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City Stages 2025
City Stages, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s acclaimed free outdoor summer concert series featuring the best in global music, returns to Hingetown with two dynamic performances in July 2025.
City Stages Lineup
City Stages: Yeison Landero
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Date:Jul 9, 2025, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Location:Transformer Station
City Stages: Las Karamba
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Date:Jul 23, 2025, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Location:Transformer Station
Move and groove at City Stages, the CMA’s famous block parties that take place in front of Transformer Station and feature the best in global music. This year, the series occurs on two Wednesdays: July 9 and July 23. Each performance begins at 7:30 p.m.
Arrive early and grab dinner and a drink at one of Ohio City’s bars or restaurants, or visit one of the local shops. Hang out in the Transformer Station beer garden and enjoy tacos from the Puente’s Tijuana Tacos food truck.
Seating is limited—bring camp chairs and delight in an evening of music and dancing in the street.
Free parking is available in the Lutheran Hospital lot located at West 28th Street and Franklin Boulevard.
Transformer Station is located at 1460 West 29th Street (at the corner of Church Avenue), Cleveland, OH 44113. Transformer Station remains open until 9:00 p.m. during City Stages.
City Stages Schedule
Wednesday, July 9, 7:30 p.m.
Yeison Landero (Colombia)
Latin Grammy–nominated musician Yeison Landero was born in San Jacinto (Bolívar) in the very heart of the Montes de María region of the Colombian Caribbean. He carries in his soul a cumbiambero heart inherited from his grandfather Andrés Landero: a musician recognized as the king of cumbia nationally and internationally. Yeison blends the rich, folkloric sounds of the accordion with propulsive rhythms, delivering a soulful homage to his family’s cumbia legacy while infusing it with new energy for the 21st century.
Wednesday, July 23, 7:30 p.m.
Las Karamba (Spain)
Founded in the midst of the bustling streets of Barcelona, Las Karamba consists of six women musicians who are mestizas and migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Catalonia, France, and Argentina. Together, they create new, timeless, danceable music that includes traditional styles—including son, cha-cha-cha, salsa, and timba—influenced by rap and urban music, as well as a touch of samba and rumba. With the band’s formation, six life stories converged, each individually shaped by migration and musical heritage.
Sponsors
The 2024–25 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Performing arts programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Performances at Transformer Station are generously supported by the Cleveland Foundation.
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