Over the Rhine, the critically acclaimed, Cincinnati-based, folk music band will perform a June 26 concert at Cleveland’s Beachland Ballroom to benefit Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s Reforest Our City initiative.
The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern is located at 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Tickets, which are $100 for VIP admission (pre-show appetizers in the Ballroom bar, first choice for seating, a post-show meet-and-greet with the band and a limited edition poster), $40 for general admission seating and $20 for general admission standing, can be purchased by phone at (216) 383-1124 or online at www.beachlandballroom.com.
Net proceeds from the concert will benefit Reforest Our City, a Land Conservancy initiative designed to restore Cleveland’s tree canopy.
Cleveland singer-songwriter Pete McDonald, who is also the Land Conservancy’s director of stewardship, will open. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert will begin at 8 p.m. The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern is located at 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland.
McDonald, who grew up in Chardon and now lives in Cleveland’s Larchmere neighborhood, gained local notoriety in 2005 with “Here and Gone,” his self-released album of original music. He is a College of Wooster graduate whose job at the Land Conservancy is to ensure the permanent protection of properties under conservation easements.
The core of Over the Rhine (named after the historic Cincinnati neighborhood where the band was formed) is the husband-and-wife team of pianist/guitarist/bassist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/guitarist Karin Bergquist, who met at Malone College in Canton and married in 1996.
The band began as a quartet with guitarist Ric Hordinski and drummer Brian Kelley. Hordinski left the band in December 1996, and Kelley continued to play into 1997 before departing. The original foursome reunited in December 2008 at The Taft Theatre (in Cincinnati) to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the band.
Over the Rhine has toured and recorded in many variations, sharing the stage with Bob Dylan, John Prine, Adrian Belew, Squeeze, Ani DiFranco, My Morning Jacket and Hem, and touring as “adjunct” members of Cowboy Junkies.
The nonprofit Western Reserve Land Conservancy preserves natural areas and farmland in northern and eastern Ohio and helps revitalize cities statewide through its Thriving Communities Institute. To date, the Land Conservancy has permanently preserved more than 560 properties and more than 42,000 acres.
The Land Conservancy has launched Reforest Our City, an initiative aimed at restoring Cleveland’s depleted tree canopy. Working with the city of Cleveland and Holden Arboretum, Thriving Communities Institute has provided tree-care training to dozens of residents and started a grant program that enables community development corporations and other nonprofits to plant trees.
