Where to Find Vintage Concert Posters in Northeast Ohio

If you've spent any time searching for vintage concert posters in Northeast Ohio — whether you're in Kent, Akron, Cleveland, or anywhere in between — you've probably noticed that options are thin on the ground. Record stores sometimes carry a few. Antique malls turn up the occasional find. But for a dedicated, deep collection of original rock concert poster art from Ohio's most iconic venues? There's really only one place.

Raw Sugar Art Studio, based in Kent, Ohio, has been creating original concert poster art since 1967. Today the collection spans over 1,171 posters — and it's all available online.

What Makes Raw Sugar Art Studio Different

Most places that sell "vintage concert posters" are selling mass-produced reprints. Generic prints of generic shows, printed on demand and shipped from a warehouse.

Raw Sugar is different. These are original artworks — posters created by the studio's artists for specific concerts at specific venues. When you buy a 1975 Eagles poster from Raw Sugar, you're buying a piece of Ohio music history, not a commodity print.

The studio has been doing this work since 1967, which means the collection covers the full arc of rock history — from the psychedelic 1960s through the arena rock 1970s and 1980s, the alternative 1990s, and right up through the 2020s.

The Ohio and Midwest Venues in the Collection

What sets the Raw Sugar collection apart from national poster sellers is its depth of coverage for Ohio and Midwest venues. If you grew up going to shows in Northeast Ohio, you'll recognize these names immediately:

Kent Stage (Kent, OH) — Hundreds of posters from one of Ohio's most beloved intimate venues
Richfield Coliseum — The legendary arena that hosted everyone from Led Zeppelin to Prince
Blossom Music Center (Cuyahoga Falls) — Summer concerts from the 1970s through today
Cleveland Public Hall — Classic rock royalty from the early years
Akron Civic Theatre — Intimate shows from across the decades
Columbus Agora — The college-town club that launched careers
Dayton Hara Arena — Midwest rock at its peak

If you attended a show at any of these venues in the last five decades, there's a very good chance Raw Sugar created the poster.

Artists in the Collection

The breadth of the collection is staggering. A few highlights:

Classic Rock Icons: Led Zeppelin (multiple Ohio dates including the 1977 Richfield show), Rolling Stones (1972 Akron Rubber Bowl, 1978 World Series of Rock), Eagles (Richfield, Dayton, Columbus, and more), Fleetwood Mac (Rumours-era and beyond), Bruce Springsteen (from the 1974 Agora through the Born in the USA era)

Ohio Legends: James Gang, Michael Stanley Band, Donnie Iris, Glass Harp

Blues and Roots: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, Keb Mo, Ana Popovic

Folk and Americana: Indigo Girls, Dar Williams, Over the Rhine, Rhiannon Giddens, Steve Earle

The Full Spectrum: From Benny Goodman (1953 Cleveland) and Elvis Presley (1955 Cleveland) through Nirvana (1991 Cleveland) and beyond

How to Shop

Every poster in the collection is available in two formats:

Standard Print — $20 — A high-quality print ready to frame, perfect if you want to choose your own frame or buy multiple posters
Framed Print — $150 — The same poster, professionally framed and ready to hang

You can browse the full collection at rawsugarstudio.com/merch, search by artist name, or browse by decade using the Posters By Decade page.

A Living Archive of Ohio Music History

Raw Sugar Art Studio isn't just a poster shop — it's a living archive of Ohio and Midwest music history. Every poster in the collection represents a real show, a real moment, a real piece of the cultural fabric of this region.

For music fans in Kent, Akron, Cleveland, and across Northeast Ohio, it's the closest thing to a local music museum you can hang on your wall.

Browse the full collection at rawsugarstudio.com.