 The Kent Stage , located downtown , is a performance venue for a variety of arts performances in music and theater . It hosts around 90 concerts , four theatrical performances , and four film festivals or movie premiers per year , including local , national , and international performers . Since opening in 2002 , it has been visited by approximately 120 @,@ 000 patrons from all over Ohio , 38 U.S. states , and 3 countries . In April , it hosts events related to the " Who 's Your Mama ? " Earth Day festival and in June , it is one of the host venues for the Kent Folk Festival , an annual event in folk music since the late 1960s . The festival includes multiple folk music acts at venues throughout the city over a period of several days . The Kent Stage also hosts the Kent Blues Festival and a local artist music festival known as the Up From The River Music Festival . 
