Bronze Museum take break from recording to play at Beats for Bonnie

Logan band Bronze Museum will be playing a concert with other local artists tonight to support Beats for Bonnie, a local charity event. The show will be at the Lundstrom Student Living Center on Utah State University’s campus and starts at 7 p.m.

Beats for Bonnie is one of many events scheduled throughout the month for the Beards for Bonnie benefit. Beards for Bonnie is a fundraiser ran by Utah State students that raises money to help a student’s mother, Bonnie Telford, pay medical bills for her Stage 3 breast cancer treatments.

“We believe it’s a good cause,” said Nathan Dukatz, the drummer for Bronze Museum. “We actually passed up a different show to do this one.”

Bronze Museum has been taking a break from shows for writing and recording. “It hasn’t been much of a break; we’ve been busier than ever,” said the band's guitarist, Devon Smith.

The band is working in the studio with local musician and producer Benjamin Wilson and plan on releasing a four-song EP some time next year.

“We’ve recorded three demos before, but this is going to be the best one,” said the band's bassist, Conor Flynn.

“It’s sounding really good,” Dukatz said. “Once we get this done, we hope to do more shows and get more involved with the music scene.”

Bronze Museum has a radio show with Utah State’s student radio station Aggie Radio every Wednesday at 2 p.m. The show is called Morning Museum in the Afternoon and focuses on playing music from local artists as well as live acoustic performances of their own music.

Beats for Bonnie was organized by Taylor Telford, daughter of Bonnie Telford and events scheduler for Beards for Bonnie.

“It’s going to be really fun,” Taylor Telford said. “It’s a really cheap way to have fun and donate to a good cause.”

Bronze Museum will be performing as well as Logan-based acts Racecar Racecar, Rope and solo artist Taylor Wilson. Following the live acts, there will be a dance party with music provided by local DJs Mathis Farnsworth and Alex Moser. Admission is $3 and the event ends at midnight.

“I love going to concerts and seeing local bands,” Taylor Telford said. “I also love dance parties, and I wanted to make this the kind of party I would go to.”

The next Beards for Bonnie event is a bake sale on Saturday at 9 a.m., which will be held on the corner of 200 N. and Main Street outside the Cache County Corporation building.