Notable Shows in the Greater Cleveland Area + HotChaCha

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

• Fri, Dec 17| 8 PM (7 PM door)
  The Horse Flies
  Hiram Rapids Stumblers
  $13 adv / $15 dos
  Ballroom | All Ages
• Sat, Dec 18| 9 PM (8 PM door)
  Mr. Gnome
  Hot Cha Cha
  Soft Speaker
  $8
  Ballroom | All Ages
• Sat, Dec 18| 9PM (8 PM door)
  Music Saves / Square Records 7th Annual Holiday Get Down
  Cloud Nothings
  Herzog
  Low in the Sky
  Relaxer
  $5
  Tavern | All Ages
• Thu, Dec 23| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
  Beachland Home for the Holidays

  Ballroom
  Bears – 12 AM
  Afternoon Naps – 11 PM
  NIGHTS – 10 PM
  Diamonds & Pearls – 9 PM

  Tavern
  Roue – 12:30 AM
  Harriet The Spy – 11:30 PM
  Kill the Hippies – 10:30 PM
  Filmstrip – 9:30 PM

  $8
  Ballroom & Tavern | All Ages

Grog Shop

• Sat, Dec 18| 9 PM (8 PM doors)
  Red, Black & Green Xmas
  presented by Cleveland Tapes & Fair Trade Future, hosted by MuAmin Collective
  featuring
  The Mag-Nif
  Keyel
  San Goodee
  LMNTL
  Navy Blu
  Ereact
  Moriarity
  DJ Ceven
  $5 adv / $8 dos
• Sun, Dec 19| 8 PM
  Tinamou
  Lowly, The Tree Ghost
  Nick Zuber Band
  Rebekah Jean
  $5
• Wed, Dec 22| 8 PM
  Hip Hop Gives Back 3
  Soul Kryziz
  D Roof
  Caine
  Crazy8TheGreat featuring Cha~Cha, Mookie Motonio & Split Personality
  $5 or free w/ non-violent toy donation
• Thu, Dec 23| 10 PM
  Ace & The Ragers
  The Not So Good Ol’ Boys
  Lords Of The Highway
  $8

Now That’s Class

• Sat, Dec 18| 9 PM
  Koffin Kats
  Rockabye Ransom
  Scoliosis Jones
  $8
• Wed, Dec 22| 9 PM
  Weakness
  Trees Understand Me
  Two Hand Fools
  Setbacks
  $5 donation

Musica

• Fri, Dec 17| 10 PM
  Square Records/Music Saves 7th Annual Holiday Get Down
  Low in the Sky
  Relaxer
  Cloud Nothings
  Herzog
  $5
• Wed, Dec 22| 8 PM
  Black Danielz
  Raw Materials
  PM 317
  $5

Happy Dog

• Sat, Dec 18| 9 PM
  Party of Helicopters
  Founding Fathers
  Sun God
  Octolope

The magnificent women of HotChaCha will not only be opening for mr. Gnome tomorrow night in one of the most awesome local match-ups possible, but they’ll also be playing the Grog Shops X-mess show on Christmas day, along with Megachurch, CLOVERS and Born of the Yeti. My kind of fucking Christmas.

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