Saturday Night At The Ballard Mine

Took a little drive to Ballard this weekend to visit The Ballard Mine. First visit to this little venue and sadly, likely the last since they’re closing down the end of this month. It’s a quirky little spot that’s literally a basement underneath another business. Very intimate though, you could walk up and poke the band onstage if you wanted, though these bands would likely poke back!

The show wound up being all-ages at the last minute so my son and I decided my younger daughter needed to join us on this adventure. You know the old saying about the family that rocks together, right?

The line up for this second-to-the-last weekend at The Ballard Mine was a trio of local punk bands — The Estafets, Highlight Bomb and Dies Drear.

All three bands cranked out great sets. Lots of positive energy, obviously having a good time on stage and enjoying the hell out of making music. These are the kinds of bands I love to see live. I’ll be looking for future opportunities to see them perform again!

As usual, I dragged a camera along with me. Since this was a smaller venue I figured I’d see if anyone squawked about me shooting with my big camera and no one did, so here’s a set of photos from the evening. You can click the image above or the thumbnails below to view larger photos.