In 2020 Cleveland Rocks Past Present Future:
- Funded 83 NEO Musicians and Venue Workers, providing $34,000 in relief.
- Provided COVID-safe, paying performance opportunities for 40 NEO musicians over the past 6 months of venue shutdown.
- Provided support to NEO Venues in need through ioby fundraising platforms, helping to raise over $24,000 to save Cleveland stages.
- More than tripled the audience reach and development for NEO bands and singer-songwriters via our online live-stream programming.
If you celebrate live music, or love someone who does, now is the time to support your local music community.
Music Support Programming in Northeast Ohio
The Story Behind the Song: When the Lights Come On Again
Ariel Clayton Karas and Brent Kirby joined together for an original song collaboration uniting different musicians in Cleveland to help benefit the musical community and venues.
#SaveCLEVenues Fund
SaveCLEVenues Auction will raise critical funds to help some of the area’s music clubs – such as the Grog Shop, Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Happy Dog and Bop Stop – to stay afloat during the difficult times due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Soul City Cleveland
A partnership between Cleveland Rocks: Past, Present and Future, the Youth Resiliency Institute and the National Rites of Passage Institute, Soul City Cleveland Stories is a culturally responsive community arts pilot project designed to connect youth participants residing in under-resourced communities to elder Black artists through generative immersion.