Round Town Music Festival

Produced by the Crooked River Arts Council and Main Street Kent, the fifth annual 'Round Town Music Festival will feature free live music by 33 bands and artists at more than 30 venues. Launched 50 years ago as the Kent State Folk Festival, the event has transformed into the 'Round Town Music Festival. It takes place today at the restaurants, bars, galleries and shops in downtown Kent. Locals such as 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band), By Light We Loom, Cory Grinder Band, Monica Robins and the Whiskey Kings, Outlaws I & I, Roger Hoover, Ray Flanagan & the Authorities and Wallace Coleman are slated to perform. Acts making their 'Round Town debut this year include Thieves of Joy, Americana/pop singer-songwriter Kim Kennedy, Ka De Dunna and Michael Stanley band veteran Marc Lee Shannon. (Niesel) kentroundtown.org.