Livewire: 7 of the Best Concerts to Catch in Cleveland This Weekend

Dom Kennedy comes to the Agora on Monday Credit: Scene Archives

FRI 04/04

Bayside — 25th Anniversary: The Errors Tour
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, this punk band will play two nights at House of Blues. Tonight’s show will feature music from its first four albums, including Sirens and Condolences, Bayside, The Walking Wounded and Shudder. Tomorrow night’s concert will feature songs from the albums that followed, including Killing Time, Cult, Vacancy, Interrobang and There Are Worse Things Thing Being Alive. Both shows begin at 7 p.m.
308 Euclid Ave., 216-523-2583, houseofblues.com.

SAT 04/05

Fourth Annual Ben Caskey ’22 Memorial Scholarship Benefit Concert
Tim Caskey’s son Ben Caskey passed away unexpectedly in 2022 from a congenital heart defect. He was a senior at Baldwin Wallace University, and his family started a scholarship in his name. For the third year in a row, Tim Caskey’s band, Serious Nature, will play a special fundraising concert tonight at 8 at the Winchester Music Tavern to raise funds for the scholarship.
12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-600-5338, facebook.com/TheWinchesterMusicTavern.

One Last Saturday Night
Twenty musicians from nine different bands will celebrate the music of the Grateful Dead. Titled One Last Saturday Night, this special performance marks the grand finale for Networking is Dead, a Grateful Dead-inspired business networking group. The event supports the Gathering Place, a nonprofit that helps individuals and families coping with cancer. It takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Beachland Ballroom.
15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com.

The Righteous Brothers
The classic vocal group that originally formed way back in 1962 performs tonight at 7:30 at MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage. Famous for blue-eyed soul tunes such as “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” the group was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2003.
10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7793, mgmnorthfieldpark.mgmresorts.com/en.html.

SUN 04/06

Engelbert Humperdinck: The Last Waltz Farewell Tour
The crooner brings his farewell tour to MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage. Likely to accommodate his older crowd, the show begins at 5 p.m. Expect to hear hits such as the somber “Release Me” and the saccharine love tune “The Last Waltz” one more time from the 88-year-old.
10705 Northfield Rd., Northfield, 330-908-7793, mgmnorthfieldpark.mgmresorts.com/en.html.

Connor Price
The young singer-songwriter who blends hip-hop, R&B, soul and pop brings his headlining tour to the Agora. “Smoke,” a collaboration with country star Walker Hayes, shows off his ability to mix genres as it finds him rapping and crooning. Doors open at 7 p.m.
5000 Euclid Ave., 216-881-2221, agoracleveland.com.

MON 04/07

Dom Kennedy
Famous for his self-released 25th Hour mixtape, the rapper brings his tour in support of his latest album, Class of 95, to the Agora. Alt-rapper Casey Veggies opens. Doors open at 7 p.m.
5000 Euclid Ave., 216-881-2221, agoracleveland.com.

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