This week's picks
Celebrate all things sausage, go to a keg party, answer some riddles, plan your wedding, go to a pool party and take a culinary trip around the world
MetromixJuly 12, 2011
Spotlight
- Via Vite Restaurant - 520 Vine St. - Downtown
Drink specials, late night menu and bottle and table service available. Spotlight certified and polished professional attire required.
Uncapped Live
- MOTR Pub - 1345 Main St. - Over-the-Rhine & Pendleton
Series of concerts giving local emerging artists an opportunity to perform infront of area and industry influencers.
Queen City Sausage Festival
- Festival Park Newport - Riverboat Row - Newport
Turns out, we didn’t have one of these, so the Queen City Sausage folks will host the free Queen City Sausage Festival this weekend at Newport’s Festival Park. There’s music, an eating contest and more.
Amos Lee and Lucinda Williams
- PNC Pavilion at Riverbend - 6295 Kellogg Ave. - Cincinnati
Gates open and Blue Grass Quality Meats Concert Cook-out Series 6:30 p.m.
Josh Groban
- U.S. Bank Arena - 100 Broadway - Downtown
Josh Groban has effectively conquered the music industry, with each of his four albums having gone multi-platinum worldwide. Bearded super-producer Rick Rubin (famed for work with Rage Against the Machine, Metallica and Johnny Cash) joined the team for No. 5, "Illuminations,” which added hint of edge to the curly haired crooner's image.
Fab Ferments Kombucha Keg Party
- Park + Vine - 1202 Main St. - Downtown
Kombucha on tap, music and vegan appetizers. Co-sponsored by CincyVeg.com.
Cincy Apparel T-Shirt Market
- Fountain Square - Fifth and Vine streets - Cincinnati
Cincinnati-themed shirts available for purchase.
MOJO 100.3 Summer Jam
- Sawyer Point - Pete Rose Way - Cincinnati
Vendors and entertainment. Concessions available. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. No alcoholic beverages, weapons, wheeled items, large items, coolers or pets.
311 and Slightly Stoopid
- Riverbend Music Center - 6295 Kellogg Ave. - Cincinnati
While many of their ‘90s alt-rock peers have broken up or struggled to maintain their fan bases, the quintet from Omaha continues pack in the fans on their summer Unity Tours.
Browngrass Festival
- Rabbit Hash General Store - 10021 Lower River Road - Rabbit Hash
Featuring 20 bands on two stages. Ten performers in Rabbit Hash General Store and ten on outside stage. Benefits WNKU 89.7 FM.
Buffalo Killers
- MOTR Pub - 1345 Main St. - Over-the-Rhine & Pendleton
This Cincinnati trio has enjoyed plenty of success outside the city limits. The band comes home for a good old fashioned album release party for its third album, titled “3.”
James Free Diamond Dash
- Fountain Square - Fifth and Vine streets - Cincinnati
Teams of two answer riddles and complete challenges right from their cell phones, as they follow clues throughout downtown area for chance to win $15,000 RITANI diamond ring.
Ohio Valley Volleyball Tour Tournament
- Hahana Beach - 7605 Wooster Pike - Mariemont
Spectators welcome.
Bridalrama
- Duke Energy Convention Center - 525 Elm St. - Downtown
Wedding ceremony and reception planning show. More than 100 local wedding professionals. Two runway fashion shows. Ticket specials to the first 100 brides.
OTR Pool Party
- Over-the-Rhine - Over-the-Rhine - Cincinnati
Dumpster pool (cleaned, sealed & lined with pool liner), KnickersXY swimsuit fashion show, open bar and grill, Framester Photo Booth and decorations by Joe Rigotti of Accent on Cincinnati. With music by a DJ. Benefits Chris Seelbach candidate for Cincinnati city council. Ages 21 and up.
Allison Tartalia
- Southgate House - 24 E. Third St. - Newport & Levee area
Parlour.
Bridgewater Falls Summer Concert Series
- Bridgewater Falls Lifestyle Shopping Center - 3385 Princeton Road - Fairfield/Fairfield Twp.
Music by Blessid Union of Souls and The Cincy Brass Band.
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