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Down Right Fest presents: Dave Hause & The Mermaid w/ Greg Attonito (Bouncing Souls)

Sunday, 27 September 2026 at 19:00 GMT-6

The Yard

619 3rd St SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 0H4, CA

Performing: Dave Hause, Greg Attonito

Down Right Fest proudly presents: Dave Hause & The Mermaid with Greg Attonito of The Bouncing Souls September 27, 2026 The Yard ---- “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a rock and roll band.” Dave Hause had an epiphany rewatching Goodfellas. “There's that scene in the beginning where Henry Hill says, ‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.’” The Philly-bred, California-based singer-songwriter always longed to be in a different kind of mob. “This record is my realization that, as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a rock and roll band. This record is that rock and roll band distilled into 10 songs.” This record is …And The Mermaid. And those 10 songs offer a welcome shock to the system, blending Hause’s signature lyrical elan and gift for surging melodies with his keening vocals and some deliciously sharp musical elbows courtesy of the titular group. “I had made a couple of records in a row in Nashville, and I was super happy with the outcomes,” says Hause of 2023’s Blood Harmony and 2021’s Drive it Like it’s Stolen, both produced by Will Hoge with top-flight session musicians. While they certainly had their muscular moments, those records were more in line with the Americana-tinged music Hause had been making as a solo artist. He ended up on several solo tours, as well as some duo outings with his brother and collaborator Tim, which necessitated stripping the songs back. “It occurred to me how far I’ve come from my roots,” he says. “Punk rock just isn’t where my muse has been for the last couple albums.” But as he pumped electricity when playing those solo songs with his occasional band The Mermaid at his celebratory weekend festival Sing Us Home in Philly the last few years, he realized, “I was just missing plugging in and turning up. I was missing the energy that it takes to deliver that show.” While the former leader of beloved Philly punk rockers The Loved Ones has been no stranger to going to 11,

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CAD 30

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festival · gig

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music · music, community_and_culture

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America/Edmonton

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