The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame features an All Star Week of activity
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 the MLB All Star Game will be held in Cleveland, Ohio at Progressive Field (home of the Cleveland Indians). In honor of this awesome occurrence the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will be holding a variety of baseball themed activities geared at showing the connection between professional baseball and rock and roll.
On Monday, July 8th Greg Harris, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame President and CEO (and former National Baseball Hall of Fame Executive) met with members of the rock group “The Baseball Project” made up of Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Inductees R.E.M. members Peter Buck and Mike Nills and drummer Linda Pitman to talk about baseball and rock. Later in the day the group performed on the Kilpsch Audio Main Stage.
Also happening that day was Greg Harris presenting a Fender guitar to eight time MLB All-Star, Mike Trout inside the brand new “The Garage” exhibit. Trout also took time with Harold Reynolds of MLB Network to officially release his new NIKE sports shoe, The NIKE Zoom Forest Trout 6 Cleat. The two time league MVP (2014 and 2016) and six time winner of the Silver Slugger Award told about the design process of the shoe as well as all of its attributes.
For Tuesday there will be another live performance of The Baseball Project on the Klipsch Audio Main Stage at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. featuring Scott McCaughey, Inductees R.E.M. members Steve Wynn, Peter Buck and Mike Mills as well as drummer Linda Pitman who will be performing baseball themed rock songs.
For both Tuesday, July 9th and Wednesday, July 10th the following activities will be featured.
STORIES OF ROCK
Included in the general admission will be “Stories of Rock” presentation held by the Rock Hall’s experts who along with telling fans about their favorite sound and artist will hold trivia games for Rock Hall prizes.
Among the contests are:
Woodstock at 50 (11 a.m. Level 0) – Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary music and arts festival with chances to show off your Woodstock knowledge with a chance to win prizes.
Rock n’ Baseball (12 p.m., Shine a Light Exhibit, Level O) – Learn about the connection between music and baseball, check out exclusive baseball themed artifacts and play a trivia game for Rock Hall Prizes.
Who’s In: The Induction Process (1 p.m., right Here, right Now Exhibit, Level 0) – Who would YOU like to see in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Learn the start to finish Induction process from nomination to voting to induction.
Inductee Trivia (2 p.m., Hall of Fame Signature Gallery, Level 3) – Another test of your rock and roll knowledge concerning Inductees. Prizes will be awarded to the winners.
HOUSE MUSIC MIX TAPE PLAYLIST
Check out your favorite rock n’ baseball songs from the past. This also fetures the most popular walk-up songs in baseball today along with a special version of “Take Me Out to the Ball Park”
FROM THE VAULT SCREENINGS
Take time out to check out the Foster Theater as they will be screening uncut Induction Ceremony reels (free with General Admission).
The Tuesday schedule is as follows:
9:00am: From The Vault: Rush
9:32am: From The Vault: Queen
9:51am: From The Vault: Pearl Jam
2:30pm: From The Vault: Motown
3:28pm: From The Vault: REM
4:16pm: From The Vault: Rush
4:58pm: From The Vault: Queen
The Wednesday schedule is as follows:
10:00am: From the Vault: Motown
10:59am: From The Vault: REM
11:49am: From The Vault: Rush
12:32pm: From The Vault: Queen
12:51pm: From The Vault: Pearl Jam
2:00pm: From The Vault: Motown
2:59pm: From The Vault: REM
3:49pm: From The Vault: Rush
4:32pm: From The Vault: Queen
4:51pm: From The Vault: Pearl Jam
6:00pm: From The Vault: Motown
6:59pm: From The Vault: REM
7:49pm: From The Vault: Rush
8:32pm: From The Vault: Queen
So as you can see there’s lots to do at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum during All Star Week in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ticket prices are: General Admission - $26, Seniors (65+) - $24, Youth (6-12) - $16, Age 5 and under and members – Free, Member Guests - $20, College Students - $24, Military and first Responders - $24, Northeast Ohio Resident with zip codes of 440 or 443 - $21.
Summer Hours: July 1 through August 31:
Sunday through Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The mission of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is to engage, teach and inspire through the power of rock and roll.