Artists Making Progress

🚨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🎸😊

What a night. 🎶💗

So proud of our AMP students, instructors, and families for an incredible recital at the beautiful Chestnut Ridge Park Amphitheater. From soloists to band performances, everyone shined.

These moments are why we do what we do✨

Folks, we can’t wait to host our second show at Chestnut Ridge Park for two incredible bands after one incredible day of events happening on Kenmore Blvd. See you June 6th from 12-4p beside Buzzbin, then up the road from 5-7p at 1926 19th St SW❤️🎸

We are exhausted 😴

Not only are we SO ready for our first 2026 recital tomorrow, but it honestly felt so good to spend our Memorial Day organizing this new space, carving out room for new relationships, and dreaming up new opportunities within this very different building.

There’s something really special about being handed a blank canvas - and we can already feel the heart starting to fill these walls🎨🫟

We can’t wait to welcome you all here soon 💛

AMP Spring & Summer Student Recital Schedule is HERE!

Artists Making Progress hosts seasonal recitals to give our students the opportunity to perform, grow their confidence, and showcase everything they’ve been working so hard on all season long.

Our first recital will take place:
📍 Tuesday, May 26th from 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Outdoors at the Chestnut Ridge Park Amphitheater!

We’re incredibly excited to partner with the Akron Parks Collaborative to bring music back to this beautiful historic amphitheater space right here in Kenmore. Parking is limited, so carpooling is encouraged whenever possible.

Our second recital performance will be:
📍 Saturday, June 6th from approximately 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Outside of Buzzbin during The BLVD BLOCK PARTY hosted by Better Kenmore

We can’t wait to celebrate our students with you all this season 💗

We wanted to share this clip captured by Jim Ballard & company at the Concert for Peace. For those of you who missed our featured artist, Angie Haze's TEDxAkron talk at the Akron Civic Theatre - here's what it sounded like
our featured artist position is a year-long residency that benefits artists already well on their way to realizing a project. AMP fosters them on their journey offering all kinds of support along the way. We've been honored and blessed to have Angie share her project The Story of the Time Thief with us, and allow us to promote her message of Reclamation. I encourage you to give this a moment of your time.

Angie Haze ~ TED Talk ~ Concert For Peace Angie Haze shares her TED Talk on Radical Kindness at the Concert For Peace, an Indivisible Akron event, Sept. 21, 2025 featuring poets, songwriters and spea...