Wintertide at Toast

Join us on December 3 as we bring our unique blend of maudlin cheer to the Gordon Square Wintertide Festival. We’ll be warming our embouchures and what-nots at Toast , one of our favorite venues for rock-star neutral musical stylings. Special bonus: Select holiday oriented tunes!

Thanksgiving Eve at the Millard Fillmore

Join Malphonia on that magical night before Thanksgiving at the Millard Fillmore Presidential Library 8:30-11:30 PM, when friends go out with goodwill and joy, before it all comes crashing down the next day in bloated excess and family tension. Malphonia will bring our set of danceable and hummable tunes, spanning the centuries of popular music.

Happy Dog Happy Hour with Malphonia

Join us on Friday, November 11 from 6-8PM at the Happy Dog for an exhilarating set of vaguely familiar tunes, curated especially for your happiness. As always, we will feature a unique blend of standards, comedy, opera, melodrama, and musical high-jinks to ease you into the weekend. Refresh your belly with beer wieners while we […]

Presidential Library Tour

Malphonia is pleased to be kicking off our Fall Presidential Library tour at the Millard Fillmore Presidential Library. Join us on October 13 starting at 8pm for our three-century-spanning repertoire of vaguely familiar tunes and questionable time signatures, featuring a new set of old favorites.

Patio Tour 2016: Toast, August 17

Malphonia continues their summer patio tour with a return engagement Wednesday, August 17, 6-8pm, at Toast in Gordon Square. Join us for an al fresco happy hour of spirits, culinary delights, and of course our three century spanning repertoire of familiar, and sometimes questionable music.

2016 Summer Patio Tour

Summer is in all its glory and so are the fellas of Malphonia, Cleveland’s rock star neutral musical ensemble and leading advocates of the open carry of instruments. Luckily for our fans, our glory is being shared outside of our own minds and private patio, bringing our musical stylings to several favorite al fresco sites […]

CHA Independence Day party

Malphonia had the pleasure of sharing the CHA outdoor stage for the July 3 party. Our principal brassist played one handed and recorded a video selfie with the other. Here’s an excerpt of the perennial favorite “Brazil”

Rooms to Let: Music for an Installation

For the second year, Rooms To Let Cleveland will be held in Slavic Village, and once again Malphonia is pleased to be part of the installation. Join us Sunday afternoon (5/22/16) as we provide a certain ambiance to the installation. As always, our repertoire will span a range of rock-star neutral™ renderings of old and […]

Sitting About Tremont

In the Spring young mens fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, but for us middle age Malphonians, we think about sitting outside to play our “music”. Such will be the opportunity this May 13th, when the first Walkabout Tremont kicks off in the historic/nostalgic neighborhood of Tremont. Join us between 6 and 9 pm […]

Dyngus 2016 with Malphonia

We’re getting our polka chops in shape for one of our favorite holidays; it’s Dyngus Day Cleveland style this March 28. Join us as we kick off the celebrations at Tremont’s Prosperity Social Club from 12-2, or meet us as we take our talents to Detroit-Shoreway’s Toast Wine Bar from 4-7. In addition to our usual line […]