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Everything we saw at the Ludacris concert at Great American Ball Park
Despite a tough evening on Sept. 4 for the Cincinnati Reds, the night was salvaged by an outrageous performance by rapper Ludacris, who took the field following the game. Click through to see everything CityBeat freelancer Ron Valle took at the postgame Ludacris concert.

Findlay Market launches annual Halloween drive for costumes, candy
Findlay Market has once again launched their annual Halloween drive, providing free costumes and candy to children in need. For the past several years, the Costume & Candy Drive has allowed families in need to access free Halloween costumes and accessories in preparation for…

New indie mockumentary ‘Coloring’ puts Cincinnati front and center
A new short film premiering later this month at the Cindependent Film Festival is so unmistakably Cincinnati it hurts. So Cincinnatian, in fact, that the film used a fake print issue of CityBeat as their promotional material. Needless to say, it got our attention. “Coloring” is a…

CityBeat wants a local artist to design the cover of the 2026 Annual Manual
CityBeat is bringing back its Annual Manual, our guide to the people, places, experiences, traditions and wonderfully weird things that make Cincinnati Cincinnati. This year’s theme is “For Cincinnati, By Cincinnati.” And we’re taking that idea all the way to the cover. Instead…

Meet CityBeat’s Culture Maker of the Week
The votes are in: CityBeat’s Culture Maker of the Week is Devin Burgess. Burgess was nominated by Mark Borison because “Devin’s musical output is phenomenal – his album rollout for “Heaux” in 2025 should be studied. A musical artist who is constantly reinventing themself and…

Vote for the CityBeat Culture Maker of the Week
Meet three Cincinnatians making the city more creative, connected and unmistakably itself, and then help choose the Culture Maker of the Week winner. Cincinnati culture doesn’t just happen. It’s built every day by artists, musicians, chefs, organizers, performers, business…