The Halloween concert season is almost upon us! As October 31st falls on a Thursday this year, local nightclubs and promoters have a few realistic options for their Halloween concerts, whether they want to host theirs the weekend prior, a day or two later at the start of November, or to have theirs on Halloween proper, work/school night be damned. Many are opting to have theirs early on the last weekend of the month, and we'll look at many of the hard rock/punk shows this weekend in this post! Due to the amount, we'll hold this weekend's Skoff, Generations, and Unfortunate Sun shows for our next preview post. Now, let's lead off with some SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS on Saturday!
Local classic/hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will bring his acoustic solo project back to The Dive Gastro Pub THIS SATURDAY for a matinee concert! Apologies for the short notice, the venue only announced it via this Facebook video promoting events and specials at the bar this week. SATURDAY's show will be Tym's first at the former Low & Slow since last month, and just his second public date since the abrupt end of his weekly run at Misty's Fifties earlier this month. Hopefully Tym's skilled brand of classic and hard rock covers find a strong audience on SATURDAY! This is a 5:00 PM matinee scheduled to run until 8:00 PM, and it is presumably a 19+ event with no cover charge. As for possible Halloween theming, I have seen no public reference to anything spooky or costume related on SATURDAY, but do remember that The Dive does regularly host acoustic artists on "Think It Over Thursdays".
Also, note that the 648 Queen Street East nightclub will be hosting a Devil's Night party with black lights and DJs on Wednesday, which will have horror-themed drink specials and a costume contest, so it's entirely possible that that is their main Halloween event. Keep tabs with The Dive on social media for any clarification on their Halloween plans. As for Tym Morrison on SATURDAY, click here and above for more details on his show this weekend, and for a preview of it, here is Tym live!
There's no stated age limit on this free event on SATURDAY, though confusingly, there are three different start times given for the event. This poster advertising Bird's Eye's Halloween events this week suggests that it will begin at both 6:00 and 7:00 PM, while the poster above indicates an 8:00 PM start time (in all cases, things are slated to end at 10:00 PM). Visit the above links for more on The Nameless' Halloween party on SATURDAY, and click here to watch their sole (and unembeddable) public video!
Also this weekend, we'll head back to Sault Ontario for two bands doubling up for shows this weekend, starting with veteran southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225, who will headline at Reggie's Place TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, with the latter being the Queen Street East staple's Halloween party! Fresh off of a successful return to The Coulson Entertainment Center in Sudbury this past weekend, these will be Greg, Alex, and Warren's first shows in the Soo since they rocked Reggie's three weeks ago. While tomorrow's show will be standard fare, Saturday the 26th will be the full Halloween party, with a costume contest taking place with prizes for the best single and couple costumes! "Cool booze" is also to be expected, though seasonal drink specials were not outright confirmed. Hopefully Reggie's is decked out for Halloween and has a great turnout on Saturday night!
It is also worth noting that, while not scheduled to play anywhere on the 31st, Bone Yard 225 do plan on releasing their second studio original song "Gypsy Spell" to major streaming services that day, as per updates on their Facebook page. Exciting news for fans, so visit their official website to hear a brief teaser clip of the song! Tomorrow & Saturday's Reggie's dates have 9:30 PM start times, no cover charges, and 19+ age limits, and remember that if you want to partake in the costume contest and the main Halloween events, come on Saturday, not Friday! Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Bone Yard live!
Finally for this preview post, we'll head to The Esquire Club, where local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will take the stage TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, but will this weekend include the Second Line West nightclub's Halloween party? Yes, and so will next weekend's! Answering calls by regulars to have their Halloween festivities the weekend before and the weekend after, they confirmed on their Facebook page on Monday that they will have two Saturday night Halloween parties, with Soundcheck headlining the first one and Silent 9 doing the honours on November 2nd, so whether you want to double your spooky season fun or have a preferred date/band, you have options! No word on possible seasonal drink specials, but there will be a costume contest on Saturday, and one hopes that The Esquire Club will be decked out for the occasion, so don't miss out this weekend!
Of course, Soundcheck's classic and hard rock covers (with a dash of country to boot) are this weekend's main attraction, including the normal concert tomorrow, so if you wanna check out Terry, Cameron, Jim, and Glen's fan friendly cover slate, they're next up at The Esquire Club with Halloween partying to come on night #2! Expect 9:30 PM start times, no cover charge, and 19+ age limits on both nights. See above for more details, and for a preview, here's Soundcheck live!
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