First Thursdays at The Rialto with Jim Ballard

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm UTC-05:00

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The Rialto Theatre
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First Thursdays at The Rialto with Jim Ballard
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Join us every month for First Thursday with Jim Ballard!
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.
May 1: Angie Haze / Doug Kleiner
June 5: Colin John / Jim Zeller
July 3: Marc Lee Shannon / JD Eicher
Aug 7: Susan Wojnar / Bob Frank
Sept 4: Karyn Morgan / Tracey Thomas
Oct 2: Nate Vaill / Corey Jenkins
Nov 6: Alex Bevan / Austin Walkin' Cane
Dec 4: Michael & Cathy Grady - GradyMiller
Showtime: 5:00 PM
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