I remember when I was younger, always looking for the all-ages music shows, and they were never hard to find. My crew and I would always hear of one throughout our weeks of school, and if not you could always locate something going on, if you dig a little deeper. These days it seems like all-ages shows are hard to come by, which is very unfortunate considering our youth culture feeds the flame to our underground music scene. The reasons for this shortage of all ages events lie behind many factors I am sure, but I am hopeful we, as a community, will soon be able to bring it back!
Every once in a while, these shows do reign in and welcome the all-ages crowd, as they should more often. On Sunday April 26th, you will find many musically-inclined people gathered for an event such as this. At our Barrie Yuk Yuk’s Theater, a rather unusual venue, Shure and Supernova.com will be holding the Band on the Run 2009, a night sure to be filled with harmonizing musical variety. The array of musical talent will be competing to win a 4 city tour! Great opportunity! City finals will be held at the Maclaren Arts Center soon after, so the anticipation will build. Sounds of new style, riffs from an old rock touch, heavy sounds of classic metal, you will get a little bit of everything at this show.
I don’t know about you, but there is nothing I enjoy more then going to a show that holds heavy emphasis on VARIETY! Not always so common, surprisingly! Shows organized such as this, I feel, attract a much more diverse audience, which means, obviously, more people. The point I am getting at is that with shows organized in this manner, with a wide selection of styles, the viewers can get in touch with sounds they may have never heard or never thought they would enjoy. It opens our eyes and encourages us to be more open people, more open to the individuality. It can be with music, food, art, whatever, we should all lead our lives with an open mind. Why not start now if you haven’t already?
Just to give you guys an idea of what bands are gracing us with their musical presence, here is a list below. Click the band and see what they are all about, or just join the party! The show will be for all-ages, as said, but if you are 19+, don’t be discouraged. Drinks will be available for your consumption, which I am sure those who are of age wanted to know! It will be a good crowd of many ages, but we will all have one thing in common: We love good music! Check it out, tickets are $10 in advance @
http://www.Supernova.com
Bands playing at this event include: Big City Dreams, Box Social!, Jugular, Green Richard’s Band, Greenland Odyssey, Us!, Heartless Tragedy, Madu, Matthew Wendel, Metaharmony, Nahart, Peter Turns Pirate, Social Parallel, The Clockwork Trio, The Jig Is Up, Timelesswake, Torn From Arms and more. The night will be featuring HollowPoint!
