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Heavy Color Releases “RIVER PASSAGE”

For the past year, local masters of future beat and psychedelic jazz, Ben Cohen and Sam Woldenberg of Heavy Color, have been working on...

July 4 Masthead: What Woman In Music Has Influenced You The Most?

Get to know the Toledo City Paper staff with (let’s be honest) pretty great icebreakers—it’s the question at hand…breaking news #inthe419! It’s what we all REALLY want to know. Volume 21 | Issue 13

Blues Traveler Playing at Hensville

John Popper, harmonica master and songwriter, brings his chart-topping group, Blues Traveler, to Toledo for an outdoor concert. Celebrating 30 years together, Blues Traveler’s...

The Messthetics Perform at the Ottawa Tavern July 17

Drummer Brendan Canty and bassist Joe Lally, (Fugazi) join forces with guitarist Anthony Pirog for The Messthetics, a newly conceived trio. Pirog sails on...

She’s Making The Scene: Toledo’s Women In Music

Loud, assertive, and out all night aren’t typically included in the list of “ladylike” qualities. But hey— we aren’t listening to archaic gender roles, and neither should you. We’re listening to bold, badass, and beautiful babes who are making Toledo’s music scene something worth shouting about.

July Metro Music Calendar

Here's a short guide to the 419's July music scene. Just choose your venue and see a complete monthly listing of bands and/or dates.

Sharing a Dream: Children and Youth Music Camp

US Together Toledo has partnered with Trinity Episcopal Church to organize a week-long camp for refugee children and youth, culminating with a program featuring their artwork, song and dance performances, and recitations from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Barenaked Ladies at the Toledo Zoo

Canadian rock band, Barenaked Ladies, are making their way to Toledo for a live show Sunday, June 24. The “Last Summer on Earth” tour...

Toledo Music Fest 2018 Features ‘Helmet’ and More

See nearly 40 local acts support NYC-based alternative metal band Helmet during Toledo Music Fest 2018 at the Civic Music Hall. Toledo favorites like...

Toledo Choral Society Celebrates Art Tatum

The annual tribute to the Toledo jazz legend, composed by University of Toledo professor Dr. David Jex, features world-renowned guest pianist Alvin Waddles, a Detroit native.

Toledo Jazz Orchestra Presents Bistro Series

Hear some of the best vocalists in Toledo during the Black & White Transportation Bistro Series featuring 6th Edition.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Perform at Huntington Center

You don’t have to be a fan of modern country music— or, honestly, you don’t even have to like it— to know Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, two Grammy Award winning artists and the genre’s biggest power couple.

Jamie Baumgartner’s Introspective Glass City Flow

Turn up the volume on Toledo’s thriving hip-hop scene. Jamie Baumgartner, voted Toledo’s best hip-hop artist by City Paper readers, rocking Toledo listeners with...

Indigo Girls Perform with TSO

Hear their new blend of folk and symphonic music as the Indigo Girls perform with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.

Toledo’s First Spanish-Speaking Radio Station—96.5FM Nuestra Gente

Backed by Parra’s organization, Nuestra Gente Community Projects, 96.5 FM Nuestra Gente will seek additional support during the 10th annual A Night with Nuestra Gente fundraiser on Wednesday, May 23.

Night Caps with Box of Sol at The Summit

Box of Sol, a five-piece jazz, funk, be-bop, and swing fusion band, will perform Friday evening, the 25th, at The Summit.