Dirtwire: Universal Language Tour at Beachland Ballroom
Schedule
Fri Mar 13 2026 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44110, United States | East Cleveland, OH
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Dirtwire returns to Cleveland on March 13th @ Beachland BallroomDoors at 7:00pm
Show at 8:00pm
Dirtwire stands poised between ancient Mother Earth and modern technology, a blend of ethnomusicology and the psychedelic trance state, gut-bucket delta blues and what the band variously dubs “back-porch space cowboy blues, swamptronica, and electro-twang.” It’s a sound informed by Dirtwire’s travels and performances around the globe, where East meets West and North joins South. From the favelas in Brazil, Femi Kuti’s Shrine in Lagos, Tokyo’s bluegrass clubs, Ayahuasca ceremonies in Central America, Gamelan performances in Bali, desert festivals in the Australian Outback, and the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s modernized new capital Astana, the band spreads its message by building bridges across musical cultures in their own unique way.
Dirtwire plays an array of instruments both ancient and modern, including West African kamale ngonis, jaw harps, space fiddles, whamola basses, Rickenbacher electric 12 string guitars, bowed Banjos and mouth harps from around the globe, all interwoven into modern laptop beat creation. Hailing from the underground west coast electronic bass music scene Dirtwire finds itself at the forefront of experimental electronic music production mixing in their wide array of world instruments with sampled beats and 808’s.
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15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44110, United States, 15711 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH 44110-1659, United States, East ClevelandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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