It's a new month, and a new slate of weekend concert previews ois here to welcome hard rock fans! Due to the amount of shows, I'll hold our preview of HeadF1rst's album release party at Soo Blaster on Saturday for tomorrow's post. Here's what you should know on this first day of May, starting with a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!
Local acoustic classic/hard rock cover duo Dodge This will play their first ever gig at Beck's Bar on Goulais Avenue THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, this show was only announced on the venue's Facebook page on Tuesday, and the band has not posted on their Facebook page in any fashion since March. This is weekend #2 for the former Vibe Lounge since Becky set up shop at the Polish Canadian Hall's sister locale, and hopefully Jason & Jamie (and Jeff?) deliver a solid night of rocking covers for west end fans on SATURDAY! Remember, Beck's hosts 3:00 PM matinee performers on Saturdays as well, with Lime frontwoman & reigning Soo's Got Talent champion Madii Schomogyi playing a solo set there on SATURDAY, but this is a separately scheduled four hour concert on the same day, and she isn't "opening" for Dodge This. Neither has a cover charge if you want to hang around though!
Like at Shooters, Beck's Bar does not host live bands on Fridays, rather DJs. SATURDAY NIGHT'S concert has a 9:00 PM start time, and it is 19+. Visit the above links for more on Dodge This' Beck's debut, and here they are live!
Next up, let's head to The Water Tower Pub, where local classic/hard rock cover quartet Double Down will set up shop for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! Last seen at Jay's Piston Broke Pub just under a month ago, this will be their fourth public gig with new bassist Dan Beaupre in the fold, and first with him outside of Jay's. If you haven't seen the new lineup yet, tomorrow is as good a day as any, and the hard rocking covers should be flowing freely for all to enjoy! As usual for The Water Tower Pub, this is a one-nighter, as they almost never host the same band on consecutive nights. The band playing there on Saturday night is Separate Wayz, the new live rock cover band from Soundcheck alumni Terry Eaton, Jim Michaud, and Steven Flint, alongside singer Nicole Thibodeau. I have yet to hear media of them in concert or get setlist samples to know if they would fit our coverage range like Soundcheck did, but we'll keep you posted!
Tomorrow's Double Down concert is a 19+ affair at the Great Northern Road nightclub with no announced cover charge, and it has an early-ish 8:00 PM start time once again. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Double Down live!
Also this weekend, local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225 will return to Reggie's Place for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! These will be the first shows from "The Dirty 3" on home soil since rocking Reggie's three weeks ago, but the guys just made their bi-annual Sudbury road trip this past weekend at The Coulson Entertainment Center, getting another solid reception from fans 4 hours east. It's always good to see Greg, Alex, and Warren in more familiar local confines, and hopefully tomorrow and Saturday night's concerts deliver more southern fried original and cover rock action for downtown fans! These shows are 9:30 PM events with 19+ age limits and no cover charges. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's a brand new video of Bone Yard live! This was filmed by attendee Marcy Catherine for her personal Facebook page during the April 25th show in Sudbury.
This (sadly) vertical video was publically shared by Steve McArthur onto The Coulson's Facebook group later that day, and features the band playing a song that I can't immediately identify, and Google's audio match tool didn't help. Marcy shot this from a side stage vantage point, and given that, the vertical framing isn't as bad as it can be because the guys were framed better for it. Solid performance, if with somewhat muffled audio, though as this was a live-stream, it will leave Facebook around May 26th unless Marcy re-posts it as a permanent regular video, as per Facebook's rule change regarding live-streamed videos. Give it a look below while you can!
Finally, let's head to Sault Michigan for the latest multi-band event from local promoters Serious Business, as Muskegon "weirdo punk" trio Violet Scum will headline at Pickles Bar & Grill in Brimley on SATURDAY NIGHT! Violet Scum's brand of alternative-inflected punk should deliver for fans of grunge and 1990s alt-rock, and it will be neat to see this unique and talented group in our area this weekend, so don't miss them! Grand Rapids experimental/synth project Dick Texas will play their third local/Serious Business date as the co-headliners on Saturday, while the local support includes newer punk trio About:Blank (we'll have more from them soon), and in a rare cross-border appearance by a Sault Ontario musician in the E.U.P., local outsider folk musician Shae Tull. Is this the start of more Canadian acts engaging in Serious Business? Time will tell, but hopefully Shae kicks things off nicely on Saturday night!
Saturday's concert is an 18+ event with doors opening at 8:00 PM, presumably in Pickles' basement again, and there is a $10 cover charge. Always good to see Brighton and crew hosting a rare (but not as rare) multi-band show like this in the E.U.P., and hopefully there's a strong turnout on Saturday for this mix of touring and local talent! Visit the above links for more details, and here's Violet Scum live!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for our HeadF1rst preview and more on the site next! Thanks everyone!
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