CLEVELAND, Ohio — Akron band The Shootouts will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Friday with a full-circle moment, returning to the Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland — the venue where the rootsy country band played its very first show in October a decade ago. Tickets for the anniversary show are a thematic $10 in advance and available at happydogcleveland.com .

The show is the final victory lap of the country-Americana band’s anniversary celebration. It follows a late September show in Akron and their 10th appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, which — with coordination of the Opry staff — took place on 10-10-25, exactly 10 years to the day of their debut at the old Happy Dog.

The group began as a fun side project for singer-songwriter Ryan Humbert and core band members singer Emily

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