Tour: Summer 2024 tour
Venue: Treehouse Brewing in Deerfield, MA
Date: Saturday, September 7th
Opener: Noah Taylor
Band Members:
City and Colour City and Colour
City and Colour:• Dallas Green – Vocals, Guitar • Jack Lawrence – Bass • Dylan Green – Drums • Matt Kelly – Pedal Steel, Keys, Guitar • Doug MacGregor – Drums
Band of Horses:• Ben Bridwell – Vocals, Guitar • Ryan Monroe – Keyboards, Vocals • Creighton Barrett – Drums • Matt Gentling – Bass • Brett Nash – Guitar
Review: I had never been to this venue before. Probably because I don’t really drink beer, but also because it is so far away. The drive wasn’t bad and the parking wasn’t either. We parked around the corner at the Yankee Candle store and a shuttle took us to and from the event. The shuttle was a school bus full of people ready for a great night of music.
What I like about this venue is that they encourage you to bring chairs and blankets. And they don’t question you with the size of them when you get there. I thought I had a big chair until I saw some of the others around me.
When we got to the venue, we walked through the brewery and outside. A few of the walls are decorated in organized and aesthetic cans from releases of the brewery. There was someone giving out free samples of their vodka. There was a line for their pizza that you can get quickly and bring outside. With a two-piece maximum. There’s also also a bar and bathrooms inside.
The outside of the venue is beautiful. For some reason, I pictured a very, very large far away field. Everything is in close proximity, which made me happy there a porta potties outside, food trucks, and a fast moving beer line. And if you would like to go inside for the pizza, indoor bathrooms or more options of alcohol, it is a short walk.
For those that get there early enough, you might not even need to bring a chair. The outside has a large section of Adirondack chairs that you can watch the show from.
My friend and I set up our chairs in the back when we got there. We felt very comfortable, leaving our chairs where they were and walking around.
I had seen City and Colour before at a festival in Denver. Because it was a festival, he didn’t play any of his sadder, slower songs. I was hoping to hear more of these tonight, but the set list was a lot more full band, upbeat, rock songs. That being said, I love Dallas and will see him regardless, and really enjoyed watching his whole band play together.
I really enjoyed hearing “The Love Still Held Me Near,” “Lover Come Back,” “Sleeping Sickness,” and “Sometimes (I Wish).
In between co-headliners, my friend, and I sat in our lawn chairs and chatted. Everyone at the venue was very chill from attendees to staff.
I only knew three or four songs by Band of Horses, but I knew that I was going to stick around for them. I wanted to go up for one of their first few songs that I recognized and my friend and I wound up staying up front for the rest of the show.
Band of Horses put on a fantastic show. Not only did the band sound the same as they did on album, but the singer sounds the same and is great.
I was, of course, very excited to hear “The Funeral” live, but they played my other favorites, “Is There a Ghost,” “No One’s Gonna Love You,” and “The General Specific,” which they ended the set with. “The Great Salt Lake” was a song that I wasn’t familiar with, but it quickly became a new favorite.
Upcoming Tour Dates: https://cityandcolour.com/tour/
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