For this first concert weekend of the autumn of 2025, things are surprisingly quiet as hard rock goes, but we do await the returns of some bands and venues from summer breaks still, so things should pick up soon. As luck would have it, this post is also full of LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, mostly on SHORT NOTICE, plus new videos from one of the acts in question, so here's what you should know on this Thursday night!
Let's dive into this weekend's quiet slate of hard rock concert previews, and we'll start with a busy triple header weekend for local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225, who will kick things off with a one-nighter TOMORROW NIGHT at The Water Tower Pub, before rocking Beck's Bar for concerts on SATURDAY NIGHT and then for their SUNDAY matinee! Apologies for the short notice, these shows were first announced late last week, but given the timing for this weekend's shows, I held them for this round of previews due to them being a week away at that time. Bone Yard's shows this weekend are sandwiching a traditional plugged-in concert at Beck's on SATURDAY with two "uncorked" shows, as they only play acoustic at The Water Tower Pub (who traditionally don't book the same band on consecutive nights), while they are the matinee performers at Beck's on SUNDAY, capping off their weekend in style.
Nice and busy (and varied) weekend is in store for fans of "the dirty three", so don't miss their southern fried hard rock across all three nights, and remember, if you want the full electric show, be at Beck's on SATURDAY NIGHT! If you're curious, the Saturday matinee timeslot belongs to new local acoustic duo Lawrence & McKey, who have their own full block that day and aren't "opening" for your local 225. All three shows this weekend are 19+ events with no cover charge, and the start times TOMORROW at The Water Tower Pub at 8:00 PM, SATURDAY at Beck's at 9:00 PM, and SUNDAY at Beck's at 3:00 PM. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's some new live-streamed videos of Bone Yard 225 live! These come from their concert at Reggie's Place on August 30th, and as they were live-streamed, they will vanish from Facebook at around the end of the month as per their new rules on live-streams, unless explicitly converted or reuploaded.
One is an "uncorked" cover of The Tragically Hip's "Wheat Kings", but embedded below is 17 minutes of their third set that night, which starts with singer/drummer Greg Simpson acknowledging their upcoming album before they play their three public originals (so far) "F.A.F.O.", "Fuck!", and "Gypsy Spell". After citing a targeted "early 2026" release timeframe for the album, Greg noted that the album will have "a couple of covers", and yes, one will indeed be Mike Posner's "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" (the chorus of which was covered by Alex and Warren in this studio clip). The guys play it to end the live-stream, and while I'll hold comment pending our eventual review of the album, it is rocked up to fit Bone Yard 225's sound. While both of these videos were unfortunately shot vertically, and are time-limited unless the band converts them, they do The Hip justice, and the album preview suite seemed to go over well!
Check everything out above & below (while you can), and don't miss Bone Yard live TOMORROW NIGHT at The Water Tower Pub or at Beck's on SATURDAY NIGHT and SUNDAY!
Finally, we'll head to Misty's Fifties, where local classic/hard rock solo musician Tym Morrison will continue his lengthy run of acoustic matinee concerts there on SATURDAY! This comes just one week removed from his most recent show at the Second Line West nightclub, which got somewhat mixed up last week when country musician Allan Mooney briefly advertised that he was playing there instead before things were clarified in Tym's favour (I even believed Allan at first). Tym will actually play every Saturday at Misty's this month except next week, so if you like his unplugged classic and hard rock covers and the huge setlist that they come from, then you won't want to miss out on his latest solo gig! While we're on the subject, here's some extra LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS now that we're later in the timeline, as Tym will be back at Misty's on Saturday, October 18th!
One week later, he will play a traditional nighttime concert at The Fraternal Order Of Eagles Club on Wellington Street West on Saturday, October 25th, so keep these shows in mind as we enter the fall! No word on a potential Halloween theme for the latter gig. The Misty's shows are both 4:00 PM affairs, the Eagles Club show is at 8:00 PM, and these are all likely 19+ events with no cover. Visit the official Facebook event pages linked here for more details on Saturday's and next month's shows, and here's Tym live!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!
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