Photos: From AdultMart Parking Lots to Bridges, Scenes From Cleveland's Eclectic DIY Music Community

Fans at the Slime House AdultMart show in November.

Mitch Frear, of Cum Jar, and Erik Alcaraz, of Drug Abuse, at the AdultMart show in November.

A crowdsurfer at the AdultMart show.

Fans at AdultMart.

Cleveland singer-songwriter Jason Kaminski and his band playing at The Birdhouse in early November.

Lowercase Roses, the performing name of Matt Scheuermann, playing his song "Traveling Salesman" at The Birdhouse in November. Though he's lived in Philadelphia for the past 10 years, Scheuermann returns to Cleveland often to play DIY shows.

Quinn, 28, the founder of Birdhouse in 2019, watches Lowercase Roses play at a show in early November. He says DIY has grown more organized in its post-Covid revival.

An attendee at a DIY bridge show in October.

A security guard working for Bedrock intervened halfway through the show. "Next time I'll call CPD," he said.

A security guard working for Bedrock intervened halfway through the show. "Next time I'll call CPD," he said.