Sunday, June 16

Goodnight, Sunday.

Summer officially kicks off this week with the first day of summer being on Thursday.

Mother Nature definitely got the memo and this week will really remind us what summer is all about! Watch for high temps all week long and stay cool out there! 😎 

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK 💗 

It’s Game Night at the Butterfly Show (“Butterflies in Space”) on Wednesday, 6-8:30pm. The game for this event is Space Base. Space Base is a quick-to-learn, quick-to-play dice game. It's a strategic engine builder using a player board (your space base) and tableaus of ship cards you can buy and add to your board. Players can take their engine in a number of directions: long odds and explosive gains, low luck and steady income, big end-game combos to launch from last to first, or a mix-and-match approach. Tickets required.

Head to the Rose Garden Gazebo at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum for their summer concert. Happening on Wednesday from 7 to 9 pm, the featured band is “Yesterday Once More”, a tribute band featuring the music of The Carpenters. This is a free event.

Cincy Hikes is hosting a Girls Night Out Leisurely Hike at Glenwood Gardens on Wednesday starting at 6:05pm. GNO is especially keen on socializing & meeting after the hike for food & brews (optional). After the hike on 6/19, plan to meet at the 3rd Eye Brewing Company. Free to attend but they ask that you RSVP.

Pack a blanket and/or some chairs and head to Summit Park for Summit Cinema Movie Night. Elemental will be shown on the Great Lawn on Thursday, June 20 starting at dusk.

Put on your walking shoes and enjoy a Toast to Summer: Solstice Hike at the Cincinnati Nature Center on Thursday, 7:30-9pm. Enjoy a little wildlife spotting on this moderately paced hike through the old Groesbeck estate. You’ll end the evening on the Groesbeck terrace with drinks and forest views. Tickets required.

Head to Ault Park on Thursday for June’s Summer Music Festival starting at 6pm. Admission is free. Enjoy live music from Floyd and the Walkmen. They will be providing inflatables & games, and volunteer organizations will have kids’ crafts and activities from 6-8pm. Astronomer Dean Regas and his colleagues will also set up telescopes for you to view the Moon and stars after dark (weather permitting). Local favorite food, craft beer/margaritas/premium wine/High Noon hard seltzer and water will be available for purchase.

Be sure to check out the Free Live Music List below too!

SIGN UP ✏️ 

Sign ups open on June 19 (at noon) for the July Twilight Tour at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum. July’s tour topic is “Little Houses” of Spring Grove. Tour participants will visit several of the historic mausoleums, hear the stories of families who built them, and examine the iconography and architecture. The tour date is July 18, 6-7:30pm.

Full Moon Tour registration opens on June 21 (noon) for the July 20 event at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum. Bring a flashlight and join their ‘lanterned’ guides for a unique view of the Historic sections of the grounds IN THE DARK.  Don’t delay on this one - tickets should go fast!

Connect with your inner Bridgerton and get tickets for Cincinnati Magazine’s Posh Picnic at the Peterloon Estate on Wednesday, July 17, 6-9pm. Enjoy an elegant yet casual evening picnic-ing at the historic Peterloon Estate in Indian Hill. Tickets required.

GOOD TO KNOW ✔️ 

Summer starts on June 20 this year? Per space.com: “The solstices also do not land on the same calendar day every year because the astronomical year is 365.25 days long. As such, the summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere — also known as the June solstice — currently shifts between June 20, 21 and 22.”

Deeper Roots just opened a new shop over the weekend. Find the newest location (their fourth) at 9340 Montgomery Road.

There’s a new brewery in town! BC’s Brewing Company opened their doors on Saturday. They’ll be “serving uncommon beer for the common man” at 4064 US-42 in Mason.

Lots of great summer produce stands opened this week (or will kick off this week) including the produce stands from Blooms and Berries Farm Market (Maineville and Loveland) and Burwinkel Farms Pop-up Produce Locations (Delhi, Sharonville, Glendale, Colerain, White Oak, Fairfield, and Westbourne).

COMING SOON 📆 

There’s a Gallery Talk coming up at the Cincinnati Art Museum on Saturday, July 13, 1-3pm. Explore the upcoming new exhibition, “The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” when you join an in-depth discussion, led by a curator or guest speaker, inside the selected exhibition. Registration is required.

Adult downhill Big Wheel racing? Sign me up (to watch!). You’re invited for a day of crash-course racing, water balloon throwing, costume wearing fun! We’ve been and it’s so fun! 
Mark your calendars—DANGERWHEEL takes off on July 27, 2024 in Pendleton!

FREE LIVE MUSIC THIS WEEK 🪕 

Jazz at the Park, Washington Park, Monday, 6-9pm | Noisepolice

Blue Ash Concert Series, Blue Ash Nature Park, Monday, 7pm | Miami University Steel Band

Jazz at the Square, Fountain Square, Tuesday, 5-8pm | Michael Mavridoglou Quintet

Greenhills Concert Series, corner of Winton and Farragut, Wed., 7-9pm | Rick the Soul Man - Metro City All Stars

Jazz in the Camp, American Sign Museum, Wed., 6:30-8:30pm | We Create Jazz Ensemble

Summer Sessions Live at VOA, Voice of America Park, Wed., 6-9pm | DeBray Duo

Wednesdays in the Woods, Burnet Woods, Wed., 7-9pm | Vudu Childe

Wildcard Wednesdays, Factory 52 (lawn), Wed., 6-9pm | Lauren Eylise

Concert in the Park, Beech Acres Park, Thursday, 7-9pm | Hifi Honey

Live After Five, Liberty Center, Thurs., 6-9pm | Michelle Robinson Band

Live on the Levee, Newport on the Levee, Thurs., 7pm+ | Cassette Junkies

Groovin’ on the Green, Fairfield’s Village Green Park, Thurs., 6-9pm | Fooz Fighters

Rockin’ the Roebling, Smale Riverfront Park, Thurs., 6-10pm | Noah Wotherspoon (DJ starts at 6pm, band starts at 7pm)

Salsa on the Square, Fountain Square, Thursday, 7-10pm | Son del Caribe/Cuban Salsa Cincinnati

Sounds of Deerfield, Cottell Park, Thursday, 7-10pm | Comet Bluegrass All Stars

The Takeover, The Square at Union Centre, Thurs., 6-9pm | 2nd Wind

Concert in the Park, Colerain Park, Friday, 7pm | Acoustic Blue

Fretboard Fridays, Factory 52 (lawn), Friday, 6-9pm | CFG and the Family

Friday Flow, Washington Park, Friday, 7-10pm | Dave Tolliver

Indie Friday, Fountain Square, Friday, 7-10pm | Grady Burton / Matthew Douglas Simpson / Noah Smith

Fifth and Vine Live, Fountain Square, Sat., 7-10pm | P. Ann and the All-Star Band

Music at the Esplanade, Smale Park, Sat., 5-7pm | Tracy Walker

Saturdays in the Park, Inwood Park, Sat., 10am-noon | Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass

Loveland’s Concert in the Park, Nisbet Park, Sunday, 6-8pm | The Lady Joya Band

OTR Performs, Washington Park, Sunday, 6-8pm | School of Rock CIN & NKY

DEALS + DISCOUNTS 😍 

Here’s some great news for free summer fun! The Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library offers a Discovery Pass program (free admission tickets to select events and locations) and they just added Cincinnati Observatory and Heritage Village Museum to the mix! Learn more (and reserve your pass) here.

FAMILY FRIENDLY 🛝 

There’s a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party happening at the Taft Museum of Art next Sunday, 11am-12:30pm. In this 90-minute interactive theater experience, you’ll be a guest in Wonderland where they’ll be placing you right alongside Alice. You will help Alice wind her way through the adventures of Wonderland to get back home. Along the way, you will adorn yourself in tea party hats, play croquet with the Queen, and dine on the most delectable array of treats with the March Hare and Mad Hatter! Tickets required.

PIC OF THE DAY 📸 

History fans (and fellow Hamilton fans!) might enjoy this pic, taken at Yeatman’s Cove, downtown. Learn more about the Lafayette Trail here.