Attending PorchFest Who Should Come? Everyone! PorchFest is a FREE family-friendly event open to the community featuring musicians from a wide variety of genres. There's something for everyone, including activities for kids.

What to Bring? You'll be “camping out” in neighborhood front lawns for 30-40 minutes at a time, so bring chairs or a blanket to sit on. If you want to see as many bands as possible, a bike is a great idea.

What to Eat & Drink? Larchmere Blvd. and Shaker Square have many restaurants to choose from. You're welcome to bring food, but please pick up any trash you may create.

Where to Park? Parking will be available at several locations throughout the neighborhood, including Fairhill Partners, Our Lady of Peace, and the BP Gas Station on Larchmere. Please note that some lots have limited spaces, so we recommend arriving early. Better yet, take the RTA blue or green rail line to the Shaker Square station!

Volunteer at PorchFest How can I help? PorchFest would love for you to get involved! You can sign up to volunteer the day of the event or help plan the event by joining a committee.

Perform at PorchFest Can I play at Larchmere PorchFest? PorchFest is run by volunteers and we consider as many bands as we are capable of reviewing. Our goal is to feature a broad range of musical genres and artists at a local level.

Please Be Respectful We ask that all who attend PorchFest are respectful to one another.

World Soccer Cup Celebration Opening Concert

Join us on Saturday, May 30, 2026 as we celebrate 60 years of Nature, Community, and Conservation. Gather under the glow of a full moon for an evening of dining, music, and meaningful impact—illuminating the path ahead, together.

Nature Center Members receive exclusive early access to tickets and the opportunity to lock in last year’s pricing. Early Access tickets are on sale now! General ticket sales open April 1. If you are not currently a Nature Center Member and are interested in becoming one, contact Cara@shakerlakes.org.

Trailblazer Ticket Enjoy early entry from 5:00–6:30 p.m. and be part of an exclusive reception featuring VIP menu offerings.

Strolling Ticket (General Admission) Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for an evening of great food, festive atmosphere, and unforgettable fun.

In 2026, the Nature Center will celebrate its 60th anniversary. This milestone offers an opportunity not only to honor our past and the group of stalwart volunteers who first envisioned this space six decades ago, but also to shape the next 60 years of impact.

We invite you to experience nature’s ability to adapt, renew, and thrive as twilight fades and moonlit wonders come alive. Enjoy specialty food and drinks from Greater Cleveland’s best restaurants, set against the stunning backdrop of the Nature Center’s grounds in the heart of the Shaker Parklands.

Founded in 1966, the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes was part of a grassroots movement to protect the Shaker Parklands. Today, it remains a destination for birders, nature enthusiasts, and families seeking a safe, engaging outdoor experience. Open year-round and free to the public, the Nature Center is a 501(c)3 organization that receives no tax dollars for its operations or programming.

Funds raised at the event help ensure the Nature Center’s continued success, fostering a place where people of all ages can explore and connect with nature. This year’s benefit will build on past successes, with extensive promotional efforts and a strong volunteer committee to ensure visibility for our corporate sponsors.

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Featured Highlights for 2026: Restaurant and Cocktail Partners: Flying Pig Tacos, Tumbao58, FrankieLynn x Chutni Punch, Abundance Culinary, Cordelia, Rosy, Doc's on Harvard, Kiln, Spice Hospitality Group, Rid-All, Luna Bakery and Café, Cleveland Whiskey and more!

Exciting sponsorship opportunities are available, including at the Main Stage, Libation Station, Whiskey Lounge, and VIP Happy Hour. Contact Rob Sikora at sikora@shakerlakes.org. for more information.

Proceeds: Funds support the Nature Center’s environmental education programs and public grounds, which welcome nearly 150,000 visitors annually.

Join us for an evening celebrating nature’s incredible journey. Together, we’ll ensure the Nature Center remains a vibrant space for future generations.

This event sells out early, so purchase your tickets today!

Culinary Chair: Douglas Katz, renowned Cleveland restaurateur and Nature Center trustee

Co-Chairs: Nature Center trustees Erin Connell, Tory Mateo, Trevon Edwards

We are beyond excited to host the Brazilian party of the year, featuring axé, samba, and other classics from Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. Our bateria will be joined by vocalist Moises Borges and a host of local artists to keep you on your feet. Guest appearances by Brazilian dancer Deise Costa and featured dancers from Oberlin College.

Admission $: People’s Choice. We will collect donations/contributions in cash and on Venmo at the door.

Minimum Age to Enter: Dancing Age 😃

Come join us and dance to your heart’s content!

From Spain and Atlanta!!! Rising Star Vocalist from Barcelona, Spain, and recent Masters Graduate from Juilliard makes Cleveland debut at Irishtown Bend Taproom! Featuring pianist Kenny Banks Jr. (Lizz Wright, Stefon Harris) from Atlanta, Georgia. @ The Irishtown Bend Taproom. Behind the Market Garden Brewery and the West Side Market - under the giant BEER sign!! 1849 W. 24th St. Cleveland, Ohio (216) 373-0700 The Irishtown Bend Tap Room has several varieties of award winning beers (fresh from the brewery) and wine. For dinner before or after the concert we'd suggest the Market Garden Brewery in front on W. 25th. You can make reservations for dinner by calling: (216) 621-4000 or at www.marketgardenbrewery.com Vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Mar Vilaseca was born in 1998, in Barcelona, Spain. Mar grew up in a musical environment and learned how to play and sing at a very young age, being exposed to a wide variety of music. She was classically trained in piano and traditional harmony at the Conservatorio del Liceo. At the age of 14, she started singing professionally in her father’s jazz band. Mar finished her classical studies in 2016, and then decided to focus her career on vocal jazz. She was accepted at the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, where she got her undergraduate degree in Jazz Voice. During those college years, Mar then took her first of many trips to New York City. The diversity of culture and music captivated her, and soon she moved to New York. In 2020, she also released her first album entitled Find the Way, which presents all original compositions. Mar got her Masters in Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, and studied with Wynton Marsalis, Carla Cook, Elio Villafranca, Kenny Washington, and Donald Vega. She graduated in 2022 with the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship Award. Mar has collaborated with numerous artists from different parts of the world, including Emmet Cohen, Elio Villafranca, Benny Benack III, and more. She has performed at various international music festivals such as Barcelona Jazz Festival, Festival de Jazz de San Javier (Spain), Guangzhou Jazz Festival (China), and Festival de Jazz de Bogota (Colombia).

Pianist Kenny Banks Jr., a resident of Atlanta, GA has earned a reputation as one of the most dynamic jazz artists in the Southeast. Kenny was a finalist in the 2019 American Pianists Awards. Kenny has traveled around the world performing and recording with a wide variety of artists in the jazz, gospel, and Afro-Cuban genres. Artists include Kurt Elling, Keyon Harrold, Jazzmeia Horn, Theo Croker, Jeff Tain Watts, Russell Malone, Gerald Albright, Charlie Hunter, Jennifer Holliday, David Sanchez, and Queen Latifah. Kenny is noted for his blended technique in mixing jazz and gospel styles. Downbeat Magazine describes his playing as “gospel and blues-infused” and calls his arrangements “thrilling, modern and surprising.” https://marvilaseca.com/ https://youtu.be/YgzUkNmOixI?si=3EUPQtzg3WvJloSB

From Spain and Atlanta!!! Rising Star Vocalist from Barcelona, Spain, and recent Masters Graduate from Juilliard makes Cleveland debut at Irishtown Bend Taproom! Featuring pianist Kenny Banks Jr. (Lizz Wright, Stefon Harris) from Atlanta, Georgia. @ The Irishtown Bend Taproom. Behind the Market Garden Brewery and the West Side Market - under the giant BEER sign!! 1849 W. 24th St. Cleveland, Ohio (216) 373-0700 The Irishtown Bend Tap Room has several varieties of award winning beers (fresh from the brewery) and wine. For dinner before or after the concert we'd suggest the Market Garden Brewery in front on W. 25th. You can make reservations for dinner by calling: (216) 621-4000 or at www.marketgardenbrewery.com Vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Mar Vilaseca was born in 1998, in Barcelona, Spain. Mar grew up in a musical environment and learned how to play and sing at a very young age, being exposed to a wide variety of music. She was classically trained in piano and traditional harmony at the Conservatorio del Liceo. At the age of 14, she started singing professionally in her father’s jazz band. Mar finished her classical studies in 2016, and then decided to focus her career on vocal jazz. She was accepted at the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, where she got her undergraduate degree in Jazz Voice. During those college years, Mar then took her first of many trips to New York City. The diversity of culture and music captivated her, and soon she moved to New York. In 2020, she also released her first album entitled Find the Way, which presents all original compositions. Mar got her Masters in Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, and studied with Wynton Marsalis, Carla Cook, Elio Villafranca, Kenny Washington, and Donald Vega. She graduated in 2022 with the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship Award. Mar has collaborated with numerous artists from different parts of the world, including Emmet Cohen, Elio Villafranca, Benny Benack III, and more. She has performed at various international music festivals such as Barcelona Jazz Festival, Festival de Jazz de San Javier (Spain), Guangzhou Jazz Festival (China), and Festival de Jazz de Bogota (Colombia).

Pianist Kenny Banks Jr., a resident of Atlanta, GA has earned a reputation as one of the most dynamic jazz artists in the Southeast. Kenny was a finalist in the 2019 American Pianists Awards. Kenny has traveled around the world performing and recording with a wide variety of artists in the jazz, gospel, and Afro-Cuban genres. Artists include Kurt Elling, Keyon Harrold, Jazzmeia Horn, Theo Croker, Jeff Tain Watts, Russell Malone, Gerald Albright, Charlie Hunter, Jennifer Holliday, David Sanchez, and Queen Latifah. Kenny is noted for his blended technique in mixing jazz and gospel styles. Downbeat Magazine describes his playing as “gospel and blues-infused” and calls his arrangements “thrilling, modern and surprising.” https://marvilaseca.com/ https://youtu.be/YgzUkNmOixI?si=3EUPQtzg3WvJloSB

East Shore Park Club is pleased to host an evening with Cleveland-based guitarist and vocalist Moises Borges.

Experience the captivating union of two extraordinary voices in an unforgettable night of music and artistry. Cleveland’s celebrated Bossa Nova guitarist and vocalist Moises Borges, born in Bahia, Brazil, is joined by rising jazz star Ava Preston, whose recent performances include stages at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Accompanied by the Moises Borges Quartet, the evening unfolds as a scenic South American musical journey—blending timeless works by Antônio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, and João Bosco with original compositions. Through rich harmonies and expressive storytelling, their voices intertwine in a performance that is both powerful and deeply intimate.

Audiences can expect an elegant mix of Samba, Bossa Nova, and Brazilian Jazz, delivered with warmth, sophistication, and world‑class musicianship—an immersive experience that celebrates rhythm, soul, and connection.

Join us for a night of Brazilian bossa nova with Moises Borges and his quintet featuring the amazing vocals of Cleveland's rising star Ava Preston. This ensemble means to cover many Jobim and Gilberto tunes featuring the technicality of Ava's vocals.

Brazilian local artist Moises Borges invites American singer Ava Preston for an approach to the Bossa Nova. Moises makes for a wonderful evening of entertainment for all lovers of Brazilian Jazz. In 2023 and 2025 Moises was nominated as Best Jazz Band for the Cleveland Music Awards; Moises is a good storyteller, vivid and funny performer who plays mostly in the Samba and Bossa Nova tradition, interpreting his original songs besides classics by Jobim, Gilberto, Bosco and many others. Far away from his native Brazil, the music of his homeland is very much alive when he is on stage.

Ava Preston Ava Preston is an 18-year-old vocalist and songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio. When performing her wide array of jazz and blues standards, audience members often describe her as an “Old Soul.” Ava is a 2023 Young Arts Finalist and Silver Award Winner for Jazz Voice. She is also a 11x national Downbeat Student Music Award Winner: 6x for Vocal Jazz Soloist 2018-2023 and 5x for Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist 2018, 2020-2023. Ava was selected as the vocalist for the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, which brings together 20 of the most accomplished high school jazz musicians in the country, culminating in a main stage performance at the 2023 Monterey Jazz Festival in September. An active singer in Northeast Ohio, she began her career singing at a jazz club when she was 10-years old. A few years later she was featured at a number of local venues including The Bop Stop, BluJazz+, Nighttown, Beachland Ballroom, Brothers Lounge, The Standard, Tri-C JazzFest, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to name a few. She has also performed with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Dominick Farinacci, Swingbone, Moises Borges, and is the lead singer for two 17-piece big bands: Swing Time Big Band and Swing Era Big Band. On the national scene, Ava has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center - Dizzy’s Club (NYC), Birdland Jazz Club (NYC), Small’s (NYC), Bluebird Café (Nashville), Andy’s Jazz Café (Chicago) and the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival (Easton, MD). Ava has been privileged to perform with such jazz greats as Christian McBride, Monty Alexander, John Clayton, and Sullivan Fortner. In 2017, Ava was honored to sing for Wynton Marsalis, who said she had “a gift…a lot of talent and personality.” In 2019, legendary band leader and composer Paul Shaffer watched Ava perform her original song “Toy Solder” and said, “That was a terrific song. You have a big future ahead of you.” As an aspiring songwriter, Ava has recorded a number of original songs that span jazz, indie, and pop/rock. Steve Bogard, songwriter of ten number one country songs, recognized Ava’s songwriting ability when she was 11-years old at his songwriter’s camp and encouraged her to visit Nashville. Ava released “Toy Solder” in 2020 and is releasing three more originals in 2023. A passionate consumer all types of musical genres and styles, she also loves to sing in French, Spanish and Portuguese. Ava draws inspiration from jazz legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Cyrille Aimee and Astrud Gilberto along with pop singer/songwriters like Sara Bareilles and Alanis Morissette.

Doors at 6, show at 7.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 6:30 to 7:30 pm Moises Borges: Brazilian Guitar Canal Fulton Public Library, 154 Market Street NE, Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614 Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) and the Canal Fulton Public Library present Moises Borges: Brazilian Guitar on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 from 6:30 pm-7:30 pm.

Moises Borges is a gifted guitarist and vocalist born in Bahia, Brazil and currently living in Cleveland. His soothing voice and charm make for a wonderful evening of entertainment for all lovers of Brazilian jazz.

The program is free. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. For more information call 419-853-6016.

When Ava Preston and Moises Borges are on stage together you are transported to another place and time. Ava and Moises’ voices alternate, balance and blend smoothly taking us on the scenic route of this South American musical journey. These forever classic Brazilian tunes, and Moises’ seemingly timeless originals, tap into a feeling so many of us long for, a musical vacation, rejuvenation, relaxation, entertainment, enjoyment, fun, nostalgia.

About: Moises Borges Based in Cleveland, Ohio for over two decades, Moises Borges is a gifted guitarist and vocalist born in Bahia, Brazil, He grew up experimenting with rhythms such as Bolero, Baião, Xote, Afoxé, Frevo, Forró, especially Samba and Bossa Nova which are basic to his performances, his soothing voice and charm make for a wonderful evening of entertainment for all lovers of Brazilian Jazz. Performing either solo or with his band, Borges is a wonderful storyteller, and a vivid, funny performer who plays mostly in the Samba and Bossa Nova traditions, interpreting his original songs and soulfully delivering classics by Jobim, Gilberto, Bosco and many others. "Far away from his native Brazil, the music of his homeland is very much alive when he is on stage."

Ava Preston Ava Preston is a jazz vocalist and indie singer-songwriter who enjoys performing jazz, blues, pop/rock and her original songs as a solo artist and as a featured guest with various combos and bands throughout Cleveland and New York.

Ava was voted Best Female Vocalist at the 2024 Cleveland Music Awards. She is a YoungArts Finalist and Silver Award Winner for Jazz Voice, and is a 12x Downbeat SMA winner, 6x for Vocal Jazz and 6x for Blues/Pop/Rock. She performed at the 2023 Monterey Jazz Festival as the vocalist for the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. Ava is currently pursuing a Masters of Music in Jazz Voice at the Juilliard School.

Free admission

Live music at the wine bar, Moises will be playing his favorites Bossa Novas.

Live Romantic Bossa Nova

Live Music by Moises Borges

Acclaimed Brazilian guitarist and vocalist Moises Borges kicks-off Tour of Brazil Month at the library with soulful rhythms, rich melodies, and cultural vibrancy of Brazil. Experience an immersive and authentic musical experience you won’t want to miss.

Born and raised in Bahia, Brazil, Moises Borges is known for his warm vocals and masterful command of Brazilian jazz, bossa nova, and samba traditions. This event invites attendees of all ages to explore the music, culture, and heritage of Brazil. Borges’s performance will feature both classic Brazilian standards and original arrangements, bringing the energy and charm of Brazilian music directly to Hudson.

Live Bossa Nova and Samba by Moises Borges.

Moises is just back from his Asian Tour and ready to warm up the winter in his hometown, samba Jazz is the song list for this concert. He will have his primary band counting on Gary Aprile on electric bass, Chris Burge on tenor saxophone and Liam Smith on drums and percussion. Join us for a fun Latin Jazz evening at the Sixty6.

Moises Borges Solo Concert, intimate and cultural. Bossa Nova based performance with comments and stories on the pieces. The location is cozy and right in Downtown Buffalo in NY.