LockwoodFest - Day One

LockwoodFest - Day One at Treelawn Music Hall

Cleveland blues has a history you can feel in the room. LockwoodFest Day One brings that legacy to life through performers who play it, reshape it, and keep it moving—not just talk about it.

At Treelawn Music Hall, the setting matters too. The venue’s restored ballroom feel, hardwood floors, high ceiling, and old-school detail give this festival a room that can handle both an acoustic set and a full-band charge. That suits a lineup like this one. Kyle Thompson brings delta acoustic flavor, Colin Dussault Blues Project adds horns and violin, and Taylor Lamborn & Friends lean into Americana blues with a younger perspective. Then Eliza Neals brings her Detroit-blues-rock edge, with the kind of original writing and powerful vocal presence that has kept her on SiriusXM’s B.B. King’s Bluesville. Austin Walkin' Cane & The Cold City Horns close the outing with a full-band spotlight that should make the second half of the day feel like a payoff, not a fade-out.

LockwoodFest - Day One connects Cleveland blues performers with the Robert Lockwood Jr. legacy. This is not a random mixed bill; it is a Cleveland-rooted gathering framed as “Cool on Cool” and built around a salute to Robert Lockwood Jr., which gives the outing a real lineage as well as a soundtrack.

Spend a day inside Cleveland's living blues tradition. See LockwoodFest - Day One ticket options.