Explore City Tours Presents: Akron BLU Zone Food Tour
Category: Event Calendar
Dates and Times
- Saturday, May 3, 2025 4pm
- Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Jun 28, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Jul 19, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Aug 9, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Aug 16, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Aug 30, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Sep 6, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Sep 13, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Nov 1, 2025 3:30pm
- Saturday, Nov 8, 2025 3:30pm
Details
Celebrate Akron's Bicentennial in the BLU zone. Experience this artsy, historic, multi-block region that has repurposed some of the city's oldest buildings.
Explore:
Follow the leader and let our guide take you on a whirlwind tour of the north end of downtown. We zig and zag to get into some spots right before they close, and hit others just as they open.
- Akron Main Library
- Public Art / Pocket Gardens
- Akron Art Museum
- Rubber City Worker Statue
- Nightlight Theatre
- Sojourner Truth Plaza
- Hop House
- BLU-Tique Hotel
Discover:
Engage in lively conversation with your tour guide, business owners, and other attendees! You’ll learn more about…
- General Akron history
- Our jazz and musical roots
- LeBron James
- Public Art & Architecture
- Quaker Oats
- Cascade
- A River Ran Through It (sort of)
- Sojourner Truth
- Carnegie Library
Eat & Drink:
Small plates and samplers from an average of four of the following restaurants:
- Heera
- El Patron
- Green Dragon Inn
- Circle of Fifths
- Totally Baked Pizza
- The 1 Food & Spirits
