CLEVELAND, Ohio – If there’s one thing Cleveland’s music heads desire, it’s acknowledgement that a show they’ve been to is held in esteem.
One thing is certain: Beachland Ballroom & Tavern has seen a lot of action across a quarter-century and so many shows meet that criterion.
Beachland Ballroom 25th anniversary
We’re sure we’ve missed something (and know you’ll tell us if we did!!), but here are another 121 acts that have played the storied venue across 25 years:
- 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band)
- Andrew Bird
- Band of Horses
- Beach House
- Black Lips
- Black Midi
- Black Moth Super Rainbow
- Blitzen Trapper
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy
- Bright Eyes
- Built to Spill
- Caamp
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Car Seat Headrest
- Chuck Prophet
- Chris & Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes, in separate shows)
- Cloud Nothings
- 18. Cobra Verde
- 19. Cracker
- Cranes
- Dave Alvin
- Dawes
- Dead Boys
- Deerhunter
- Difford & Tilbrook (frontmen of Squeeze)
- Dinosaur Jr.
- EELS
- Father John Misty
- Foals
- Fountains of Wayne
- Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls (Tape Deck Heart tour)
- Frightened Rabbit
- Future Islands
- Gary Numan
- Girl Talk
- Glenn Schwartz
- Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Goose
- Helmet
- Hot Tuna
- Ian Hunter Death of Samantha
- Japanese Breakfast
- Johnny Winter
- Jonathan Richman
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- Justin Townes Earle
- Kishi Bashi
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
- Kinky Friedman
- Kings of Leon
- Lake Street Dive
- Liz Phair
- L7
- Love
- Los Lobos
- Low
- Lucero
- Lucius
- Magnolia Electric Co.
- Mark Eitzel
- Meat Puppets
- Melanie
- Milk Carton Kids
- Minami Deutsch
- Mogwai
- My Dad is Dead
- Neko Case
- Noah Kahan
- NRBQ
- Osees
- OK Go
- Parquet Courts
- Pete Yorn
- Peelander-Z
- Pere Ubu
- Redd Kross
- Rogue Wave
- Ra Ra Riot
- Roky Erickson
- Rooney
- Shovels & Rope
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
- Sharon Van Etten
- Shellac
- Shovels & Rope
- Snarky Puppy
- Soft Machine
- Son Volt
- Soul Asylum
- Spoon
- Stars
- Supersuckers
- Sufjan Stevens
- Swans
- Teenage Fanclub
- The Bird & the Bee
- The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- The Breeders (Last Splash LSXX anniversary tour)
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- The Church
- The Decemberists
- The Dream Syndicate
- The Hold Steady
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- The James Gang
- The New Pornographers
- The Revivalists
- The Smithereens
- The War on Drugs
- Those Darlins
- Thurston Moore
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Travis
- Ty Segall
- Walk the Moon
- Wussy
- Wire
- X
- Yo La Tengo
121. Finally, let us not forget CLE favorite son, Michael Stanley. On May 4, 2019, the singer-songwriter and media personality received the Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award at the Beachland, which was followed by a benefit concert with him and his bandmates.
What’s your favorite show?
Tell us all about it (but keep it PG, please). Email pchakerian@cleveland.com. Use the subject line “Beachland memories” and stick to 75 or fewer words. If you remember the year, please include. Leave your name and hometown; we might use it in a subsequent story.