Downtown Akron will swing with the sounds of jazz and blues as the city opens its new Lock 4 stage beginning August 11 with a series of four concerts on consecutive Wednesday nights.
The LockBottom Blues & Jazz Club opens with local jazz artists The Stingers at 7:00pm, followed by Aces and Eights on Wednesday, August 18. The Wallace Coleman Band performs August 25, and blues songstress Peggy Coyle and her Jazz trio are on hand for the September 1 event.
Lock 4 is “down under” Bowery Street, adjacent to the city’s popular concert venue Lock 3, and is connected directly to the Cascade Parking Garage, which provides direct access to Lock 4 from level two (orange). Walkways from Bowery Street and from Lock 3 are other entrances to the event.
“This is an exciting new space in downtown,” says Dave Lieberth, Akron’s Deputy Mayor in charge of Lock 3 events. “The rushing water of the canal creates multiple water falls through Lock 4 that along with the historic brick facades of some of the oldest buildings in the city, give the space a distinctly urban feel.”
Food and beverage service will be available for purchase. Admission to the concerts is free, and is supported by the City of Akron, together with funds from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, given in support of performing artists at Lock 3 this summer.
