LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Fyrbird, Bone Yard, And The Nameless) & Weekend Concert Previews!!

Another busy concert weekend is upon us, so we're breaking up our previews into two posts again. As such, the previously announced Silent 9 and Tym Morrison shows will be covered in our next post hitting the site by tomorrow morning, so don't worry, they are coming! Now, here's what you should know to start the weekend, starting with LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, some on SHORT NOTICE!

Local southern hard rock cover trio Bone Yard have announced their slate of upcoming concerts for this month, starting with their returns to Reggie's Place for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, those dates were only announced on both the band's and venue's ends earlier this week. After a two week break, TOMORROW & SATURDAY's Reggie's shows should be a fine way to rock out with Greg, Alex, and Warren's old school covers as usual, but if you can't make it or have a preferred venue elsewhere, they have options! Their next two shows after this weekend will both be one-nighters on consecutive Saturdays, both unplugged ("uncorked", if you prefer), when they rock Gateway Casino on February 17th and The Water Tower Pub on February 24th! As of this writing, they are not playing anywhere on either Friday. 

If you'd rather hear them plugged in (and/or in the west end), Bone Yard will kick off March with shows at The Esquire Club on March 1st & 2nd, which were previously announced by the venue. All of these shows are 19+ affairs with no announced cover charge, and aside from The Water Tower Pub (8:00 PM), all of these dates have start times of 9:00 or 9:30 PM. Visit the above links for more details, including on Bone Yard's shows at Reggie's TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, and here they are live in concert last year!

Next up, Manistique, Michigan hard rock duo Fyrbird will play their first concerts within an hour's drive of the Soo of the year when they return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Again, apologies for the short notice, these shows were a part of Kewadin's monthly schedule release on their entertainment page, but when I first noticed them, it was too late to cover them without redundantly plugging them twice in less than a week's span. While we're on the subject, fans in Sault Ste. Marie can also see Jamie & Rick rocking out at The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin's Soo branch on Friday, May 3rd & Saturday, May 4th, as per the band's early 2024 concert calendar shared by frontman Jamie Hider's wife Shannon on their Facebook group in October (for fans a little further out in the U.P., they'll also be playing concerts in Newberry, Paradise, Curtis, and Gould City).

It's great to see Fyrbird's minimalist hard rock attack back in our area this year, so don't miss their return to The Northern Pine(s) Lounge TOMORROW & SATURDAY if you're up for it! All four of their upcoming Kewadin dates have 9:00 PM start times, no cover charges, and 21+ age limits. See above for more details, and here's Fyrbird live!

Also this weekend, local hard rock cover quintet The Nameless will make their debut at Snow's Bar & Grill in nearby Cedarville on SATURDAY NIGHT! Apologies again for the short notice, the band only announced this show via their Facebook event page this past Friday, and I didn't see it quickly enough to talk about it before this week. Just their second concert outside of the Soo after last year's Sugar Island Music Festival (though at least The Nameless plugged SATURDAY's show on Facebook!), this concert takes place as part of the annual Les Cheneaux Islands Snowsfest, marking a third straight year where a Sault Ste. Marie hard rock band heads to Cedarville for the festivities (Tarnished and Project 906 played the last two years). Despite our mild winter, hopefully this year's Snowsfest is a huge hit, and that The Nameless' hard rocking covers find another receptive audience on SATURDAY NIGHT!

A one-nighter due to tomorrow's concert from Chicago blues group The Corey Dennison Band (that's also the night of the Snowfest pub crawl), this 21+ event has an 8:00 PM start time and no apparent cover charge. Given the locale, I don't believe that Snowsfest buttons are required for entry. Click here for full details on the Snowsfest itinerary in Cedarville and Hessel this weekend, visit the above links for more details on SATURDAY'S concert, and while I can't embed it here, check out The Nameless live at this link!

We'll close things for this preview post with a pair of previously announced gigs in Sault Ontario, where local classic/hard rock cover quartet Generations will return to Jay's Piston Broke Pub for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Last seen at Jay's three months ago, this will be Generations' second concert weekend of the year, and will see guitarist Tony Kajnar back in the fold after missing their Shooters gig last month. However, Generations will actually be subbing in for Soundcheck as hosts of the weekly jam night at Jay's tonight, so if you want a preview of things (albeit with guest musicians jamming with the band or playing on their own), keep that in mind! No word on why Soundcheck aren't hosting tonight, but you may recall seeing Bone Yard fill in for them last summer on weekends where they were booked at Jay's. Also, just a reminder that we don't cover jam/open mic nights as "concerts" due to their unpredictability by design.

Tomorrow & Saturday's concerts (and jam night tonight) have 9:30 PM start times, 19+ age limits, and no cover charges. Should be a good time for classic and hard rock fans, given this talented group featuring Jus' Chillin, Obsession, and Flat Stanley alumni, so don't miss out on the action at the former Rosie this weekend, and here's Generations live!

That's all for now, but look for the rest of this weekend's hard rock concert previews (and more) next! Thanks everyone!