Activate!

Activate! September 22 – September 29

Mike Rutz

Band / Song Title / Album – Venue, Date, Time (Lineup)

 

 Ohbliv / Theraputic for the Culture / Baker’s Dozen – Balliceaux, Sept. 28 @ 8pm (w/ Scott Burton’s Directorio)

 

No BS Brass Band / Brass Knuckles / Brass Knuckles – The Broadberry, Sept. 23 @ 8pm

 

Jeremiah Tall / Moonlight / Where The Lore Began – The Camel, Sept. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Captain Grandpa, Nemes, The Lawsuits)

 

Greensky Bluegrass / Burn Them / If Sorrows Swim – The National, Sept. 28 @ 7pm

 

Lord Nelson / Death in the City / The County – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 24 @ 10pm (w/ Tarrant)

 

The Felice Brothers / Cherry Licorice / Favorite Waitress – The Camel, Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Aaron Lee Tasjan)

 

Band and the Beat / Sweet as Honey / single – Hardywood, Sept. 23 @ 5pm (w/ Anousheh, Way Shape or Form)

Anousheh / Hold You / Make Noise

 

Karacell / Piece of Joy / Round and Round – Animal on the Rooftop: Post-Pride Dance Party at the Hofheimer, Sept. 24 @ 9pm (w/ Dirt Thurston, Deep Velvet, Sweet Potato, Fashion Zoo)

 

M.H. & His Orchestra / Calderwood / single – The Camel, Sept. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Clair Morgan, Pete Curry, Imaginary Sons)

 

Crying / Rat Baby / Get Olde Second Wind – Strange Matter, Sept. 24 @ 5pm (w/ Doll Baby, Big Baby)

Doll Baby / Drift / Polliwog

 

The Bronzed Chorus / Are We Not Speedwagon? / Gleaning – Strange Matter, Sept. 24 @ 9pm (w/ Dumb Waiter, Gull, Magnus Lush)

 

Houdan the Mystic / The Meeting / Where’s My Shakespeare – The Camel, Sept. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Angelica Garcia, Camp Howard, The Wimps)

 

Ava Luna /Best Hexagon / Infinite House – Hardywood, Sept. 24 @ 5pm (w/ Manatree, Spooky Cool)

 

Dorthia Cottrell / Oak Grove / Dorthia – The Temple of the Cosmic Mothership, Sept. 25 @ 6pm (w/ Miserable, Unsacred, Petrichor)

Miserable / Violet / Uncontrollable

 

Keep / Psychorama / Psychorama – The Basement, Sept. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Head to Wall, True Body, Home Address)

True Body / Hammer & Bone / single

 

Sallow / Untitled II / single – 25 Watt, Sept. 25 @ 9pm (w/ Watcher, Everyone Dies In the End)

Watcher / Woodglue / به پایان رسید

 

Home Blitz / I’m that Key / Foremost & Fair – Strange Matter, Sept. 27 @ 9pm (w/ Fried Egg, Naked Baby)

 

Big Hush / Pay to Play / Who’s Smoking Your Spirit? – Ask a punk, Sept. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Christi, Bad Magic)

 

Hurt / Try, Try, Try Again / Still – 25 Watt, Sept. 27 @ 9pm (w/ Spirit Box, Tavishi, .Gif From God)

 

Coach Savage / Pick Pocket / Coach Savage – The Camel, Sept. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Half Decent, The Smirks, Toward Space)

 

Nametags / Red Ears / demo – Gallery 5, Sept. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Cabbage, Big Baby)

 

Dadmobile / Turn It Off / Haste Makes Waste – Balliceaux, Sept. 29 @ 9:30pm (w/ The Milkstains)

 

The Skin / No More Sexy Teens / The Skin – Album Release / Bandito’s, Sept. 25 @ 10pm (w/ Hallelujah)

Maude / Poseur / Mayday

 

The Sword / Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians / Gods Of the Earth – The Broadberry, Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Ruby The Hatchet, Gritter)

 

This Time It’s War / Blacklight / Terror Plots – A Benefit for Timothy Williams / The Broadberry, Sept. 25 @ 5:30pm (w/ Letterbox Tragedy, Three Mile Crisis, Charmer, Spiral Fractures, The Donalds)

 

Dry Spell / Think You’re Safe / Dry Spell – Richmond Punx Picnic Pre-Party / Strange Matter, Sept. 29 @ 9pm (w/ Noisem, Window Liquor, Meth Lab)

Window Liquor / Hitler On A Sled / Man In the Mirror

Noisem / Replant And Repress / Blossoming Decay

 

Harry Partch Appreciation Society / Popigai / RAIC rehearsal tape – Strange Matter, Sept. 28 @ 8pm (w/ The New Loft, Generic, RAIC)

 

 

Even more shows (by date):

 

Stick To Your Guns – Canal Club, Sept. 23 @ 6pm (w/ Stray From The Path, Expire, Knocked Loose, Warwick)

 

David Wilcox – The Tin Pan, Sept. 23 @ 7pm

 

Face Melt Friday – Strange Matter, Sept. 23 @ 7pm

 

Kokanko Sata, Assaba Dramé, and Lamine Soumano – Neighborhood Resource Center, Sept. 23 @ 8pm

 

Iron Lion & The Knotty Lionz Band – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 23 @ 10pm (w/ Dj Kid Quest)

 

Octoberfest – Capital Ale House, Sept. 24 @ 12 Noon (w/ Fritz’s Polka Band, Johnny Koenig, Low N Brows)

 

Perpetual Groove – The National, Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ McLovins)

 

Captive – 25 Watt, Sept. 24 @ 8pm (w/ R-Dent, Flight Club, A Collegiate Affair )

 

The Trongone Band – The Broadberry, Sept. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Maradeen)

 

Duck Baker – Eric Schindler Gallery, Sept. 24 @ 8pm

 

George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Pocahontas Live, Sept. 25

 

St. Lucia – The National, Sept. 25 @ 6:30pm (w Sofi Tukker)

 

MovieClub Richmond presents “Brain Candy” – Strange Matter, Sept. 25 @ 7pm

 

Unconscious Disturbance  – Strange Matter, Sept. 26 @ 9pm (w/ Suneater, My Way, Paint Store)

 

For Today – Canal Club, Sept. 27 @ 6pm (w/ Gideon, Wage War, Rival Choir, Set For Tomorrow)

 

James Bay – The National, Sept. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Joseph)

 

Kana Kiehm & Organic Sound – The Camel, Sept. 27 @ 8pm (w/ Burning Fire)

 

This Wild Life – Canal Club, Sept. 28 @ 6pm (w/ Have Mercy, Movements, Mending Fences, The Concussion Theory)

 

An Evening with Makeda Lewis (Avie’s Dreams) – Hardywood, Sept. 28 @ 6pm

 

James & Emma – In Your Ear, Sept. 29 (w/ Rebekah Todd)

 

Zine Zone Opening – Gallery 5, Sept. 29 @ 6pm

 

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives – Beacon Theatre, Sept. 29 @ 6:30pm

 

Post Malone – The National, Sept. 29 @ 7pm (w/ Jazz Cartier, Larry June, FKi 1st)

 

Pat Donohue – The Tin Pan, Sept. 29 @ 7pm

 

Gangstagrass – The Broadberry, Sept. 29 @ 8pm (w/ Plank Stompers)

 

Ron Holloway Band – The Camel, Sept. 29 @ 8pm (w/ Evolution of The Groove)

 

Mark Rogers – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 29 @ 8pm

 

Mikrowaves – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 29 @ 10pm