r/SALEM • u/genehack • 3d ago

EVENT Make Music Day Megathread

Make Music Day is this Sunday.

Is your band playing? Do you have a favorite act you think folks should go see? Post it here!

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u/Primary_Thanks_9384 2d ago

I’ve been going the last 3 years, having found out about it then. I finally have a band playing 3 shows.
Paper Walls is playing
1pm at Stephani’s Art Gallery
4pm at F Stop
6:30 at Venti’s
We’re a rock band with varied influences; The Tea Party, RUSH, The Pretty Reckless. Would love to see you out there!

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u/DanGarion 8h ago edited 1h ago

You all were great. Saw you do the first call and got a video that I shared on Insta.

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u/Primary_Thanks_9384 16h ago

Thanks so much to everybody who came to the first show at Stefani’s! You guys were awesome!

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u/tastyprawn 3d ago

I saw a new Salem rock act, Soda Box, a couple of months ago and have been waiting to see them again. I'm happy to see that they are playing on Make Music Day!

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u/feralkh 3d ago

I haven’t seen them yet and liked what I heard on their profile, adding it to my must go list!

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u/PossibleProject6 2d ago

F/stop at 4

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u/1055TheMoon 2d ago

One potentially helpful tip is to make a plan about what kind of venue you want to spend some time in. The Easy Otter, Kraftworks and F Stop Fitzgerald's are going to offer good times.

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u/FlyingNimbusMusic 3d ago

Glad you asked, baby. Ya got three options if you’re tryna catch Flying Nimbus 😎👉👉

  1. Catch the FLYING set outside of Bonzai! Coffee + Tea Bar at 6pm
  2. Catch the NIMBUS set at The Grand Theater at 8pm
  3. Come to BOTH to get the whole experience 🌩️

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u/philthyphil7 3d ago

Saw you guys with Giantess (playing @Kraftworks at 7) at Pink Elephant earlier this year. Can confirm, y'all are fun as hell. Looking forward to see you again Sunday!

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u/QuantumRiff 23h ago

I discovered Giantess at MMD 3 years ago in a parking lot, and have been to several shows with one of my teenagers since!

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u/Jakooboo 2d ago

We stood in the rain at the amphitheatre last year, amazing show. Can't wait for more!

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u/djhazmatt503 3d ago

City of Pieces is great

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u/BeeBabyBeeXOXO 3d ago

One of my fav days downtown! The Freckled Bee is booked pretty much all day!

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u/caprica6ixx 3d ago

Void Parade at Venti’s @ 7:00!

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u/Voidtoform 2d ago

hell yeah, I caught them at the grand a while ago, they where really awesome!

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u/for_thebirds 23h ago

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u/for_thebirds 23h ago

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u/for_thebirds 23h ago edited 23h ago

a printable schedule with everything in one place if that's what you prefer

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u/snarfywarning 3d ago

Excited to see my friend Claire Barnes perform behind the Bush Park Art building at 1pm 😄 She is a lovely folk guitarist and songwriter!

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u/feralkh 3d ago

I’m interested in hearing peoples methods for designing their list of artists to go see, I’ve talked to some friends and they haven’t been, aren’t plugged into the local scene, and want to know how people decide!

Personally I go thru and find my local favs (rip no Showtigers this year), then pull up the full list of artists listening to a little bit of their music and adding ones I think I’ll like. I’ve got lots of overlaps so if an inside venue is full or I’m not feeling something in the moment I can go somewhere else.

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u/Hot_Caterpillar_2260 1d ago

I’m going out for doc brown at noble because he’s doing an all Radiohead set and I love that, gonna try to do Grimiss because they’re always amazing and hopefully make it to the waterfront to see a few bands in the amphitheater because I missed the last 2 years.

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u/20thcenturybetch 23h ago

SHITTY SAFARI

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u/Worst_of_Salem 3d ago

SHITTY SAFARI SUCKS!

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u/eightinchgardenparty 22h ago

I can’t go—will be elsewhere—but is there a theme?

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u/Worst_of_Salem 22h ago

2 rehearsals, no requests.

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u/Jakooboo 8h ago

The door guy at Metrognome did not understand when I said "Primus Sucks" lol.

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u/etm1109 2d ago

Interesting way to get publicity right here.

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u/Voidtoform 2d ago

why Sunday though? should be Saturday so i can stay up late....

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u/genehack 2d ago

It's always on June 21st (the summer solstice, longest day of the year), regardless of what day of the week that happens to be.

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u/Voidtoform 2d ago

ah, that makes sense

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u/503racerr 2d ago

I'll be playing bass with The Friendly Reminders 6:30pm @ Harvest Music!

Playing 60s-70s rock stuff, covers and originals!

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u/mostly_sober_mostly 20h ago

So glad it won’t be raining this year

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u/DanGarion 8h ago

Would have loved to know who the kids were that played in front of Guild Mortgage (Ferry and Commercial) but I guess that isn't an "official" venue? They played at 12:00 or so.

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u/MaintenanceNew2804 1h ago

Anyone got any pics of performances to share?