LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Dodge This) & Weekend Concert Previews!!

Let's dive head first into this weekend's hard rock concert previews on this Thursday night! Due to the amount of shows this weekend, I'll hold our preview of Saturday night's Bone Yard 225 and About:Blank shows for tomorrow's post. Now, here's what you should know to start the weekend, including a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!

Local acoustic classic/hard rock duo Dodge This will return to The Water Tower Pub TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, we first learned of this booking via the venue's February concert calendar on Monday, though the band did confirm the booking on their Facebook page yesterday. Despite their quiet start to the year on social media, Jason & Jamie (and Jeff?) did rock The Dive last month, perhaps among other gigs that may have happened without online word from their camp before they resurfaced on Facebook this week. Fans of Dodge This' rocking acoustic covers should get a lot to like in their first Water Tower Pub show of the year TOMORROW! This show has a 19+ age limit, no announced cover charge, and an early-ish 8:00 PM start time, while we will address Generations' month-ending show there in an upcoming post. See above for more details, and here's Dodge This live!

Next up, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Silent 9 will help kick off this year's Bon Soo Winter Carnival TOMORROW NIGHT when they rock The Machine Shop! The only SMS-relevant concert taking place at Bon Soo this year, this early highlight on Silent 9's 2025 calendar will see them cap off a day full of family activities & events at the Canal District and elsewhere downtown, so be sure to read the official schedule to get the full scoop on what's going on tomorrow and beyond! Tomorrow's concert takes place from 8:00-10:00 PM indoors at at The Machine Shop, this is an all ages event, and admission is free with your $12 Bon Soo button or $8 jacket tag. If you don't wanna buy yours at the gate, click here for the locations where you can buy them. Silent 9's hard rocking blend of covers should get get Bon Soo off on the right foot, so see above for more details, and here they are live!

Now let's head across the Ontario/Michigan border for some hard rock shows in the E.U.P., starting with local hard rock quartet Dirty Musky's return to The Islander Bar in Hessel TOMORROW NIGHT! If you liked/missed the I-500 pub crawl in the Soo this past weekend, you may want to consider stopping by Hessel and nearby Cedarville tomorrow, as Dirty Musky's show takes place during the annual Les Cheneaux Islands Snowsfest's pub shuffle across nightclubs in the two towns. Last year's pub crawl saw a scavenger hunt across the five participating bars, plus votes on who had the best decorations, costumes, and themed drinks, if 2024's pub shuffle is anything to go by, you can vote on which participating pub has the best decorations, costumes, and cocktails, while also taking part in a scavenger hunt across the locations. Technically, the concert takes place after the 8:00 PM close of the pub shuffle, but why not stay for some live hard rock?

Food specials will also be on tap for attendees at The Islander tomorrow, with Dave, the Blackwoods, and Jamie hitting the Hessel stage at 9:00 PM with a 21+ age limit and no announced cover charge. Hopefully Dirty Musky get a strong turnout from fans and pub crawlers alike for their 2025 kickoff, so visit the above links for more on both this show and Snowsfest in general, and here they are live last year!

Finally, Traverse City metal trio Scarkazm are advertised to return to The Rapids Lounge at the Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin Casino TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! While not freshly promoted on their Facebook page this week, they posted Facebook event pages last fall to promote the gigs, so they appear to be on as scheduled. These will be the Peril sister band's third and fourth E.U.P. dates of 2025, following shows at the St. Ignace Kewadin over the first weekend of the year, and it will be good to see Adam, Dave, and Jeff unleash their talented blend of hard hitting covers and originals in the Soo for the first time in almost two months this weekend! Tomorrow and Saturday's Scarkazm concerts are standard fare for their Kewadin trips, so expect 9:00 PM start times, no cover charges, and 21+ age limits both nights. Visit the above links for more details on Scarkazm's returns to the Soo this weekend, and here they are live!

That's all for now, but stay tuned for our Bone Yard 225 & About:Blank previews and more next! Thanks everyone!