Fri 5/22 @ 8PM
Once upon a time, you would’ve had to search hard to find a woman performing in a band in a local club. You certainly couldn’t have built a whole evening around them. Thankfully times have changed. If you’re kicking around on Memorial Day weekend, always a slow time for cultural events (or events that don’t typically involve a lot of grilling and eating), why don’t you gather some music-loving friends and check out what some musically talented women in local bands are up to now that barriers have come down. The Grog Shop is featuring four bands fronted by women musicians.
The quintet Lilieae has been kicking around for around a decade, but they’ve always got fresh music to share. Founded and fronted by Lydia Puccini and Kayleigh Hyland, who write most of the band’s material, they’ve released three EPs of their relentless rocking music.
They’ll be sharing the stage at the Grog Shop with another experienced local group, the seven-piece Post Saga whose diverse sound takes in some strong jazz and soul influences along with pop and indie rock. With Danna O’Connor on vocals, they describe themselves as “distinctively queer.”
In addition to the two relatively well-known Cleveland bands (known to those who follow local music anyway), the Grog Shop stage will host Grosh, a driving rock and roll band from Buffalo, NY, fronted by vocalist Megan Brown and featuring a woman guitarist Grace Lougen, and Wreck Like Me, Northeast Ohio act featuring Danni Elise, who says they make “poignant folk music for the deep feelers of the world.”
Get advance tickets here for $12; it’s still a bargain at the door —$15 for four bands.