As promised, we're wrapping up this weekend's known hard rock concert previews in today's post, but to lead off, we have some LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS on both sides of the border on the exact same day later this month, so here's what you should know on this Friday night!
Local alt-hard rock quintet Handsome Sandwich will open for Montreal power pop veterans Dany Laj & The Looks on Saturday, September 28th at... the Fraternal Order of Eagles? Yes, this show will be taking place at the Eagles Club at 246 Wellington Street West, a locale that has sporadically hosted concerts in the past, but this is the first time that Aerie 3991 has crossed the SMS' radar. It will be very interesting to hear how this Steelton locale does hosting this concert, and if it gains similar repeat usage after this month! Last seen at the Northern Vibe Festival, this will be Handsome Sandwich's first show in Sault Ste. Marie city limits since the Poutine Feast, and yes, I will be covering their Northern Vibe video (and more from Ophir) in an upcoming post! In their original run as a cover trio, Handsome Sandwich opened for Dany Laj & The Looks at The Rockstar Bar in November 2017, so it is neat to see them back at it seven years later!
While not a hard rock band, Dany & crew will be familiar to local concert-goers from their five local dates here in the 2010s (last seen at the former New American Pub in November 2019), though they did withdraw from 2021's Northern Vibe Festival in the interim. The Looks have a fun & upbeat sound with lots of genre flourishes, and it will be good to see them back in town! Promoted by Piecing It Together Shows (the former Dryer Fire), this ALL AGES show has an advertised start time of 7:00 PM. Tickets cost $15 (up from $12 in 2019), and you can buy them at this link, while the door price will jump to $20. Visit the above links for all of the details on what's going down at the Eagles Club in three weeks!
Next up, we'll head to Sault Michigan, where local hard rock sextet Exit 808 will play their first show of the fall on September 28th as well, but in their case, it's a special charity event! The double vocalist-led group will headline A Night Of Music at Three One Three on Ashmun (the former Back Door), which is an annual fundraiser event for the Hospice of the EUP (basically Sault Michigan's equivalent to ARCH), as sponsored by Team Century 21. Exit 808 will be joined here by three acoustic singer/guitarists, namely Gabe Menard (who I am not familiar with), veteran country musician Paul Perry, and Project 906 frontman Billy Bernier, who has been playing more solo gigs this year. Supporting your local hospice (ARCH or the EUP's) is always a wonderful cause, and I do hope that there's a great turnout at Three One Three in three weeks for this stacked lineup of local talent!
A Night Of Music has a 7:00 PM start time and a $10 cover charge (proceeds all go to the hospice), and while an age limit wasn't stated, note that Three One Three has three distinct spaces for hosting events, and I'm not sure which will have the concert. Visit the above links for more details on Exit 808's hospice fundraiser later this month!
Now let's move to the rest of this weekend's known public hard rock concert previews, and we'll stay in the E.U.P. for new local hard rock quartet Unfortunate Sun's headlining date TOMORROW NIGHT at the annual Stalwart Agricultural Fair in Goetzville! This event doesn't seem like the most SMS-amenable event going, but their predecessors Fake Chow (whose lineup is identical aside from the bassist) played at the farming/agricultural expo outside of Pickford last year, so calling up their new project does make sense in that way, though Unfortunate Sun have been publically promoting their rock bonafides moreso than Fake Chow did on social media. The guys will be the featured musicians for tomorrow's final day of the Stalwart Fair, and if you want full details on the livestock and farm equipment activites and competitions this weekend, click here! Their set will be under the on-site pavilion.
The Stalwart Fair goes down at the corner of Sand Ridge Road and 28 Mile in Goetzville, with an 8:00 PM start time for Unfortunate Sun's concert proper. This is absolutely an all ages festival, and admission is $5 a person. In case the pavilion is exposed to the elements, we're looking at cloudy weather in the mid-low 50s Fahrenheit (around 11° Celsius), but it is not expected to rain. Visit the above links for more details on the Stalwart Fair and Unfortunate Sun's concert tomorrow, and here they are live!
Finally for this weekend, we'll head back north to Sault Ontario, where local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225 will go "uncorked" for another acoustic show at Gateway Casino TOMORROW NIGHT! While fans have seen Greg, Alex, and Warren multiple times since in both electric and non-electric settings, tomorrow's one-nighter will be their first at the downtown casino in three months. If you want to enjoy your local 225's unplugg.... "uncorked" stylings at a familiar downtown space, then definitely keep this show in mind! Bone Yard are not playing anywhere public tonight, and this is their only acoustic show of the month (your next chance to see them live is next Saturday at Shooters). Tomorrow's show has a 9:00 PM start time, no cover charge, and a 19+ age limit. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Bone Yard 225 live!
