Music & Concerts
Marie & The Restaurant | Late Braces | Slow Groove Kings | Chris Lugo
Featuring:
MARIE & THE RESTAURANT
Marie & The Restaurant are a 6 piece folk rock & jazz group based out of Cleveland Ohio, fronted by Singer-Songwriter Anna Marie. She is joined by Jon-Anthony Loconti on lead guitar, Ethan Griffith on Drums, Tristan Mccormick on bass, Cameron Celebuski on keys, and Variyaporn "Lemon" Winroonrat on the violin.
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LATE BRACES
We are Late Braces! (Formerly Team Awesome). We are an original alternative/indie rock band that formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 2023. Late Braces consists of 5 members: Gabriel Miller, Evan Blaha, Zach Horstman, Joshua Tucker, and Sarah Blubaugh. The band plays both original music and covers.
In June of 2024, Late Braces was nominated by the Cleveland Music Awards for Best New Artist!
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THE SLOW GROOVE KINGS
A smoky, hypnotic blend of Southern soul, dive-bar drama, and late-night mysticism based in Cleveland, Ohio. Equal parts sermon and séance, the Kings paint a fever-dream, a stumble into a velvet-draped dive bar where the house band plays slow-burning hymns for the damned, daring them to raise their glasses.
Led by frontman and songwriter Brett Potts, the Kings owe their anthemic sound to guitarist Tim Parnin, their trance-like bass backing to Chris Nunnari, and their dynamic and haunting drum work to Zach Horstman. Autumn Skye adds a vocal element that is sweet, yet startlingly powerful. In a concerted collection, Slow Groove Kings serve up a smoky, hypnotic blend of Southern soul, dive-bar drama, and late-night mysticism.
With the band’s debut album “The Nashville Vampire Supper Club,” they don’t just serve songs — they set a table. And whether you leave baptized or bitten, you're staying 'til the last note fades.
Musically, the EP walks a fine line between groove and grit — drawing comparisons to Pixies, Mazzy Star, Johnny Cash, the National’s somber catalog. It’s sparse but cinematic, with smoky guitar licks, pulsing basslines, and vocals plucked from between the crumbling sidewalk cracks.
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CHRIS LUGO
Cleveland based singer-songwriter
