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**START TIME 7:00PM**. Jim Ballard First Thursday @ The Rialto with Brian Lisik / Jonathon Blackshire / Jeff Varga

  • The Rialto Theatre 1000 Kenmore Boulevard Akron, OH 44314 United States (map)

**Start Time for December Show: 7:00pm**

Join us for the last First Thursday with Jim Ballard of 2024! With a special showtime at 7 PM, Jim Ballard is bringing 3 songwriters with him this month.

Brian Lisik

Jonathon Blackshire

Jeff Varga

Jim Ballard is a journeyman singer songwriter, producer and film music composer. Starting out in the coffeehouses and campuses of NE Ohio before moving on to travel most of the country, he's appeared in venues large and small, sharing the bill with artists as diverse as Pete Seeger and Odetta, Poco and Pure Prairie League, to Phoebe Snow and Gordon Lightfoot, Kenny Loggins and Ten Thousand Maniacs.He plays frequently in the 330 solo and with his backing band The Strangs. Their 18th album is due out in 2024.

Showtime: 7pm

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