CLEVELAND — Are you ready, Cleveland?!?! Let the rock ‘n’ roll battle begin!
The 26th annual Tri-C High School Rock Off Final Exam will unleash an evening of pulse-pounding music at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 25.
What’s at stake?
- First place: Winning band will receive $3,000 cash and $150 for their high school music program. The winners will also have the opportunity to perform at “a format-appropriate Live nation or House of Blues Cleveland concert” as an opening act. That’s in addition to performing at the Rock Hall Live summer concert series on the Plaza Stage.
- Second place: $1,500 cash and $100 for their high school music program.
- Third place: $500 cash.
Editor's note: Video in the player above was originally published in an unrelated Rock Hall story on Feb. 1, 2023.
Tickets to attend The High School Rock Off – which you can purchase here – are $15 for students and $20 for adults. Tickets also include admission to the Rock Hall.
Here’s the schedule for Saturday’s rock battle (order of appearance and times subject to change)
- 6 p.m. Doors open
- 6:30 p.m. Nag Champa – University School, Walsh Jesuit
- 6:50 p.m. Sixth Dimension – Walsh Jesuit, North Royalton, Aurora
- 7:10 p.m. Zack Tyler Stephens Band – Defiance
- 7:30 p.m. Antimatter – Avon, St. Ignatius, Amherst
- 7:45 p.m. BREAK: 2023 Rock Off Artwork Awards Ceremony + Vennie Palmer, Tri-C
- 7:55 p.m. Foulmouth – Gilmour Academy, Shaker Heights
- 8:15 p.m. Psycho Fuzz – University, Hudson, Shaker Heights
- 8:35 p.m. Blaire Blades and The Backstabbres – Westlake, Lakewood
- 8:55 p.m. Clarence and The Beekeepers – St. Ignatius, Amherst, Avon, Firelands
- 9:10 p.m. BREAK: Announcement of 2023 Rock Off Judges and Sponsors
- 9:20 p.m. RRRIOT! – North Olmsted, Bay Village, Ohio Connections Academy
- 9:40 p.m. Skippy’s on the Run – Bay, Amherst, Avon
- 10 p.m. Subliners – University, Hudson, Lakewood, Bay, Revere
- 10:20 p.m. Before The End – West York, Capital Area School for the Arts, York Tech, Suburban (York, PA)
- 10:40 p.m. 2022 Rock Off Winner Seeing Scarlet perform while judges scores are tabulated
- 11 p.m. 2023 Tri-C High School Rock Winner Announced and check presentation by Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels
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