A diverse entertainment line-up is scheduled for Taste of Cincinnati®, presented by Kroger, May 26-28. Fifty musical acts will appear throughout the nation’s longest running free culinary arts festival on five stages (schedule below). The event takes places on Fifth Street in downtown Cincinnati, from Main Street to the ramps of I-71 and Columbia Parkway.
NEW & FEATURED ENTERTAINMENT AT TASTE OF CINCINNATI
- Music Bash @ Taste of Cincinnati – The world’s greatest party band, The B-52’s (“Love Shack,” “Rock Lobster,” “Roam”) and Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and musician Rick Springfield (“Jesse’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers”) will co-headline the first ever Music Bash at Taste of Cincinnati® along with special guest Loverboy (“Turn Me Loose,” “Working for the Weekend,” Lovin’ Every Minute of It”). This fun, can’t-miss, ticketed concert is scheduled for Sunday, May 27, 6 p.m., at Sentinel and Culvert Streets. Tickets for the Music Bash at Taste of Cincinnati are now on sale via TasteofCincinnati.com starting at $29.99 plus fees.
*Please note this slight time change for the Music Bash @Taste of Cincinnati: Gates for the concert will now open at 5 p.m. and the music begins at 6 p.m. Previously, the show was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
- The Cincinnati Pops Poptet @ Taste of Cincinnati – The Cincinnati Pops’ celebrated rhythm ensemble will play standards and showtunes, Sunday, May 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on the Taste of Cincinnati Main Stage at Western & Southern Plaza. The Cincinnati Pops is under the direction of John Morris Russell and presents a diverse array of musical styles, all bathed in the world-renowned “Cincinnati Sound.” The Pops was officially founded in 1977 with the late Erich Kunzel, and just since 1980, the Orchestra has sold ten million recordings around the globe.
- Art of the Piano @ Taste of Cincinnati – Students from Cincinnati’s Art of the Piano Festival will perform Saturday, May 26 at noon on the Main Stage. Launched in 2011, Art of the Piano is an energized showcase of piano’s future and current classical “rock stars.” Created and led by world renowned pianist Awadagin Pratt, Art of the Piano will take place at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, May 26-June 16, 2018.
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