HAWC Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/hawc/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:05:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png HAWC Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/hawc/ 32 32 V3 Weekend: Jingle Bell HAWC, ‘You Got Gold’, ‘Commando’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/05/v3-weekend-jingle-bell-hawc-you-got-gold-commando/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:36:58 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042744 Editor’s Note: Welcome to V3 Weekend, Vanyaland‘s guide to help you sort out your weekend entertainment with curated selections and recommendations across our three pillars of Music, Comedy, and Film/TV. It’s what you should know about, where you need to be, and where you’ll be going, with us riding shotgun along the way. Music: Jingle Bell HAWC at Koto Salem Tonight is Krampusnacht across the land, but on this first Friday night in December, that horny little bastard with birch branches in-hand is going out […]

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]]> Salem loses live music venue as Opus Underground closes for renovation https://vanyaland.com/2023/01/05/salem-loses-live-music-venue-as-opus-underground-closes-renovation/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:33:52 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10032941 Opus Underground is leaving live music in 2022. The Salem bar and restaurant, which featured a treasured downstairs performance space, is undergoing a transformation this winter that will split the business into two new restaurants, marking the end of Opus as both an eatery and venue. Floor manager Derek Thompson confirmed the news to Vanyaland this week, saying there were “no foreseeable plans” for live music to return to 87 Washington St. Opus’ final day as a restaurant is this […]

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]]> Rock for HAWC reemerges with two Salem-based benefit shows https://vanyaland.com/2022/03/15/rock-for-hawc-reemerges-with-two-salem-based-benefit-shows/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:17:27 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10029620 Of all the yearly music traditions that are slowly reemerging from a two-year slumber, Rock for HAWC might be among the most important. The annual benefit for Healing Abuse Working for Change (HAWC) returns to Salem this Friday and Saturday (March 18 and 19), pairing sets from homegrown rock artists with one of the North Shore’s greatest resources for domestic violence survivors. The sixth iteration of the event takes over Koto on Friday, featuring sets from Skytigers, Muck and the […]

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]]> Salem’s Rock for HAWC returns to Opus and Koto in December https://vanyaland.com/2019/10/22/salems-rock-for-hawc-returns-to-opus-and-koto-in-december/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:33:18 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10014970 After many a venue change, it seems like Salem-based fundraiser Rock for HAWC is settling into Washington Street for the second year in a row. For the fifth iteration of the annual benefit show for Salem domestic violence agency Healing Abuse, Working for Change (HAWC), Opus and Koto are tag-teaming again on Friday, December 6 for one evening of electric and acoustic sets from Boston-area performers. Much like last year’s edition, the event will hold two concurrent shows across the […]

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]]> Salem En Masse: Rock for HAWC settles into new venue, bigger blueprint https://vanyaland.com/2017/12/07/salem-en-masse-rock-for-hawc-settles-new-venue-bigger-blueprint/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:51:15 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=170225 Shake, Shake by Radio Compass

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