People used to often ask Blaike Ford where they could find live music in Summit County. Despite working in live music for 15 years, including with many local artists, Ford would say, “I don’t know, just walk around and find it.”

“I started to realize that answer is not good enough,” Ford said. “So I set my mind to making something that was a lot better.”

In December 2025, Ford launched the Summit Show Report, a website and social media channels that catalogue every live music event, every week, in Summit County. During busy seasons, Ford said, the report can include 100 shows a week, with 25-30 per day from Friday to Saturday. The report has also built a database of around 175 bands that play in Summit.

Ford said she had been kicking the idea around for about five years before getting the report going. She credited her partners, Ethan Arrowood and Elizabeth Croteau, for helping her get the project off the ground.

Arrowood, a software engineer, jumped at the opportunity to build the report’s website when Ford told him about the idea. Croteau, who works in the music industry as well, was “super passionate” and wanted to help any way she could, Ford said.

“I think she gave me a huge kick in the butt to really get it going and make it look as good as it does,” Ford said.

Summit Show Report’s Instagram and Facebook pages post graphics every Tuesday listing all the live music in the county for the next seven days. On the website, visitors can find shows listed through the end of the current month. The website also lets visitors sort shows by town and click on a show to see more information about the venue and artist.

Ford said the report includes free and paid shows, and when a show is ticketed, the report’s website includes a link to purchase tickets on the show’s detail page.

“So many people just think we have the Instagram,” Ford said. “Then I tell them about the website, and they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, there’s so much information on here!'”

The report looks to benefit fans, artists and venues, Ford said. Venues have expressed interest in working with the show report to drive ticket sales, she said, while artists have appreciated the help it provides in getting the word out about their shows. 

“That’s what they keep saying to me, they’re like, ‘We don’t know how to do our own marketing and promotion. It’s not what we’re good at, it’s not what we like. We just want to play,'” Ford said.

Ford said artists and venues have told her they have seen more people “come through the door” since the show report launched in December. Those people, the fans, have shown positive feedback as well. 

Locals and tourists alike have told Ford the website has helped them find music and thanked her for creating the show report.

“I didn’t realize how strongly people felt about needing this,” Ford said. “It has been such positive feedback of, ‘Where has this been the whole time we’ve lived here?'”

About six months into its existence, the Summit Show Report is looking to expand and improve. Ford said she and her team plan to add features to the website to allow visitors to filter by genres or specific artists. They also plan to post artist spotlights on the website and social media pages with featured artists of the week.

“It’ll be an in-depth interview with them,” Ford said. “You’ll learn so much more about them, you’ll obviously be able to see videos of them, upcoming shows, etc.”

Outside of the website, Ford said the show report is looking to get more involved in booking and producing acts. The booking has already started, which she said makes sense because the report has a database of venues, acts, schedules and all the information needed to help venues find acts or vice versa.

Ford said the report is working with some local artists to start Off the Record, a series of shows inspired by Sofar Sounds, which puts on shows where attendees do not know the exact location or artist performing until the day before the event. Local acts will open Off the Record shows, but the headlining artists will be more “off the beaten path” and include acts passing through the area while on tour, Ford said.

Off the Record shows will have crowds of about 50-100 people and take place in places “you don’t normally go to see music.”

“A lot of the things that we hear from people, they’re like, ‘Ah, we don’t feel like going out in town. It’d be cool to like, go to someone’s mansion and see someone play in this intimate setting,'” Ford said. “It’ll be really unique like that.”

Ford said she aims to have the first Off the Record show take place this summer.