EVENTS

Sunday afternoon belongs to the band when The MGM Band returns to The Sixty6 on September 20. 

Established in 2008, the Cleveland-area ensemble works across jazz, R&B, soul and Motown. The lineup previously featured at The Sixty6 has included Mike “Babyboy” Bearden on guitar, Girard Berry on keys and musical direction, Monzarllo “Jeff” Jeffries on keys, Michael “Tank” Bryant on bass and Maurice Odom on drums. 

For this MGM Band Cleveland performance, the focus is simple: a full band, a Sunday afternoon and two hours to settle into the music. Find a table, order something to eat or drink and make yourself comfortable. 

Help us put full Cleveland bands onstage and keep Sunday performances open to everyone. Support free live music at The Sixty6. 

From 8–10 PM, the music moves off the live-band stage and into a DJ-led night built for hanging out, dancing and starting the weekend together. Come with friends or walk in on your own, grab something to eat or drink and let the room fill up around you. 

Help us keep nights like this accessible to the neighborhood and create more opportunities for Cleveland DJs and musicians. Support free music at The Sixty6. 

Cleveland multi-instrumentalist Alvin Frazier takes over The Sixty6 stage September 26 for a Saturday night of soul and R&B. 

Born and raised in Cleveland, Frazier is a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and percussion. His work stretches across R&B, gospel, hip-hop and jazz, with his tenor voice at the center of it. 

Hear Alvin Frazier Cleveland in an intimate room where you can settle in close to the stage, order something to eat or drink and spend two hours with the music. 

Your support helps us put Cleveland musicians onstage and pay them for their work without putting a ticket price at the door. Support free live music at The Sixty6. 

Guitar and drums get plenty of room to talk when Mike Sopko and Joe Tomino play The Sixty6. 

Cleveland-born guitarist and composer Sopko has recorded and performed with musicians including Bill Laswell, Tyshawn Sorey and Dave King. He and drummer Tomino are longtime collaborators, performing together around Cleveland and beyond in projects including the experimental trio Togishi and heavy duo Yellowstone Apocalypse. 

This Mike Sopko and Joe Tomino Cleveland set starts early. Grab some food, take a seat near the stage and hear where two musicians with years of shared musical language take the room. 

Support gives us room to program musicians who stretch beyond easy categories and keep the performance free to experience. Support live music at The Sixty6. 

Words become part of the band when Vince Robinson & The Jazz Poets take the stage. 

Robinson formed The Jazz Poets in Cleveland in 1997, developing a performance language that puts spoken word and live music in the same conversation. The group became known through its Nia Coffeehouse performances, including a run at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Robinson is also the author of the poetry collection Got Words? 

Their Cleveland jazz poetry set at The Sixty6 gives Sunday afternoon to the relationship between language, rhythm and improvisation. Come in, find a table and listen closely. 

Help us make room for Cleveland artists whose work expands what a live music stage can hold. Support free programming at The Sixty6. 

On October 4, the bass takes the lead. 

Cleveland native Glenn Holmes is a bassist, bandleader, composer and longtime jazz educator whose career has included work with Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Joe Williams, Cindy Blackman and the Jazz Heritage Orchestra. He studied string bass and music theory at Miami University before earning a master’s in theory and composition from Wichita State. 

Hear Glenn Holmes Cleveland jazz up close on a Sunday afternoon at The Sixty6. Find a table, order something to eat or drink and give the music your attention. 

Supporting this set helps us put accomplished Cleveland jazz musicians in front of their own community without a ticket barrier. Support free live jazz at The Sixty6. 

R&R Rhythms Band knows this room. On October 10, they’re coming back. 

Founded by Reggie and Raccine Williams, the Cleveland group works across R&B, soul, funk and jazz, mixing familiar grooves with original material. The band has become a recurring presence at The Sixty6, with performances here throughout 2026. 

This R&R Rhythms Band Cleveland set gets a Saturday evening slot. Grab dinner or a drink, get comfortable and spend two hours with a band that has become part of the musical life of the room. 

Every return engagement is another paid opportunity for Cleveland musicians and another free performance for the community. Support live music at The Sixty6. 

Before the room fills on Sunday, Kevin Conwell will have probably already spent time behind his drums. 

The Cleveland drummer has described beginning his days practicing riffs and improvising rhythms for The Footprints, the jazz group he leads. The band has remained part of Cleveland’s live jazz circuit, bringing Conwell out from behind the civic title many Clevelanders know and back behind the kit. 

Hear Kevin Conwell and The Footprints in Hough on October 11. Sunday afternoon, a live jazz band, food and drinks, and a room where you can get close enough to watch the players work. 

Help us keep Cleveland jazz working in Cleveland neighborhoods. Support free live music at The Sixty6.