Live Music

Commemorate the life of Cleveland drummer John J. Adams with a tribute concert at Beachland Ballroom or visit the Castalia fish hatchery for a chance to see one of Ohio’s famous blue holes. Engage with Northeast Ohio’s arts and culture with these suggestions.

The partnership will provide more events for the community, with the first scheduled for Aug. 15.

Classical music has returned to Northeast Ohio after more than a year of silence. The Cleveland Orchestra held its first live, in-person performances Independence Day weekend, with two evening concerts July 3 and 4.

The pandemic brought down the curtain on The Cleveland Orchestra for a year and a half. This month, they finally returned to their summer home at Blossom Music Center. Hear the sounds and reflections from the orchestra’s first rehearsal back from the shutdown, along with a review of their summer schedule and more with ClevelandClassical.com founder and editor, Daniel Hathaway.

Two Northeast Ohio independent music venue owners, The Happy Dog's Sean Watterson and The Kent Stage's Tom Simpson, explain why they've waited to reopen, and about the long, frustrating wait for promised federal funding. Also, Shuffle contributor Annie Nickoloff shares how reopening plans have been going at other venues in the region, detailed in her Cleveland.com series: "Concerts during COVID."

Two Northeast Ohio independent music venue owners explain why they've waited to reopen, and about the long, frustrating wait for promised federal funding.

The 20th annual live music festival will feature local blues players Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers and The Sonny Moorman Group.

Youngstown rock band Rebreather kicked off a pay-it-forward pizza ordering model to support Westside Bowl during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youngstown rock band Rebreather kicked off a pay-it-forward pizza ordering model to support Westside Bowl during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since concert clubs shut their doors because of the pandemic, owners have been fighting to get enough funding to keep their businesses open, while their employees look for ways to make ends meet.