Mr. Musicface Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hey all! So the story... apparently the lighting guy who occationally works with Uncle Seth gave a copy of the new CD to his girlfriend at Brock who promptly bought 5 more for her friends, who played it for their friends, and the next this we know Uncle Seth has a minor following in St. Catherines! Ah, word-of-mouth is a wonderful thing for the indie band. Anyway... we'd really like to book a show there but I have no idea about clubs in St. Catherines. Ideally, I'm looking for a place that is: - (Obviously) jam-band friendly - Within stumbling distance of the university - Holds 100+ people Any help? Post here or mail me at musicface@musicface.com" target="_blank. Thanks gang! - Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Unfortunately there are NO places that are stumbling distance to the campus. Unless you got a campus gig at the pub Isaacs. I wouldn't go that route though. The St. Catharines music scene is most definelty downtown. Merchant Ale House, is a nice little brew-pub that always has different live bands playing. That would probably be a nice size gig for a first appearance in the region. I don't think they pay real well though The Mansion House is a bit of a dive (it's actually one of the oldest bars in CANADA). It can hold a bit bigger crowd. Incidently this is where the smoothies play on Saturday nights. The Double Olive, is cool basement Martini bar, usually catering to acidy jazzy, and R&B, Soul kinda stuff... Sort of the Orbit Room of St. Catharines. The Chilli Pepper, is probably the biggest venue downtown. Big crowds that are more into partying and haveing live music as a back drop. You'd probably have to play more crowd pleasers here. I would say that these places would probably be your best bets! Incidently they are all within about a 2min walk of each other. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Sweeet, thanks CH. I'll check those out. - M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Hey there! Don't know if I've met you before Mr Musicface... I tend to be really quiet on the board but couldn't resist responding to this one. I think Cyber Hippie gave you some pretty good info. I used to work at the Chilly Pepper, good fun crowd with good music but not a jamband kind of crowd... the music is definately a background thing... I also worked at Isaacs (the university bar) and it hasn't had a good history with live music or a receptive crowd... Mansion house is quite a dive but might be your best bet.... its right down town close to all the other bars, you can most often hear the music from outside and it has more of an alternative smiley crowd. For the most part St. Catharines doesn't have a jamband scene but it certainly has some fun characters... If you want to advertise at the university check with BUSU (Brock Student Union) and speak with Mark Bassagio about putting up posters around Brock... you can tell him Lara Purvis suggested you speak with him. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 I don't know how many people it holds but The Merchant Ale House is one of my favorite bars in Ontario. I've seen Rose Garland there a handful of times and they only sell beer they've brewed on site. Awesome microbrews, it's better when it's warmer and they open the windows and there is some dancin' in the streets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Well I'd say there is a bit of a 'jamband' scene in St. Catharines. It's just kinda more hidden and varied. Rose Garland is pretty cool. I had a lot of fun seeing Buddahs Don't Box back in the day. For a while (5 years ago) there always seemed to be someone around influenced by the dead, allmans etc... Brock radio probably helped a lot with that, with their friday afternoon "Bong Brothers" show. Too bad the station closed up shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Coolness, thanks for the info all! I'll follow up on some of those and hopefully have a St. Catherines show to annouce for Uncle Seth in the fairly near future. Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha132 Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Are any of you who answered this post a native-St. Catharines-er too?!?! Would I know you? Drop some names and let's play the game, shall we? I'll start. I went to DM. The name's Nina. p132 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Not me, I went to Brock and Niagara College. I married a native though, Tara Harte, who also went to DM. Hmmm who else... Do you know SPK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha132 Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 How old is your wife? I'll be 27 this year (arghhh!, excuse me, personal meltdown). Her name doesn't sound familiar. And what's SPK, a person or a thing? When I read it, it made me think P.K. Kerwin, which for any old-schooler like myself, would be totally recognizable. Ahhh, St. Catharines, I miss it so. p132 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Tara is turning 30 this month, so I guess she would have been a couple of grades a head of you. SPK, is this dude named Sean Kelley. He's one of those guys out that way that everyone seems to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Cool places to play in St. Catherines? Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 Nina, you and I met Sean Kelly on Summer Tour 2000. In Pittsburgh I believe..... Never did stay in touch though :-( And no there is no jam scene in St Kitts, let alone any scene of any kind. Can you imagine the depths of a lack of anything to do that would push two jam happy phans to move to Saint John?!?!? Sean ps. Thats right I'm back online, be warned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianphan Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 I'm a graduate of Brock (97) and a good friend of said SPK. St. Kits has your typical small university sceen. A lot of the stuff that beer comercials are made of and a little bit of everything else. In my opinion the merchant ale house is your best bet for a first St. Kits gig. Keep on rockin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smore Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 I was at the merchant last week and they told me that there weren't going to be any more bands playing there, that bar used to be cool and now it seems like the "unphriendly" crowd hangs out there. If i were you guys i'd go to the Mansion house, seems like the only place left to go. Also if you need a taper let me know, seems like i'm the only taper in this town too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Thanks for the update smore - and tapers are always welcome at Uncle Seth shows. We'll be looking into this after our Ottawa/Kingston run next week so stay tuned here to the Watchtower, and to ye olde Uncle Seth gigs page: http://www.musicface.com/uncleseth/info/gigs.html Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budzz Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Mark from Caution Jam here.. always interested in taking the vibe some where new... come along or go alone.. write me.. cautionjam@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Hey Mark, I've seen you guys a few times at 360, great stuff!!! Let me know if you ever need an opener in TO or elsewhere, my band Uncle Seth would be totally into it! Peace, Mr. M. (a.k.a. Jay from Uncle Seth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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