Given the relative news slowdown at year's end, and a lot of tie-in content for the bands playing ahead, let's finish this weekend's hard rock concert previews while also looking at some LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (one on SHORT NOTICE), and most of the known hard rock previews for New Year's Eve, so here's what you should know on this Saturday morning!
Sault Michigan hard rock quintet The Nameless will end 2024 when they headline The Merchants Bar's New Year's Eve party on TUESDAY NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, this show was only announced via the band's Facebook event page this past Tuesday, and like usual for concerts there, The Merch hasn't acknowledged this show on social media. Last seen at The Merch's pre-Thanksgiving concert last month, this will be a fine way for fans of local hard rock talent to ring in 2025, so consider a run down to West Spruce Street for all of the action! I don't know what specific New Year's frills will be on tap for attendees on TUESDAY, but admission is FREE for this 21+ event, which starts at 9:00 PM and runs until 1:00 AM. Visit the above links for more on The Nameless' New Year's show at The Merch on TUESDAY NIGHT, stay tuned for much more from them next year, and here they are live!
Next up, we have more new shows to acknowledge from Sal southern hard rock cover trio Bone Yard 225, courtesy of their website's newly updated concert calendar! Gigs for the next 2 months+ are listed there, so where can you see Greg, Alex, and Warren in the new year? Mostly at Reggie's Place, as your local 225 are booked there on the following weekends: January 3rd-4th and 10th-11th, January 31st-February 1st, February 14th-15th (a.k.a. the Family Day long weekend), and February 28th-March 1st. The guys ended 2024 with a bunch of Reggie's dates in a short span, and it looks like their frequency will continue in the first quarter of 2025, which is great news for fans of theirs and the downtown nightclub! Their only current local date elsewhere is their first "uncorked" gig of 2025, which will see Bone Yard go acoustic on Saturday, February 8th at The Water Tower Pub, a venue that historically hosts different nightly acts.
The other new dates will see Bone Yard 225 make their bi-annual return to The Coulson Entertainment Center in Sudbury on January 24th & 25th, so if you're living or travelling four hours east and wanna check out some familiar hometown faces next month, you know where to be! No word on when/if Bone Yard 225 will fill the empty weekends or February 7th with shows elsewhere, but it's a good start for the new year! Meanwhile, back in the current timeline, we have two imminent shows from Bone Yard to preview, starting with their return to Shooters Downstairs Lounge for the first time since October TONIGHT! Given that they're not (yet?) scheduled to rock Dennis Street again in early 2025, make the most of tonight's southern and hard rock cover action! Lastly, the 225 will end 2024 back at the aforementioned Reggie's Place for their New Year's Eve party on TUESDAY NIGHT!
All of the Reggie's shows ahead start at 9:30 PM, as does tonight's Shooters gig, while the unplugged Water Tower Pub concert is at 8:00 PM. All are 19+ events with no announced cover charge, including Tuesday's New Year's concert, though I don't know if Reggie's have any specific seasonal frills for the occasion. Whether you're sending out 2024 on Tuesday or enjoying Bone Yard 225 tonight or next year, there's a lot ahead for fans, so visit the above links for more details, here's Bone Yard live, and click here to sample their third original song "Fuck", which will be released in 2025!
We'll close this post with one more hard rock-friendly New Year's Eve party, and it marks a farewell, as local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will end their local run when they headline the YNCU Curling Centre's New Year's festivities on TUESDAY NIGHT! Eight years after the then-nameless band debuted at the former Rednecks Saloon in the fall of 2016, Soundcheck will call it a day for publically unannounced reasons after this night, but as this is a New Year's bash at the Anita Boulevard curling rink, they're definitely going out with a bang! Unlike other New Year's concerts with heavier bands this year, there are advertised frills to take in on Tuesday, with the on-site Hard Line Grill being open for anyone wanting something to eat, and complimentary champagne will be offered at midnight. This 19+ concert begins at 9:00 PM with doors opening at 7:30 PM, and while tickets will cost $25 at the door or at this link, remember that there is more being offered here in the advertising, so the proceeds will go to that.
If you'd rather see Soundcheck one last time with no cover, they're playing at Jay's Piston Broke Pub TONIGHT & TOMORROW NIGHT (as publically announced on short notice), so if you don't plan on going to the Curling Centre, head west to say goodbye to Terry, Cameron, Jim, and Glen this weekend while you still can! Even if they weren't disbanding next week, the setting and scope of Tuesday's New Year's party is very much of note, so send out 2024 and Soundcheck then! Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, best of luck to the guys and their former bandmates in the future, and here's Soundcheck live!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for the Rock Show preview and more, plus this month's YouTube Channel Profile and CD review! Thanks everyone!
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