ACTIVATE! 8-4-16
Band / Song Title / Album – Venue, Date, Time (Lineup)
Mamadou Kelly / Baudi / Djamila – Balliceaux, Aug. 6 @ 10pm
Lobo Marino / We Hear the Ocean, Lift up the Mountain / We Hear the Ocean – Fundraiser for the 2016 Twin Oaks Women’s Gathering / Temple of the Cosmic Mothership, Aug. 6 @ 4pm (w/ The Talkies, Magnus Lush, Murabess); Kabana Rooftop, Aug. 7 @ 9am
Mr. Sipp / It’s My Guitar / TMBC – Capital Ale House, Aug. 11 @ 7pm
BJ Kocen / Birdhouse / The Breaks – Album Release / The Broadberry, Aug. 11 @ 7pm
Horsehead / The Losing End / Casual Dracula – The Shack Up / The Broadberry, Aug. 5 @ 8pm (w/ The Shack Band, Atlas Road Crew)
Benefit for Ricky Tubb / Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 6 @ 12 Noon (w/ The Taters, The Dimmer Twins (Horsehead), Hershel Stratego, Calvin Stewart, The Lucky Stiff’s Light, Diamond Heist)
The London Souls / Steady / Here Come the Girls – The Shack Up / The Broadberry, Aug. 6 @ 2pm (w/ James Justin and Co., Stop Light Observations, LIfe on Mars: A Tribute to David Bowie, Red Light Rodeo, Lord Nelson, Kendall Street Company)
James Justin & Co. / The Rescue / Southern Son, So Far
The Southern Belles / Soul Shaker / Close to Sunrise – The Shack Up / The Camel, Aug. 5 @ 8pm (w/ Jouwala Collective, Slack Family Band)
Anthony Curtis / Gallabalba (Fire Driver) / Book of the Key – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 11 @ 8pm
John Wiese / Wind Changed Direction / Deviate From Balance – Sediment Arts, Aug. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Robert Donne, IGM)
Hoax Hunters / Volume / Comfort & Safety – Gallery 5, Aug. 5 @ 7pm (w/ Azores, Flashlight Tag, Prabir)
Azores / Strawberry Cowtails / Copper Beach
Queen of Jeans / Rollerdyke / EP – Strange Matter, Aug. 9 @ 8pm (w/ Lady God, The Wimps, Heaters)
Heaters / Elephant Turner / Baptistina
The Julie Ruin / I Decide / Hit Reset – The Broadberry, Aug. 10 @ 7pm (w/ PWR BTTM)
Big Quiet / Why Do We Bother? / Big Quiet – Steady Sounds, Aug. 8 @ 6pm (w/ Alexander, DJs Tracy & Kenny)
Kitten Forever / 200X / 7 Hearts – Strange Matter, Aug. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Sports Bra, Bad Magic, Izzy True, Royal Brat)
Royal Brat / Shadethrower / Negative Bone
Elvis Depressedly / Nakamura / California Deamin’ – Strange Matter, Aug. 5 @ 5pm (w/ Teen Suicide, Nicole Dollanganger)
Droopies / Danger Ahead / Droopies – Strange Matter, Aug. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Zig Zags)
Zig Zags / Total Recall / Running out of Red
Motion City Soundtrack / Anything At All / Panic Stations – So Long, Farewell Tour / The National, Aug. 7 @ 6:30pm (w/ A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Rozwell Kid)
Rozwell Kid / Angus Soundtrack Deep Cut / Good Graphics
Unmaker / Cryosleeper / single – Bandito’s, Aug. 7 @ 10pm (w/ The Skin, Buck Gooter)
Guerilla Toss / Color Picture / Eraser Stargazer – Gallery 5, Aug. 11 @ 7pm (w/ Yoga Demon, Bermuda Triangles, Generic)
Municipal Waste / Mech-Cannibal / Massive Aggressive – A Benefit For L-Bug & Family / Hardywood, Aug. 6 @ 2pm (w/ Career Suicide, Double Negative, Night Birds, Caustic Christ, Blood Pressure)
Southside Stranglers / Strangle You / 7″ – A Benefit For L-Bug & Family / Strange Matter, Aug. 6 @ 9pm (w/ Barge, Career Suicide, Devil’s Hand)
Career Suicide / The Last Say / Attempted Suicide
Night Witch / Witch Hunt / Tour Tape 2016 – Rag & Bones, Aug. 10 @ 7pm (w/ This Land is Now Dead, Gorgeous, Madison Turner)
Gorgeous / Bad News / Dog Years Split Tape
Dirt Merchant / Breach / Devil’s Orders – The Camel, Aug. 7 @ 8pm (w/ Deer Eats Birds, Rail City, Silent Psychic)
Inter Arma / Summer Drones / Paradise Gallows – Record Release / Hardywood, Aug. 5 @ 9:30pm (w/ Battlemaster, Withered)
Pallbearer / Devoid of Redemption / Sorrow and Extinction – Strange Matter, Aug. 11 @ 8pm (w/ Cough, Forest of Legend)
Cut the Archictect’s Hand / Bled Through Your Coat / Blood Eagle – 25 Watt, Aug. 9 @ 8:30pm (w/ Beldam, Mangalitsa, ExKnives, Deathdealer)
Beldam / Blackened Violet / Still the Wretched Linger
Aokigahara / All Lone / Aokigahara – 25 Watt, Aug. 11 @ 8pm (w/ Worldwaker, NilExistence)
Even more shows (by date):
Butcher Brown – VCU Student Commons, Aug. 5 @ 12 Noon
Mike Lorenz and Friends – Hardywood, Aug. 5 @ 5:30pm
Sweet Suzi Blues Band – Capital Ale House, Aug. 5 @ 6pm
Ron Moody Band – The Tin Pan, Aug. 5 @ 7pm
The Duskwhales and Tomato Dodgers – City Dogs, Aug. 5 @ 9pm
Xambuca – Strange Matter, Aug. 5 @ 9pm (w/ Karacell, Sarana, Femme Raic, Tavishi)
Aesthetic Perfection – Fallout, Aug. 5 @ 9pm (w/ Venal Flesh, Little Black Rain Clouds)
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns – Balliceaux, Aug. 5 @ 10pm
Clusterfunk – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 5 @ 10pm
Benefit for Ricky Tubb – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 6 @ 12 Noon (w/ The Taters, The Dimmer Twins, Hershel Stratego, Calvin Stewart, The Lucky Stiff’s Light, Diamond Heist)
Digitour Summer – The National, Aug. 6 @ 3pm (w/ Jake T. Austin, Dyllan Murray, Weston Koury, Baby Ariel, Dylan Dauzat)
Slick Rick – Flashback Festival / Old Towne Civic Center, Aug. 6 @ 6pm (w/ Large Professor, Tyra B., Garnett Boldin, J-D Haze and Soul Singer, Supa Soop, Kula, DJ Mike Check and Roy Revolution)
Murphy’s Kids – The Shack Up / The Camel, Aug. 6 @ 8pm (w/ Nesta, Dale & the ZDubs)
Chan Hall – Ashland Coffee & tea, Aug. 6 @ 8pm
Rattlemouth – Crossroads, Aug. 6 @ 8pm
Afrocat – Benefit for Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project / Gallery 5, Aug. 6 @ 8:30pm (w/ Sha Shakusky, Cellsaga)
Lazy Man Dub – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 6 @ 10pm
Gay Cum Daddies – Gallery 5, Aug. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Bon_Ski, Hallelujah, Gum Arabic)
Jelly Roll – The Broadberry, Aug. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Whitney Peyton, Logo Pimp, Bobby Butcher, 1NF1N1T8)
Ivan Appelrouth – Crossroads, Aug. 7 @ 8pm
This Fish Needs a Bicycle – The Camel, Aug. 8 @ 6:30pm
Comedy Duets: Two Comics. Too Personal – Gallery 5, Aug. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Grace Manno & Patrick Miller, Casey Neeley & Jason Kusterer, Jacob McFadden & Francesca Lyn, and Mary Jane French & Eleanor Gasm)
Jolly Mortals – En Su Boca, Aug. 8 @ 10pm (w/ He Wolf, Roper and Furley)
Blistered – Canal Club, Aug. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Regulate, Lost Souls, Dead and Dreaming)
Austin Jones – Canal Club, Aug. 10 @ 6pm (w/ Trophy Wives, Run 2 Cover, Curses, Last Nights Ghost)
Tuck & Patti – The Tin Pan, Aug. 10 @ 7pm
Bush – The National, Aug. 10 @ 7pm (w/ The Dead Deads)
David Newbould – Ashland Coffee & tea, Aug. 10 @ 8pm
Red Feather – The Camel, Aug. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Seawhores)
Spaghetti Western Wednesday w/ Corey Wells & The Hitchhikers – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 10 @ 10pm
Jangling Sparrows – The Tin Pan, Aug. 11 @ 7pm
The Vegabonds – The Camel, Aug. 11 @ 8pm (w/ Groove Fetish, Giles, McConkey)
Kana Kieh Organic Band – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 11 @ 10pm