West Michigan! We're leaning into fun, low cost nights w/ local favs, starting w/ a free dance party on Wednesday! WED Vinyl Night - Nicole LaRae of dizzybird records THU High Score Comedy FRI Desmond Jones + Mark Lavengood SAT Early Bird Rave
- NEW SHOW: CKY makes their Pyramid Scheme debut on May 9! Tickets are available now! 🗓️ 5.9.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- The lineup has dropped for Thursday's edition of High Score Comedy! Join Local Grins, À la carte comedy, & New World Comedy as they host the newest comedy showcase in town! 🕰️ 21+ | 8-10pm 🎟️ free ℹ️ more info & sign-up form at pyramidschemebar.com/comedy
- We're open early (now) today up front for all ages pinball, until 8pm, and in the venue, we've got the School of Rock Winter Student Showcase Concerts. Doors open now for the early show and at 4pm for the late show. Just $10 at the door to see some talented West Michigan youth!
- TONIGHT: Come dance with us and DJ Yeyo, who'll spin Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Outkast, Rihanna, Beyonce, Chris Lake, and plenty more! Tickets are going fast, grab one now! 🕰️ 18+ | doors 8pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com 🍺 front bar opens at 1pm, all ages pinball til 8pm
- TONIGHT: Dance to your favorite K-Pop hits at K-Winterland: KPop Club Night! Tickets remain available. 🕰️ 18+ | doors 8pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com 🍺 front bar opens at 4pm
- Think spring! Tickets for these two shows are on sale now! May 6 Phoneboy + Heart Attack Man + Slow Joy + Pony May 15 King Tuff + Mod Lang Grab tickets today at pyramidschemebar.com!
- TONIGHT: The Toasters bring the 45 Years of Ska tour to the Pyramid Scheme, with special guests Dance Contraption, Annalies Tang, and Prince Loogie! Tickets are still available! Pick it up with us tonight! 🕰️ all ages | doors 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com 🍺 front bar opens at 4pm
- NEW SHOW: Pajamas brings their exciting mix of funk and jam tunes to the Scheme on March 26, with GR favorite Hannah Laine alongside. Tickets are on sale now! 🗓️ 3.26.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- TONIGHT: Ondara Presents: The Jet Stone Conspiracy + Tre Charles. Tickets remain available! 🗓️ 1.28.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- NEW SHOW: Folks, we have ourselves a banger alert. NYC indie pop-punk band Phoneboy has just announced a spring tour with a wild lineup: Heart Attack Man + Slow Joy + PONY. This one stops at the Scheme on May 6! Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am. 🗓️ 5.6.2026 | all ages | 6pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- NEW SHOW: King Tuff and Mod Lang stop by the Scheme on May 15! Tickets go on sale Friday! 🗓️ 5.15.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- TONIGHT: It's time for Betka-Pope Productions's monthly TRIVI-YAH! It's free to play, sign up starts at 7:30 and questions start flying right at 8! And we're open at 4pm today for all ages pinball til 8. Cmon down!
- TONIGHT! CHVRCH: Dead Of Winter - A Dark Dance Experience 🕰️ 18+ | doors 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com 🍺 front bar open now for all ages pinball until 8pm
- Reminder: There's a new venue in town. We're going to be doing a bunch of shows over there, but at this moment, this is the first one. Metalcore titans All That Remains have put together a monster tour including Born of Osiris + Dead Eyes...
- TONIGHT: Squatch celebrates the release of their new album, Pilgrimage, w/ support from Levitator & Flood The Desert! Phantom unfortunately is not going to make it tonight due to the weather. Tickets are available at the door! 🕰️ all ages | doors 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com 🍺 front bar opens at 4pm
- Grab tickets now to catch Prince Daddy & The Hyena + Remo Drive + Liquid Mike on May 31 at the Scheme! 🗓️ 5.31.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- Tickets are on sale now to see Corrosion Of Conformity with Whores. and Crobot on May 13! 🗓️ 5.13.2026 | all ages | 6:30pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- March 5 Cottage Chemistry: A Heated Rivalry Dance Party Tickets going fast! Grab yours now! 🗓️ 3.5.2026 | 18+ | 8pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- 2 months from today, we'll welcome Secondhand Serenade for his "Awake" 20 Year Anniversary Tour, with Tom Ritchie and Jon Hayes rounding out a great bill of songwriters! Tickets are still available, but moving quickly. 🗓️ 3.22.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- PRESALE ALERT: Grab tickets before the rest of the world with code PINBALLDADDY now to see Prince Daddy & The Hyena + Remo Drive + Liquid Mike on May 31! 🗓️ 5.31.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- TONIGHT: First, let's just say it. Weather's not great. We know, it's January, it's Michigan. That said, it's warm in here, & the best remedy to being cold is dancing (I'm a doctor). So pull on your high-heeled, sequined boots & layer your velvet suits underneath your winter gear, & warp back to...
- TONIGHT: Join our buddy Travis Dodge and his buddies to boogie. He'll spin vinyl. You have a cold brew and play some pinball and shake that thing a little bit. No cover, just come hang! 🕰️ 21+ | 8-11pm 🎟️ free! 🍺 front bar opens at 4pm for all ages pinball
- We're just one month away from this banger! lij + Tequila Mockingbird + Ocean + Jingwei + Ciao! Get tickets today, y'all. 🗓️ 2.21.2026 | all ages | 6:30pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- Recently, Last Dinosaurs dropped a re-imagined version of one of their biggest hits, Apollo. The new version is called Apxllo, and here's a little clip. The Wellness Tour hits Grand Rapids right here at the Scheme in 2 months, so grab tickets now! 🗓️ 3.20.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- Hot on the heels of our last two What The Dance parties selling out (Crimewave + Club XCX), we're just one month away from the return of Sleaze Freaks: An Indie Sleaze Dance Party! Grab tickets today! 🗓️ 2.20.2026 | 18+ | 8pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- NEW SHOW: This lineup goooooooes. Very hyped to welcome back Prince Daddy & The Hyena with Remo Drive + Liquid Mike on May 31! Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am! 🗓️ 5.31.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- NEW SHOW: The mighty metal icons themselves, Corrosion Of Conformity, return to the Scheme on May 13, with Whores. and Crobot in tow! This monster show goes on sale this Friday at 10am! 🗓️ 5.13.2026 | all ages | 6:30pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- Just over a week away from this incredible show. Ondara presents The Jet Stone Conspiracy, with special guest Tre. Charles. Fans of Valerie June, Nathaniel Rateliff, Leif Vollebekk, and Durand Jones will love this one. Grab tickets today! 🗓️ 1.28.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- So much going on this week! Get in here! WED Vinyl Night - Travis Dodge + friends THU Betka-Pope Productions presents The 54 Party FRI Squatch (album release) + Flood The Desert + Levitator + Phantom (continued)
- NEW SHOW: Killer new local rock-n-roll bill with a killer poster design! One monty from today, come see False Harbor, The Nuance, Lost Magic, and The Westside at the Scheme! 🗓️ 2.19.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- TONIGHT: There's no cover as Pretty Sure, Low Phase, and Ficus spin their favorite records at Vinyl Night! Come hang out, play some pinball, and grab a drink! 🕰️ 21+ | 8-11pm 🎟️ free! 🍺 front bar opens at 4pm for all ages pinball
- TONIGHT! Feeding Grizzlies + King Ink + Moravian + Zudocks at the Scheme! Tickets still available! 🕰️ all ages | doors 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com 🍺 front bar open now for all ages pinball
- TONIGHT: We're 100% sold out for Club XCX! Don't buy from people you don't know posting in the comments, as they're either bots or scammers! See you tonight! 🕰️ 18+ | doors 8pm 🎟️ sold out 🍺 front bar opens at 4pm
- The first one was so much fun, we decided to run it back on February 11! All ages til 8pm, 21+ after that. No cover, most machines flipped to free play for the day! Mark your calendars!
- TICKET GIVEAWAY: Dave Hause and the Mermaid return to the Scheme on February 26 with Rodeo Boys + Red Arrow Highway, and we're giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets! Simply visit the link below to enter to win! forms.gle/G7S1XJRVKqtT... 🗓️ 2.26.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- ON SALE NOW: This one nearly sold out on the pre-sales, but we held back some for the general on-sale! They're available now, and will be gone today. Don't sleep! 🗓️ 4.28.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- ON SALE NOW: The Beths will triumphantly bring their joyous sounds to The Big Room in Grand Rapids on June 10! Grab tickets now! 🗓️ 6.10.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- I am here to issue a TRIPLE low ticket alert! The following shows are approaching a sellout, so if you wanna get em, now's the time: Tomorrow: Club XCX - 20 left March 20: Rory Scovel - 70 left April 28: julie & Fleshwater - Pre-sales ended & public on-sale is at 10am tomorrow, under 75 remain
- In just 2 months, we turn back the clock to 1996, to benefit Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities and all the good work they do! 🗓️ 3.15.2026 | all ages | 6pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
- One month until RIOT PUNCH, Lucius Fox, T I B E R I U S, and Swandrive rock this place! Grab tickets today! 🗓️ 2.15.2026 | all ages | 7pm 🎟️ pyramidschemebar.com
