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The Suicide Machines, The Slackers, The Creepshow, Space Chimp, DJ I-Lot
Ska legends converge for night 3 of Victoria's 25h Anniversary Ska & Reggae Fest
In-Person Event
Fri. June 21st 2024 + Add to Calendar
Victoria Curling Club
7:30pm - 1:30am
$45 - $59.50
Artists
The Suicide Machines
from Detroit Michigan
The Slackers
from New York New York
The Creepshow
Psychobilly from Toronto Ontario
Space Chimp
Reggae Rock with Mandolin from Vancouver BC
DJ I-Lot
Event Description
It only took 25 years, but making their Victoria Ska and Reggae Festival debut is Detroit, Michigan’s finest purveyors of gritty and grimy punk, THE SUICIDE MACHINES! Drawing influences from both Jamaican ska and brutal hardcore, the group’s sound is equal parts sour and sweet, with songs that will get you skanking one second and swirling in a chaotic mosh pit the next. Originally exploding onto the scene with their legendary debut album, 1996’s Destruction by Definition, the group quickly established itself as one of the most aggressive yet catchy groups to emerge from ska’s Third Wave. After brief flirtations with power-pop and hard rock around the turn of the millennium, The Suicide Machines brought back the ska and hardcore in a big way on the highly vicious and political A Mat... more...Photos
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Victoria Curling Club
1952 Quadra Street Victoria BC
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