The Happy Dog

Thank you to Greg Harris, Tim Parnin, Ben Nyx and Lisa Vinciquerra at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for making the dream of a common calendar of music and comedy events in Greater Cleveland a reality!

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This afternoon from 4:30-6pm, The City Club of Cleveland will be at the Happy Dog Takes on Redistricting.

Ohio lawmakers are confusing voters to codify gerrymandering Put simply, Ohio lawmakers have proven repeatedly that they will stop at nothing to gerrymander the state and insulate themselves from voters.

Big thanks to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard for showing Cleveland and the Dog the love last night, and thanks to Whatever... and all the bands for a great show!

Keeping it rolling tonight with The Collection w/ Bermuda Search Party at 8pm!

Exclusive Interview: The Collection On New Album Little Deaths Check out our interview with The Collection's front man, David Wimbish, as he talks about the indie pop band's new album, Little Deaths!

Some days, it really sucks to be a small business owner. Our insurance company blanket denied all claims for spoilage and loss of business income at the Happy Dog due to the power outage after the tornado.

We were without power for five days, lost all our product, and it took us two days to restock and reopen, so that’s a week of business on top of all the lost inventory.

We have coverage for both spoilage & loss of business income (we opted for “broad” coverage over basic). And we are covered for loss or damage for “windstorms” but they knew they were facing a bunch of claims coming out of the storm and had the letter drafted denying coverage before the adjuster ever called us.

First claim in 15 years (we knew all the insurance companies were denying coverage for mandated covid closures, so we never even tried filing for that claim).

Our friends at the NIVA Foundation stepped up with a grant from their Emergency Relief Fund (thank God for venue owners a looking out for each other!), but we’ll still be out about $20k in losses after it’s all said and done.

We know we aren’t the only small business here locally experiencing this - we hope we can find additional assistance, and are using all our advocacy and creativity skills developed over 16 years doing this work to find solutions.

But in the meantime, go to shows, bring friends, buy merch & gift cards, and most importantly, enjoy being out with your neighbors and friends, supporting local small businesses, the people who run them, and the folks who work there.

Great shows the next three nights - links in the comments.

We'll be at The Happy Dog tonight, welcoming folks back after being closed for a week due to the power outage from the storm. Come on out to all the small businesses that lost product and revenue due to the extended closure - and tip your bartenders and servers well, too!

We got power back this morning at The Happy Dog - it will take us a couple days to get all new product in to replace everything that went off, check all the equipment, prep & clean.

We reopen Tuesday at 4pm - we’d love to see everyone soon - got a lot of ground to make up for being closed all week…

The Happy Dog turns sweet sixteen today! Thanks to everyone who has worked for and with us, to the musicians, artists & academics who’ve shared their talents on our stages, and to our community in Cleveland who’ve supported us through it all!

Got a great band tonight out of Louisville KY - Doom Gong - to help us celebrate - come on down and join the party!

Thunder Sound Sessions - Doom Gong (Full Session) Welcome to Thunder Sound Sessions Audio and Video Team:Jay WillisMax ErskineGriffin Fletcher

What are you doing Thursday? Check out the Art show at Tinnerman Lofts early, then head to The Happy Dog and check out Chicago rockers Plum, with Anteater and Dead Links

Plum - Housecat (Live at Cole's Bar 7/21/22) Chicago's Plum plays Housecat off of their upcoming debut LP at Cole's Bar on July 21, 2022. Shot and edited by Mark Ciarleglio.

See a show, meet a friend, or even a date? Live local music - The Happy Dog - it’s where it’s at.

Gen Z, Millennials are leaving behind dating apps, new report finds Young singles are seeking more face-to-face interactions in their search for potential partners.

Going off to the NIVA '24 - The Third Annual NIVA Conference in New Orleans on a great note - nice write-up on Cleveland’s post punk scene, with lots of great locals highlighted, and shoutouts to the booking folks at The Happy Dog and the Little Rose Tavern. Thanks Spek!!!

The Cleveland Bands Continuing The City’s Post-Punk Legacy The defiant spirit of bands like Pere Ubu lives on in today’s Cleveland rabblerousers.

Got a band in from Warsaw, Poland tonight at The Happy Dog.

Slovenly Recordings Moron's Morons with locals DOLLAR DRAFTS and O.R.P.H.A.N.S.

From the band's bio on Slovenly:

At long last, the first full-length from Warsaw Poland’s MORON’S MORONS is here and sh****ng all over everything you thought you knew about “punk rock.”

As iconoclasts in the genre, duh Morons have concocted a rather challenging and unique album called “Looking for Danger” where every track sounds like (the) Germs “G.I.,” Angry Samoans’ “Back from Samoa,” and “Damned Damned Damned,” with subject matter provided by VOM’s “Live at Surf City” EP all played at the wrong speed backwards, layered on top of each other and turned inside out in an exercise in multi-dimensional stupidity with nonstop twists and turns.

Juvenile silliness has never reigned so supreme on an album saturated with such noisy obnoxious violence that burns so bad you’ll be begging for a double shot of penicillin before you get a chance to flip it over!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/morons-morons-dollar-drafts-orphans-tickets-866940952727?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Happy to be part of this partnership among D Tour and The Collection - August 25th - mark your calendars!

Rest up from Dyngus Day Cleveland, and get ready to come back to The Happy Dog this Wednesday, when The City Club of Cleveland and the Happy Dog Take on Empowering Our Refugees.

Panelists

Tina M. Coleman, MPAL
Multi-Systems Coordinator and Outreach Supervisor, Cuyahoga Job and Family Services

Patrick Kearns
Executive Director, Re:Source Cleveland

Aziza Salukombo
Luis Vizcarrondo
Senior Pastor, Refine Church

Moderator

Gulnar Feerasta
Managing Director, LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

Happy Dog Takes On Empowering Our Refugees | The City Club of Cleveland | April 03, 2024 In the United States, more than 60,000 refugees arrived in 2023, outpacing the prior two years. In January of this year, the greatest number admitted were arriving from nations like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, and Afghanistan--a reflection of increasing global conflict and war. Rese...

Great crowd talking bike & pedestrian safety and infrastructure with The City Club of Cleveland at The Happy Dog!

Heard that the key to making it work if you’re a small venue is diversifying your audience. Soooo…. Tonight at The Happy Dog we have:

POLKA - DJ Kishka - One Month til Dyngus Party! From 6-9pm

HIP HOP - LIVE from the Underdog! With DJ Doc Harrill from Refresh Collective 7-8:30pm

PUNK - Sensor Ghost / The Insect / Honolulu High 9pm - midnight

Talked to Jennifer Jordan at Fox 8 News about No Surf House - a great addition to help out touring musicians with a safe clean affordable place to stay when playing shows in Cleveland.

Free lodging for touring musicians set to open in Cleveland Cleveland is the epicenter for rock ‘n’ roll, and a local nonprofit organization is making the city more attractive for touring musicians to work and play, ultimately pumping more dollars into the …

Tune in to Happy Dog Takes on Education Journalism live:

Happy Dog Takes On Education Journalism 2.07.2024 Barriers to information and hostility in the field may be familiar territory for all journalists. But for those on the education beat, even traditional sourc...

Got events up & down tonight at The Happy Dog! On the main floor, The City Club of Cleveland is here for Happy Dog Takes On Education Journalism at 7:30pm.

In The Underdog, We Make The Internet are doing a meet-up to talk about "Building community as a career: all about developer relations" https://www.meetup.com/make-the-internet/events/298629881/

Thanks to Debbie Speer for continuing to cover the challenges facing small live music venues.

“We’re seeing this change in consumption habits,” Sean Watterson, co-owner of the Happy Dog in Cleveland, recently told Pollstar. “People are taking edibles before they come to the show. We just legalized w**d here, but it doesn’t mean people weren’t doing it already.”

This Bud's For You: Are Gummies, The Economy, Gen Z Impacting Alcohol Sales? - Pollstar News With the new year comes resolutions – to exercise more, adopt a more healthy lifestyle, see more concerts, and maybe participate in what’s become known as

This is T O N I G H T ! ! ! Come to The Underdog at The Happy Dog tonight at 6:30pm, show starts at 7pm - admission is FREE!

Thank you Cleveland Music Community - thanks to your efforts and the 2,774 people who took the survey, we did it!

"The response from Cleveland has been nothing short of extraordinary. I'm thrilled to announce that Cleveland has set a new record in our post-pandemic survey, with close to 2800 people participating. This is not just a number; it's a reflection of the city's passion and dedication to music. Cleveland's remarkable response rate is a beacon of inspiration for cities everywhere, showing what's possible when a community comes together for the love of music." - Don Pitts, President & Founder, Sound Music Cities, LLC

The Cleveland-based team will be working with Don and the Sound Music Cities team in the first quarter of next year to analyze the the results, and our community to discuss next steps in using the data to help increase support for our local music ecosystem and all the people in it.

67 more responses to the Greater Cleveland Music Census and we pass Washington DC for the most responses of any city in the last ten years.

Let’s do this!!!

Greater Cleveland Music Census | Cleveland Rocks: Past, Present & Future Launching November 2023 We want to hear from you! Let’s get started … Take the Greater Cleveland Music Census Today! To participate, we ask that you: Live within the Greater … Greater Cleveland Music Census Read More »

This is the LAST DAY! If you've been putting it off, busy with other things, but planning on getting around to it - TODAY is your day!

If you like to wait till the last minute, TODAY is your day!

Musicians, presenters, promoters, venue workers, and anybody else in the industry - we want to hear from you TODAY! Tell us the good, the bad the ugly, - just make sure you tell us TODAY!

https://clevelandrocksppf.org/census/