What a great way for the Lower Deck to celebrate its 35th anniversary with a performance by Great Big Sea! It was outside in the courtyard on a perfect September night:mild, dry and calm. We arrived about 9:15pm and got fairly close to the stage beers in hand. I heard that there were 800 tickets sold.

The crowd was mostly in their 20's but it ranged up to 50's. Not as wide a spectrum as usual given

a) a 10 pm start time

b) standing room only

c) outside

d) in a bar

Everyone was in good cheer and ready to sing (and drink!)

GBS came on at 10 pm and played until about 11:30 with two sets of encores. They clearly felt very much at home at the Lower Deck and did lots of reminiscing about earlier visits. Here's the setlist as I remember ( in random order)

Donkey Riding (they did start with this!)

Helmet Head

MariMac

Ferryland Sealer

General Taylor

England

John Barbour

Charlie Horse

Ordinary Day

Consequence Free

Old Black Rum(most requested song of the night!)

Excursion around the Bay

When I'm Up

When I am King

Captain Kidd

Straight to Hell

Love me Tonight

Fortune

Sea of no Cares(Living room version)

Scolding Wife

I'm a Rover

Let it Go

Rant N Roar(final song)

I may have forgotten one  along the way.

So glad we got to experience this show!

Wow! Sounds like an amazing show with an awesome set list! Any pics or vids?

Peace, Love and GBS,

Loula

Loulabelle:

Wow! Sounds like an amazing show with an awesome set list! Any pics or vids?

Peace, Love and GBS,

Loula

Sorry, not the kind of event that I wanted to be carrying a camera! Too hard to manage with a beer in one hand!

Oh, how I wish I were home to see that show.

No better place on earth to have a GBS concert, than at their old stomping grounds, The Lower Deck.

How many times did you hear the words, "SOCIABLE" that night?

A beer in only one hand? In Halifax, we are always "double fisted"  

 SOCIABLE!!