Events
Closed for the Season
The Mustill store will open weekends beginning May 2026 thru October. Off season private tours are available please inquire at csullivan@cascadelocks.org
2026 Volunteer Kick Off and Training
PRIVATE EVENT FOR VOLUNTEERS ONLY. If you would like to become a volunteer visit https://www.cascadelocks.org/volunteer and complete the application before March 1st
There will be 2 sessions - morning 10:00 - 11:30 and afternoon 12:30 - 2:00 Watch for the invite!
Akron Sakura Festival
Join us at the Mustill Store for Sakura inspired fun!
Join one of our ‘History Hikes’ and learn about Akron’s Industrial Valley!
Spring Canal Clean-Up
Join us at the Mustill Store along with EnviroScience for our Spring Canal Cleanup. Great event for Scouts and Students to earn service hours!
Season Opening Celebration
Join us as we celebrate Opening Day! It will be a party to kick off the 2026 season at the Mustill Store Museum!
Free Lunch Fridays!
Join us for Lunch! Fridays 11:30 - 1:00 in June, July and August. Stayed tuned for more information
Duck Derby!
It’s our annual ‘FUN’raiser! Watch for more information and how to sponsor a duck in the races. Fun for the whole family!!
Jazz on the Trail
Join us in the backyard this summer for Jazz on the trail - Stay tuned - more dates to come!
Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival
We’ll stage performers at the Schumacher site again this year! - dates, times, and performers TBD -Stay tuned-
Oatmeal Festival
Join us at the Schumacher Site for an Oatmeal Celebration! Music, Vendors, Food and More!
Oatmeal Festival
Join us at the Schumacher site (Water Wheel) 57 W. North St. Akron, OH. 44308
Canal Clean Up with Enviroscience
Join us October 4th for the Fall Canal Clean Up!
Bags, Gloves, Snacks and Drinks provided.
Chameleon Theatre One Woman Show
I Got Questions is an electrifying one-person, outdoor theatre performance, featuring Josy Jones, following a woman as she interrogates her close and intimate friend, a tree. She’s got questions. She tries to reconnect with nature–the nature of the world and the nature of her self. She tries to fathom the forces that carry us–love, desire, evolution, technology, and the unseen rules that we bump up against every day.
Chameleon Theatre One Woman Show
I Got Questions is an electrifying one-person, outdoor theatre performance, featuring Josy Jones, following a woman as she interrogates her close and intimate friend, a tree. She’s got questions. She tries to reconnect with nature–the nature of the world and the nature of her self. She tries to fathom the forces that carry us–love, desire, evolution, technology, and the unseen rules that we bump up against every day.
Concert Truck in the backyard!
Experience The Concert Truck - a traveling music venue complete with its own lights, sound system and piano — as it rolls into Greater Akron neighborhoods for a series of free outdoor concerts. You can see it in our own backyard August 29th 12:00 - 1:00 during Free Lunch Friday!!
Presented by Tuesday Musical
Bring a lunch or enjoy Free Lunch Friday from the Mustill Store and enjoy the show!
Jazz on the Trail
Jazz on the Trail!
We are closing our Jazz on the Trail series August 10th with a bang! Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan will be giving a special performance at our Jazz on the Trail. Don’t miss this chance to catch one of jazz’s brightest rising stars in an unforgetable outdoor setting along the canal. Bring a chair, bring a friend, and enjoy an unforgettble talent! Join us Sunday August 10th for the last of our concert series with concert series!.
Free & family-friendly.
Jazz on the Trail
Jazz on the Trail!
We’re excited to present another Jazz on the Trail concert Sunday, July 20th at the historic Mustill Store Museum (57 W. North St, Akron, OH)!
Come experience live jazz from some of Northeast Ohio’s finest musicians, all in a scenic outdoor setting by the canal. Bring a lawn chair, bring a friend, and enjoy a new performance every month! This month we feature The Stix Trio - a dynamic jazz ensemble based in Cleveland. Led by drummer Nehemiah ‘Stix’ Baker, the trio brings a unique blend of jazz, funk, and R&B to the stage, delivering high-energy performances that leave audiences mesmerized.
Free & family-friendly.
Jazz on the Trail
Jazz on the Trail is Back!
We’re excited to kick off our Jazz on the Trail concert series this Sunday, June 22nd at the historic Mustill Store Museum (57 W. North St, Akron, OH)!
Every Third Sunday of the Month June, July, and August from 4:00pm - 6:00pm
We’re starting strong with a performance by Resolve – a smooth jazz/R&B group lead by Akron Saxophonist Donovan Shaeffer. Resolve will be bringing soulful grooves and laid-back vibes to the trail.
Come experience live jazz from some of Northeast Ohio’s finest musicians, all in a scenic outdoor setting by the canal. Bring a lawn chair, bring a friend, and enjoy a new performance every month!
Free & family-friendly.
Don’t miss the start of a great summer tradition!
Free Lunch Fridays
Join us on the porch for Free Lunch Fridays! - Every Friday all summer long *weather permitting
Bring your friends and family for lunch and live music and a tour of the oldest commercial building in Akron - The Mustill Store Museum!
Duck Derby 2025
You won’t want to miss our FAVORITE event, The Duck Derby! Join us for duck races, chalk the walk art, live music, awesome balloon creations, kids crafts, games, food trucks and more!
First Free Lunch Friday
Join us at the Mustill Store for Free Lunch Fridays!
We provide live music, a choice of an all-beef hot dog or a veggie burger and a bag of chips! Drinks are available for purchase. Free Lunch Friday is every Friday (weather permitting), Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Mustill Store Museum Opening Day
Opening weekend - Join us for coffee and pastries, and more for our opening weekend of the 2025 season!
EnviroScience Spring River Clean Up
This is our semiannual river clean-up. Wear clothing that you can get dirty! We provide gloves, snacks, and drinks! This is a great event and makes a huge difference to the health of our waterway. We meet at the Mustill Store front porch at 9!
Downtown Akron Partnership's Sakura Festival
We'll celebrate the 450+ cherry blossom trees that bloom along the Towpath Trail in downtown Akron and Ohio & Erie Canal Park, with activations at multiple points along the trail including the Mustill Store Museum and Schumacher Site.
2025 Volunteer Spring Training
Returning Volunteers and Volunteer Prosepects Only Event