LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (The Nameless) & More Weekend Concert Previews!!

As promised, let's round out this weekend's hard rock concert previews, but after yesterday's short notice-heavy affair, today's is mostly devoted to shows that I knew about before the last few days. However, we are leading off with LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, one on SHORT NOTICE, so here's what you should know for the rest of the weekend!

Sault Michigan hard rock band The Nameless will return to Snow's Bar & Grill in nearby Cedarville for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, the band did announce it via their Facebook event page on June 26th but it slipped us by last week when I could have plugged it with time to spare. The Nameless debuted at Snow's in February during this year's Les Cheneaux Islands Snowsfest, but TOMORROW'S show appears to be standard fare, so if you liked them there in February and/or want to enjoy some hard rock covers, keep this one in mind! In other news, The Nameless will return to The Merchants Bar in Sault Ste. Marie on Saturday, July 13th (here's its Facebook event page), while they will make their debuts at The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino on Friday, July 26th & Saturday, July 27th (both shows have individual Facebook event pages linked here and here).

It's good to see that Josh, the Mikes, Justin, and Anna have a busy month in store for fans, so don't miss their upcoming shows across the E.U.P., starting with their trip to Cedarville TOMORROW! All four dates are 21+ affairs with no announced cover charges and 9:00 PM start times. See above for more details, and click here to watch their sole (if unembeddable) public concert video from their Merch debut!

Next up, let's look at shows that had 100% advance notice, starting with Sault Ontario classic/hard rock musician Tym Morrison's return to The Mike Case Memorial Stage outside of The Trading Post TONIGHT! Fresh off of his Gino's Fired Up Kitchen debut on Wednesday, this will be another outdoor show way down Great Northern Road, if without the partial patio protection for attendees, so it'll be a familiar time for fans of Tym's varied and extensive setlist, not to mention his vocal and guitar talents! For the only time in his 2024 summer calendar, Tym is not pairing this show with a Saturday nighter at Misty's Fifties, and I have not seen a public reason as to why he's not playing there tomorrow. He'll be back there next week! Tonight's Trading Post show has a 7:00 PM start time, no cover charge, and no age limit, as per usual during his summer gigs there. Weather-wise, 9&10 News is calling for a 40% chance of rain tonight with temperatures of 19°.

Tym has cancelled/shortened his Mike Case Stage shows due to weather before, so if you're at all concerned about tonight's being rained out, keep tabs on it closer to showtime. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here he is live!

Now let's take a brief detour back to Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula to look at Sault Ste. Marie hard/blues rock quartet Project 906, who return to the stage TONIGHT at The Islander Bar in nearby Hessel! This will be Project 906's first public concert since February and their first gig in Hessel since August of last year, so regardless, it's been a while to see their hard rocking cover slate on a local stage! So far in this "summer of 906", the band has exclusively played at private events, not to mention a trio of solo dates for singer Billy Bernier, including once at The Islander Bar in May (if his solo shows are basically 906 unplugged or not, I don't know). Project 906 are on tonight at 9:00 PM, there is a 21+ age limit in effect, and there is no announced cover charge. Visit the above links for more on Billy, Joe, Dustin, and Jason's Hessel return tonight, and for a preview, here they are live!

Finally for this weekend, let's head back north to Sault Ontario, where local classic/hard rock cover quartet Silent 9 will play a special outdoor concert at Strathclair Park at 639 Black Road during this year's COPPA Giovanni Soccer Tournament TOMORROW NIGHT! This very nontraditional concert comes on day #2 of the annual local soccer event, with their set taking place near the main field during (after?) games featuring local men's and women's squads in World Cup-style tournaments. Like last year, Silent 9 are only playing at private, festival, or special gigs this summer before returning to the weekend nightclub circuit in the fall, so if you want to see Jess, Ryan, Paul, and Steve rock out, this is your only chance before Rotaryfest! Remember, Silent 9 dropped out of the Giovanni's Italian Festival on Sunday for unannounced reasons, and they were replaced by RPM.

Silent 9 takes the stage at 7:00 PM tomorrow, this is definitely an all ages event, and there is no admission fee for spectators. 9&10 News is calling for partly cloudy weather of around 19° tomorrow night during Silent 9's showtime, and the tournament action should beat the rainy weather forecast that morning. Good luck to all of the competing teams this weekend and to Silent 9 as they take the stage, so see above for more details, and here's Silent 9 live!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for a new news post on the site tomorrow! Thanks everyone!