The Andrew J. Brady Music Center is a
music venue
A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from a small coffeehouse for folk music shows, an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Ty ...
in
Cincinnati,
Ohio, located in
The Banks neighborhood on the
Ohio River
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. The venue opened in July 2021. The year-round facility includes an outdoor stage for concerts and festivals in the park adjacent to the venue.
History
After months of negotiations,
Hamilton County commissioners and
Cincinnati City Council approved in November 2019 the finalization of plans to construct a music venue at The Banks, adjacent to
Paul Brown Stadium and
Smale Riverfront Park
The Banks is a mixed-use development and neighborhood along the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the land between Paycor Stadium and Great American Ball Park.
History
The construction for a new riverfront area between the two stadiums is the r ...
. The venue would be built and operated by Music and Event Management, Inc. (MEMI), the nonprofit concert arm of the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
In December 2019, MEMI announced that the under-construction venue would be named the Andrew J. Brady ICON Music Center after Andrew J. Brady, a local musician and music educator. In December 2021, owner MEMI removed ''ICON'' from the venue's name "to better elevate" the venue's namesake.
The center's inaugural concerts were held in July 2021, with
Kem opening the indoor venue on the 22nd and
Foo Fighters
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as the first headline act for the outdoor festival stage on the 28th.
Andrew J. Brady
The music venue bears the name of a local educator Andrew J. Brady.
Born on January 3, 1915, to a musical family in
Jonesboro, Arkansas, Brady mastered the trumpet, violin, and piano and began writing and arranging his own music before his teenage years.
[ After a brief stint at Arkansas State University, Brady transferred to the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati (now known as University of Cincinnati). Brady taught music at the Rothenberg Elementary School in Over-the-Rhine before taking on the position of music director at Western Hills High School.][ His professional tenure lasted from 1944 to 1976 as an orchestra and band director, known for his Bandwagon variety shows and football halftime shows. Andrew J. Brady passed away on January 10, 2004.][
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See also
* The Banks, Cincinnati
References
External links
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Amphitheaters in Ohio
Music venues in Cincinnati
Event venues established in 2021
Tourist attractions in Cincinnati
2021 establishments in Ohio
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