First Thursdays at The Rialto with Jim Ballard

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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