March 18th, 2023
The Dreadnoughts presents
Punkstravaganza VII Night Two: The Dreadnoughts
Days & Daze, Mongoose, Terminal City Rats
Sold Out+19 (with 2 pieces of govt issued ID)
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DOORS: 7:00pm
The Dreadnoughts return to the Rickshaw Theatre for another Punkstravagranza weekend! Catch them on Night Two with support from Days & Daze, Mongoose, and Terminal City Rats.
The Dreadnoughts
The Dreadnoughts began to play folk-punk in 2007 with a single goal: to make enough money at shows to cover the cost of shots of Fireball Whiskey at Vancouver’s notoriously seedy Ivanhoe Hotel. Ten years on and counting, they can boast of four studio albums, two EPs, and hundreds of unforgettable live shows spanning the globe. They’ve blended punk rock and a bunch of European folk traditions with a power and range that few other groups can match. And it’s been a blast.
“The Dreadnoughts’ set,” writes upvenue.com, “can be summarized in one word: outrageous.” If there’s one thing this band is proud of, it’s their live show, which follows the first (and only) rule of punk rock: keep it chaotic. There are no scripted intros. There is no choreography. No pre-prepared sound effects, light shows, or “how’s everybody doing tonight?” Only six loud-mouthed extroverts aiming a series of punked-up folk dances at the audience… sometimes after an entirely unnecessary amount of liquor.
Days & Daze
Texas based “thrashgrass” group with a unique blend of folk, punk, ska and emo. New York Times bestselling author Shea Serrano called them “a goddamn menace; more violent than the Femmes, more poguesy than the Pogues.” Houston Chronicle’s Jef Rouner dared listeners to “find a band more punk than Days N Daze” and called them “one-of-a-kind in a city known for inventing whole new styles of music.”
Mongoose
https://basilwool.wixsite.com/mongoose/band
Born in east Vancouver, the Mongoose sound is diverse but succinct. Shockk, Johnny Wildkat, Marc the Temp and RC meld the styles of Urge Overkill, My Bloody Valentine with the hooks of AC/DC and the Stooges, and the energy of Arctic Monkeys and Drive Like Jehu. Play loud, have fun.
Terminal City Rats
Vancouver’s Terminal City Rats just independently released their second full length album “Pull the Pin”. Consisting of lead vocalist Jameson Trenholm, bassist Jeremy Starcok, drummer Marco Bieri and dual guitarists Chris “Crash” Campbell and Mandy Green, they’ve been steadily building a following since their formation in 2018.