7/2/09, Thursday
Livingston Taylor
8pm In advance $20 center/front sides (Patron Series $17 available only at Cain Park Ticket Office), $18 back sides, $16 lawn; day of show $23/21/19. On sale at Ticketmaster as of 4/24 (online, outlets, 800-745-3000). Cain Park Ticket office opens May 30 (for Cleveland Heights residents only) and June 6 (for all others). http://www.livtaylor.com FREE PARKING SHUTTLE SERVICE to & from Cain Park from 1 hour before concert begins and up to 1 hour after concert ends. Look for shuttle sign and park in front of Bally Total Fitness at Severance Town Center.
www.cainpark.com
7/3/09, Friday
Christopher Bell
9:00pm
Admission - Free
Bela Dubby
13321 Madison Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107
On July 3rd Christopher Bell will be playing at the Bela Dubby in Lakewood, OH at 9:00 pm. This is the second in a series of seven shows on his ten day, 500 mile bike tour to Indianapolis, IN.
Originally planned as a two man trip, his touring partner broke his wrist a week before they were to leave. Not one to give up, Bell decided to continue on alone. Armed with a garage sale Casio keyboard, a viola and a looping pedal, this multi-instrumentalist brings his brand of indie folk to the midwest on this eco-friendly, economically driven tour.
Starting in his hometown of Jamestown, NY Bell will travel about 45-60 miles a day until his goal of Indianapolis on July 10th. This isn't the first time he has taken a different approach to touring. Last year he canoed 550 miles from Buffalo to New York City on the Erie Canal and Hudson River, a feat that landed him on the pages of the NY Times, NPR, and CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.
(216) 221-4479
Contact Info
716-969-5262
www.myspace.com/thechrisbell
7/3/09, Friday
The Solomon Douglas Swingtet
CD Release Party
An eight-piece band playing the swinging instrumental jazz music of the 30's, 40's, and 50's.
Kenston Intermediate School Gym
17419 Snyder Rd.
(Bainbridge Twp.)
Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
9pm - 11:30pm
Intro swing lesson at 8pm
$10 individual/$8 students/$25 for families
No partner needed. All ages.
(216) 316-0068
solomondouglas.com
7/5/09, Sunday
Kent Old-time Shindig
7 to 10 p.m.(every first Sunday of the month)
Professor's Pub
110 East Main Street
Kent, Ohio
Free
The acoustic string band music of yesteryear comes alive at the Kent Shindig, an open jam for old-time music and dance. The event takes place year-round, every first Sunday of the month, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Professor's Pub at 110 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio. The event, which is free, attracts many of northeast Ohio's best acoustic musicians, playing fiddles, banjos, guitars, mandolins, hammered and lap dulcimers, harmonicas, wooden flutes, double basses, percussion, etc., as well as clog and flatfoot dancers. The music consists primarily of lively Appalachian reels, as well as the occasional Irish tune, Civil War tune, etc. All are welcome to play (bring an acoustic instrument), dance, and/or listen.
7/7/09, Tuesday
JOSH RITTER
Tickets are $15.adv/17. dos 9PM Beachland Ballroom
Over the clatter of piano and strum of an electric guitar that opens his fourth studio album, Josh Ritter leaps into rapid-fire lyrics that reference Joan of Arc, Calamity Jane and Florence Nightingale, all of whom seem to be stuck together in the belly of a whale. As the follow-up to last year's critically-acclaimed album The Animal Years, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter is his most adventurous, fresh, and freewheeling work to date.
www.beachlandballroom.com
7/8/09, Wednesday
John Jorgenson
7PM $20
Master guitarist from Desert Rose Band and also Elton John's group leads Django inspired swing Quintet. Back by popular demand!
www.nighttowncleveland.com
7/8/09, Wednesday
DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN w/ Eilen Jewell
Beachland Ballroom Doors: 7 pm Show: 8 pm
Tickets: $18 adv/$20 DOS
www.beachlandballroom.com
7/11/09, Saturday
Terrance Simien
8pm
Free with paid admission to the Arts Festival ($2 for 13 and older, 12 & under free).
www.cainpark.com
7/11/09, Saturday
BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND
JOHN MELLENCAMP
WILLIE NELSON
Eastlake, OH at Classic Park
Bob Dylan has just announced an ambitious line-up for this year’s summer concert tour. Along with fellow troubadour Willie Nelson, this summer The Bob Dylan Show will also feature John Mellencamp, marking just the second time in the past 24 years that these three performers have shared the concert stage.
All concert tickets are priced at $67.50 and most shows are general admission
go to
www.bobdylan.com for more information.
7/11/09, Saturday
Roseanne Cash
8:00 PM @ the Kent Stage
Reserved tickets: $30.00
Day of Show: $35.00
Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin.
Although she is most often classified as a country artist, her music draws on many genres, including folk, pop, rock and blues.
www.kentstage.org or 330.677.5005 for tickets or more information.
7/11/09, Saturday
Silver String Band
Pete's Tavern
21 and over
www.petes-tavern.com
216-291-0400
7/12/09, Sunday
Ohio City House Concert: TOM NEILSON
donation $10
2009 Winner, Kerrville Folk Festival
2008 Finalist, Ploughshares
2007 Winner, South Florida Folk Festival
2006 Just Plain Folks awards for folk song & folk album
For reservations and directions
216-375-6888
7/14/09, Tuesday
Those Darlins'
9 PM (8 PM door)/ $7
BEST OF NASHVILLE & NEXT BIG NASHVILLE PICK "If history has taught us anything, it's that punk rock and old-time country music have more in common than anyone would have ever suspected.
www.beachlandballroom.com
7/16/09, Thursday
Joe Crookston
The West Bethesda Folk Music Concerts are hosted by the West Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Montpelier, Ohio. This is a monthly series of concerts featuring some of the best touring, profession acoustic singer/songwriters. The concerts are held at the church which is located between Bryan and Montpelier at the corner of County Roads 12 & I. These concerts are open to the public.
www.joecrookston.com
7/17/09 - 7/19/09, Friday- Sunday
Ohio's Largest Free Music Festival
Downtown Painesville, OH
3 days of music from some of the best bands in Ohio and across the US
Sponsored by Great Lakes Brewing Company!
www.parkpartyinfo.com/
7/18/09, Saturday
Mountain Heart
8:00 PM at the Kent Stage
Mountain Heart won the Emerging Artist award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in 1999, but its members had already been playing professionally for many years.
Advance discount tickets: $20.00
Day of Show: $22.00
www.kentstage.org/
7/18/09, Saturday
JP and the Chatfield Boys
w/Danny Carleton and The Elements
3-7pm
3rd annual down from the dell benefit concert
For Lotts Creek Kentucky Community School
Admission: cash donations, school supplies, new or gently used children's clothing
Old South UCC
9802 Chillicothe Road
Corner of Rt. 306 and Eagle Rd.
Kirtland, OH
Rain or Shine!
7/18/09, Saturday
Arlo Guthrie & Richie Havens
8pm Two folk legends unite for a memorable evening to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock. www.arlo.net www.richiehavens.com Tickets: in advance $45 center/front sides, $40 back sides, $30 lawn (Patron Series $38.25/34/25.50 available only at Cain Park Ticket Office); day of show $48/43/33. On sale at Ticketmaster as of 4/24 (online, outlets, 800-745-3000). Cain Park Ticket office opens May 30 (for Cleveland Heights residents only) and June 6 (for all others). FREE PARKING SHUTTLE SERVICE to & from Cain Park from 1 hour before concert begins and up to 1 hour after concert ends. Look for shuttle sign and park in front of Bally Total Fitness at Severance Town Center.
www.cainpark.com
7/19/09, Sunday
John Richmond's Traveling Jazz Film Series
Petes Tavern
Cleveland Heights, OH
21 and over
216-291-0400
www.petes-tavern.com
7/20/09, Monday
Chris Thomas King
$12 donation,8pm start
Multi-talented Grammy Award-winning blues artist, producer, composer and actor Chris Thomas King was born in 1962. His father, Tabby Thomas is a well-respected blues musician and owner of the famed Baton Rouge blues club Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall.
Wilbert’s Food
& Music
812 Huron Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
216.902.4663
www.wilbertsmusic.com
7/23/09, Thursday
John McCutcheon
7pm In advance $17 center/front sides, $15 back sides, $13 lawn; day of show $20/18/16. On sale at Ticketmaster 4/24 (online, outlets, 800-745-3000). Cain Park Ticket Office opens 5/30 for Cleveland Heights residents only; 6/6 for all others. http://www.folkmusic.com
www.cainpark.com
7/23/09- 7/25/09, Thursday- Saturday
Darrel Adkins and the Bluegrass Classic Presents: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer
Hoover Y- Park
1570 Rohr Rd.
Lockbourne, Ohio 43137
(near Columbus)
Over 40 top artists donating their talent to benefit the children of the world.
Artists like:
Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, J.D. Crowe & the New South, Russell Moore & Illrd Tyme Out, Rhonda Vincent & Rags, The Grascals, Lost and Found, Ronnie Bowman, Lonesome River Band, Dale Ann Bradley, Mountain Heart, Steep Canyon Rangers, Carl Jackson, Blue Highway, Dudley Connell, and much much more.
For tickets: all ticketmaster outlets or call 740-548-4199
for more information go to
www.bluegrassclassic.com
7/23/09-7/26/09, Thursday- Sunday
21st Annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Dodds Farm: 44 County Road 7D Hillsdale, NY 12529
Over 45 musicians, including: Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Girlman, Janis Ian, Kathy Mattea, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Tracy Grammer.
Concerts, Workshops, Family events and more.
Visit
www.falconridgefolk.com for tickets, full schedule, or more information.
7/24/09, Friday
Ryan Humbert w/ Ashley Brooke Toussant
8pm @ the Kent Stage
Advance discount tickets: $8.00
Day of Show: $10.00
http:www.kentstage.org
7/25/09, Saturday
Squirrel Nut Zippers
8pm In advance $20 center/front sides (Patron Series $17 available only at Cain Park Ticket Office), $18 back sides, $16 lawn; day of show $23/21/19. On sale 4/24 at Ticketmaster (online, outlets, 800-745-3000). Cain Park Ticket Office opens 5/30 for Cleveland Heights residents only; 6/6 for all others. They’ve toured with Neil Young, opened for Tony Bennett and have performed on Sesame Street. A perpetually evolving fusion of Delta blues, gypsy jazz, 1930s swing, and klezmer, the Zippers rejoice in not being pigeonholed by their unmistakable sound. http://www.myspace.com/snzippers FREE PARKING SHUTTLE SERVICE to & from Cain Park from 1 hour before concert begins and up to 1 hour after concert ends. Look for shuttle sign and park in front of Bally Total Fitness at Severance Town Center.
www.cainpark.com
7/25/09, Saturday
MICK TAYLOR
8 PM
A rock and blues guitarist, much influenced by B.B. King, Muddy Waters and jazz saxophone giant John Coltrane, Taylor taught himself to play after leaving school at 15. His first band, the Welwyn Garden City-based Gods, also featured Ken Hensley (later of Uriah Heep) and John Glascock (later of Jethro Tull). In August 1965, Taylor deputized for absentee Eric Clapton in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and joined the band on a permanent basis from June 1967.
Reserved tickets: $30.00
Day of Show: $35.00
www.kentstage.org
7/26/09, Sunday
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby
8pm door Beachland Tavern
$10
www.beachlandballroom.com
7/31/09, Friday
Steve Earle
8pm at the Kent Stage
On May 12, 2009, Earle released a tribute album, "Townes", on New West Records. The album contains 15 songs written by his late friend and musical mentor Townes Van Zandt.
Reserved tickets: $30.00
Day of Show: $33.00
www.kentstage.org
7/31/09-8/2-09, Friday-Sunday
Jerry's Birthday Bash
Nelson’s Ledges Quarry Park
Our friends from Sunshine Daydream Music Park come up north and bring
us their hottest festival, celebrating the birthday and life of Jerry Garcia.
Guests so far include Hot Tuna, Peter Rowans Bluegrass Experience
Cornmeal, Oteil Burbage and the Lee Boys, The Juggling Suns
The Davison Brothers Band, Bobby Lee Rogers, Waterband
The Sunshine Family Band and many more bands to come.
Grateful Dead & rock memorabilia auction by Les Kippel.
Many surprise details coming soon.
8/2/09, Sunday
Kent Old-time Shindig
7 to 10 p.m.(every first Sunday of the month)
Professor's Pub
110 East Main Street
Kent, Ohio
Free
The acoustic string band music of yesteryear comes alive at the Kent Shindig, an open jam for old-time music and dance. The event takes place year-round, every first Sunday of the month, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Professor's Pub at 110 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio. The event, which is free, attracts many of northeast Ohio's best acoustic musicians, playing fiddles, banjos, guitars, mandolins, hammered and lap dulcimers, harmonicas, wooden flutes, double basses, percussion, etc., as well as clog and flatfoot dancers. The music consists primarily of lively Appalachian reels, as well as the occasional Irish tune, Civil War tune, etc. All are welcome to play (bring an acoustic instrument), dance, and/or listen.
8/5/09, Wednesday
Free Jitterbug Lessons!!
With multinational swing dance champion Valerie Salstrom!
www.beachlandballroom.com
8/7/09, Friday
Brave Combo
$15 in the Ballroom. 7pm door
7 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS+ AN ANIMATED APPEARANCE ON "THE SIMPSONS" IN 2004 Brave Combo. Rarely, if ever, has a band name been more apropos, not only at the group's inception, but even more so 29 years after the fact. At first glance, back in 1979, the Denton, Texas, based outfit was, in shorthand, pegged as a New Wave polka band, a courageous if not almost oxymoronic endeavor during that particular rebirth of the cool. Yet it clicked and launched a stunning run that has now catapulted it into the new century.
www.beachlandballroom.com
8/8/09, Saturday
Marcia Ball and Ruthie Foster
Lock 3 Live! Ladies of Blues at Akron Civic Center.
www.akroncivic.com
8/11/09, Tuesday
Two Man Gentlemen Band
Doors: 8pm, Show: 8:30pm
Tickets: $7
Beachland Tavern
www.beachlandballroom.com
8/15/09, Saturday
IRIS DEMENT
Beachland Ballroom
Doors: 7 pm Show: 8 pm
Tickets: $26 ADV/ $28 DOS
www.beachlandballroom.com
8/22/09, Saturday
Rio Neon and the Smokin' Fez Monkeys
8 PM at the Kent Stage
Advance discount tickets: $10.00
Day of Show: $12.00
www.kentstage.org
8/21/09- 8/23/09, Friday- Sunday
Diomande's 3rd annual West African Celebration
Sogbety Diomande's West African Celebration
On Friday night to kick off the weekend, Keshvar Project will put on an amazing performance with Middle Eastern musicians and belly dancers!! Many of you remember when Highlands of Ohio brought Gaiananda to the Opera House in Bellville back in 2005. Keshvar Project is the same group with new dance numbers and fabulous costumes. This will be a night to remember. There will be an African dance class after the performance and late night campfires.
Saturday there will be 2 African dance classes and 2 drum classes, a belly dance class, African food, vendors, kids classes and activities all day, and then a big West African performance with master dancers and drummers at 9pm followed by late night campfires.
Sunday will start with a djembe class, kids crafts, brunch with African food and will end with a large dance class led by Vado Diomande. This class becomes quite a performance.
www.keshvarproject.com
www.freewebs.com/sogbetydiomande
Templed Hills Camp and Conference Center,
5734 Durbin Rd.
Bellville,OH 44813
8/29/09, Saturday
The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie
Lock 3 Live! @ Lock 3
www.akroncivic.com
8/29/09, Saturday
Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys w/ Eilen Jewell
Doors: 8pm, Show: 9pm
Tickets: $12
Beachland Tavern
http:www.beachlandballroom.com
9/6/09, Sunday
Kent Old-time Shindig
7 to 10 p.m.(every first Sunday of the month)
Professor's Pub
110 East Main Street
Kent, Ohio
Free
The acoustic string band music of yesteryear comes alive at the Kent Shindig, an open jam for old-time music and dance. The event takes place year-round, every first Sunday of the month, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Professor's Pub at 110 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio. The event, which is free, attracts many of northeast Ohio's best acoustic musicians, playing fiddles, banjos, guitars, mandolins, hammered and lap dulcimers, harmonicas, wooden flutes, double basses, percussion, etc., as well as clog and flatfoot dancers. The music consists primarily of lively Appalachian reels, as well as the occasional Irish tune, Civil War tune, etc. All are welcome to play (bring an acoustic instrument), dance, and/or listen.
9/6/09, Sunday
Autism Benefit
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, plus many more!
At Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Garrettsville, Ohio
12001 Rt. 282, Nelson Ledges Rd.
opens at noon with overnight camping
$35/person, kids under 12 free
www.nlqp.com
9/11/09, Friday
Cadillac Sky w/JP & The Chatfield Boys
Doors: 7:30pm, Show: 8:30pm
Tickets: $15
Beachland Ballroom
www.beachlandballroom.com
9/11/09, Friday
John Oats
8:00 PM at the Kent Stage
Reserved tickets: $25.00
Day of Show: $30.00
www.kentstage.org
9/17/09, Thursday
Ellis Paul & Ari Hest
Doors: 7pm, Show: 8pm
Tickets: $15 adv/$17 DOS
Beachland Tavern
www.beachlandballroom.com
9/20/09, Sunday
Cedars Valley Settlers Celebration & Music Festival(FREE!)
FREE!! Rain or Shine
Main Stage at Frostville Museum
11am-12:15: First String Band
12:30-1:30: Elixir
2-3:30: Bradley Walker
4-5:30: Alicia Nugent
Trailside Theater
noon- 1:15pm: Fullertones
1:30- 3pm: First String Band
3:30- 5pm: Elixir
Bring Lawn Chairs!
The festival also features the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of Ohio's frontier days with a cornucopia of pioneer crafts and life skills, storytelling, and food sampling along the connecting trail between John J. Donnelly Rocky River Nature Center adn Frostville Museum.
Frostville Museum is located off Cedar Point Road in Rocky River Reservation, between Valley Parkway and Columbia Road/Route 252 in N. Olmstead- just off the I-480/Clague Rd exit (westbound) and I-480/Columbia Rd exit (eastbound)
For more info call 440-734-6660 or visit
www.clevelandmetroparks.com
9/29/09, Tuesday
Mark Hummel Blues Harmonica Blowout
featuring Lee Oskar, Willi "Big Eyes" Smith, Billy Branch w/ The Brickhouse Blues Band
Doors: 6pm, Show: 7pm
Tickets: $20 adv/ $22 DOS
Beachland Ballroom
www.beachlandballroom.com
10/4/09, Sunday
Kent Old-time Shindig
7 to 10 p.m.(every first Sunday of the month)
Professor's Pub
110 East Main Street
Kent, Ohio
Free
The acoustic string band music of yesteryear comes alive at the Kent Shindig, an open jam for old-time music and dance. The event takes place year-round, every first Sunday of the month, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Professor's Pub at 110 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio. The event, which is free, attracts many of northeast Ohio's best acoustic musicians, playing fiddles, banjos, guitars, mandolins, hammered and lap dulcimers, harmonicas, wooden flutes, double basses, percussion, etc., as well as clog and flatfoot dancers. The music consists primarily of lively Appalachian reels, as well as the occasional Irish tune, Civil War tune, etc. All are welcome to play (bring an acoustic instrument), dance, and/or listen.
10/7/09, Wednesday
Tom Russell
Doors: 7pm, Show: 8pm
Tickets: $20
Beachland Tavern
http://www.beachlandballroom.com
