Another packed concert weekend is upon us, but not as busy as we thought, as local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225's "uncorked" show at The Water Tower Pub has been cancelled "due to a double booking", as per their Facebook page. The double booking appears to be with the band, not the venue, as The Water Tower Pub's June concert calendar now has no one scheduled on Saturday. Hopefully all is well regardless, but don't miss Bone Yard plugged in at Reggie's next week, with their next acoustic gig being at Beck's next month! Now, let's dive into the first half of this weekend's concert previews, starting with SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS!
North Bay country/hard rock solo musician Cory Marks will return to Sault Ste. Marie TOMORROW NIGHT to headline at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre! I profusely apologize for the short notice, this show was first announced on social media on May 26th, unusually late notice for a show with a touring headliner, but this isn't just a run of the mill concert. This coincides with Hope Air Day, a celebration for raising awareness towards equitable health care, specifically towards providing air travel for those in remote and northern areas who need medical assistance. Hope Air proper is a charity out of Toronto that does great work for those in Northern Ontario and elsewhere with medical needs, and kudos to them and the Bushplane Museum for putting on a concert to promote the cause! Cory Marks will be familiar from his Machine Shop dates in July 2023 & September 2024, where his hard rock and country hybrid originals got a strong reception, and it will be good to see him in a charitable light for local show #3!
Events will take place at the Bushplane Museum and at the Sault Ste. Marie Airport TOMORROW to promote Hope Air Day, and Cory filmed this Facebook video last month to plug the event. Taking over for Silent 9 as local openers TONIGHT are new local acoustic folk duo The Dustcovers. TOMORROW's concert is all ages at 7:00 PM, and it is FREE, though you can RSVP at this link to guarantee a seat. Reportedly, Hope Air's Facebook page will be live-streaming TOMORROW'S concert as well, and remember that Facebook live-streamed videos are now time-limited to 30 days. I'm really surprised at the lack of buzz for this show, but it should be a great time for a great cause! See above for more details, and here's Cory live!
Next up, we'll start at Northern Superior Brewing Co.'s on-site Tap Room, where new local acoustic punk duo Dos Amigos will take the stage for their third concert TOMORROW NIGHT! Again, apologies for the short notice, this show was only announced via personal Facebook postings and "Reels" from the band. Similarly, personal Facebook postings indicated that Dos Amigos actually played their second show at Outspoken Brewing this past Saturday, a show that they nor the Queen Street East microbrewery acknowledged publically on Facebook, just via personal accounts. That was an even busier weekend as it was, but I profusely apologize for missing that show, even with the lack of public postings about it. Hopefully Dustin & Mikey got a strong reception at Outspoken, and will again at Northern Superior's Tap Room TOMORROW!
While Dos Amigos have surprisingly not posted on their Facebook page in almost two months (and have no publically embeddable videos yet), friends of Mikey Hawdon & Dustin Jones on Facebook can see "Reels" of them playing acoustic covers, with the newest one being a fine acoustic cover of Rancid's "Olympia, WA". Even if it was public, it's a "Reel" (and black & white), so track it down if you're curious! You can see half of the Inner City Surfers rocking the Tap Room TOMORROW at 8:00 PM with a 19+ age limit and no cover. See above for more details!
Also today, let's head across to Sault Michigan, where local hard rock/classic metal quartet Tarnished will return to The Merchants Bar for one night only on SATURDAY NIGHT! Apologies again for the short notice, the band only announced the show via its official Facebook event page on Tuesday. Last seen in Brimley two weeks ago, this will be Alex, Josh, Chris, and Ron's first concert in the Soo proper since rocking The Merch in early April. Good to see Tarnished staying busy, and despite the late notice, hopefully they draw a solid crowd for their hard hitting covers (and perhaps a few originals?) on SATURDAY! As usual for Tarnished's stops at The Merch, expect a 9:00 PM start time at 108 West Spruce Street with a 21+ age limit and no cover charge. See above for more details on SATURDAY'S concert, and for a preview, here's Tarnished live last year!
Finally for this post, we'll head even further south to St. Ignace, specifically at their Kewadin Casino branch, where local hard rock band Exit 808 will take the stage TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT at The Northern Pines Lounge! Considered to be the kickoff to the band's summer concert series, these previously announced shows will be their first gigs since the Musicians Unite fundraiser in the Soo in March, and their first shows in St. Ignace all year, so if you've missed seeing them in the last two months (or beyond in Mackinac County), don't miss their hard rocking, two vocalist-led cover attack all weekend! Like at Musicians Unite, Exit 808 will be sans guitarist/bassist Blaze Beairl for unannounced reasons (no, Heavy Lies The Crown aren't playing this weekend), so sitting in on both instruments are ex-guitarist Nathan Webber (in his first show with his old band in over a year) and Project 906's Joe Jenkins on bass.
Joe had sat in with Exit 808 at Musicians Unite, so he'll be familiar in that respect, while it is neat to see Nathan (currently with About:Blank) rejoining the former Double Jack for a night! Tomorrow and Saturday's shows (their only E.U.P. dates this month) are 9:00 PM events with no cover charges and 21+ age limits. See above for more details, and here's Exit 808 live!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for more weekend concert previews on the site next! Thanks everyone!
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