TH 9/17 | 7P | NO COVER

TYLER HAWES presents MetamorphoSETS ftrg STEVE MILLER

F 9/18 | 8P | RESERVED SEATING $5-$15 ADV / $10 DOS

TOURING! THE NIGHTHAWKS

After 54 years, founder, lead singer and harpmaster Mark Wenner is still at the helm, while drummer Mark Stutso, guitarist Dan Hovey and bassist Paul Pisciotta all share vocals and songwriting, making this lineup one of the strongest ever.



Decades of gigs and countless rabid fans have earned them the name “The Best Bar Band In The World.” More than a bar band or blues band, as they’re frequently labeled, this is a band that played with Carl Perkins in addition to Muddy Waters.

In March 2020, with a brand-new recording to promote, The Nighthawks did something previously unthinkable: They stopped in the middle of a Florida tour and drove home. Like so many other people, the band members found themselves out of work as the coronavirus swept the country. Itching to play, The Nighthawks found a couple of spaces large enough to stay apart while woodshedding new material. Previously, the process had been a streamlined one: The band would rough out a dozen new tunes in an afternoon and perform them every night for a year or two before recording. But now there was time, tons of it. Weeks turned into months.

Produced by the Nighthawks and longtime compadre David Earl, they took advantage of the pandemic slowdown to hunker down in Earl’s Severn Sound Studios in Annapolis, Maryland and crank out fourteen new tracks in classic Nighthawks style.

Dan Hovey wrote a very relevant rocker, “You Seem Distant.” Mark Stutso followed with a full blast “Coming and Going.” Florida friend Colin Kenny, a.k.a. Raiford Starke, wrote the soulful “West Memphis” and the band stylistically took it to Memphis. Stutso came up with “Gas Station Chicken” and everyone contributed to bringing in the funk. Hovey added three more: “Houseband,” “Fuss and Fight,” and the acoustic delight “Driving.” In between are British pub rock monster Gariant Watkins’ “Nobody”; Jimmy Reed’s “Take it Easy,” featuring producer David Earl contributing the Eddie Taylor licks on guitar; Eddie Hinton’s version of Sam Cook’s “I’ll Come Running Back”; John Hammond’s version of Mose Allison’s “Ask Me Nice”; a wild version of the reggae classic “Johnny Too Bad”; an outtake rendition of Elvis Presley’s “Ain’t That Lovin’ You”; a Hillbilly interpretation of the Coasters’ “Run Red Run”; and half a dozen others that fell by the wayside. They’d play, record, rearrange, and re-record til they got them just right.

In the tradition they set forth on Rock and Roll, the band’s debut 1974 recording and mission statement, the material is not bound by genre other than the widest range of American Roots Music.

S 9/19 | 7P | NO COVER

NIGHTWORK

Comprised of some of the finest musicians in the region including Bill Skinner, Chuck Martinez, Doug Barber, Ryan Jacobs, Anna Cole and Becky Plush, NightWork performs songs everyone can dance to and knows and loves: R&B, Motown, Classic Rock, Country and Blues!

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T 9/22 | 7:30P | NO COVER

BLUEWATER KINGS

Special Tuesday show with the Bluewater Kings. This high-energy cover band performs Motown, funk, and soul to classic rock, country, top 40 contemporary hits, and 80s throwbacks.

W 9/23 | 7:15P | NO COVER

OPEN STAGES

ftrg HALLIE DOLIN

7:15PM: Hallie Dolin is a singer, guitarist, and medical microbiology fellow based in Cleveland, Ohio. She got back into songwriting last year after a hiatus of almost a decade and has no idea where all her ideas are coming from. Her style is influenced by jazz, rock, and folk, and she sings about a range of subjects from microbiology to The Magicians to a state representative getting punched out in a bar. She has previously been described as “a wizard-bard hybrid thing” and wears the title proudly.

TH 9/24 | 7P | NO COVER

COLIN JOHN & AUSTIN WALKIN' CANE

F 9/25 | 7P | RESERVED SEATING $5-$12.50 ADV / $10 DOS

NITE KLUB | JUPITER 2 | PUBLIC SQUARES

NITE KLUB: Cleveland’s Premier All-Star SKA, Rocksteady, and Reggae Band.

Jupiter2 Intergalactic Surf & Turf

Jupiter 2 is a three-piece instrumental caper, fusing the echo-soaked swagger of surf rock with the hypnotic pulse of deep-space grooves. Emerging from Akron, Ohio’s underground scene, the band features drummer Mark Smith (Dutch Babies, Nite Klub, X_x), guitarist James Millar (Missile Toe, Peep), and bassist Linda Millar (The Crones, Peep)—all veterans of genre-bending projects like Zen Luv Assassins and the F-Models tribute band, S’Not Right.



Their sound is a cinematic collision of vintage sci-fi soundscapes, relentless rhythms, and otherworldly energy—equal parts beach party and alien abduction. Whether you’re catching a wave on some distant ocean planet or navigating Akron’s Route 8 at warp speed, Jupiter 2’s Intergalactic Surf & Turf is the ultimate soundtrack for your next cosmic adventure.

The world first took notice of Public Squares when the mysterious new band played an opening set before the legendary Descendents at Cleveland’s House of Blues. Since then, they’ve shared stages with punk institutions including The Queers, The Dickies and The Adolescents, while developing a catchy, driving strain of post-punk they’ve come to call Heavy New Wave.

Their recorded history began with NWR&P, an official Record Store Day release pressed on an appropriately peculiar piece of 8-inch square vinyl. That was followed by From Up There, an ambitious concept record featuring a gaggle of guest stars including Descendents drummer Bill Stevenson, Giant Drag’s Annie Hardy and Cleveland hardcore mainstay Tony Erba. Their third album, Hits!, arrived in early 2023. A fourth full length record titled Clear Age has just been completed, with release plans currently being plotted.

Somewhere along the way, the story of Public Squares became a little harder to verify.

Depending on which version you believe, they may be aliens, interdimensional travelers, time travelers, or possibly a cult. The band has done very little to clear up the confusion.

What can be confirmed is a trail of records, shows and strange transmissions emanating from Cleveland, Ohio, all connected by big hooks, restless energy and post-punk vibes.

Everything else remains under investigation.

S 9/26 | 8P | ALL SEATS $5

VOX NOVA

Formed in late 2025 by members of popular local bands The Agenda and Jones'N, Vox Nova is a high-energy cover band that delivers the best rock, dance, and pop music from the 90's to today. With electrifying performances across northern Ohio, Vox Nova brings decades of experience to the stage!

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