Artists Making Progress

Friday night (7/10) is our FINAL Summer Concert Series performance!

Come spend your Friday evening with us at the beautiful Chestnut Ridge Park Stone Amphitheater as Back 2 Eden brings us 2 hours of classic rock favorites and original music.

📅 Friday, July 10
🕕 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 1926 19th St. SW, Kenmore!

This concert series has been made possible through a partnership between AMP, APC's Friends of Chestnut Ridge Park, and the City of Akron. It's been wonderful to see this historic stone amphitheater come alive again following major improvements, including upgraded sound capabilities.

Before you come...remember!
• 🪑 Bring a lawn chair or seat cushion. The amphitheater seating is stone.
• 🧺 Pack a picnic and make an evening of it!
• 🚗 Parking can fill up, so arriving a little early is encouraged.
• 🛝 Bring the kids! They'll have so much fun at the park's fantastic new playground

Start by supporting Kenmore Boulevard if you're grabbing dinner & dessert before the show:
Pierre's Pizza or Regina's per preferance, One Love Karibbean Kitchen, Rita's Italian Ice for the whole fam...Reeves Cake Shop, Srina Tea House, Hibachi Xpress, and so many other great locally owned businesses.

We hope you'll join us as we wrap up another great summer of live music in the park. See you Friday! 🎶

A spontaneous iteration of our AMP student band bravely stepped up to perform this FF! 🐦‍🔥🎸🤩

Tomorrow, 7/3! AMP partners with Better Kenmore and Akron Children's to provide entertainment & performances for Kenmore’s youth🏀🥁
Catch up with Rick Miller performing from 6:30-7:30, pull up with an instrument or use one of ours at Open Jam thereafter, and celebrate July’s First Friday on Kenmore Blvd. See you there!

Not every performer is headed to a stadium tour—and that’s completely fine! We're looking for youth performers of all experience levels to sing, rap, dance, DJ, play an instrument, perform spoken word or bring another performance talent to the stage on Friday, July 3.

Email [email protected] to claim your spot!

Must be 18 or younger.

Three years ago today, our friends at A Max Music LTD generously donated a piano to Super Critical Flow while we were just getting started. That instrument became part of countless lessons, recitals, and memories.

This year they’ve made it official!!! This time with a beautiful blonde Yamaha piano that has been donated as a permanent charitable gift to Artists Making Progress.

It’s a little bittersweet to look back and remember SCF’s early days, but we’re so grateful that its mission continues to grow under the wing of AMP. The students, teachers, and music are all still here, just with an even bigger purpose and an even stronger community behind them.

Thank you, Julie and everyone at AMax Music, for believing in us then and now.

Be sure to check out AMax Music at 1084 Tallmadge Ave for student/partner discounts on all of your musical needs!!

🚨LOCATION CHANGE FOR TOMORROW EVENINGS PERFORMANCES

Due to the expected rain, the 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Chestnut Ridge Park Amphitheater performances have been MOVED INDOORS.

📍 NEW LOCATION:
Artists Making Progress (AMP Studios)
1015 Kenmore Boulevard
Akron, OH 44314
Join us at The BLVD BLOCK PARTY throughout the day, and stay at Artists Making Progress for after-hours performances by:
🎸 Velocity Stax
🎸 Drecking Crew

Please note: Kenmore Boulevard between 13th Street and 16th Street will be closed during the event. Plan to use nearby public parking lots or side streets.
We can't wait to celebrate music, community, and the arts with you—rain or shine! ☔🎶

Find us at the youth stage and don’t forget to peep our new studio space at 1015 on Kenmore Boulevard🎸😊