Activate!Activate! September 24 – October 1

Yep, that is the month of October in the title, I can't believe Summer is over! That hasn't put a damper on our live music scene though, as Activate! is overflowing with bands playing live in RVA this week, including Municipal Waste (pictured). Plus, I'll make it easy on your wallet by giving away tickets to Cory Branan and The Last Bison at The Camel, and Broken Bells at The National!

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ACTIVATE! 9-24-14

BSTFRND / cantevn / diy – Monument City, Sept. 26 2 8pm (w/ Ozark, Doof, Scoopkid, Sittasines, Oldneon)

Ozark / strwbrry.mlk / diy

The Royal Noise / Orbital / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 1 @ 10pm

The Last Bison / Every Time / diy – The Camel, Sept. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Clair Morgan, Logan Vath)

Lobo Marino / Build an Altar Everywhere You Go / diy – Sacred Sing Along / Crossroads, Sept. 25 @ 8pm

Driftwood Soldier / Not Me / diy – Twangtown Thursday / Balliceaux, Sept. 25 @ 9pm

Griff's Room Band / Corner Booth / diy – The Camel, Sept. 29 @ 7pm (w/ Psalm Swarr, Patient Barney Penrose)

Cory Branan / Sour Mash / Bloodshot – The Camel, Sept. 27 @ 8:30pm (w/ Paulo Franco & The Rateros, Alison Self & The Lonesome Lows)

Mallett Brothers Band / Low Down / diy – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 25 @ 8pm

Major and the Monbacks / Don't Say a Word / diy – The Camel, Sept. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Murphys Kids)

Israel Nash / Mansions / Thirty Tigers – The Broadberry, Sept. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Sons of Bill)

Vita and the Woolf / Diamond Halls / diy – 13ainbridge, Sept. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Nelly Kate, I am Love, Dharma Bombs)

Black Water Gold / WVA / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 27 @ 10pm (w/ Welcome Hips)

The Welcome Hips / Shoreline / diy – The Camel, Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Save the Arcadian, Chelsea Temple)

Young Sinclairs / You Know Where to Find Me / diy – Hardywood, Sept. 27 @ 5pm (w/ The Diamond Center, Peace Beast)

Broken Bells / The Ghost Inside / Columbia – The National, Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Hamilton Leithauser)

Violent Mae / Later On / Casa de Warrenton – Gallery 5, Sept. 29 @ 7:30pm (w/ Houdan the Mystic, Gladys)

Motel Fire / Go In Peace / diy – Strange Matter, Sept. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Big Mama Shakes, No Outlet)

Cracker / Hand Me My Inhaler / 429 – Acoustic Featuring David Lowery and Johnny Hickman / Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 26 @ 8pm

Nathan Roche / Call Back / Glenlivet-A-Gogh – Strange Matter, Oct. 1 @ 9pm (w/ Angie, Heavy Midgets)

Angie / Parallels / Rice Is Nice

Heavy Midgets / Furry Thing / Bad Grrrl – Recovery Rocks RVA / Gamble Hill Park (2nd & Spring), Sept. 27 @ 10am – 5pm (w/ Evan Barlow, Rattlemouth, The Vacant Stairs, Susan Greenbaum, Jerry Vaughn Band, Family & Friends)

The Vacant Stairs / She Got / diy

Thin Lips / Gemini Moon / diy  – Ask a punk, Sept. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Hot Air Affair, Decide By Friday, Walter Jr.)

Hoax Hunters / Six-Five / Negative Fun – Bandito's, Sept. 28 @ 9pm (w/ The Awesome Few)

Three Bad Jacks  / It's Forever / Boston Krown – Wonderland, Sept. 26 @ 9pm (w/ The Wet Boys)

Harrington Saints / Jerry Was a Skin / Longshot – Wonderland, Sept. 27 @ 9pm (w/ Never Wrong)

New Turks / Tacit / Bad Grrrl – Books, Bikes, and Beyond Thrift, Sept. 26 @ 7pm (w/ Soft Time)

Municipal Waste / Lunch Hall Food Brawl / Earache – Harywood, Sept. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Earthling, Snacktruck)

Snacktruck / Gravi-Thorn / Rorschach

Earthling / Resent / diy

Tiger Flowers / Batesian Mimicry / Melotov – Empire, Sept. 25 @ 10pm (w/ Venomspitter)

Dan'l Boone / Mind Face / Drag City – Strange Matter, Sept. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Mutawawa, Daggering, Broadcastatic, Coteries)

Victor Haskins & Improvistory / Stasis / diy – Balliceaux, Sept. 30 @ 8pm

Even more shows:

Marty Stuart – Beacon Theatre in Hopewell, Sept. 25 @ 6pm

The Articles – The Wine Loft, Sept. 25 @ 8pm

Former Champions Quartet w/ Matt Walton – The Broadberry, Sept. 25 @ 8pm

Nellie McKay – Modlin Center, Sept. 26

Sons of Bill – Plan 9, Sept. 26 @ 5pm

Leftover Salmon – The National, Sept. 26 @ 7pm (w/ Bill Payne of Little Feat, Sunliner)

Brighter the Moon – Canal Club, Sept. 26 @ 7pm (w/ The Eleventh Hour, The Concussion Theory, Ghosts)

Visions – The Speakeasy, Sept. 26 @ 8pm

Benefit for Prabir Mehta – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 27 @ 12 Noon – 7pm (w/ Iggy Plop, Harrison Deane Band, Danny Plotnik, Dogface)

Sinister Haze – Empire, Sept. 27 @ 10pm (w/ Sacred Teachers)

Periphery – The Broadberry, Sept. 29 @ 7pm (w/ The Contortionist, Intervals, Toothgrinder)

The Burnsides – Strange Matter, Sept. 29 @ 8pm (w/ Lucy in Battle Armor, After We Praey)

Mandolin Orange – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 30 @ 8pm

Upper East Side Big Band – The Camel, Oct. 1 @ 8pm