Neon Taste Weekend; The Holidays are upon us and so are some of the best Punk Bands Canada has to offer!Two nights of chaos to heat things up at the beginning of the most miserable month of the year! FRIDAY...
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Friday December 5, 2025
Doors: 8:00pm / Music 8:30pm
Admission: $25.00 advance at www.showpass.com
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
Negative Charge
Winnipeg’s newest crushers came out of the gate with a relentless blast of killer Hardcore Punk that left everyone with their jaw on the floor. With influence gleaned from Concealed Blade to Ripcord. These tracks are hot enough to burn off warts. This has been the fasting selling record on Neon Taste since Two Step To Hell. Repress due and happening shortly.
https://www.instagram.com/negativecharge204
https://neontasterecords.bandcamp.com/album/negative-charge
Jug
Speaking of warts, the forgotten sons of Manitoba are back since their last show-stealing performance at our last weekend. They were the talk of the town for months. Thuggish, brutish, smooth-brained cro-magnon stomp coated in booze and hard as a fucking rock. You know that Black Flag shirt for My War with the gibbled up hand giving you a middle finger? That’s actually Jug’s hand and that’s as straight as they can make it. Not too be missed. Debut album coming out January 2026!
https://www.instagram.com/we_are_jug
https://neontasterecords.bandcamp.com/album/or-not
Grotto
Calgary/Toronto start-ups featuring previous faces from The Chain, Sperm, Skin Colour and Flaccid. Proper, pissed Hardcore. No recordings as of yet but trust us on this one. Do not fuck around.
Garland Briggs
Calgary’s answer to the emo-violence revival is pitch perfect here. A true-blue love letter to 90’s Hardcore Punk that comes across as honest and vital as it did then. Calgary knows it well too as they’ve consistently been playing to packed out DIY spots and had their demo tape sell out in a single day with orders from all over North America.
https://www.instagram.com/garlandbriggs_
https://garlandbriggs.bandcamp.com/album/we-were-going-to-make-a-demo-but-never-mind-heres-an-album
Suburban Pagans
New band with members from Chain Whip, Puppet Wipes and Azure playing Punk Rock for Punk people. Not punk enough? Show up late. They’re opening. No recordings as of yet.
Neon Taste
https://www.neontasterecords.ca
https://neontasterecords.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/neon.taste.records
Pabst Blue Ribbon
https://www.pabstblueribbon.ca
https://www.instagram.com/pabstcanada
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
Event Venue
109 7th Avenue SW , Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2P 0W5
Tickets
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