Old Theatre in downtown Kent that focuses on live music. Now has a small bar to go along with music and or show.
"Constructed as the Flannigan and Steele Theater in 1927, the Kent Stage is the only remaining downtown theater of its kind in Portage County. The building opened as a movie theater and has entertained audiences in Kent for 80 years. The Western Reserve Folk Arts Association opened up the Kent Stage in 2002 continuing a tradition of providing quality entertainment in Downtown Kent. The Kent Stage has seen performances by Tom Paxton, Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Bo Diddley, Melanie, Janis Ian, Loudon Wainwright III, Livingston Taylor, Nickel Creek, John Gorka, David Wilcox, Al Stewart, Leo Kottke, Pete Best, Leon Redbone, Vassar Clements, John Cowan, Little Feat, The Kingston Trio, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Riders In The Sky, John McCutcheon, India Aire, Karla Bonoff, Sam Bush, Jonathan Edwards, Jay Unger and Molly Mason, Robin and Linda Williams, the Children's Musical Theater of Kent, and has hosted the Kent Blues Festival, Up From The River Music Festival as well as the Kent State Folk Festival since 2002.