Rotaryfest 2nd Stage Line up Announced (Kinda ??) July 16-17 2010

Posted: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by •»¶hê ƒRëq»•-)•–––– in
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Every year the Second Stage drama gets stranger than the previous one. Why? I have no idea. None the less, some of the acts were announced today on their official Facebook page. In an even more puzzling move, some acts will be announced at later dates as the event closes in. That's either to wait confirmation of the acts or to hide the identity of certain bands so as to not cause riots or, hanky panky, or a possibility of headliners from out of town? Whatever the reason, it's odd but this is the Sault and you kind of expect things like this.  I'm a little bit disappointed in the lineup as it seems to be a repeat of a previous 2nd Stage lineup but there are a few new acts one being Garden of Bedlam.  |O| Anyways, here is the lineup for this years event.

Friday July 16th

5:00 - Craig West Band http://www.myspace.com/craigedwinwest
6:00 - Red Monkey http://www.myspace.com/reddmonkeymusic
7:00 - The Great Bloomers (Toronto) http://www.myspace.com/greatbloomers
8:00 - Kalle Mattson http://www.myspace.com/kallemattson
9:00 - To Be Announced Friday July 2nd!
NOW CONFIRMED> The Wooden Sky (Toronto) http://www.myspace.com/thewoodensky

Saturday July 17th

1:00 - Blues Harvest http://www.myspace.com/bluesharvest
2:00 - Catherine Taddo http://www.myspace.com/catherinetaddo
3:00 - Greg McLaughlin
4:00 - Porter http://www.myspace.com/theporterband
5:00 - To Be Announced Saturday July 3rd!
6:00 - The Wild Turkeys http://www.myspace.com/thewildturkeys
7:00 - To Be Announced Wednesday June 30th!
CONFIRMED! > Amanda Rheaume (Ottawa) http://www.myspace.com/theamandarheaumeband
8:00 - Big Wheel & The Spokes http://www.myspace.com/bigwheelandthespokes
9:00 - To Be Announced Monday July 5th!!!!
10:00 - Garden of Bedlam http://www.myspace.com/gardenofbedlam

5 comments:

  1. Brian says:
    June 30, 2010 at 1:29 PM

    I got a phone call saying that I was on the reserve list. Which was the nice considering that past years I have been ignored. But since the band I'm in was playing main stage they wanted to "give someone else a chance" for second stage. Not sure I get that logic, but oh well.

  1. The Sault Metal Scene says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    Two new bands are confirmed! Amanda Rheaume from Ottawa was today's mystery announcement, she'll be on July 17th at 7:00 PM. Myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/theamandarheaumeband. Plus, SooNews confirms that Toronto's The Wooden Sky are headlining on the 16th at 9:00 PM, which is the muystery slot for Friday. Their MySpace is http://www.myspace.com/thewoodensky. Source for that is http://www.soonews.ca/viewarticle.php?id=26762

    Also, SooNews confirmed that Glory Days, a Bruce Springsteen tribute, is headlining the First Stage at Clergue Park, though I haven't seen a confirmed complete lineup for it. Source is http://www.soonews.ca/viewarticle.php?id=26752

    Hope this is some help to all you Rotaryfest attendees!

  1. •»¶hê ƒRëq»•-)•–––– says:
    July 1, 2010 at 8:43 AM

    Hey Brian.. Reserve act? That's truly odd. You're either in or out. I don't get it. My biggest beef with this Rotaryfest thing has always been the out of town bands playing. The concept of Rotaryfest to me has always been "local" and I thought it was known as "community days" where for decades is was based on local talent. Now we have out of town bands and that makes no sense to me. I've always considered it a slap in the face to local musicians when they hire out of town bands for Rotary leaving local bands to watch. I guess the proper technique is to start a local band, relocate elsewhere and then book Rotary and then you'll get booked. |O| It's screwy plain and simple.

    Rob, the Springsteen tribute band contains 2 guys originally from the Soo.. Serge Tremblay as Bruce and Paolo Erme on drums so in that sense, being Sault based musicians. I'm sure they're making more coin than the Sault bands though. |O| There was a video of the band online somewhere. They sound pretty good and I'm sure it will go over.

  1. The Sault Metal Scene says:
    July 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM

    Ah nice! Still haven't heard the actual complete bands for the first stage though, I wonder why not

  1. Brian says:
    July 10, 2010 at 5:53 AM

    I never heard of it either. Maybe they were being nice. Basically said if someone can't make it, they'll slot me in. But yes, they do have a short list of bands. You know, kinda like second string on a hockey team. Being called up from the minors? :)

    Yes, once again Second Stage has out of town bands. I don't agree either. That sucks donkey balls!