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

Metromix
July 12, 2011

This week's picks
Bridalrama will be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center on Sunday. (Credit: File)
Spotlight

pick 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.

pick 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.

pick Queen City Sausage Festival

Festival Park Newport - Riverboat Row - Newport
July 13 : 5 p.m. - 11 p.m.

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.

pick 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.

pick Fab Ferments Kombucha Keg Party

Park + Vine - 1202 Main St. - Downtown

Kombucha on tap, music and vegan appetizers. Co-sponsored by CincyVeg.com.

pick Cincy Apparel T-Shirt Market

Fountain Square - Fifth and Vine streets - Cincinnati

Cincinnati-themed shirts available for purchase.

pick 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

pick 311 and Slightly Stoopid

Riverbend Music Center - 6295 Kellogg Ave. - Cincinnati
August 9 : 6:30 p.m. Unity Tour.

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.

pick 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.

pick 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

pick Ohio Valley Volleyball Tour Tournament

Hahana Beach - 7605 Wooster Pike - Mariemont

Spectators welcome.

pick Bridalrama

Duke Energy Convention Center - 525 Elm St. - Downtown
July 29 : 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Summer Show.

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.

Music by Blessid Union of Souls and The Cincy Brass Band.

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