Spark Something: A Springtime Celebration of Creativity and Activation
Schedule
Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 10:30 am to Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH, United States, Ohio | Cleveland Heights, OH
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Friday, April 24 - Saturday, April 25Spark Something: A Springtime Celebration of Creativity and Activation
The Coventry Village Special Improvement District (SID) presents: SPARK SOMETHING, a multi-day event bringing together live music, poetry, public art, and hands-on neighborhood improvement projects across Coventry Village, with programming hosted at venues including the Heights Theater, Grog Shop, and Mac’s Backs Books.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24
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*10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Tree Tale Tellers all-ages storytime (Holden) & arbor day tree planting (Heights tree people) @ Coventry Library
*12:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Street clean-up, Tree-planting, beautification & tactical urbanism
*2:00 PM: Painting unveiling w/ Old Soul Sign Co. @ Diamonds’s flowers
*5:30 PM: Opening Reception, Coventry Creativity Past & Present Panel @ Heights Theater
*7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Cleveland Poetry Festival - readings by Cali Black, Mary Biddinger, George Bilgere, Kisha Nicole Foster, Stephanie Ginese, Dave Lucas, Ray McNiece, Philip Metres, and Dr. Mary Weems, and a tribute to Rita Dove pres. by Literary Cleveland, Cleveland Arts Prize @ Heights Theater
7:30 PM: LIVE MUSIC - Frog, Napsack, Wrinkled Beige Linen @ Grog Shop
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SATURDAY, APRIL 25
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*10:00 AM - 4:00 PM: Street clean-up, beautification & tactical urbanism
*11:00 AM: Indie Bookstore Day at Mac’s Backs & Attenson’s Antiques w/ all-day discounts & treats
*12:30 PM - 1:00 PM: Lit Cle Poetry Crawl w/ Demetria "Substance" McCulloh and featured readers:Artistic Genius, Indira Samuels, Willow Watson @ Mac’s Backs
*2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: LIVE MUSIC - with Meu Chorinho do Cleveland @ Mac’s Backs
*2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Face Painting, Button Making - creativity for kids @ Mac’s Backs
*4:00 PM: LIVE MUSIC - Les Delices STARSTRUCK series finale w/ Soprano Hannah De Priest in music by Handel @ Heights Theater
*3:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Music Creator Mini-Conference Featuring:
-Artist, advocate, label founder, and streaming guru Kyle Mcevoy
-Music Rights & Royalties w/ Bizzy Award-winner, Billboard music Power Player, music+Tech founder Dae bogan of MLC
-Assembly for the Arts
-Chayla Hope
-Teddy Eisenberg
-Annie Zaleski
-Charles Pratt and Kyra Wells of Breakthrough Sounds Studio
-Kathy Blackman
-Malcolm x Abram
-DJ Knyce
-Nate Saggio
-Elijah Bisbee of Terra Songwriting
@ Grog Shop
5:00 PM - 12:00 AM: LIVE MUSIC - Myth & Co., the Tim Facemaker Band, Dan Mccoy & the Standing 8s @ Heights Theater
*8:00 PM - 12:00 AM: LIVE MUSIC - AKA & Co, Quenton Rubin & Friends, Frida and the Mann, DJ What's His Face @ Grog Shop
*Denotes FREE PROGRAMMING
For more info, visit coventryvillage.org/sparksomething
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