North by Northside

Various Venues in Northsaide

50 musical acts at 7 venues over a 2-day period. That is exactly what you can experience at the North By Northside festival --- happening this Memorial Day weekend. Jeremy Moore from Urban Artifact and Aaron Madrigal from CincinNative have curated this event to celebrate the neighborhood of Northside and the people and places that make it a community.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Memorial Hall 1225 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH

April, 2019, marks the 26th anniversary of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s remarkable arrival onto the music scene. Since its formation in the early nineties in Ventura, California, the band has toured virtually nonstop, performing on average over 150 shows a year, and has produced a sizable catalog of recorded music, with sales of over 2

$40 – $64

Taste of Cincinnati

Downtown

What began as a small, one-day festival in 1979 has grown to become a 3-day celebration of the Cincinnati region's best culinary delights spread along 5+ blocks in Downtown Cincinnati. Featuring 100+ delectable dishes from more than 40 local restaurants plus traditional carnival rides and games, and continuous live entertainment from local and national recording stars

May Festival: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

Music Hall 1241 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH

Leonard Bernstein described Bach's St. Matthew Passion as "a revered masterpiece." This is "drama at the boiling point." Bach's Passion is an opportunity to marvel at the reach of human invention and perfection in all its forms. Bach colors a vision of a gospel and each brush stroke dispels the mists of separation between mere mortals and divine revelation.

$15 – $99

Brett Dennen

Taft Theatre 317 E Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH

For the past ten years, Brett Dennen – with his poet’s perspective, off-kilter vocals, insane sense of humor, and limitless musical freedom – has turned dancing like no one’s watching into a lifestyle. As a songwriter, performer, watercolor artist, and environmental conservationist and outdoorsman, the shows he performs and the events he hosts generate more

$30 – $35

Bunbury Music Festival

Yateman's Cove 705 East Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, OH

Bunbury Music Festival features three days of performances on three stages throughout Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove. Bunbury returns to Cincinnati for its eighth year following critical acclaim from USA Today, Pollstar and Yahoo! Music. 2019 headliners include: Fall Out Boy, The 1975, and Greta Van Fleet with other artists including Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime,

$79

Summerfair

Coney Island 6201 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, OH

Each year the weekend after Memorial Day Summerfair returns to Cincinnati’s historic Coney Island. This, the 52nd year, the Fair will be held May 31, June 1, & 2 and will feature more than 300 fine artists and craftspeople from around the country, as well as regional performers, a variety of gourmet arts and the “Youth Arts Rocks!”

$10

CincItalia

Harvest Home Park 3961 North Bend Road, Cheviot, OH

The three-day festival celebrates all things Italain with a wide selection of authentic cuisine, lively music, cooking demonstrations, games and rides for kids, raffles and games for adults, spacious dining tent, open-air wine garden, a recreated mini piazza with a small fountain surrounded by colorful flowers and Tivoli lights. Friday night is an adults-only (19+)