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88 events, Nov 7–20 in Northeast Ohio, including Holiday Music BINGO at Ferrante and 63rd Annual Fall Hiking Spree.

88 events · Nov 7–20

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This weekend · Sat Nov 7 – Sun Nov 8

Holiday Music BINGO at Ferrante

Nov 6 – Dec 18

63rd Annual Fall Hiking Spree

Sep 1 – Nov 30

A painting of a dense crowd of simplified figures in blues, purples and warm skin tones hangs on a white gallery wall.

Oct 23 – Apr 23

CWRU Dance: Moments That Matter

Oct 30 – Nov 7

Come From Away

Oct 30 – Nov 8

BW New Music Series

Dance: Fall Forward 2026

Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel"

Holly Days Artisan Boutique & Mistletoe Market

2026 Smells Like Snow Coffee Festival

Android Paranoid - Radiohead Tribute

Baldwin Wallace Percussion Ensemble

Buckeye Book Fair

Concert: Oberlin Jazz Ensemble

CWRU Percussion Ensemble Concert

Día de Muertos (22nd annual)

Empty Bowls By The Lake 2026

Galactic Cowboy Orchestra

A lone performer stands under a spotlight on a dark stage beside a stool.

Negative Zen, Lowspot, Shame Chamber, Blushmark

Rock 'N Reels: Purple Rain

Rocky River Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show

Thin Palace | Mudd | Zoloft

Buckeye Alpaca Show (Fall Fest)

Medina Gun Show

Billy Joel Brunch with Walt Wise and 52nd Street

CWRU Mixed Chamber Concert

Doobie Brothers Tribute by China Grove

Dupree's Dead Band

Free Family Day: Indigenous Voices

Three young men smiling arm in arm under purple stage light in front of a dark curtain.

A rocky creek bed winding through a shaded gorge with layered shale walls and green ferns.

Suburban Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Symphony 4

VOODOO FUNK with Bradfords Gate

La bohème (The Cleveland Opera, Cleveland Women's Orchestra & Cleveland Ballet Theatre)

Next week · Nov 9–15

A Conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw

Silhouettes of a guitarist, a violinist, an upright bassist and a drummer against blue and amber stage light, with two small table lamps on the stage.

2026 Veterans Day Ceremony

Myths and Hymns (Adam Guettel)

Local Hero (Stocker Film Series)

LCCC Civic Orchestra Concert – November

November 2026 Hartville Sports Card Show

Finding Nemo – Free Movie

Callisto Quartet (Lakeside Society for the Performing Arts)

Lakeland Civic Orchestra: "Beethoven's Seventh"

Lyal Strickland

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth and Children's Choruses Fall Concert

UA Jazz Studio (large ensembles and combos)

Tom Garland (Special Tuesday Performance) at Krackpots Comedy Club

Alla Boara's Scossa Quartet

Chamber Music in the Atrium: The Resonance Project

Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Case/University Circle Symphony Orchestra and Case Concert Choir

Small Brown Bike with The Casket Lottery and Signals Midwest

Doubt: A Parable (BW Lab Series)

Force + more TBA

A pianist, a singer and a guitarist performing in a pool of warm light on a dark stage.

Oberlin Guitar Ensemble

Oberlin Small Jazz Ensembles

SHAPES

SplinterMount and ME::YOU

The Slackers with Some Ska Band

Mel Bryant & the Mercy Makers, Biitchseat, Molly O'Malley, Valentine Ventura

The Movement Project's Cleveland Dance Fest 2026

A painting of a long row of draped tables holding knit goods, baked goods, a wreath and framed pictures.

Three performers in dramatic gowns and wigs posing under purple and green light on a dark stage.

Jaboukie Young-White

Shoppers walk along a small-town street of gabled shops under a gray sky.

Vendor booths fill a wide exhibition hall under a high white ceiling.

52nd Holiday Mart

45th Annual Holiday Tree Festival (Akron Children’s)

A brass ensemble in black plays horns and tubas under warm light on a wooden stage.

Low Cut Connie with JT Loux

Mossy sandstone ledges and hemlock trees above a snowy forest floor on a bright day.

Coming up · Nov 16–30

A comedian in a green flannel shirt holds a microphone beside a stool on a dark stage with a painted monarch butterfly on the wall.

Silhouettes of a keyboard player, a guitarist and a drummer against pink and amber stage haze.

A rapper in a cap performs into a microphone while a DJ works the decks behind him under purple and white lights.

An empty club stage with a microphone stand and a DJ table under crossing gold and purple spotlights.

Silhouettes of two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer against green and orange stage haze.

Michigander with Wildermiss

Saxophonists in dark suits play in a tight row under stage light.

Students play trumpets, trombones and saxophones in a jazz ensemble on a dark stage.

A snowy park at night with glowing light arches, lit evergreens and a small lit gazebo and cabin.

Illustration: holiday lights display, woman in red coat gazing at a glowing tree, child in blue jacket pointing at decorations.

A man in a dark blazer holding papers while speaking in a gallery hung with patterned framed works.

Surprise Chef with DJ Teddy Eisenberg

Cleveland Christmas Connection

A path under an arch of holiday lights leading to a lit Christmas tree at night.

Nov 18 – Dec 30

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By night

Sat Nov 7

Sat Nov 72026 Smells Like Snow Coffee FestivalAkronFreeFestival
Sep 1 – Nov 3063rd Annual Fall Hiking SpreeAkronFreeOutdoors
Sat Nov 7Android Paranoid - Radiohead TributeLakewoodFrom $25.21Tribute
Nov 1–8BW New Music SeriesBereaFreeConcert
Sat Nov 7Baldwin Wallace Percussion EnsembleBereaFreeConcert
Nov 7–8Buckeye Alpaca Show (Fall Fest)TallmadgeFreeExpo
Sat Nov 7Buckeye Book FairWoosterFrom $2Fair
Oct 30 – Nov 7CWRU Dance: Moments That MatterClevelandFrom $15Dance
Sat Nov 7CWRU Percussion Ensemble ConcertClevelandFreeConcert
Oct 30 – Nov 8Come From AwayHudsonFrom $13Theater
Sat Nov 7Concert: Oberlin Jazz EnsembleOberlinFreeConcert
Nov 5–7Dance: Fall Forward 2026OberlinFrom $3Dance
Sat Nov 7Día de Muertos (22nd annual)ClevelandFreeFestival
Sat Nov 7Empty Bowls By The Lake 2026Avon LakeFrom $5Charity
Nov 5–8Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel"OberlinFrom $10Opera
Sat Nov 7Galactic Cowboy OrchestraClevelandFrom $15Concert
Nov 6 – Dec 18Holiday Music BINGO at FerranteGenevaFreeGaming
Nov 6–7Holly Days Artisan Boutique & Mistletoe MarketRussell TownshipFreeMakers
Sat Nov 7Imposters BIG Comedy NightClevelandFrom $15Comedy
Oct 23 – Apr 23Left Field: An Exhibition by Inga WilhelmyLakewoodFreeExhibit
Nov 7–8Medina Gun ShowMedinaFrom $8Gun show
Sat Nov 7Negative Zen, Lowspot, Shame Chamber, BlushmarkCleveland HeightsFrom $12.59Concert
Sat Nov 7Rock 'N Reels: Purple RainCantonFrom $10Film
Sat Nov 7Rocky River Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft ShowRocky RiverFrom $3Makers
Sat Nov 7Thin Palace | Mudd | ZoloftClevelandFrom $10Concert

Sun Nov 8

Sun Nov 8Billy Joel Brunch with Walt Wise and 52nd StreetClevelandFrom $15Tribute
Sun Nov 8CWRU Mixed Chamber ConcertClevelandFreeConcert
Sun Nov 8Doobie Brothers Tribute by China GroveClevelandFrom $12Tribute
Sun Nov 8Dupree's Dead BandCleveland HeightsFrom $12Tribute
Sun Nov 8Free Family Day: Indigenous VoicesAkronFreeFamily
Nov 8–9La bohème (The Cleveland Opera, Cleveland Women's Orchestra & Cleveland Ballet Theatre)ClevelandFrom $10Opera
Sun Nov 8MODERN JAZZ BRUNCH w EMPAkronFreeConcert
Sun Nov 8Stebbins Gulch: A Hike Through Geological HistoryKirtlandFrom $12Outdoors
Sun Nov 8Suburban Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Symphony 4BeachwoodFreeConcert
Sun Nov 8VOODOO FUNK with Bradfords GateLakewoodFrom $12Concert

Mon Nov 9

Mon Nov 9A Conversation with Kimberlé CrenshawOberlinFreeTalk
Mon Nov 9Callisto Quartet (Lakeside Society for the Performing Arts)AshtabulaFreeConcert
Mon Nov 9Lakeland Civic Orchestra: "Beethoven's Seventh"KirtlandFrom $2Concert
Mon Nov 9Lyal StricklandClevelandFrom $12.58Concert
Mon Nov 9The Cleveland Orchestra Youth and Children's Choruses Fall ConcertClevelandFreeConcert
Mon Nov 9UA Jazz Studio (large ensembles and combos)AkronFreeConcert

Tue Nov 10

Tue Nov 10Early Worm with Matte Blue, Zach Angeloni and Dustin MayleCleveland HeightsFrom $15Concert
Tue Nov 10Tom Garland (Special Tuesday Performance) at Krackpots Comedy ClubMassillonFrom $12Comedy

Wed Nov 11

Wed Nov 112026 Veterans Day CeremonyMentorFreeTalk
Wed Nov 11Alla Boara's Scossa QuartetClevelandFrom $25Concert
Wed Nov 11Case/University Circle Symphony Orchestra and Case Concert ChoirClevelandFreeConcert
Wed Nov 11Chamber Music in the Atrium: The Resonance ProjectClevelandFreeConcert
Wed Nov 11Cleveland Orchestra Youth OrchestraOberlinFreeConcert
Nov 11–15Doubt: A Parable (BW Lab Series)BereaFreeTheater
Nov 11–14Myths and Hymns (Adam Guettel)OberlinFreeTheater
Wed Nov 11Small Brown Bike with The Casket Lottery and Signals MidwestCleveland HeightsPrice at linkConcert

Thu Nov 12

Thu Nov 12Force + more TBAClevelandFrom $15Concert
Thu Nov 12Nova Jazz ConcertKentFrom $12Concert
Thu Nov 12Oberlin Guitar EnsembleOberlinFreeConcert
Thu Nov 12Oberlin Small Jazz EnsemblesOberlinFreeConcert
Thu Nov 12SHAPESLakewoodFrom $10Concert
Thu Nov 12SplinterMount and ME::YOUClevelandFrom $15Concert
Thu Nov 12The Slackers with Some Ska BandCleveland HeightsPrice at linkConcert

Fri Nov 13

Nov 13–14Christkindl MarktCantonFrom $8Makers
Fri Nov 13Local Hero (Stocker Film Series)ElyriaFrom $7Film
Fri Nov 13Mel Bryant & the Mercy Makers, Biitchseat, Molly O'Malley, Valentine VenturaCleveland HeightsFrom $20Concert
Nov 13–15The Movement Project's Cleveland Dance Fest 2026ClevelandFrom $15Dance

Sat Nov 14

Nov 14–2245th Annual Holiday Tree Festival (Akron Children’s)AkronFreeFestival
Nov 14–1552nd Holiday MartTallmadgePrice at linkMakers
Sat Nov 14Chagrin Falls Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft ShowChagrin FallsFrom $3Makers
Sat Nov 14DRAG! Off the Walls: A Warped Tour Tribute and Drag ShowClevelandFrom $14.40Theater
Sat Nov 14Jaboukie Young-WhiteCleveland HeightsPrice at linkComedy
Sat Nov 14LCCC Civic Orchestra Concert – NovemberElyriaFrom $9Concert
Sat Nov 14November 2026 Hartville Sports Card ShowHartvilleFreeExpo
Sat Nov 14Pre-Holiday Sip & ShopKentFreeFestival
Sat Nov 14Pre-Thanksgiving Pop-Up Market (Heart & Home Marketplace)North CantonFreeMakers

Sun Nov 15

Sun Nov 15Baldwin Wallace Brass ChoirBereaFreeConcert
Sun Nov 15Finding Nemo – Free MovieLorainFreeFilm
Sun Nov 15Low Cut Connie with JT LouxCleveland HeightsPrice at linkConcert
Sun Nov 15Magnificence on the Mountain: Little Mountain HikeKirtlandFrom $12Outdoors

Mon Nov 16

Mon Nov 16Benny FeldmanCleveland HeightsFrom $20Comedy

Tue Nov 17

Tue Nov 17Michigander with WildermissCleveland HeightsPrice at linkConcert
Tue Nov 17U.S. Air Force Band's Airmen of Note Big BandAkronFreeConcert

Wed Nov 18

Wed Nov 18Jazz Impact & Lakeland Civic Jazz Orchestra: "Tribute to the Great American Songbook"KirtlandFrom $10Concert
Wed Nov 18LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) with Gods WisdomCleveland HeightsFrom $20Concert
Wed Nov 18RITTZ: Before the Drop TourClevelandFrom $25Concert
Nov 18 – Dec 30Wild Winter LightsClevelandFrom $24Holiday Lights

Thu Nov 19

Thu Nov 19Fetty P Franklin "Bet the Bank on Frank"Cleveland HeightsFrom $20Concert
Thu Nov 19Holiday Light Up in the ParkCantonFreeHoliday Lights
Nov 19–22Holly Pine LaneCantonFreeHoliday Lights
Thu Nov 19Wildbuilt with Nobody Wins, So Nectar and BetzlerCleveland HeightsFrom $10Concert

Fri Nov 20

Nov 20–22Cleveland Christmas ConnectionClevelandPrice at linkExpo
Fri Nov 20Conversation with a CuratorAkronFreeTalk
Fri Nov 20Surprise Chef with DJ Teddy EisenbergCleveland HeightsPrice at linkConcert

Sat Nov 21

Nov 21 – Jan 3Candy Land Wild about WinterKirtlandFreeFamily
Sat Nov 21Cleveland Cocktail Choir: Music of AdeleClevelandFrom $15Tribute
Sat Nov 21Club Ultraviolet Presents: Thank You For Being Early!ClevelandFrom $12Concert

Sun Nov 22

Sun Nov 22Cory Grinder and the Playboy ScoutsClevelandPrice at linkConcert
Sun Nov 22She Roars! The Music of Lauren SpavelkoClevelandFreeConcert
Sun Nov 22The Bryan Kennard KennectiveClevelandFrom $28Concert
Sun Nov 22Will Rosekelly ’n FriendsCleveland HeightsFrom $9.76Concert

Tue Nov 24

Tue Nov 24Blu and Nickelus F. with Kipp StoneCleveland HeightsFrom $20Concert

Wed Nov 25

Wed Nov 25Isaiah Linder, EJ & The Animals, Lillian Ruffin & judelynCleveland HeightsFrom $15Concert

Thu Nov 26

Thu Nov 26Green Family YMCA Turkey TrotGreenPrice at linkRace
Thu Nov 26Hudson Turkey Trot 4-MilerHudsonPrice at linkRace
Thu Nov 26Kent Turkey TrotKentPrice at linkRace

Fri Nov 27

Nov 27 – Dec 30Deck the Hall: Holidays Through the DecadesAkronFrom $12Holiday Lights
Fri Nov 27Even in Arcadia: Sleep Token PartyClevelandFrom $10.81Tribute
Nov 27 – Dec 23Holiday Lights at Carlisle ReservationLaGrangeFreeHoliday Lights
Fri Nov 27Rustic SkiesClevelandPrice at linkConcert
Fri Nov 27Sound On Tape with MOTHERBOARDCleveland HeightsFrom $10Concert

Sat Nov 28

Sat Nov 28A Midwest Monster — Tales and Terrors of The Cramps by Jim LanzaClevelandPrice at linkTalk
Sat Nov 28Aurora Holiday Tree Lighting FestivalAuroraFreeHoliday Lights
Nov 28–29Canton Gun ShowCantonPrice at linkGun show
Sat Nov 28Voodoo Glow Skulls & Koffin Kats with The Raging Nathans and SABONCleveland HeightsPrice at linkConcert
Sat Nov 28WinterLand KickoffClevelandFreeFestival

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