Sault Michigan Weekend Concert Previews, Plus Buddy Repperton & The Camaros Updates!!

Here's a rarity: a concert weekend in the Twin Saults and area with too many shows for one weekend concert preview post! As pandemic measures lessen (assuming the trend continues), this may seem like less of a novelty like in the 2010s, but enjoy the moment! To break things up, I will tackle known Sault Ontario concerts in tomorrow's post, with this post solely focusing on Sault Michigan-area events. Here's what you should know!

Grand Rapids/Nashville psychedelic hard rock quartet Overdrive Orchestra will return to the E.U.P. TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT when they headline at The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino! These shows come just three weeks after this fast-rising band rocked The Rapids Lounge in the Soo, and it looks like those two gigs went well, so look for even more entertaining original music in Mackinac County this weekend! Overdrive Orchestra's brand of vibrant old school yet decidedly hard-edged rock n' roll should deliver another knockout punch, so do check them out to see what they'll bring to the table this weekend, as who knows when/if they'll be in the E.U.P. again! As in the Soo earlier this month, these are 9:00 PM affairs with no cover charge and 21+ age limits. Visit the above links for more details, and here's Ovedrive Orchestra live in 2020!

Next up, local hard rock quartet Rhythm & Brews will be rocking out at The Rapids Lounge at the Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin Casino TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT themselves! The 415E side project were last seen at The Rapids Lounge a month ago with their late notice fill-in gigs for Traverse City dance rockers Risque, but luckily, this weekend's shows had advance notice via the casino's entertainment page. Good thing too, as the band only acknowledged the gigs on their Facebook page yesterday, though personal accounts have plugged them with more depth. Kewadin's entertainment page has been updated to reflect new shows through the end of June (more on the hard rock shows within soon), but Rhythm & Brews are not on the schedule in the Soo or St. Ignace, so if you want to see this union of Nixxon Dixxon, Clownsack, and Monkey's Uncle alumni short term, don't miss out!

Like with Overdrive Orchestra in St. Ignace this weekend, tomorrow & Saturday's Rhythm & Brews shows are 21+ affairs with no cover charge & a 9:00 PM start time. Hopefully these shows go well for this very talented foursome, so visit the above links for more details, and we'll let you know when publically shareable media of Rhythm & Brews surfaces!

Let's close out the known E.U.P. previews elsewhere in the Soo on SATURDAY NIGHT, as new local metal band Buddy Repperton & The Camaros will make their live concert debut at Three One Three on Ashmun! A rare SMS-fitting concert at the former Back Door, this will be local metalheads' first chance to see this promisingly heavy new group, but there are changes to their last publically recorded lineup. For one, their current bassist is Dennis Rudis, who replaced Brett Blackwood in the band last year but was never publically confirmed as such in posts on their Facebook page. No word on why Brett left, but you'll still be able to see him with Rhythm & Brews this weekend! Also, a post on frontman David Waite's personal Facebook page indicates that guitarist Doug Reed will be unavailable for the show, at the very least. Whether Doug is out of the band or not, I can't say, but hopefully nothing too serious happened!

David did indicate that the show will still go on with him handling lead guitar, and hopefully a three man attack can translate their thrash and groove metal covers & originals as smoothly as possible, as bands of this style don't launch out of Sault Michigan often! New local rock band The Nameless will open on Saturday, and while they do have a Facebook page now, updates so far are very slight aside from photos of their gear, and I have no clue on their lineup, genre, or anything else. We'll let you know when more comes out! This well hyped and anticipated concert will have a 9:00 PM start time, no cover charge, and a 21+ age limit, while attendees can also enter a skateboard draw. It will be great to finally see Buddy Repperton & The Camaros in concert, even if shorthanded, so hopefully there's a strong turnout on Saturday night! See above for more details, and here's Buddy Repperton & The Camaros jamming last year!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for Sault Ontario weekend concert previews and more next! Thanks everyone!