Yes, the amps will be cranked to 11 but that shouldn’t distort the talent, perseverance or emotional capacity that will be on display at the 3rd annual Manitoba Loud Music Awards on Saturday night at the Park Theatre.
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Often overlooked when it comes time to hand out the hardware, the fan-nominated event actually gets heavy, with categories across the spectrum of rock, metal, punk, and hardcore for musicians and industry professionals.
“From alternative vocal techniques, to guitar riffs, to heavy drums, and fast-paced bass lines, loud music is challenging to write and perform,” Violet Vopni, MLMA’s front-of-house Manager, explained, noting the idea is to leave attendees with a “sense of pride, validation, and joy for loving loud music, and enjoying some amazing local talent.”
The School of Rock House Band opens the night followed by sets from Book of Ghosts, Ash and the Arsonists, and Northern Royals. Closing out the night are alternative rockers Econoline Crush, fronted by Trevor Hurst from tiny Cromer, Man., who grew up in Virden and came to Winnipeg before finding his way to Vancouver and success in the mid/late ’90s.
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Hurst is the last original member after the death of guitarist David ‘Ziggy’ Sigmund in March 2022, just before wrapping up comeback album When the Devil Drives. A final track — Locked in Your Stone — was then crafted as an outlet for Hurst to work through his grief of losing a close friend to “addiction and self-loathing”, and, despite his training as a registered psychiatric nurse, being unable to reach him.
“It served as an outlet, a way to express my sadness and my frustration,” Hurst said in a news release. “Recording it after his death allowed me to unload some of my emotional baggage and move forward.”
The MLMA appearance wraps up a Canadian tour for Econoline Crush, with Hurst presumably heading back to work at Canupawakpa Dakota Nation in southwestern Manitoba. A documentary on Hurst’s second career called Flatlander is scheduled for a 2024 release.
With Remembrance Day out of the way, the relentless banging of the Christmas drum begins.
The Santa Claus Parade goes downtown on Saturday night, with the Burt hosting Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland on Friday night. It’s a blend of circus acts and classic seasonal music.
Polo Park is among the malls that are starting its Santa seatings while Christmas markets also heat up with Third + Bird at Red River Exhibition Place on Friday and Saturday, and events at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre on Saturday and East End Arena on Sunday, among others.
Still on the circus tip, Prairie Circus Arts is holding a Circus & Cocktails fundraiser on Friday night at its training studio on Collegiate Avenue, featuring cocktails crafted for the evening along with comedy, acrobatics and aerials.
Apologies if this sets loose visions of Team America: World Police dancing in your head, but there are a pair of puppet acts available for viewing this weekend.
And there are a pair of shows for America’s Got Talent winner Terry Fator on Sunday at Club Regent. The Season 2 winner combines ventriloquism, comedy and singing and is performing at 6 and 9 p.m.
Saturday’s offering, Space Trip!, happens at the Gas Station Arts Centre as is described by Winnipeg Puppet Slam as a puppet variety show by grownups, for grownups. Tickets are pay-what-you-can with a suggested fee of $15.
The Waltz, a sweet romantic comedy about young love which is an offshoot of 2019 hit Prairie Nurse, is at the Prairie Theatre Exchange through Nov. 29 … the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers present The Impossible Has Already Happened, investigating the power and purpose of water, all weekend at the Rachel Brown Theatre … Aldo Nova and the Pumps/Orphan are at Club Regent on Friday night … Jon Dore is the latest concert series comedian at Rumor’s this weekend, while Yuk Yuk’s has Ted Morris.
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