| Pavilion Turns 3 This Weekend | |
Congrats to Chris and everyone else deserving on the Pavilion’s third anniversary.
Too late for tonight’s show [which featured the Letter Unfolds, Athaliahs, The Blessing, and Shelter With Thieves] but the big show of their weekend is Saturday.
Headlining is Protest the Hero who play a show with I Hate Sally, The Holly Springs Disaster, and Machete Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 18. Tickets are $14 in advance ($16 at the door).
More from Stephen Cooke via the Herald:
CONSIDERING HOW HARD it is to keep a licensed establishment up and running in this neck of the woods, the survival of the all-ages Pavilion on the Halifax Common is an important achievement.
The current incarnation of the Pavilion celebrates its third anniversary this week with a trio of shows highlighting what the former City of Halifax Parks and Recreation facility does best: showcasing local bands and providing a convenient stage for out-of-town acts with a sizeable under-19 following.
“Our survival comes out of a desire for people to have a place to play, and hang out,” says Pavilion manager Chris Smith. “We’ve got a good scene here; not huge, but supportive.
“It’s enough to give us a good backbone, and an incentive to produce more shows. It’s also important to have the support of the city . . . They give us guidelines to work by, but they also give us enough control to do what works.”
The Pavilion has proved an asset to the city’s teenage musicians and their fans, and also been an important factor in involving the all-ages audience in events like the Halifax Pop Explosion, Music Nova Scotia’s Music Week, the East Coast Music Awards and the Juno Awards.
The celebrations at the cinderblock bunker start on Friday, with local favourites the Letter Unfolds, Athaliahs, the Blessing and Shelter With Thieves, starting at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $8.
Then on Saturday, Whitby, Ont., postcore bands Protest the Hero and I Hate Sally headline, with Saskatchewan’s The Holly Springs Disaster, London piano/guitar duo Machete Avenue and Halifax’s Autumnstorm. Advance tickets are $14 at www.ticketpro.ca (1-888-311-9090) or Ticketpro outlets, including Halifax Forum, Alderney Landing, United Bookstore, Newsbreak Cafés and Newstands and Greenlyph Computers. Tickets are also $16 at the door for this 6:30 p.m. show.
On Sunday the Pavilion wraps up the anniversary with a deluxe showcase starting at 5 p.m. with Gamma Gamma Rays, Great Plains, Tupperware Remix Party, Fight Fight Fight, the Rescue, the Pact, the Dishonest Mailmen and In This Style. Admission is $8.
As for the future of the Pavilion, Smith says he’d like to find ways to expand the venue, making it more dynamic and able to present larger shows. “We’re still in the idea stage,” he says. “But it’s come a long way from just being a stage in a concrete bunker. We’re always looking for new ways to attract more kids.”
By the way, that tour featuring Protest the Hero et al also stops at St. Anne’s Hall in Glace Bay tonight and the Westville Cadet Hall in Pictou County on Friday, with a later 19+ show at the Attic on Saturday.
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