putinbay.com is happy to welcome back Downtown Dave! A short column by Dave Schafer, owner of Ashley’s Island House and friend of the site, Downtown Dave will share this week’s live music schedule at the Bay, as well as his thoughts on what’s what at PIB!
Downtown Dave is going to make you want to come to the Bay this weekend. Here’s where we think you should stay!
- Island Club Rentals (islandclub.com) – 216-898-9951
- Commodore Resort (commodoreresort.com) – 419-285-3101
- Bird’s Nest Resort (birdsnestresort.com) – 419-285-6119
Next Two Weekend’s Live Music At The Bay!
A quick note: all of the above listings might not be 100% perfect. I do my best to provide everybody with the best info on the bands every week that I know. Sometimes I make mistakes. But just like my thoughts of the week I am not going to let somebody criticize what I try to provide every week. If they think they can do better, bring it on. LOL
Mr. Ed’s
Oct 10 Flannel 9:00
Oct 11 Flannel 9:00
Oct 12 Casper 8:00
Oct 17 Casper 9:00
Oct 18 Casper 9:00
Oct 24 Chief DJ 7:00 Bad Charlotte 9:00
Oct 25 Chief DJ 7:00 Bad Charlotte 9:00
Oct 26 Casper 4:00
Round House
Oct 10 Not Fast Enough 8:30
Oct 11 Mad Dog 2:00 Not Fast Enough 8:30
Oct 12 Ryan and Michelle 8:30
Oct 17 Screaming Heathens 8:30
Oct 18 Amelia Airharts 2:00 Screaming Heathens 8:30
Oct 24 Bendrez 8:30
Oct 25 Mad Dog 2:00 Bendrez 8:30
Oct 26 Ray Fogg 1:00
Beer Barrel
Oct 10 Other Brothers 5:00 Whiskey Gypsey 9:00
Oct 11 Lucas Guy 2:00 Other Brothers 5:00 Whiskey Gypsey 9:00
Oct 17 Pat and Allie 8:00
Oct 18 Lucas Guy 3:00 Pat and Allie 8:00
Oct 24 Hard Candy 9:00
Oct 25 Pat and Allie 5:30 Hard Candy 9:00
Reel Bar
Oct 10 Ray Fogg 7:30
Oct 11 Ray Fogg 7:30
Oct 18 Bob Gatewood 7:30
Oct 25 Bob Gatewood 7:30
Frosty’s
Oct 11 Pat Shepard 3:30
Boathouse
Oct 10 John Salamon 8:00
Oct 11 John Salamon 8:00
Use These Quick Links To Plan A PIB Trip!
- Things To Do At Put-in-Bay
- 2025 Put-in-Bay Event Calendar
- Our Favorite Places To Eat At PIB
- Put-in-Bay Ferry Service
Downtown Dave’s Thought(s) For The Week
Well I have had a busy last couple of days. So busy I did not have time to do the downtown Dave post last week. I watched my Browns lose to the Lions in Detroit and then went to all 3 baseball games in Cleveland and watched the Indians lose to the Tigers. I would do it all over again because the older that I get the fewer chances that I will have to do what I just did. I actually rode the Cleveland Rapid Transit to the games. I remember over 50 years ago I would ride this train to see my favorite sports teams. It brought back lots of memories of my youth.
So then it was my 50 year class reunion at Olmsted Falls. We got together on Friday , Saturday and Monday. It was really great seeing old friends again.
Just remember as you go through life do not have any regrets. Enjoy every moment and put all the things that you do in your book of life. Make sure your book does not have any blank pages. I know mine will be full. I had a great weekend seeing many old friends at my class reunion. I wish I had more time to talk to some of them. I think we had a great turnout. With so many people there I only was able to maybe have a 5 minute conversation with people before I started talking to somebody else. I wish I could have sat down with more people and really see how things have been with them. Maybe even set up lunch meetings with classmates when I have time this winter. I have said many times that I really have very few best friends but I have lots of really good friends. All of you reading this are my friends.
So 37 people that could not be with us for the reunion this year because they are no longer alive. As I just read through the list of names I remember each and everyone of them. Some of them I remember well, a few I just had a few memories of. But they were all important. Our youth is something that we take for granted. Our school years shape us to who we are today. This week from riding the rapid downtown, going to the high school football game(listening to the band play the same song fanfare and entrance that they played 50 years ago) going to the house I grew up in and going by the houses that I raised my kids in and seeing people that I have not seen in 50 years with my best friend Laurie made this a special week. One that I will always remember. The this post is really about the sunset and the end of a day on the boat ride back to Put in Bay. Someone today will see the sunset but not see the sunrise like many of my former classmates. We all have a time when the life that we have is over. Some earlier than others. For those that will wake up in the morning and see the sunrise be thankful. Make tomorrow an awesome day. Do not waste it. Just do what I try to do every day. I try to make somebody smile even if it is just me.
Some thoughts from a classmate to share also
Looking back on our time as teen age high school students, we now know how short of a time it was. Four short years is nothing compared to a lifetime. Yet those four short years played a major part in shaping who we are, who we’ve become and the values we hold dear. The mid Seventies is when we came to life and crept into adulthood, whether we wanted to or not.
There were a few of us who sorrowfully didn’t make it to the transformation process into adulthood and there were a number more of us who did complete that transformation process into adulthood but are no longer with us. All of them are a part of us. They lived, they loved, they laughed, they cried. We hope and pray that they lived fully and deeply loved the precious life the Spirit had given them.
Let us not forget that they too belong with us as we proudly proclaim that we are the Olmsted Falls class of 1975.”
Written by Robert O’Malley class of 1975
If you get invited to your class reunion please go. Even if you did not like that time of your life. I am sure that you will enjoy going and see some of your former classmates.
So I have enjoyed writing the music lists every week and sharing my thoughts with all of you. Hopefully Putinbay.com will have me back next year (editor’s note: You bet we will!). I will do one more post to do a summary of the year on the Island. I should have a list of all of the events going on for 2026 that I can share.
This weekend is Octoberfest weekend. Always a great time with lots of German food and beer in a tent downtown. Then Oct 24-25 is our Halloween weekend. I always see lots of great costumes every year. Then for me the saddest day of the year. The day the island shuts down till spring. The whiskey sign at the roundhouse will get turned off. Try to stop up for 1 of the last 3 weekends of music on the island.
So look for my year end Downtown Dave Post right around the end of the month