W 9/2 | 7:30P | NO COVER

BROADWAY KARAOKE with

AKRON SYMPHONY

Raise your voice in songs of Broadway of yesterday and today!

All levels welcome … whether you sing in the shower or the car, or if you’ve always wanted to belt one out onstage, here’s your opportunity! This free monthly event is your chance to shine!

F 9/4 | 7:30P

$10 SINGLE / $17 COUPLE

SWING NIGHT & DANCE LESSON

with SAM ROSS JAZZ

Huge show alert!!! We're very excited to announce on Friday, September 4th, jazz artist Sam Ross is starting up a swing dance night at Jilly's Music Room! This is the debut of the Akron-version of a monthly series he started when he lived in Iowa. We're so happy he's bringing it a little farther east! 



Featuring a live jazz band and a professional dance instructor, this show features classic songs from the swing era of the 1920s to the 1950s. These have traditionally been very high energy shows with most of the audience dancing the whole night.

Joining Sam in the band are Jonas Kupchella, Oscar Lacombe and Holbrook Riles, and leading the dance lesson is famed regional professional dance instructor Rachel Itsell.

S 9/5 | 8P | $8-$12 ADV / $10 DOS

UPTOWN PRINCE TRIBUTE

THEN

Ever since the release of the movie Purple Rain in 1984, DaVaughn Weber, 3 years old at the time became a humble fan of the one and only Prince. His father Doyle Weber Jr who’s also a musician, took him to see the film numerous times, and the more DaVaughn saw the film he quickly noticed the resemblance of the late star and his father. When DaVaughn’s parents split apart he remained with his mother. Without his father in the home, DaVaughn stated ” Prince reminded me so much of my father that after he left, whenever I saw Prince on T.V or in a magazine, it was like seeing my father again. It became easy for me to follow Prince’s career, and I loved every minute of it”. I’ve always paid close attention to him, how he walked, talked and especially his mannerisms”. Growing into a teen DaVaughn started to notice his likeness to the purple one. Ever since he was a kid, people always told him how much he looked like Prince. He began to see it around at 13. Years later in 2015, DaVaughn decided to dress as Prince for Halloween, it was then he realized that there was something special. He won 1st place at every Prince lookalike contest he attended and started to make special appearances throughout the country.

NOW 

“I never knew anything about tribute shows until 2012. I’ve seen Elvis’s impersonators before but never knew of any actual live tribute performances. I’ve always wanted to do just that but didn’t know how to get started or who to talk to. After my photos floated around on social media for a while, I received requests to be the front man for tribute shows. I enjoyed the experience, rehearsing and touring, however it just wasn’t my vision of what I had in mind. During the pandemic, I had a lot of time to think about what I wanted to do. So, in 2021 I teamed up with some very talented musicians who understood my vision and have dedicated themselves to this project” Uptown Prince Tribute.

With Akron Pulse,

friends work to shed light on Summit County events

Patrick Williams

Akron Beacon Journal (8/12/26)

Two friends have created Akron Pulse, a platform for extensive event listings throughout Summit County.

The akronpulse.com website gives users the ability to create their own itineraries and does not include advertisements or promotions.

Mac Love and Byron Delpinal, the friends behind the grassroots initiative, say the platform can also help event organizers increase their event visibility and avoid problematic scheduling conflicts.

Akron and other communities in Summit County aren't lacking in events, but there's a need to connect the right people with the right listings, say two friends who are fine-tuning a solution to address the knowledge gap.

Mac Love, artist, co-founder and chief catalyst at Art x Love, and Byron Delpinal, an engineering manager who leads development teams at Pittsburgh-based Branding Brand, have embarked on a new journey with the Akron Pulse events platform.

Love, creative director of Akron Pulse, and Delpinal, technical director, are using the help of artificial intelligence to scrape online event listings from venues and other calendars.

Among the differences of akronpulse.com compared to other event calendars, they say, are the extensiveness of the listings; an ongoing initiative to largely avoid duplicate listings, which has been successful so far; and an easy experience complete with users' ability to create their own itineraries.



"No ads, no promotions," Delpinal, a resident of Green, said of the grassroots project. "This is not a pay to win."

CHEERS!

These reader-nominated mocktails in Akron area

were our favorite,

Tawney Beans and Kerry Clawson

Akron Beacon Journal (8/17/26).

Beacon Journal writers sampled nine mocktails from six establishments in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls.

The writers had different preferences, with one favoring fruity drinks and the other preferring those with nonalcoholic spirits.

The top picks were drinks from High Street Hop House, Stirling, The Green Dragon Inn, Constance and Jilly’s Music Room. (Photo Credit: Tawney Beans/ABJ)

We asked where to find the best mocktails in Summit County, and readers have spoken.

Their nominations came from five restaurants/bars in Akron and one in Cuyahoga Falls.

Once the nominations closed, Beacon Journal restaurant writers Kerry Clawson and Tawney Beans set out to try all eight nominated mocktails in their quest to choose their favorites.



We ended up sampling two variations of one mocktail that was nominated, so that brought the number of mocktails we sampled over a several-day period up to nine.

It was a lot of mocktails and a lot of fun as each of us winnowed the nominations down to our three favorite drinks. It turns out that Tawney likes the predominantly fruity mocktails best while Kerry gravitates toward the ones that include nonalcoholic spirit substitutes or alcohol-removed wines in them.

Skip the endless doom scrolling or trying to navigate websites on your phone to find out what's happening at Jilly's. Download the Jilly's Music Room APP (for iOS & Android) and have it all at your finger tips! (photo credit: Shane Wynn).

W 9/9 | 8P | NO COVER

OPEN STAGES ftrg

MATTMATT RAYBEAM

MATTMATT RAYBEAM is a poet and singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio. His music transforms raw, spiritual lyricism into immersive sound, blending confessional songwriting with experimental textures to explore intimacy and transcendence. Performance highlights include: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Pride, Columbus Queer Arts showcase, Cleveland Pride, and Cleveland Pop up in the park.

TH 9/10 | 7-10P | $10 to DRAW

(FREE TO HANG OUT AT THE BAR)

DRINK & DRAW with

DR SKETCHY AKRON

Bring your dry art supplies and join us! Live model. Fun themes. It's $10 to draw, but free to hang out at the bar! 

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is the world’s premier alt.drawing movement. Artists draw glamorous underground performers in an atmosphere of boozy conviviality. Founded in 2005 in a dive bar in Brooklyn, Dr. Sketchy’s has now spread to over 100 cities around the world including Akron, where it celebrates its 12th year at Jilly's.

F 9/11 | 8P | $7 ADV / $12 DOS

THE OFFICE DRONES w BURY THE PINES & I'D LIKE TO GO HOME NOW

The Office Drones are a rock band based in Akron, OH formed by a bunch of guys with corporate jobs. 

They spend most of their days working but occasionally find the time to perform kickass rock ‘n’ roll. Maybe one day they will make it big enough to escape the workplace. 

Nik Lehtinen on vocals, Jackson Macatol on guitar, Alex Ely on guitar, Jenson Kozar on bass, Wyatt Martin on drums, Henry Allen on guitar.

Bury The Pines is a 6-piece emo leaning progressive rock band from Northeast Ohio. The band brings a high energy and eclectic performance that fans of any genre can have fun with.

I’d Like to go Home now is an Alternative Folk-Rock band from Akron, Ohio. They blend rock, blues, folk and more into something unique but enjoyable to all. 

S 9/12 | SPECIAL BRUNCH EVENT: 11A | NO COVER

DEANO & THE FOURONS

Deano & The Fourons – five members of regional fav Roxxymoron play an acoustic set Noon-2PM. Brunch service from our regular 11AM-3PM. Tables are assigned in order of ticket purchase and by party size.

S 9/12 | 7P | $5-$10

THE CRONES wsg SUDDEN MIDDLE-AGED DEATH SYNDROME

The brainchild of frontwoman Tracey Thomas (#Akronsound, Unit 5), THE CRONES play energetic and exciting cover songs from your favorite female-fronted New Wave bands of the ’80s. Tracey and her group of talented female musicians are all over the age of 50, and they have been rocking capacity crowds since their debut in July of 2023. Their rapid rise in popularity is easy to understand as the band’s seasoned musicianship shines through entertaining renditions of songs made famous by Blondie, Joan Jet, Kate Bush, Cindi Lauper, The B52’s, and many more. These Girls Still Want To Have Fun and you will too when you catch a live performance by THE CRONES!

Akron-based Sudden Middle-Aged Death Syndrome (SMADS) is a collective of four friends and music fans focused on having fun and sharing some of their favorite songs. Raised on Saturday morning cartoons, the glory days of early MTV and college rock, SMADS plays songs by The Ramones, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Husker Du, Pavement and others. With original music in the works, SMADS continues to expand its repertoire. Since forming in 2023, the band has performed at Buzzbin, The Matinee, Jilly's Open Mic Nights and during the 2025 Highland Square Holiday Stroll.

Photo: Huevos Enchiladas Lasagna: Three Grilled Corn Tortillas layered and stacked with Peppers, Onions, Fresh Mozzarella and Pepperjack Cheeses, smothered in Housemade Enchilada Sauce and topped with a Farm Fresh Ohio Egg. Served with Seasonal Fresh Fruit

RESERVATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED, BUT ARE APPRECIATED. PLEASE USE THE BUTTON ABOVE TO EMAIL US: YOUR NAME, DATE & TIME YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US, NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR PARTY and PHONE NUMBER.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR A SPECIAL EVENT BRUNCH, PLEASE CHECK OUR EVENT CALENDAR LISTINGS. AND USE THE TICKET LINK THERE.

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JILLY'S MUSIC ROOM | 111 N MAIN ST | NORTHSIDE DISTRICT | AKRON, OH 44308

jillysmusicroom.com | 330.576.3757 (VM ONLY) | info@jillysmusicroom.com

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WEEKEND BRUNCH: S & SU 11AM-3PM.

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