By Will McGuirk

If you think Oshawa is not serious about its punk heritage then show up Saturday Oct 28 2023 at the Atria when the legendary Boneless Productions presents the legendary In Crust We Trust fest 12th Anniversary, and three decades and counting of crusty crushing punk rawk from Boneless Productions as well!!

Steered by Chris Hill, drummer with Random Killing, who headline this madness, ICWT features two floors and 10 bands including FIVE KNUCKLE CHUCKLE’s last show EVAH!!! Those ska-core legends will be joined by Dragged In, Dirty Bird, Gag Order, Big Brother, Blackout, Spades GT, GFU, and Welland Wasted.

Warming y’all up, Friday Oct 27 the Atria has Ted Axe, BYRDY, with Joan Smith and the Jane Does opening.

My Son The Hurricane, photo by Mikki Simeunovich -

Also on Friday over at the Biltmore Theatre it's the fab My Son The Hurricane, with Kangus Tron and Fish Head Phil opening. Saturday Canadian country star Gord Bamford rolls in on his Canadian Dirt tour, welcome to the dirtiest of them all Gord, we are proud of our terroir here. On Sunday rockabilly guitarist Katie Dauson is launching her album ‘Full Nelson’.

The Regent Theatre is also busy this week with guitar slinger Sue Foley in on Thursday Oct 26 and Cancon superstars April Wine in on Sunday. That one’s sold out already folks as it should be especially in this neck of the hood.