Fri 8/5 @ 7PM
One of many free concerts on its plaza the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is hosting this summer is one it’s dubbed “a celebration of Cleveland punk and new wave.” Only it’s actually a celebration of AKRON punk and new wave, and a band from Kent that’s not technically punk or new wave at all.
Featured band is Half Cleveland, a group that revolves around two members of what was maybe the most interesting and musically diverse band to come out of the Akron scene in the ’70s, Tin Huey. Harvey Gold and Chris Butler are the core of the band, drawing in various of their musical buddies to augment them.
They’ll be joined by the Bizarros whose influence in the Akron music scene of the ’70s and early ’80s extended beyond their Velvet Underground-influenced music: vocalist Nick Nicholis’ label Clone Records helped expose Akron bands to the world. The bill is rounded out by Kent’s 46-year-old Numbers Band, playing their distinctive jazz- and blues-fueled rock. They’re also promising “surprise guests.”
The concert is free. The beer garden will be open and there will be a food truck on site.