Thursday, September 5, 2024

The First Of This Weekend's Hard Rock Concert Previews!!

For the first run of weekend concert previews of the fall season, we have too many shows for one post again, so while things will quiet down, not necessarily right away! Due to the amount, our previews of Saturday's Bone Yard 225 and Unfortunate Sun shows will be in tomorrow's news post, along with potential late notice confirmations. Now, here's what you should know to kick off this weekend in Sault Ontario!

We'll start with this weekend's main event in scope, as North Bay country/hard rock musician Cory Marks will return to The Machine Shop for his second local headlining date TOMORROW NIGHT! Fans may recall seeing Cory at the same venue in July of last year, impressing attendees with his cross-genre blend of original hits like "Outlaws & Outsiders" and "Blame It On The Double", and with more big guest-laden originals to come on his upcoming album "Sorry For Nothing", hopefully country and hard rock fans find a lot to like from this rising talent once again tomorrow! This show is truly running it back in every respect from last July, including the local openers, as classic/hard rock cover quartet Silent 9 will return to kick things off! Last year, they actually made their public concert debut opening for Cory, and with a year+ of shows under their belts, hopefully things are bigger and better for their Machine Shop encore!

Yes, Silent 9 are double booked tomorrow, and we will preview their Esquire Club gigs this weekend at post's end. This all ages concert has an 8:00 PM start time, and tickets will again run for $35 at this link and presumably at the door. Hopefully Cory's return is bigger and better than last year's despite the wide similarities from July 2023 to now, and his wide appeal in sounds should translate to a good audience! Visit the above links for more on tomorrow's concert, and here's Cory live last year!


Next up, let's look at some of the other heavier-leaning weekend cover concerts ahead, starting with local classic/hard rock solo musician Tym Morrison, whose weekly arrangements at The Mike Case Memorial Stage outside of The Trading Post TOMORROW NIGHT and on SATURDAY at Misty's Fifties march on for another installment each! In the former case, this will be the penultimate show of 2024 for Tym at the outdoor stage at The Trading Post, as it operates seasonally, so if you like seeing him way down Great Northern Road, you're running out of chances for 2024! If you'd rather see him indoors or earlier in the day, his weekly run of Saturday matinees at Misty's continues through at least the end of the month, so keep his west end return in mind for this weekend as well! You can enjoy his unplugged hard rock hits with no cover at either venue, with The Mike Case Stage show being all ages at 7:00 PM.

Saturday's Misty's Fifties show is a 4:00 PM matinee with a likely 19+ age limit. Weather-wise, we are looking at a cool night by the standards of Tym's gigs at The Mike Case Memorial Stage, with 9&10 News calling for just 9° temperatures during showtime. There is also a 30% chance of rain in the 8:00 PM hour (Tym's concerts here generally run for two hours), so if you are all concerned about the temperatures or possible rain throwing a wrench into the proceedings, keep tabs with Tym on social media for updates. Visit the official Facebook event pages linked here and here for more information, and for a preview of these shows, here's Tym live!

Also this weekend, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Double Down will go west for shows at Jay's Piston Broke Pub TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Fresh off of their private(?) Ojbway Park booking this past weekend, these will be Double Down's first stops at the former Roosevelt Hotel/Reggie's West since adding Beej Syrette on guitar & vocals. As best as I can tell, this should be a standard weekend for Beej, his cousin Joel, Brad, and Ric's brand of classic and hard rock covers, so don't miss out on all of the action on Korah Road this weekend! If you can't make it out, Double Down will literally double down with two concert weekends this month at The Esquire Club, including next week. Tomorrow and Saturday's Jay's shows are 19+ affairs with no announced cover charges and likely start times of 9:30 PM. Visit the band's Facebook page for more details, and for a preview, here they are live in concert last year!

We'll close this preview post by coming full circle with the aforementioned Silent 9, who will kick off the fall season for both themselves and The Esquire Club TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! As noted above, the classic/hard rock cover quartet debuted at Cory Marks' show here in July 2023 and will resume that role as his local openers tomorrow night! Unlike last year, they are double booked, and will mosey on down to the west end after their Machine Shop set to play their first traditional nightclub concerts of the fall, after taking the summer off aside from festivals and private events. Hopefully the rush of opening for Cory on the big stage sets the tone well for Jess, Ryan, Paul, and Steve's normal headlining dates on Second Line West this weekend! Their Esquire Club shows are at 9:30 PM with no cover charge and 19+ age limits, and it doesn't look like they'll have a delayed start time at The Esquire Club tomorrow night (the Cory Marks show starts at 8:00.)

Whether you saw Silent 9 during their festival/private summer or are well acquainted with their weekend bar circuit gigs, their blend of hard rocking and fan friendly covers will be a welcome sight tomorrow and on Saturday, so keep both the Cory Marks show and their own headlining dates in mind (and they now have official band shirts on sale!). Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Silent 9 live!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for our Bone Yard 225 and Unfortunate Son previews (and more) next! Thanks everyone!

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