Top 10 Cleveland Concerts of 2014
1. Warped Tour
(July 17, 2014)
Blossom Music Center exploded with scenesters in the middle of summer. This year, Warped Tour’s eclectic lineup wasn’t just limited to punk or metal, and instead spanned across most conceivable genres. Clevelanders had a one-day chance to hop in a mosh pit and dance their hearts out like there was no tomorrow.
2. Brite Winter Festival
(Feb. 15, 2014)
It was cold. It was crowded. And it was beautiful. Make sure to mark Feb. 15, the next night of Brite Winter Festival, on your calendar.
3. OK Go
(Aug. 24, 2014)
Framed by a stage and the newly-opened Tinkham Veale University Center, students gathered to see the OK Go concert at the beginning of the school year; what better way to start off a semester?
4. Ed Sheeran
(Sept. 3, 2014)
Thousands of fangirls united for the Ed Sheeran concert. And with reason; this huge show was a success in Cleveland’s books.
5. Man Man
(Jan. 23, 2014)
Groovy, cozy and weird: Man Man’s show, early on in the year, still proved to be one of Grog Shop’s more interesting concerts.
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Anne Nickoloff, the Director of Print for The Observer, is a senior at Case Western. She hopes to one day be a music journalist, and has spent much of...