"Our little corner of Cleveland": Spotlight Cleveland shines a light on local music scene

On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, a small corner bar on the west side of Cleveland was filled with the sounds of rock, blues and jam band music. It was jam night at Spotlight Cleveland, and the tiny, wood-paneled bar – what the owner calls a “micro venue” – was full of people. As the night went on and the cozy space filled up, people spilled out onto the patio, where they huddled together in the cold, drizzling rain and carried on talking and laughing. 

In the past year, two music lovers on Cleveland’s west side, Corrine Henahan and John Dewey, have transformed what used to be a smoke-filled, run-down corner bar at Madison Ave. and W. 87th St. into a loving tribute to the local music scene. The project is a direct result of their own grit and determination. After falling in love with the building and buying it at the height of the pandemic, they put in two years of sweat equity before reopening it as Spotlight Cleveland. 
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