Muralists El Mac (Miles MacGregor) and Aiseborn, both of Los Angeles, began work on the Civic’s exterior wall facing West Bowery Street overlooking Lock 4 in September.

Lock 4 is currently being renovated, but what an amazing little area. Beer garden overlooking the flowing locks is a great site with plenty of seating. This is going to be one of Akrons hidden little secrets. Make sure you add this to your to do list and hang for a bit.

I cant wait to see what it looks like when the mural is complete. The lighting is spectacular at night. Lots of great events and music too. The rental options looks to be promising as they overlook the waterway....

Beautiful! I love that the tow path is connected. I live downtown and enjoy using the lock.

Great place for free music Wednesday nights 7-9 Lock Bottom Blues and Jazz, Soul and a bit of Funk

Beautiful new mural painting in the works.

The heavy sound of water is very relaxing!!!

Great atmosphere, beautiful seating, and lovely sound. Lock 4 is my favorite place to sit and relax in downtown. Nestled down by the water under the Civic Theatre it is an isolated oasis, a location of calm and quiet in the city. Bonus-the lights over the canal are beautiful in the evening.

I visited Lock 4 Park for a University of Akron event and its such a nice outdoor space. Parking nearby is easy, there are lots of places for small groups to mingle, you can see and hear the water going by in the canal. Lock 3 is great for big events, concerts etc. Cascade Plaza is good for the food truck festival and medium sized events, and Lock 4 is perfect for something smaller. Its so enjoyable to have all 3 spaces for enjoying Akron Downtown.

This will definetly be the spot next Summer 2020. With LOCK3 Concert Series and then the future restraunts & Bars & concert club LOCK4 will be a fun spot for years to come !!

With the lights on it was such a nice night to share with a very special.. they have musical guests festivals in all kinds of events held in lock 4... definitely recommend this place to anybody out and about downtown.. especially at night

I was going to take my daughter and her friend ice skating and they had some bumper things also but the bumper part was over and that is what they wanted to do the most so we went bowling instead but it looked like it would have been fun next time we will go earlier and make it in time for the bumper things!

Walking through the area to see what is changing as the city seeks.to revitalize downtown Akron.

This is my favorite park for an outdoor workout. Its easy to run around downtown and then end up here for a full body workout with stairs and large concrete stairs to jump and run up. There is easy access to lock 4 from lock 3 via a path that runs along the buildings. There is a little bit of street parking in the area, but with current construction, parking on Main Street and entering though lock 3 is the easiest way to get here. There are really nice Adirondack chairs as well as metal chairs and tables that are set up all the time. There is a snack hut, but Ive never seen it actually open. My only reason for giving 4 stars instead of 5 is that there is a relatively new drinking fountain that has never been functional and I would really appreciate a nice drink during my runs.

Today is the first day of the free jazz and blues concerts. The beer and wine prices arent bad at all. Very nice venue.

Great venue for small shows and you dont even need to worry about the sounds coming from Lock 3 because of how its set up.

Awesome view of the artwork from the bridge. Went for a walk around downtown while my daughter was at childrens hospital for 2 weeks.

Beautiful place with lots of places to explore, and plenty of pokestops for those that play the game! Unfortunately some places dont seem to be taken care of very well (dog poo in the middle of the walking areas for days on end) but its nice otherwise.

Little hidden gem very beautiful if looking for new place to experience check it out

Amazing find in Akron. Great atmosphere! Definitely worth a visit!!!

Music was great. Nice breeze off the canal.

Beautiful area with plenty of places to sit amd hang out in the outdoors

Really nice park. Beautiful.

Doing a little bit of construction over that way @love for but Im sure its going to be really nice by the time I get done with it theres going to be so much going on down there

Great place to walk or see a jazz concert.

Nice little spot in downtown Akron. Lock 3 is where all the summer events are.

It was very entertaining ...

Modern gem of a venue. Just quirky enough and off the beaten path enough to surprise you with its charm. Modern meets nature with the canal cutting through the area while passing over many small but eye-catching waterfalls underneath the Civic Theater.

Nice and peaceful

Neat scenery

So nice there

My kids love water and lock 4 is a good place for them to see what they like.

Nice place to think.

Love this place

Love this place! Great summertime music venue.

African festival was great

EVERY 3RD THURSDAY at The LOCK 4The halled walls danced between the original sounds and songs played by three very good bands at the Lock 4 tonight. The Devil Strip brought together three different genres of music, and although different music styles were present, jazz, blues and reggae, there were more commonalities than differences . For one, all three bands had mainly their own songs, and I have to say, all three bands had more than a couple good songs. The night started with the young jazz masters, Acid Cats. I had the chance to see them the last they were here at the Akron Civic, and even though they played very well last time, theyve just got better. The horizontal symmetry between trumpet and sax harmonies were equal to Umojahs Nations female backing choral vocals, outstanding . The lead guitarist choice notes and chord movements ranged from Chuck Berrys to George Benson. The drummer as Miles Davis puts it, can sit in the pocket and keep it all moving together. Miles worried about what will happen to the melody. Well, Miles, rest easy, for The Acid Cats have that covered.Hayden Gilbert and the Rukus has this soulful thick slick blues. I really enjoyed the beef to his chops. I really do hope to hear more from him and his band.The night all came to, what would seem to be an extension coming down from Highlands PorchRockr fest, for everyone who was related to some fashion in art were dancing in some form. Seriously, out of the 150 to 200 people who attended, a good percentage were dancing to the songs of Umojah Nation. You had the talented Hula Hoop Art Dancing girls there, the long hairs, pixies, barefooted, high heels, flowing hands, clapping hands, all smiling and groving to the reggae sounds of original songs like Strike, as well as others.All three of these bands should certainly be in the gotta go see box on your smartphone.I checked out The Devil Strips FaceBook page and they seem to be a very decent source for being in the (Now&Know of Akrons Art Scene) .Oh, you can get free Akron Rubber Ducks Baseball tickets from The Devil Strip too. I picked up a couple.Thanks peoples. We like our fun and we never fight You cant dance and stay uptight Its a supernatural delight Everybody was dancin in the moonlight (King Harvest) Dancing in the Moonlight I wont get out until Sunday Ill have to say I stayed with friends But its a habit worth forming If the means justify the ends Im dancing in the moonlight Its caught me in the spotlight Its alright Dancing in the moonlight On this long hot summer night (ALT J) Dancing in the Moonlight

Like it very beautiful place right next door to Lock 3

Nice park you can tell akron is doing alot to bust up that lock.

Very nice

Great place in Akron to see some great art!

Great place for summer jazz on a Wednesday evening.

Canal smells rancid. Buildings crumbling.

Surprising in the city

Beautiful!!!!!!

Neat place

Good visit

Nice quiet place.