LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Tarnished, Project 906, Rhythm & Brews, And Tym Morrison!!)

Our weekend concert previews are wrapped up in today's post thanks to SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, but there are new shows to take note of with a week's+ notice as well, and a new video from one of the bands in question, so here's what you should know!

Sault Michigan blues/hard rock quartet Project 906 will make their first ever appearance at The Cozy Inn in nearby Brimley TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, the band only announced this show via its Facebook event page yesterday. Not to be confused with The Cozy Corners Tavern in Barbeau (I've made that mistake before), The Cozy Inn is located at 10015 West Lakeshore Drive in Brimley (20 minutes southwest of the Soo), and curiously, they don't seem to have much of an official staff-administrated presence on social media or via a website. Hopefully TOMORROW'S show is a hit and encourages more Brimley trips for Project 906, let alone other bands, assuming that this isn't overly common at The Cozy yet! Meanwhile, 906 have announced one more new show, thankfully with more than two days' notice, as they'll return to Brimley on Saturday, February 25th elsewhere!

That gig next Saturday will see Project 906 return to The Back Bay Grill & Games at Bay Mills Resort & Casino on the 25th, marking their first show at Bay Mills' on-site restaurant/concert venue since September 2018! A four+ year wait is surprising, but hopefully Billy, Joe, and Dustin (now with Odin on drums) get welcomed back with open arms next weekend! Both TOMORROW'S and next Saturday's Brimley concerts have 9:00 PM start times, 21+ age limits, and no announced cover charges, but note that neither venue has an active social media page to plug concerts or their variances with. Visit the Back Bay Grill show's Facebook event page & the above links for more details, and here's Project 906 live!

Next up, we'll head north to Sault Ontario, where local classic/hard rock solo musician Tym Morrison will return to Reggie's Place for another matinee gig THIS SUNDAY! Again, apologies for the short notice, as like Project 906, Tym only announced this concert via its Facebook event page yesterday. Last seen at the YNCU Curling Centre last week, Tym only just played an acoustic matinee at Reggie's two weeks ago, so this is a relatively quick turnaround for him in this context. It's good to see Tym playing somewhat regularly again after some quieter months, and while a SUNDAY matinee won't be everyone's cup of tea on scheduling alone, hopefully a decent crowd turns out for his classic covers! It all goes down SUNDAY at 3:00 PM with no cover charge and a 19+ age limit, as usual given the locale. For more details, visit the above links, and for a preview, here's Tym in concert last year!

We'll close today back in Michigan for some more new dates, thankfully with reasonable advance notice, as the next month's worth of shows at Kewadin Casino's on-site lounges at the Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace branches have been announced via their respective entertainment pages! A couple of the brand new ones (as in, not Scarkazm in the Soo next month, as the band announced those first) are from local hard rock bands, and the first will see Sault Ste. Marie's own Tarnished return to their hometown Kewadin's on-site Rapids Lounge on Friday, March 3rd & Saturday, March 4th! Assuming nothing is announced in the interim, these will be Tarnished's first local dates since rocking the same venue two weeks ago, with the guys touring to Ohio for a show... tonight, actually. Next month's shows should be a great opportunity for Tarnished to melt some faces on a familiar local stage, so keep them in mind in three weeks' time for some original & cover action!

As usual for Kewadin lounge gigs, expect 21+ age limits, no cover charge, and 9:00 PM start times. Visit the above links for more details, and before we get too far, Tarnished shared this Facebook video two weeks ago featuring bassist Isaac "Iggy" Royer getting ready for "a gig tomorrow" (if Tarnished played somewhere on February 3rd, it's news to me) by setting up his pedalboard, but everything seems to go wrong. Does he get everything sorted out, and will we hear him play anything? Cute video (albeit with some adult language) that gives us our best look yet at Isaac's personality and sense of humour, so give it a watch below

Finally for today, the other brand new hard rock show announcements from Kewadin Casino will see local supergroup Rhythm & Brews return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace branch for dates on Friday, March 10th & Saturday, March 11th! Unless I missed something only announced on personal Facebook accounts or at the casino proper (remember, Rhythm & Brews are not known for plugging every show on social media publically), this will be their first concert weekend of 2023, and these are their first shows at The Northern Pines Lounge since July of last year. It's always good to see Brandon, Chris, Brett, and Ron take the stage, even without videos to show what they're definitely capable of, but hopefully a sizeable turnout is there in St. Ignace for all of the action next month! Once again, these are 21+ gigs with no cover charges and 9:00 PM start times. See above for more details on these and other upcoming Kewadin shows!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news on the site this weekend! Thanks everyone!