LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Tarnished) & Most Of This Weekend's Concert Previews!!

It's high time to cover some more weekend concert previews on the SMS! Just a heads up, due to the amount of shows, we will be holding our previews of Saturday night's Ripcordz and Just Leppard shows for tomorrow's post, so keep watch for those then. Now, here's what you should know for this weekend, starting with LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, one on SHORT NOTICE!

Joining the likely continuation of their "every Thursday" series at Biggby Coffee TODAY and beyond, Sault Michigan hard rock band Tarnished will make their debut at The Double D Bar & Grill at Dondee Lanes for three shows in four nights on November 27th, 29th, and 30th! Apologies for the short notice on TODAY'S Biggby matinee, I was waiting to see if anything would come out to confirm or deny the series' continuation (as best as I can tell, it is still on, no one has said otherwise.) As such, also look for Alex and Josh to bring their acoustic attack on November 14th, 21st, and 28th (one imagines) for more unplugged hard rock covers for tips and coffee, as well as TODAY! As for the Dondee gigs at month's end, this won't be new territory for frontman Alex Traynor, who brought his prior group Banned there in February for one of their final local concert bookings, thogh it's not yet clear if these will have the full electric band setup with drums or not.

And yes, the Dondee shows are on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, with no Thursday nighter scheduled there. No word on why they're booked like this, but hopefully the special mid-week show gets a decent turnout as well! All three of those gigs are early 7:00 PM affairs with likely 21+ age limits and no cover, while TODAY'S and the rest of this month's likely Biggby Coffee gigs are at 12:00 PM with no cover charges or age limits. Visit the Dondee shows' Facebook event page and above for more details, and here's Tarnished live!

Next up, we'll move to previously announced concerts, starting with a brief detour to Sault Ontario, where local hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will keep his busy schedule up with unplugged solo concerts TODAY at Thomson Farms Cider & Winery and then TOMORROW & SATURDAY at Gliss Restaurant! Today's matinee at the west end mill's Wine Barn will be his penultimate Thursday show there of his seasonal run here, and first show in the series in two weeks, after Thomson Farms closed last Thursday due to it being Halloween proper. Apologies for missing that, we didn't hear about the show being off until after the fact. Meanwhile, Tym's long-term arrangement at Gliss will continue unabated for fans and patrons at the Spring Street restaurant, so keep tomorrow and Saturday evening's shows in mind as well!

As usual, the Gliss and Thomson Farms shows are all ages events with no cover charges and early start times of 5:00 PM at the mill & 6:00 PM at Gliss, though mind the locales, these aren't traditional nightclubs. Visit the official Facebook event paged linked here and here for more details, and for a preview, here's Tym live at the Wine Barn earlier this year!

Now, let's head back to Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula, as Traverse City classic metal trio Peril will return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! The last advertised gigs in our area for 2019 from this veteran band (though Scarkazm will be heading north in the coming months), this will be another prime opportunity to see Jeff, Adam, and Brooks break out their hard rocking cover selection in Mackinac County, so why not go see them one last(?) time this year! As usual for Peril's trips north to our local Kewadin branches, tomorrow and Saturday's shows are 21+ affairs with no announced cover charges, and 9:00 PM start times. Visit the official Facebook event pages linked here and here for more details,and for a preview, here's Peril live! Also, don't miss Scarkazm in the Soo at month's end!



Finally for today's previews, let's return to Sault Ontario, specifically The New American Pub, where Hamilton comedy/folk punk musician B.A. Johnston will return to town as support for Montreal power pop band Dany Laj & The Looks in a union of recent live favourites on the local stage! This will be B.A.'s second live appearance of the year at The New A, and third total in the Soo dating back to 2015, and with his polarizingly amusing blend of creative solo folk punk, his show will have to be seen to believed! Trust me, this isn't someone I can sum up in a couple of sentences! While not a punk or metal band, many readers will be familiar with Dany Laj & The Looks from their four local concert stops in the mid-2010s, where they garnered a solid following their melodic power pop originals, and hopefully theyr get more of the same in a rare non-LopLops appearance here! This concert is promoted by Girl Friday Productions, who booked B.A.'s New A show here in April, so we should be in good hands for the encore.

Tickets for this 19+ concert run for $12 at the venue and at this link, while an early-ish 8:00 PM start time is advertised. This should be a fun and diverse night of music from two touring favourites, so visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's B.A. live in Sault Ste. Marie!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for our Ripcordz and Just Leppard previews (and more) next! Thanks everyone!