Most concert venues in the Cincinnati area are in urban neighborhoods so they carry about the same level of risk/safety. If you have an adult dropping you off and picking you up, that would work better because then you can just go right to the door and then wait in the lobby or just outside. If you have an older friend driving, that s a little riskier since most venues don t have parking immediately adjacent, so you have to park walk.There are a number of ways to keep up to date on future shows. A lot of venues have mailing lists for their schedules, so you can get updates by email. Same for the bands... but if you like a lot of different musicians it would be a pain to track them all down and subscribe to their email updates. CityBeat.com has event listings, but don t go too far into the future. If you use iTunes, there s a free plugin called iConcertCal, that finds local concert dates for bands you have in your iTunes. (www.iconcertcal.com). These are the methods I use, but I know there are other event listings out there... try searching for Cincinnati concerts and see if you find a listing you like.
And is there a way to get notifications of bands coming to Cincinnati?Yes. It s called Google. You just type in bands coming to Cincinnati and it will give you websites, like this one:http://www.ticketsolutions.com/brokercin��As to which place would be safest, that s a hard call. The Who concert killed 11 people, and they weren t even in the auditorium. Bogart s is in Corryville, which is a little dicey, but if you re with a group and you use ordinary precautions, you should be OK.