Plan Your Trip to Cleveland

Top Cleveland Attractions

Are you into sports, art or music? We’ve got it all. Below, browse a few family-friendly activities:

• Cedar Point Amusement Park
• Cleveland Botanical Garden
• Cleveland Guardians
• Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Cleveland Orchestra
• Great Lakes Science Center
• Playhouse Square
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
• West Side Market

Don’t stop there! Visit Destination Cleveland for more ideas. And see below for events happening the week you're in town! 

And when you get hungry, check out a few of our favorite places:

• Adega at the 9
• Alley Cat Oyster Bar
• Bar 32
• Butcher and the Brewer
• Mabel's BBQ
• Marble Room
• Red Downtown
• Many more!

Event Week Local Events - What To Do in Cleveland the Week of August 1

There is a lot happening when you're in town.

Aside from the above venues---Cedar Point, the museums, and gardens---consider some of the following events taking place during MAICON week:

Monday, August 1: 

• Cleveland Museum of Art: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art
• Cleveland Museum of Art: The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
• Great Lakes Science Center: The Science of Rock n' Roll
• House of Blues Cleveland: BLXST - Before You Go Tour
• Progressive Field: Cleveland Guardians vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Tuesday, August 2:

• Blossom Music Center: Phish
• Cleveland Museum of Art: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art
• Cleveland Museum of Art: The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
• Great Lakes Science Center: The Science of Rock n' Roll
• House of Blues Cleveland: Northlane
• Progressive Field: Cleveland Guardians vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Wednesday, August 3: 

• Blossom Music Center: Rob Zombie and Mudvayne
• Cleveland Museum of Art: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art
• Cleveland Museum of Art: The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
• Downtown Cleveland: Walnut Wednesdays
• Great Lakes Science Center: The Science of Rock n' Roll
• Progressive Field: Cleveland Guardians vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
• University Circle: Wade Oval Wednesday

Thursday, August 4: 

• Cleveland Museum of Art: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art
• Cleveland Museum of Art: The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
• Great Lakes Science Center: The Science of Rock n' Roll
• House of Blues Cleveland: O-Town
• Music Box Supper Club: Steve Kortyka Jazz Quintet
• Music Box Supper Club: Tablao Flamenco
• Pickwick & Frolic: Shayne Smith
• Pro Football Hall of Fame: Enshrinement Weekend/Hall of Fame Game - Las Vegas Raiders vs Jacksonville Jaguars
• Progressive Field: Cleveland Guardians vs. Houston Astros
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Happy Hour DJ Set
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Lunch by the Lake with Dominic Rodio
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: New Soft Shoe

Friday, August 5: 

• Agora: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and Dashboard Confessional
• Blossom Music Center: Kid Rock and Foreigner concert
• Cleveland Museum of Art: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art
• Cleveland Museum of Art: The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
• Goodtime III: Entertainment Cruises
• Great Lakes Science Center: The Science of Rock n' Roll
• Music Box Supper Club: Dueling Pianos with Cleveland Keys
• Pickwick & Frolic: Preacher Lawson
• Pro Football Hall of Fame: Enshrinement Weekend
• Progressive Field: Cleveland Guardians vs. Houston Astros
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Beatles Fridays
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Happy Hour with Jo
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Red Hands Family Reunion

Saturday, August 6: 

• Agora: Hanson
• Blossom Music Center: Cleveland Orchestra - Cedric Tiberghien - Grieg's Piano Concerto
• Cleveland Museum of Art: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art
• Cleveland Museum of Art: The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
• Downtown Lakewood: Lakewood Arts Festival
• Great Lakes Science Center: The Science of Rock n' Roll
• Pickwick & Frolic: The Delusional Divas of Drag
• Pro Football Hall of Fame: Enshrinement Weekend
• Progressive Field: Cleveland Guardians vs. Houston Astros
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Lunch by the Lake - Jampop
• The Odeon: Lounge Fly and The Best of Foo

Additional Visitor Resources

In addition to Destination Cleveland, we recommend checking out the following articles for more on exciting things to do and see while in town.

• The Best Things to do in Cleveland, CNN Travel
• The Cleveland Bucket List, The Cleveland Bucket List
• 11 Best Things to Do in Cleveland, U.S. News & World Report
• 25 Best Things do Do in Cleveland, Family Destinations Guide

We look forward to showing you around!