Arts & Entertainment

Live Music Returning To Cleveland's Lakefront

Edgewater and Euclid Beach LIVE will return to the sandy shores of Lake Erie on May 31 and June 1.

CLEVELAND, OH — The shores of Lake Erie will soon be alive with music. Edgewater LIVE and Euclid Beach LIVE, two concert series put on by the Cleveland Metroparks, will return May 31 and June 1 respectively. All performances are free and open to the public.

Edgewater LIVE will open its season on May 31 at 4:30 p.m. on the Centennial Plaza at Edgewater Beach House. Performers from the Tri-C Creative Arts Program will kick off the live concerts. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., regionally famous headlining acts will perform on the Dollar Bank Stage.

Attendees will be able to dine on cuisine from a rotating lineup of more than a dozen local food trucks each week. There will also be a happy hour and made-to-order fare from the Beach House.

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Here's the lineup for Edgewater LIVE:

May 31 - Yachtly Crue | Yacht Rock, '70s & '80s
June 7 - Old Skool | '90s Hip Hop
June 14 - Radio Tokyo | Modern Pop
June 21 - Front Porch Lights | Indie Rock
June 28 - Wanted: The Bon Jovi Tribute Band | Pop Rock
July 12 - Carlos Jones and the PLUS Band | Reggae
July 19 - Disco Inferno | '70s
July 26 - John King | Country
August 2 - The Hot City Symphony | Classic Rock

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Euclid Beach LIVE

Euclid Beach LIVE's first concert of the season will be June 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Local food vendors will be on-hand for each event and visitors can snap a photo with one of the Cleveland scripts signs.

The new Euclid Beach Pier won't quite be completed in time for the concert series, but visitors will be able to take a good look at the improvements. The pier should be completed by fall 2018 and will be approximately 285 feet long, from the top of the bluff and then extend 120 feet over Lake Erie.

Here's the lineup for Euclid Beach LIVE:

June 1 - Faith & Whiskey | Classic Rock/Country
June 8 - Spirit Plus Band | R&B
June 15 - Ovation Band | Dance/Disco/Motown
June 22 - Sending up Songs of Praise | Gospel
June 29 - Kinsman Dazz Band | R&B
July 6 - Forecast | Jazz
July 13 - Aretifex | Motown/R&B
July 20 - Angel P and the Creative Players | Jazz/Neo-Soul
July 27 - Celebration Band | Doo-Wop/Oldies
August 3 - Jah Messengers Reggae Band | Reggae

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