LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Bone Yard 225!!)

Local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225 have announced new concerts into October as per their website's calendar, so where will fans be able to see them next? We'll get into their "uncorked" show on Thursday during our next round of concert previews due to the proximity of the event, as the band did not publically confirm their involvement early enough for us to plug it without being considered "short notice". Otherwise, "the dirty three" will return to The Water Tower Pub for acoustic concerts on Saturday, August 29th and Friday, October 9th, with the latter taking place on the Thanksgiving long weekend. As always, they exclusively play here "uncorked", so keep Greg, Alex, and Warren's softer side in mind for these two upcoming one-nighters! Both are 19+ events at 8:00 PM with no announced cover charges. We'll address the band playing there on Friday, August 28th in an upcoming post this week if able, given the ongoing backlog clearout here.

On Friday, September 11th, your local 225 will kick off the fall season when they headline the annual Bruce Mines Fall Fair (a.k.a. Central Algoma Exhibition)! While this is the first time that we have covered an SMS-amenable band playing at this event an hour southeast of the Soo (basically on the edge of our coverage range going east on Highway 17), classic/hard rock cover trio The Sidekicks were among the opening bands for last year's Saturday concert headlined by The Luxury. Apologies for missing that, but remember, I didn't know that they leaned towards hard rock last fall. This year, the band aspect of the Fall Fair will allegedly include a Saturday concert again (even though I cannot find public confirmation of who yet), but Bone Yard will be performing right after the annual demolition derby on opening Friday night program. If you like seeing cars get smashed up, let alone Bone Yard, keep this in mind!

Bone Yard's concert and the demolition derby will take place at the Bruce Mines Fairgrounds at Highway 638 in Bruce Mines, and the only start time given is for the derby at 7:00 PM (implying that they'd prefer if you come for that too and stay for the band). This is all ages, but there will be a beer garden on-site, and while admission is $10 for a day pass and $25 for the three day festivities (kids 12 and under are free), the concert tickets specifically are $30, but will include admission to the Saturday concert, whoever is playing. Despite the costs, it sounds like a fun day, so visit the above links for more details, including all of the other family activities at the Bruce Mines Fall Fair in four weeks! Two weeks after this trip east, Bone Yard will also hit the highway (albeit just 20 minutes away) to Echo Bay for a special "End Of Summer Bash" at the Elks Lodge #535 there on Saturday, September 26th!

While this really isn't summer anymore by then, the southward equinox is earlier that week, so the shoe fits in that way.  We haven't covered an Echo Bay concert on here since Soundcheck played a couple of shows there in 2024, but alas, I missed Soundcheck playing at their slo-pitch tournament again on June 27th of this year, as confirmed via this AI-generated poster on the Echo Bay Elks Lodge's Facebook page. It's tougher to catch some of these Soundcheck bookings when they update their social media so scarcely, but apologies again, and I hope the guys had a good time and crowd in June! I don't know if there's an official reason for Bone Yard 225's booking next month beyond the end of summer (the equinox is on the 22nd), but hopefully they rock the lodge well and have a strong turnout! The Elks Lodge is located at 96 Church Street off of Highway 17B (that's the old highway.)

That concert has an 8:00 PM start time, no stated age limit, and an admission fee of $15 (contact the names on the Facebook event page if you want advance tickets). Lastly for the new public shows, Bone Yard 225 will play a rare double header weekend at Beck's Bar on Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th! The former will be a regular nighttime show (their first plugged-in public concert in the Soo in two months) at 9:00 PM and the latter will be an "uncorked" matinee at 3:00 PM. Both are 19+ with no cover. Busy times ahead for Bone Yard 225 as they round out their summer calendar and enter the autumn, so visit the above links for more on the southern fried hard rock action from here to Bruce Mines ahead! Thanks everyone!