Activate! presents:
Activate! June 2 – June 24: Last show ever!
It’s been over 17 years since I started Activate! I’ve hosted over 800 shows and played so many amazing local and touring bands that I can’t even keep track of who’s performed in Richmond. It really has been a labor of love, and I’m still not jaded!
Tonight at 5pm will be the last Activate! ever. In celebration, I will be joined by my WRIR brothers James Hickman and Michael Miracle. Plus, I have my top show picks for the next three weeks in Richmond’s live music scene and will try to highlight at least one show from each of the local venues. There’s some good ones on the final “concert calendar for your ears.” Thank you everyone for the support! I’ll see you at the shows…
Show Archive
Play show / Add show to playlistPlaylist:
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ohbliv, “Rugged Tranquility”
from Rugged Tranquility Volume 1
Fat Beats Records - 2021
Test Pattern 03 at Institute for Contemporary Art; June 3 @ 7pm (w/ Moor Mother)
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Bio Ritmo, “Caravana del Vejigante”
from La Verdad
Electric Cowbell Records - 2011
The HofGarden; June 7 @ 7pm
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Bombino, “Azamane Tiliade (live)”
from Live in Amsterdam
Partisan Records / Liberator Music - 2020
Friday Cheers on Brown's Island; June 3 @ 6pm (w/ Pachyman)
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Kelli Frances Corrado, “Case of the Look Arounds”
from Shepherdess
Flat Field Records - 2014
Garden Grove; June 4 @ 8pm (w/ Spartan Jet-Plex; Angela Winter)
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Bon Iver, “Lump Sum”
Jagjaguwar - 2008
VACU Live!; June 12 @ 6:30pm (w/ Bonny Light Horseman)
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Tyler Meacham, “You Mean Self”
from Into the Fray
Tyler Meacham - 2021
Vinyl Release at Gallery 5; June 10 @ 7pm (w/ Dead Billionaires; Anna Leonard)
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Thirsty Curses, “Whistlepig”
from Whistlepig - Single
Wilson Getchell - 2022
RIFF Music Festival at Hardywood; June 12 at 12pm to 6pm (w/ Stone & Snow; Sweet Sweet; Famoe; Rodney the Soul Singer; Prathamesh; wht.rbbt.obj; Jacob George Band; Xavier Keyz; Blues Messenger; The Bergamot; The GBomb)
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Goldrush, “The Dream is Over”
from Making Moves
Mad Dragon Records - 2014
Reunion show and Beatles party at Gallery 5; June 18 @ 7pm
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Shormey, “Sad Songs”
from God Bless Bob Ross: A Collection of Low Fidelity Recordings
Shormey - 2020
Citrus City 2022 Revuew at The Camel; June 12 @ 7pm (w/ Alfred; Jia; Easy Easy; Pedazo de Carne con Ojo)
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No Moniker, “Mask Song”
from Either/Or - Single
Good Eye Records - 2021
Album Release at Black Iris; June 18 @ 8pm (w/ Piranha; Rama; Gnawing; Lobby Boy)
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Deau Eyes, “When”
from When - Single
Tone Tree Music / American Paradox - 2021
Album Release at Brambley Park; June 10 @ 9pm (w/ E33rd) and Ardent 8th Anniversary Block Party; June 11 @ 12pm to 8pm (w/ Payrent Brass Band; The Kelli Strawbridge Group; Pet Moose Project; Night Idea)
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Night Idea, “Canopy”
from Riverless
Night Idea - 2017
Post RVA Fest at The Broadberry; June 11 @ 4pm (w/ Takyon; Closet Space; Youth League; Hot Spit; Blunt; Colin Phils; Fight Cloud) and Ardent 8th Anniversary Block Party; June 11 @ 12pm to 8pm (w/ Payrent Brass Band; The Kelli Strawbridge Group; Pet Moose Project; Deau Eyes)
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Dumb Waiter, “Eavesdropping on a Crisis”
from Eavesdropping on a Crisis - Single
self-released - 2022
Album Release at Fuzzy Cactus; June 24 @ 9pm (w/ Toxic Moxie; Blush Face)
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Jay Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel, “Desire (Come and Get It”
from Voodoo Dollies - The Best of Gene Loves Jezebel
Beggars Banquet - 1999
Fallout; June 11 @ 8pm (w/ Bootblacks; Rosegarden Funeral Party)
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Grocer, “Put It Down”
from Grocer on Audiotree Live - EP
Audiotree Music - 2021
The Camel; June 5 @ 7pm (w/ Knifing Around; Lobby Boy; Trapcry)
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Fortezza, “Over the Moon”
from Windmill
Fortezza - 2021
The Camel; June 6 @ 7pm (w/ Magic Wand; TVLPA)
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Rivers of Nihil, “Wait”
from The Work
Metal Blade Records - 2021
Richmond Music Hall; June 10 @ 7pm (w/ 3:33; Black Matter Device)
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Gag, “Smoking Meth”
from Still Laughing
Iron Lung Records - 2020
Cobra Cabana; June 15 @ 7pm (w/ Under Attack; Killing Pace; Caustic Agent)
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Under Attack, “Preservation's Crash”
from Preservation's Crash
Three One G - 2021
The Broadberry; June 12 @ 6:30pm (w/ Cannibal Corpse; Sanguisugabog; 200 Stab Wounds) and Cobra Cabana; June 15 @ 7pm (w/ Gag; Killing Pace; Caustic Agent)
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High Priest, “Fevered Dreams”
from Grail Sludge - EP
High Priest - 2017
The Bike Shop; June 3 @ 7pm (w/ 3:33; Colossal Wreck; Cause)
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Gillian Carter, “Synthetic Lies”
from ...This Earth Shaped Tomb
Skeletal Lightning - 2018
The Bike Shop; June 16 @ 7pm (w/ To Forget; Infant Island; In Wolves' Clothing)
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Mock Execution, “Apocalypse Now”
from Killed By Mock Execution - EP
La Vida Es Un Mus Discos - 2022
Ask a punk; June 5 @ 7pm (w/ Lethal Means; Future Terror; Bolt Cutter)
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The Flex, “Inferno”
from Flexual Healing, Vol. 7 - EP
Quality Control HQ Records - 2018
Ask a punk; June 19 @ 7pm (w/ Reckoning Force; Grand Scheme; Payload; Killing Pace)
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Bayht Lahm, “Somnambulus”
Ballista Recording - 2019
Benefit for National Network of Abortion Funds at Ask a punk; June 17 @ 4pm (w/ Lacking; Rotwlcftscbmh; Wasted Space; The Get Off; Charger Port)
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Murdersome, “Revel In Darkness”
from Revel In Darkness - Single
3772890 Records DK - 2022
Another Round; June 3 @ 7pm (w/ Bananaslama; Day of the Beart; Awakened From Dormancy)
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Street Cleaner, “BioMech Assault Rider”
from Edge
Vigilante Noir - 2021
Fallout; June 4 @ 8pm (w/ Moris Blak; Watch Out For Snakes; Stephanie)
Mike Rutz Activate! June 2nd, 2022
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