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Beachland owners Mark Leddy and Cindy Barber by their Waterloo Road club before it opened back in 2000.

(John Kuntz, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lawyers tend get a bad rap.

But this weekend, the folks at the Beachland Ballroom in Collinwood want to give them a shout out -- and they want you to join them. The club is hosting a Raising the Bar fundraiser to help pay the $24,000 of legal fees resulting from the settlement of their recent admission tax issues with the city of Cleveland.

But here's the cool part -- all of the bands and acts performing during the Saturday show are local lawyers or judges (none were involved with the Beachland case).

"We just signed all the settlement paperwork in December and have a payment arrangement with the city," says Beachland owner Cindy Barber. She says the club agreed to pay the principal amount of $119,000 owed, but had some of the penalties and interest waived.

"That left us with a rather large legal bill. Judge Mike Donnelly, who is a musician and fan of the club, decided to try to get the local legal community together to help pay the legal fees."

Not only will the event feature four bands made of up "legal musicians," who will donate all of the $15 admission charge (less tax of course) to the club to pay their bills. There will also be a silent auction featuring items such as club-level Indians tickets, Browns tickets, a Les Paul special edition guitar, a Taylor acoustic guitar and "Mrs. Potter" gift basket from Monica Potter including candles and body products.

If you can't make it to the show but still want to show your support to the club that helped put Waterloo Road on the map and inspired the area's revival as an entertainment district, you can donate at their GoFundMe page: gofundme.com/BeachlandCLE

Tickets for the 8 p.m. Saturday show, $15, available at the club or online at beachlandballroom.com. All proceeds will go towards the club's legal fees. The Beachland is at 15711 Waterloo Road. Call 216-383-1124.

Bands playing Raise the Bar:

Faith & Whiskey: Steve Zashin, Rich Wesorick, Dan Krueger, Jerry Kysela, Jim Pujolas, Keith Merritt, Matt Kozink, Joe Barone, Jim Reesing and Mike Donnelly.

Rule 11 and the Sanctions: Jon Leiken (piano and vocals), DeeDee Reish (guitar and vocals), Bob Walker (drums and vocals), Dan Krueger (bass), and Andrew Fiorella (guitar).

Out of Order: Tom Haren, Emily Dettmer, Marcus Sidoti, Vince Ruffa, Joe Grandinetti and Dave Thein.

Hung Jury: Luke Lindberg (vocals, guitar), Ryan Kennedy (guitars), john Hanley (bass), Bob Walker (drums).