Matt Hill and the Classics: Date Night in Steubenville returns to Fourth Street on August 28

Date Night in Steubenville returns to Fourth Street on August 28 Call the Sitter, It's Date Night Downtown Steubenville will close a block of Fourth Street on Friday, August 28, just for your date. Date Night in Steubenville runs from 6 to 9 PM out front of the Steubenville Grocery Box at 173 N. 4th Street. An open-air dance floor goes down on the pavement, Matt Hill and the Classics play from the street, and a pop-up restaurant serves dinner with seating both indoors and outside. Tickets are $10 per person and include your first beverage. The July edition drew a large crowd, with couples out dancing early and staying out there. A free dance lesson comes with the evening, which is how a good portion of that floor got started. The pop-up restaurant Each Date Night brings in its own chef and its own menu for one night only, which means the dinner is never the same twice and never comes back. July's chef set a high standard, and guests took their time over the meal between numbers rather than rushing back to the street. August's chef and menu will be announced soon, along with the beer and wine list, so it is worth watching for. The band Matt Hill and the Classics have built their reputation on reading a room. Rather than running a fixed set list at a crowd, the band watches what is in front of them and adjusts, which is what clients mention most often in reviews. On a street like this one that means the music sits back early while people eat, then opens up once the floor starts filling. Bandleader Matt Hill has performed for Fortune 500 companies and shared the stage with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artists including The Impressions and Little Anthony. Corporate clients include Duolingo and Family House, and the band carries a Best of The Bash award. The group scales from a jazz trio to an eight piece New Orleans brass band, with a book that runs through cocktail jazz, New Orleans second line and brass, Motown, funk, rhythm and blues, and classic soul. It is a wide eno