Activate!Activate! December 1 – December 8

Tune in to Activate! at 7pm for over 30 artists who have gigs in Richmond this week, including Tim Barry and Josh Small (pictured) who will perform at a benefit for the Flying Brick Library! Plus, your chance to win tickets to see Bonnie Prince Billy.

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ACTIVATE! 12-1-10

Near Earth Objects / Bartender's Lament / diy – CD Release / Commercial Taphouse, Dec. 5 @ 8pm

Adrian Duke / Save the Bones for Henry Jones, 'Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat / diy – CD Release / Bogart's, Dec. 3 @ 9pm

Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe / Dog Hill – The Camel, Dec. 2 @ 7pm

The Two-Man Gentlemen Band / Croquet Playin' Girl / Serious Business – Stronghill, Dec. 3

Meshciya Lake & the Little Big Horns / Joeseph! Joeseph! / Jelly Roll – Balliceaux, Dec. 4 @ 10pm

The Slack Family / White Freightliner / Planetary – Shenanigans, Dec. 3 @ 8:30pm

The Whiskey Rebellion / Dragons and Panthers / diy – The National, Dec. 4 @ 6:30pm (w/ Whiskey Bros., Adam Eubank, Flesh Mountain Boys)

Adam Eubank / Track 2 / diy

Tim Barry / Walk 500 miles / Suburban Home – Benefit for The Flying Brick Library / Books, Bikes, & Beyond Thrift, Dec. 4 @ 7pm (w/ Julie Karr, Josh Small, Rameysaurus)

Josh Small / Setting Up / PopFaction

Bonnie Prince Billy / You Don't Love Me / Drag City – The National, Dec. 5 @ 7pm (w/ The Babblers, The Cairo Gang)

Chris Merritt / Big Girl / diy – The Camel, Dec. 3 @ 9pm (w/ Photosynthesizers, Caulit Anything, Lydia Ooghe)

Lydia Ooghe / Baby Yay / diy

Herschel Stratego / Hey Ladies, Rob Here, Watch Out! / diy – A Salute to Guided By Voices / The Camel, Dec. 6 @ 8pm (w/ Climbers, Adah, The Trillions, Paul Ivey & the Ruse, Snowy Owls)

Climbers / Firehead / diy – Sprout, Dec. 3 @ 9pm (w/ Herschel Stratego, The Diamond Center)

Rev. Peyton's Big Dam Band / My Old man Boogie / SideOneDummy – Capital Ale House, Dec. 3 @ 10pm

Anders Osbourne / On the Road to Charlie Parker / Alligator – Hat Factory, Dec. 4 @ 6:30pm (w/ Tab Benoit, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux)

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists / Where was My Brain? / Matador – Strange Matter, Dec. 8 @ 10pm (w/ Heks Orkest)

Heks Orkest / I've Been Waiting / diy

Caves Caverns / Cassette Part 2 / diy – Strange Matter, Dec. 6 @ 10pm (w/ Trass, Taco Leg)

Hex Machine / Blueprint to madness / Minimum Underdrive – Strange Matter, Dec. 5 @ 10pm (w/ Orphan, Lorem Ipsum)

Orphan / Words are for the Birds / From the Nursery

Braveyoung (formerly known as Giant) / Calvin / The End – Canal Club, Dec. 6 @ 6pm (w/ Comrades, Vessel, Fixtures)

Balaclava / Fences / Forcefield – Rock Garden, Dec. 4 @ 8pm (w/ This is Your Life, Karoshi)

This is Your Life / Highs and Lows of Basement Shows / diy

Karoshi / Someone has Blundered / Anti Corporate Music

Druglord / Misery Feeder / diy – Alley Katz, Dec. 4 @ 10pm (w/ Fire Faithful, Gritter, Sourvein)

Gritter / The Wrench / diy

Sourvein / Shipwrecked / Forcefield

Templeteka / Creeping / diy – Strange Matter, Dec. 4 @ 10pm (w/ Imperial Order, Divine Suffering)

A Plea for Purging / Retribution/ Facedown – Canal Club, Dec. 5 @ 3pm (w/ Mercy Screams, The Plot In You, Your Memorial, Within the Ruins, Bring the Arsenal, Repercussions, Once Upon a Nightmare, Within the Fear)

Lazor Sword / Batman / Innovative Liesure – Canal Club, Dec. 2 @ 9pm (w/ Audio Ammo)

Other shows (by date):

Billy Williams Trio – VMFA, Dec. 2 @ 6pm

Steelshot – The National, Dec. 2 @ 7pm (w/ Canary Promise, Force of Habit, Caught In the Rift)

Richmond Comedy Coalition – Gallery 5, Dec. 2 @ 7pm

Jonathan Byrd – In Your Ear, Dec. 2 @ 7pm

The Steel Wheels – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Dec. 2 @ 8pm

The Shack Band – Cafe Diem, Dec. 2 @ 9pm

No BS Brass Band – Balliceaux, Dec. 2 @ 9:30pm

Sprout A-Go-Go – Sprout, Dec. 2 @ 10pm

B-Side Electric Blues – Capital Ale House, Dec. 3 @ 5pm

The Real Chaos – Alley Katz, Dec. 3 @ 5pm (w/ Kings of Freaks, Memoirs of a Massacre)

A Loss For Words – Canal Club, Dec. 3 @ 5pm (w/ Such Gold, In Courage, Lions Lions, Broadside)

Rudy Faulkner – VMFA, Dec. 3 @ 6pm

RVyAy – Gallery 5, Dec. 3 @ 7pm (w/ Cherry Bomb DJs)

Susan Greenbaum – Positive Vibe Cafe, Dec. 3 @ 7pm

Soldiers of Vision – Cultural Arts Center of Glen Allen, Dec. 3 @ 7pm (w/ Maggie Ingram)

Christmas in Ireland – Modlin Center, Dec. 3 @ 7:30pm

Andrew McEvoy – Emilio's, Dec. 3 @ 7:30pm

The Hullabaloos – The Playing Field, Dec. 3 @ 8pm

Janet Martin & Love Knot – Babe's, Dec. 3 @ 8pm

Brian C. Band – Legend, Dec. 3 @ 8pm

Yarn – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Dec. 3 @ 8pm

Jangling Reinharts – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Dec. 3 @ 8pm

DJ Lil' E w/ Lady Gaga vs. Madonna vs. M.I.A. – The National, Dec. 3 @ 9pm

Crispin Hellion Glover – Byrd Theatre, Dec. 3 @ 9:30pm

Barrelhouse – Cafe Diem, Dec. 3 @ 9:30pm

Moogley Blues – Poe's Pub, Dec. 3 @ 9:30m

Road Kill Roy – Hometeam Grill, Dec. 3 @ 9:30pm

Josati – City Dogs, Dec. 3 @ 10pm (w/ Ghost Payne, Psy Matix)

Baybee Teeth – Strange matter, Dec. 3 @ 10pm (w/ Chhoti Ma, Gus Bunny, Chocolate Milk)

Gray-V – Cary Street Cafe, Dec. 3 @ 10pm

Lights East – Balliceaux, Dec. 3 @ 10:30pm (w/ Chris Farmer)

This Kingdom Falls – Alley Katz, Dec. 4 @ 5pm (w/ Apparently We Can't Fly, In Courage, Broadside)

Jarrard Anthony – Current at Hat Factory, Dec. 4 @ 7pm

Frankzig – Emilio's, Dec. 4 @ 7:30pm

Josh Hoge – Canal Club, Dec. 4 @ 8pm (w/ Todd Carey, Isaac Russell)

Kinetic Element – The Playing Field, Dec. 4 @ 8pm

Hazy Dave & the Mission Band – Legend, Dec. 4 @ 8pm

The Honky Tonk Experience – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Dec. 4 @ 8pm

The Youngers – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Dec. 4 @ 8pm

Poston Brown – Cafe Diem, Dec. 4 @ 9pm

3 Bad Men – Poe's Pub, Dec. 4 @ 9:30pm

The Gentlemen – The Camel, Dec. 4 @ 10pm

People's Blues of Richmond – City Dogs, Dec. 4 @ 10pm

Barrelhouse – Bogart's, Dec. 4 @ 10pm

Skydog, A Tribute to the Allman Brothers – Cary Street Cafe, Dec. 4 @ 10pm

Afrobeta – The Nile, Dec. 4 @ 11pm

Dirty Banners – Emilio's, Dec. 4 @ 11:30pm

Galen Churry – The Camel, Dec. 5 @ 5pm (w/ Jacob Williamson, Antoinette Goroch, Whiskey Talk)

Lee Nelson Band – Legend, Dec. 5 @ 6:30pm

Moshe Dayan – Alley Katz, Dec. 5 @ 7pm (w/ Lydia Can't Breathe, Madrone, Dream Atlantic, Convacles)

John Moossa – Bogart's, Dec. 5 @ 7pm

Jason Scott Quintet – The Camel, Dec. 7 @ 7pm (w/ SCUO)

UTV Chamber – Balliceuax, Dec. 7 @ 9:30pm

Gallery 5 After 5 – Gallery 5, Dec. 8 @ 5pm (w/ Wade Harrell, President of the American Tarantula Society)

Irish Tenors – Landmark, Dec. 8 @ 7pm

Jon Barnes Band – The Camel, Dec. 8 @ 8pm

Ben Shirley – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Dec. 8 @ 8pm

Ombak – Balliceaux, Dec. 8 @ 9:30pm