Fans line up to grab their merchandise for the 2016 tour. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Stickers, albums and t-shirts galore are on sale at this show. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Xavier and Jocelyn Pust arrive more than an hour before the show starts. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Friends Megan Hellbusch, Justin Edwards and Bret Hellbusch scout out a spot near stage right. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Jess and Cole Reynolds, who recently moved to the Salt Lake area, snag a top corner spot just above the stage. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Jessica Tobian and Eric Erickson got to the venue well over an hour and a half before the show started and were lucky enough to get seats on the upper level, directly above the stage. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Reagan and Lacey Wing are ready for the show to begin while the crowd below fills the room. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Christian Rojas and Tiffany Newbold take their chances right up front against the stage. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Danny Thomson, Eli Ozuna and Emily Thomson rest their elbows on the guard rails, front and center, waiting for the show to start. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
The Reel Big Fish merchandise comes in a variety of prints and colors. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Merchandise is displayed for sale in the back of the venue. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
The Maxies take the stage, sporting matching red jumpsuit parts and their signature skull masks. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
The Maxies playing at In the Venue. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Drummer “Climaxie” plays with The Maxies in Salt Lake City. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Lead singer of The Maxies. Maximum Maxie, gets the crowd going at In the Venue. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
The Maxies lead singer gently assists his guitar player. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
The Maxies played a packed show in SLC. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Suburban Legends take the stage. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Suburban Legends’ trombone player, Brian Robertson. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Bassist Brad Polidori for Suburban legends. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Lead Singer Vince Walker for Suburban Legends. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Drummer for Suburban Legends , Edward Larsen. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Suburban Legends play at In the Venue in SLC. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Brian Robertson and Vince Walker share a moment and a microphone. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Reel Big Fish take the stage to a timed unveiling of a giant RBF backdrop and fanfare from the audience. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Trumpet player John Christianson for Reel Big Fish. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Reel Big Fish lead singer, Aaron Barrett. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
RBF Drummer Edward Larsen. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Reel Big Fish toy with the audience by starting verses of cover songs, only to soon tease fans with the hits they crave. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Outiftted with horns and sunglasses, it’s all style for RBF. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
Reel Big Fish play at In the Venue in SLC. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
RBF drummer Larsen. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
After minutes of the entire crowd chanting. “BEER, BEER! BEER!” Reel Big Fish returned for a few final hits before the night ended. Photo: LMSORENSON.NET
The legendary ska-punk group Reel Big Fish stopped in Salt Lake City for their 2016 tour at the downtown In The Venue with musical guests Suburban Legends and The Maxies.
Punk tunes and humor galore are all around this show as fans of all ages pack into the local establishment for the three-act concert, which comprised skulls masks, brass instruments and inflatable whales and sharks.
Self-described bad boys The Maxies brought their own flavor of music and playful vulgarity to Salt Lake City, playing up their onstage antics alongside their dancing polar bear mascot. Sporting matching skull masks and red jumpsuit pieces, The Maxies are from Riverside, CA or Nuuk, Greenland, depending on who you ask.
The Maxies were followed up by the highly energetic ensemble Suburban Legends. With a mixture of cover songs—including classic Disney favorites—and their own hits, Suburban Legends are certainly an entertaining group of performers, combining a very ska-friendly mixture of brass instruments along with traditional rock guitar and drums.
Headliners Reel Big Fish played to an enormously lively crowd with some favorites, including hits of their own and covers of songs by other ’90s radio stars, including a few verses from The Offspring, Nirvana and Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Correction: March 21, 2016 An earlier version of this article misnamed Ryland Steen as the drummer during Reel Big Fish’s set. As discovered and amended, Edward Larsen was the drummer.
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