After a day off following our weekend concert preview marathon, we're back with an all-LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS post concerning bands on the weekend cover circuit at local nightclubs, as things are ramping up in that regard with the summer coming to an end! Here's what you should know!
Local classic/hard rock cover quartet Double Down announced their initial fall 2024 dates via this concert poster on their Facebook page on August 16th! The first listed gig is one this weekend that I'm not going to cover here unless I hear public advertising to the contrary, as it is is taking place at the Ojibway Park campground in Garden River, who have not advertised this as a public concert. I am erring on the side of caution given that similar past events featuring local bands have been private, but I'll let you know if I am wrong! Double Down's first public concerts of the fall season will see them rock Jay's Piston Broke Pub on Friday, September 6th & Saturday, September 7th in their first shows here with new guitarist Beej Syrette, while they'll also return to The Esquire Club for two out of three remaining weekends there next month, as the Second Line West nightclub will soon be resuming its live band schedule!
We have yet to receive online confirmation of this from The Esquire Club, but Double Down say they'll be back there on September 13th-14th and 27th-28th. Lastly for now, fans can see the Syrettes, Brad, and Ric at The Water Tower Pub for a one-nighter (as is custom there) on Saturday, October 12th, so if you'd prefer something not in the west end, keep that show in mind! All of these have 19+ age limits and no announced cover charges, and start times will be at 9:30 PM for all except at The Water Tower Pub (8:00 PM). Double Down's hard rocking classic covers should get a good reception at these upcoming dates, so see above for more details!
Next up, southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225 have announced their own new concert schedule through October via their website's concert calendar on Wednesday! While this batch of shows surprisingly didn't include their Cruisin' The Dub bike show gig this past Thursday, they have a busy fall ahead, so where can you see Greg, Alex, and Warren next? Their first new date will see them return to Gateway Casino for the first time in three months for another "uncorked" show on Saturday, September 7th, so if you've missed their acoustic gigs, this is your only one from Bone Yard for the next month! The guys will plug things back in for standard Saturday-only concerts at Shooters Downstairs Lounge on September 14th and October 5th, a venue that they haven't played all summer, so keep their return to Dennis Street this fall in mind also! Elsewhere downtown, they'll rock Reggie's Place for full weekends on September 20th-21st and October 25th-26th.
While we have seen your local 225 rock Reggie's this summer, it'll still be good for fans to see them back at a popular local staple, so don't bypass these four upcoming dates! No word yet on if the October 26th show would have Halloween themes or not, but remember that some venues may opt to host their Halloween parties on Friday, November 1st due to proximity with Halloween being on a Thursday this year. The last new local venue in this batch of shows is the aforementioned Water Tower Pub, where Bone Yard will go "uncorked" once again for another acoustic show on Friday, October 4th (thusly filling that weekend given that Shooters also doesn't normally book the same band on consecutive nights). This acoustic show should go over well, but of course, you can see them on Great Northern Road this Friday first! The guys will also take a road trip back to Sudbury on October 18th-19th.
Bone Yard 225 have went out east to Sudbury to rock The Coulson Entertainment Centre on multiple occasions in the 2020s, and here's hoping October's trip is another success! The new local dates all have 9:00/9:30 PM start times except at The Water Tower Pub (8:00 PM), none have an announced cover charge, and all are 19+ events. Visit the above links for more on Bone Yard's busy fall schedule, and don't miss their southern hard rock action (if "uncorked") at The Water Tower Pub on Friday night!
Finally for today's all-new concerts post, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Generations will return to the aforementioned Jay's Piston Broke Pub for traditional concerts on Friday, September 13th & Saturday, September 14th! Drummer Tony Santoro announced these shows on the band's Facebook group yesterday, and they will mark Generations' first shows at Jay's since the first weekend of August, not counting his & Pierre's fill-in gigs with Tex Riviera & The Ride. Joining their normal dates that weekend, Generations will also host the jam night at the former Roosevelt Hotel that Thursday the 12th as well, as part of the continuing rotation of jam night host bands since Soundcheck stepped down this summer (if Double Down are hosting on Thursday the 5th, they hadn't said). Hopefully Generations' "triple header" at Jay's is another big hit for their classic covers and established talents next month, so don't miss out then!
Remember, we do not cover jam nights as "concerts" on the SMS due to their in-built unpredictability, as sounds can vary from what the host band plays in their own gigs, and they might step aside outright depending on who wants to perform. Next month's shows at Jay's have 9:30 PM start times, no cover charges, and 19+ age limits. See above for more details on Generations' next shows at Jay's, and stay tuned for this month's YouTube Channel Profile on the site next! Thanks everyone!
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