Wed 7/9 @ 7:30PM
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s City Stages is one of the area’s most distinctive and enjoyable free outdoor summer concert series. It showcases musicians from various parts who usually combine their country’s traditional music with contemporary sounds crossing both geographic and genre boundaries. They perform on a large outdoor stage on the corner of West 29th and Church, just outside the Transformer Station, with the streets closed off so people can set up their lawn chairs (you can also spread a blanket on the Transformer Station lawn) or join the crowd of dancers by the stage.
There are two concerts this year, starting on July 9 with Yeison Landero from San Jacinto in northern Colombia. Landero comes from a musical family, inheriting his talent and interest from his grandfather Andrés Landero who built an international reputation as the king of traditional Colombian cumbia. He began to study with his grandfather and perform with his influential friends when he was just seven, honing his formidable skill on accordion, and with his sister, performed at festivals and special events in his native country. After studying music he earned a law degree, but music drew him back and he’s become known for his modern version of cumbia.
Food and drink stations will be set up in the Transformer Station parking lot, and the location is ringed with bars and restaurants. The concert is free.