Things have been pretty quiet this week (calm before the Halloween storm?), but this weekend's hard rock concert slate is still big enough to warrant two posts, so this weekend's Generations, About:Blank, and T.R.I.P. concerts will be in tomorrow's post. Here's what you should know to start things off, including SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS!
Local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck (7.3?) will reportedly return to Jay's Piston Broke Pub for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, these shows were only announced via Jay's Facebook page earlier today, albeit via a re-share of an undated AI-generated concert poster used for prior events (if they have tacked 7.3 to their name, this poster predates that). Interim matinee gig with TNT aside, these will be Soundcheck's first shows since rocking Reggie's Place two weeks ago, and they last played at Jay's at the end of September. Now, I will note that personal Facebook postings also have new bassist Dan Beaupre playing at The Water Tower Pub on SATURDAY NIGHT too with ex-Double Down members' online page-less acoustic band The T.R.I.P.. a show that was originally advertised as a Beej Syrette solo date.
Is Dan indeed playing with Beej and Joel on Saturday, or will he be with Soundcheck? If the former, will Soundcheck have a guest bassist on SATURDAY? We'll let you know if anything is publically said, but we will address the T.R.I.P. show in our next post. The classic and hard rock action from Soundcheck goes down at Jay's TOMORROW & SATURDAY at 9:30 PM with 19+ age limits and no cover. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Soundcheck live!
Next up, we'll head downtown for the first installment of Village Sessions, a planned series of outdoor concerts at Village Media's headquarters at 298 Queen Street East TOMORROW NIGHT! Now, the original plan was to host this show on their rooftop concert space The Canopy (which is expected to host the Village Sessions series when it returns in 2027), but weather concerns have led SooToday's parent company to move tomorrow's concert inside Village Media HQ. 9&10 News' forecast for tomorrow has partly cloudy skies (the rain is expected to end overnight), but temperatures will be hovering around 4°, which is pretty cold for an outdoor concert. Our source is this SooToday article by event co-host Andrew Stuetz. As opposed to the corner of Queen & Bruce, the space inside the Village Media building is intimate, and they're only planning to host a maximum of 50 attendees.
I'm not sure why they're calling it a "hybrid format" when it's not still partially outdoors, but organizers are asking people planning to attend tomorrow's concert to RSVP at this link so they can manage the expected turnout and communicate possible changes. None of this is ideal, but even if you love cold weather, there's a reason we don't see very many outdoor concerts of a large scale at this time of year! The lineup is unchanged for the start of this series, intended to spotlight originals-focused local headlining artists, and tomorrow's are alt-hard rock band Riverside Stasis, who are one week removed from playing two shows in one night, and their developing original slate and talented lineup should click well here! Note that Big Finish Band/Drifters drummer Brandan Glew filled in for Anthony Boudreau at their gigs last week, but aside from the above image, I have not heard firm public confirmation on who is drumming with Riverside Stasis tomorrow evening.
Opening are acoustic punk cover duo Dos Amigos in a somewhat rare concert of theirs that has public advance notice, and they should set the tone well! Co-hosted by Andrew and SooToday Spaces music administrator Pat Mackan with audio from 705Live Sound Co., this is a FREE concert (just RSVP first given the space limitations), and it starts at 7:00 PM. A concert inside of a news website's building is a new one for us, but kudos to them for keeping the show scheduled despite the weather, even if it's not going to rain tomorrow. See above for more details, and here's Riverside Stasis live!
We'll close preview post #1 with local classic/hard rock cover quintet Headrush, who will play their first public concerts of the fall TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT at The Esquire Club! Last seen on a public stage at last month's Laird Fair and publically in city limits at Rotaryfest, this weekend's shows will be Headrush's first standard weekend nightclub gigs since they ended May at The Esquire Club (they and the venue each take the summer off from the weekend bar band circuit). It doesn't look like the Johns, Wes, Gino, and Frank will be playing next weekend, but if you don't want to pay for their Halloween party with The Killer Hooks at The Bushplane Museum, this might be worth scheduling! You can enjoy their 1980s-leaning covers tomorrow & Saturday at 9:30 PM with 19+ age limits and no cover charges. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and for a preview, here's Headrush live!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for the second half of this weekend's hard rock concert previews next! Thanks everyone!
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