BY STEPHANIE SMITTLE Vax up, mask up and support your local creatives however you can. As more and more artists — and local venues — move toward requiring proof of vaccination, make sure you have that card ready to go. Gathering safely these days is hard; be on the lookout for policy changes or date changes, and handle them with all the grace you can summon.
MUTANTS OF THE MONSTER
FRIDAY 9/10-SUNDAY 9/12. VINO’S, DREAMLAND BALLROOM. FREE-$97.
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This growing heavy music fest helmed by musician and organizer Chris Terry (CT, of Rwake, Deadbird), which went virtual in 2020, is back in person this year. There will be sets at the historic Dreamland Ballroom, Vino’s Brewpub and the pop-up “Heavy Metal Parking Lot,” a free open-air concert and market between Vino’s and Art Outfitters on Saturday, Sept. 11, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with vendors, beer, pizza, art for sale and more. Performers include John Moreland, Pallbearer, Weedeater, Adam Faucett & The Tall Grass, Sumokem, Frozen Soul, Terminal Nation, Burned Up Bled Dry, Knoll, Devourment, Pantheon, Morbid Visionz, Low Spirits, Living Sacrifice, Bask, IV and The Strange Band, Atomic Bitchwax, Joe Buck Yourself, Yautja, Rebelmatic (pictured) and more. Get tickets at lastchancerecords.com, and check for updates on showtimes and lineups by following Mutants of the Monster on Facebook and @mutantsofthemonsterfest on Instagram.
BIG SILVER 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, ADAM FAUCETT FRIDAY 9/3. WHITE WATER TAVERN. 9 P.M. $10. If you’ve garnered half as much enjoyment as we have from the clever tunes Isaac Alexander and Brad Williams dropped this past year-and-change under the name The Eulogy Brothers, chances are you’ve already got some Big Silver in your collection — and this show on your personal calendar. Alexander, whose gift for melody will be front and center at this anniversary
show for Big Silver’s album “Love Note,” brings something along the lines of an original lineup for the occasion, plus music from the ever-enchanting Adam Faucett, and in a room that’s come to love both of their voices well. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test is required for admission; see White Water’s full calendar at whitewatertavern.com.
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