The Village Idiot

Asa Danekind hosts our weekly Open Mic!

Every other Monday gifted multi-instrumentalist Frank May performs with a different special guest artist! Every show is unique and entertaining.

Two of the finest guitar players around! Two Toledo legends forming one amazing duo.

The Glass City's newest sensation, The Window Cleanerz!!! Featuring members of Distant Cousinz!

Upstate New York's SIRSY plays compelling rock and pop with a charming intensity, a bit of sass, lots of soul, and loads of heart.

Crash and burn with Good Knievel! Good ol' fashined rock n roll with dashes of roots rock and Americana, led by our own Evan Bates with Dan Greunke and the pounding keys of Nate Woodward!

The Day Drinkers! Our epic monthly afternoon party that you have to see to believe! It starts at 1pm on the last Friday of every month. Tell the boss you're sick...

Super tight! Fun to watch, fun to listen, fun to move. Come out and catch Athens Wheeler!

The Funk Factory is more than your typical jam band. Full of uplifting, positive music that touches on many genres. Soulful vocals that would make Janis proud, set The Funk Factory apart. With a large catalog of original songs and choice covers, The Funk Factory puts on a unique and exciting show each and every time!

Nikki D & the Sisters of Thunder about to take you to church! It's a gospel-flavored rock 'n' roll rave-up that will rock your socks off!!! Fueled by the soaring vocals and searing steel guitar of Nikki D!

Flex-Arkana & The Softshelled Armadillos are a movement in order to reclaim the “outlaw country” music vibe and spirit of the days of Waylon, Willie, Merle, Jerry Jeff and many others while also blending it with the funk, blues, psych, experimental, garage and punk sounds and spirits of that same era. We bring pickin, shreddin, fuzzed out bass and ass beater drumming to any venue we occupy and we leave it all on stage. We’re not here to pander to shallow minds by half assing requests off an

Asa Danekind hosts our weekly Open Mic!

Blending vintage vibes with a modern edge, Jordan & Josh w/ Evan & Steve re-imagine hits from every era making them their own with a high-energy mix of rock, pop, country, and funk.

Smithers & Silas deliver laid-back country and rock with a side of sharp humor and a ton of killer guitar playing!

Rick Caswell and his band, led by the stellar guitar playing of Isaac Snyder, and featuring the talented rhythm section of Mike Perzynski and Evan Spurlock, play rootsy rock sure to please fans of The Band, Wilco, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and the like. And if the mood strikes them, they just might tear through a version of The Meters "Cissy Strut" that will knock your socks off!!!

Science Dad is a collective of 4 local musicians from other projects, coming together as one let-it-all-hang-out unit, playing rock n roll covers from the 1960s well into the 2000s, featuring guitar-driven jams and incorporating elements of various other genres including reggae, psychedelic, and the blues. The result is a whole bunch of influences and vibes adding up to one good time.

The legendary HOUSE BAND!!! Setting the standard for years!!! The line-up may vary, but the good times keep coming! Just about every other Friday features The House Band... rocking the Idiot since he was just a wee jester!

An amazing double-bill featuring 2 of Toledo's finest rising bands: horselover and Science Dad!!!

Based in Maumee, Ohio, the Ben DeLong Band utilizes their library of over 500 songs to entertain and mesmerize people of all ages.

Echo Record!!! The first Saturday of every month brings Toledo rockers ECHO RECORD to the Idiot stage!!! Their tasty covers, ranging from the 1960's thru the 2020's are fantastic, but their originals leave them in the dust!!! If The Killers met The Doors and moved to the midwest! Always a rocking good time!!!

Asa Danekind hosts our weekly Open Mic!

Every other Monday gifted multi-instrumentalist Frank May performs with a different special guest artist! Every show is unique and entertaining.

Two of the finest guitar players around! Two Toledo legends forming one amazing duo.

Longtime Idiot faves Evan Bates and Nate Woodward! That's Evan on the guitar and vocals and Nate on the keys and vocals.

Local legends fronted by Jim Filipiak. High energy rock from the 80's to now. Get there early! It's a party!