Steve Free Band: An Evening of Appalachian Folk
Saturday, June 29, 2024 – 7:00 pm
Buffalo Creek Retreat, 8708 Hubbard Valley Road, Seville, OH 44273

Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) and the Medina County Park District present An Evening of Appalachian Folk Music with the Steve Free Band. Known as the “Appalachian Jimmy Buffett”, Free draws his music from his Native American (Shawnee/Cherokee) and Appalachian roots. The concert is free. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnics to enjoy this award-winning singer/songwriter/recording artist and his band. For more information call 419-853-6016.

About Steve Free

Steve Free is an internationally acclaimed award-winning singer/songwriter/recording artist. The winner of numerous Music Industry Awards, including nine ASCAP Awards, a Platinum Record and a Grammy nomination, he has charted over 30 songs on the National and International, Americana, Country and Billboard Charts, including 15 #1 songs, while remaining one of the Music’s Top Folk Artists both in the U.S. and Europe.

In 1996 he was named International Independent Recording Artist of the Year. In 2008 he won the Governor’s Award as the #1 artist in Ohio. In 2000, Free was honored by the Kentucky State Senate for his musical contributions to Appalachia. He is an Ohio Arts Council and Arts Midwest Arts Council “Ohio Artist on Tour.”

In 2000, Free received a lifetime achievement award from Airplay International in Nashville for his decades of international airplay. His song, “Siege at Lucasville”, about the 1993 Ohio prison riot, was filmed by CBS TV’s “48 Hours” in 1996, and his song, “Our Hometown” is featured in the PBS documentary, “Beyond These Walls”.

In 2014, Free performed on PBS, NPR and The Nashville Network. He has been featured in the AFM International Magazine, GTE Music Magazine in Nashville and numerous other music industry magazines and newspaper articles. Learn more at