Before we begin this post, we have a major concert cancellation to note here, as Saturday night's Headstones/Fortunate Losers show at The Roberta Bondar Pavilion is no longer taking place, as per this SooToday article by Greg McGrath-Goudie last night. A reason for the cancellation wasn't announced by the bands or promoters Cabin Media Entertainment, but I sensed something was up, as I was literally writing up my preview of the concert when I noticed that ticket links and advertising had dried up in the past week. An obvious major concern with the show as scheduled was that it was booked opposite Rotaryfest's final day, as this ticketed concert (individual tickets ran for around $75) was up against the free bands at Clergue Park, five of which were scheduled across Stages 1 & 2 during or after the Headstones show was to have begun at 7:30 PM, including touring AC/DC tribute band Who Made Who on Stage 1, which was also getting advertised on local radio. Headstones ticket refunds are available from Cabin Media at point of purchase.
Very disappointing to hear that The Headstones aren't coming here (yet), especially as they're getting a lot more rock radio airplay now that we have 104.3 The Fox in Sault Ontario, so hopefully Hugh and company will try again down the road, as it's been 28 years already! Otherwise, for this second weekend concert preview post, we're leaving Clergue Park to look at hard rock shows this weekend outside of the Rotaryfest umbrella, and while we'll knock most of those out today, our previews of Tym Morrison's shows this weekend will be lumped in with Friday's Stage 2-led preview post, so don't miss all of that then. Here's what else you should know for this weekend, including SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS!
Sault Michigan classic/hard rock quartet Tarnished will reportedly return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, these dates were included in updates to Kewadin's entertainment page reflecting who's playing at their on-site lounges through the end of August, and while I missed that when first announced there, Tarnished have yet to corroborate these bookings on their own Facebook page. These will actually be Tarnished's second and third shows in St. Ignace this month, having rocked the Music By The Bay summer concert series there as well. Note that Tarnished were once advertised to play at The Northern Pines Lounge over the May 16th weekend, but the band never confirmed those bookings on social media, so while I do apologize for not acknowledging them in our previews that month, I don't believe they happened either. At least they're back this weekend!
Between the casino, the Music By The Bay gig, and their shows at the Driftwood Bar, Tarnished have been spreading their wings in St. Ignace a lot this year, but hopefully their hard rocking covers and originals find a strong audience at The Northern Pines Lounge once again this weekend! TOMORROW & SATURDAY'S shows have 9:00 PM start times, 21+ age limits, and no announced cover charges. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Tarnished live!
Next up, let's head north of the border for another late notice gig, as former Haggith/Project 421 frontman Curtis McKenzie will play a matinee concert at Beck's Bar on SATURDAY! Again, apologies for the short notice, this show was only announced via the venue's Facebook page on Tuesday morning (we'll address Tym Morrison's also-short notice SUNDAY matinee there in our next post). As far as I'm aware, Curt has never played at Rotaryfest, but it will be interesting to see how his show there on SATURDAY does when there's the festival running concurrently, but there should be west end fans eager for something a little lighter musically! As usual at the former Vibe Lounge, they're doubling up with a separate nighttime concert at 8:00 PM, with this week's late band being blues rock veterans Smokehouse (fresh off of their Friday Night Blues set on Stage 2), but Curtis isn't "opening" for Smokehouse. These are two distinct concerts on the same day.
Curt takes the stage at Beck's on SATURDAY at 3:00 pm with a 19+ age limit and no cover charge. This should be a fun change of pace if you want to enjoy some unplugged hard rock and alternative covers far from the downtown events, so check the above links for more details, and here's Curtis live!
Finally for today, we'll head back to Michigan, as local hard/blues rock quintet Project 906 will return to The Strongs Tavern in Eckerman for one night only on SATURDAY NIGHT! First announced via
the
venue's Facebook page last month, this will be Project 906's first stop
at this favourite venue of theirs in almost two months, and is the only
advertised July event there if this poster is anything to go by. This
should be a fun night of hard rocking covers from this familiar and
well-tested local hard rock band, so keep things in mind if you're out
west or want to take the hour's drive to Eckerman! The guys should be
whole again on Saturday after drummer Jason VanLuven missed their
Cedarville matinee gig last week due to a scheduling conflict with his
other band Unfortunate Sun,
so keep his return in mind as well. Saturday's concert is at 8:00 PM
with no cover and a 21+ age limit. Visit the above links for more
details, and for a preview, here's 906 live!
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