Before Tacoma's semi-longstanding, all-ages venue The Redroom closes its door for good April 27, Bleak Outlook Volume 1 will blow open doors and minds this weekend with a three-day fest that includes two kickin' shows at The Redroom and one at Fifth Dimension.

Bleak Outlook? Is this about the fate of all-ages in Tacoma? Maybe it's just a weather prediction. Whatever the bleak outlook is, nobody's taking it lying down. In fact it will be quite the opposite. Take a gander at the bands on the bill. The majority are in-your-face rockaholics who never cease to rattle any complacency right out of you. Transient, Sidetracked, Same Sex Dictator, Mahnhammer, Hirsute Corpse and Carrion Cathartid rock Friday night. Saturday packs it just as hard with Earth Control, Bone Sickness, Thaco Thomnak, Oops I Stepped In Some Christ and Burn Pile. And Sunday at Fifth Dimension tops it off with Tweakbird, (fresh off touring with Melvins and Tool) Lozen and Tacos.

THE REDROOM, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 7 P.M., $8, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 8 P.M., $5, 2313 TACOMA AVE. S., TACOMA

FIFTH DIMENSION, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 8 P.M., $5, 3806 E. B ST., TACOMA