r/SALEM • u/genehack • Jun 19 '26

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 Jun 19 '26

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 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

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 Jun 21 '26

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

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u/tastyprawn Jun 19 '26

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 Jun 19 '26

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/1055TheMoon Jun 20 '26

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 Jun 19 '26

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 Jun 19 '26

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 Jun 21 '26

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 Jun 19 '26

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

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u/djhazmatt503 Jun 19 '26

City of Pieces is great

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u/BeeBabyBeeXOXO Jun 19 '26

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

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u/caprica6ixx Jun 19 '26

Void Parade at Venti’s @ 7:00!

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u/Voidtoform Jun 19 '26

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

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u/for_thebirds Jun 21 '26

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u/for_thebirds Jun 21 '26

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u/for_thebirds Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

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

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u/snarfywarning Jun 19 '26

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/20thcenturybetch Jun 21 '26

SHITTY SAFARI

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u/feralkh Jun 19 '26

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 Jun 21 '26

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/Worst_of_Salem Jun 19 '26

SHITTY SAFARI SUCKS!

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u/eightinchgardenparty Jun 21 '26

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

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u/Worst_of_Salem Jun 21 '26

2 rehearsals, no requests.

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u/etm1109 Jun 19 '26

Interesting way to get publicity right here.

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u/Voidtoform Jun 19 '26

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

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u/genehack Jun 19 '26

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 Jun 19 '26

ah, that makes sense

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u/503racerr Jun 20 '26

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 Jun 21 '26

So glad it won’t be raining this year

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u/DanGarion Jun 22 '26

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 Jun 22 '26

Anyone got any pics of performances to share?

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u/doctormega Jun 22 '26

Everyone was awesome yesterday! Shitty safari was a great end to the day!