LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Project 906), Year-End Concert Previews, And New Theatre Of Night Videos!!

Barring some more late notice announcements, this could be our final news/concert preview post of 2018, so what lies within here? Some new videos from a major recent concert, our last show preview for this weekend, and our previews of the Monday slate of New Year's Eve hard rock concerts, but let's begin with a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!

Joining their previously announced Hulbert Happy Hour concert in Hulbert Township TONIGHT, local hard/blues rock quartet Project 906 will return to Bird's Eye Outfitters in Sault Michigan for their New Year's Eve party THIS MONDAY NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice on the latter concert, it was announced on the venue's Facebook page two weeks ago, but the band only confirmed their involvement on their own Facebook page on Thursday. An eventful year for the 906 camp will conclude at Bird's Eye on MONDAY, with a 1990s-theme night for the occasion, so expect a focus on covers from that decade during their set. Drink specials, appetizers, and a photo booth are all advertised for the occasion, and staff did remind us that Sault Michigan's second annual New Year's ball drop will take place just outside of the venue, so keep that in mind as well! As for tonight's Hulbert Happy Hour gig, this will be their first show there in 7 months, so if you've missed them an hour west of the Soo, you'll know where to go tonight!

Tonight's Hulbert concert has a 21+ age limit, no cover charge, and a 9:00 PM start time, and the same largely applies to MONDAY's year-end party at Bird's Eye Outfitters, but the band is slated to begin performing at 10:00 PM that night. Fans of Project 906's entertaining and proficient hard rock covers won't want to miss out on their last two shows of the year, so visit the above links for more details, and here's 906 live in Hulbert earlier this year!

Next up, we'll move to previously announced New Year's Eve concerts, starting with prolific Sault Ontario solo musician Tym Morrison, who is advertised to end 2018 with a special MONDAY matinee at Gliss Restaurant on Spring Street! Note that Tym hasn't publically confirmed this show on Facebook, but it's listed on SooToday's events calendar, and Tym did plug it on his personal Facebook page, so it's definitely on. Arguably his first triple weekend booking at Gliss since it's relocation in the fall, Monday's show should give fans another entertaining look at his acoustic hard rock covers in the new intimate standalone locale, so if you're going out for dinner on Monday, keep Tym's sets in mind! Despite the seasonal timing, this is still a 6:00 PM matinee and will not run through midnight, with Tym reportedly playing a private New Year's event afterward. As usual, there's no announced cover charge or age limit, but remember the locale. See above for more details, and here's Tym live a few years back!



Also on MONDAY NIGHT, The Rockstar Bar will wrap up 2018 in style when local classic/hard rock cover quintet Fluid 5ive headline their New Year's Eve party! After a well received first year on the local concert circuit, Fluid 5ive will bring their diverse and often heavy selection of covers back to The Algonquin Hotel's upstairs nightclub on Monday, and they should provide a fun soundtrack of familiar classic hits to the year-end action! As usual for The Rockstar Bar's New Year's Eve bashes, expect party favours, drink specials, and more entertaining accoutrements to be on hand, and as the only New Year's Eve show in Sault Ontario with a hard rock headliner, why not come out? Doors open at 8:00 PM on Monday, you must be 19 or older to attend, and a special $10 cover charge is in effect to go along with the extra seasonal frills. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, don't miss Fluid 5ive to end 2018 on Monday, and hopefully some public video footage of theirs turns up in the new year!

We'll close today with some newly posted live videos from Sault Michigan classical metal project Theatre of Night's Dreammaker's Theater concert at the local Kewadin Casino from December 15th! These were filmed for the way-too-generous Christopher Paci's YouTube channel, and while these were only just posted on Thursday, it's better to have them after Christmas than not at all! Chris also shot some videos at Theatre of Night's Soo Theater show last year, FYI. Videos filmed two weeks ago include "The Little Drummer Boy", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker, "Silent Night", an instrumental/aria number, "O Holy Night", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", and as embedded below, "Carol of the Bells". Filmed from a closer (but sharper) angle than the band's own livestream, the audio holds up well on these carols, and this should be worth a watch for fans of Theatre of Night's seasonal concert tour! Give these a look above & below, and stay tuned for more in 2019!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for our 2018 retrospective post on Monday, and more news and updates soon! Thanks everyone!