Activate!

Activate! January 19 – January 26

Mike Rutz

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

Sha Shakusky / Snow Moves / single – Album Release / Gallery 5, Jan. 26 @ 7pm (w/ Backwards Haus, Master Hand Records)

Doyle Bramhall II / Runnin’ / single – Capital Ale House, Jan. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Future Stuff)

Horsehead / Running For The Door / Sympathetic Vibrations – Hardywood, Jan. 21 @ 5pm (w/ Marie Danielle)

JT Woodruff / Field Medicine / Field Medicine – Canal Club, Jan. 25 @ 6:30pm (w/ In Her Own Words, Woven In Hiatus, Hazing, Last Nights Ghost, Sam McCoig)

Joey Cook & the Partyraddlers / Bones / single – Benefit for Planned Parenthood / Gallery 5, Jan. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Space Koi, Dharma Bombs, Georgie Isaacs)

Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / Ichabod / Pandelerium – The Broadberry, Jan. 26 @ 7pm (w/ The Brains, The Delta Bombers)
The Brains / Watch Out / Out In The Dark

Vermin Supreme / When I’m President Everyone Gets A Free Pony – Strange Matter, Jan. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Rob Potylo, Maximum Zero)
Rob Potylo / She Ra / This Is Lower Allston Not LA

Sammi Lanzetta / Anxiety Olympics / Live on WRIR – Sound of Music, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Big Baby, Pete Curry)

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra / TNFJ / Jonathan Scales Fourchestra – The Broadberry, Jan. 25 @ 8pm (w/ David Fiuczynski, Mononeon)

Eastern Standard Time / The Dragon / 7″ – The Camel, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Murphy’s Kids, King Easy)

HOW / Stormen / Mixtape – Black Iris, Jan. 23 @ 7:30pm

Vita and the Woolf / Bury You / Fang Song – The Camel, Jan. 25 @ 7:30pm (w/ Pete Curry, Aspidistra)

Heartracer / Numb / Eat Your Heart Out – The Broadberry, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ The Barons)

Cold Cave / Youth and Lust / Love Comes Close – Strange Matter, Jan. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Drab Majesty)
Drab Majesty / Pragmagick / Completely Careless

Boy Harsher / Cry Fest / Yr Body is Nothing – Strange Matter, Jan. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Stephanie, R-Complex, Ships In the Night)

Hill Walkers / Dark Skies / Dark Skies – Locals Only / Strange Matter, Jan. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Sid Kingsley, Bonus Roll, Headless Mantis)
Headless Mantis / Dad Gene Dreams / single

Atta Girl / Eva Hesse / Fuck the Sun – Citrus City 2-Year Anniversary / Gallery 5, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Lance Bangs, Omni, Fat Spirit)
Omni / Wednesday Wedding / Deluxe

Sports Bar / I Want To Waste Away With You / I Want To Waste Away With You – The Evil One Book Release / Hardywood, Jan. 20 @ 5pm (w/ Muuy Bien, Bad Magic, Julie Karr, Big No)
Muuy Biien / The Clocks / Age Of Uncertainty

Reagan Youth / Get the Ruler Out / Volume Two – Wonderland, Jan. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Channel 43, Never Wrong)

Jucifer / Lucky Ones Burn / If Thine Enemy Hunger – Be Bad Weekend Day 3 / Strange Matter, Jan. 22 @ 7pm (w/ Petrichor, Book of Wyrms, Cremains, Femme RAIC)
Petrichor / Become The Wind / Petrichor

Rare Form / WC4U / Rare Form – Be Bad Weekend Day 2 / Strange Matter, Jan. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Asylum, Nosebleed, S-21, Enamel, Sow, Roy Batty, Khonsu Djinn)
S-21 / Chaos in the City Streets / Year Zero
Enamel / Control / Demo

Memory Loss / Wild / Blackout – Be Bad Weekend Day 1 / Strange Matter, Jan. 20 @ 7pm (w/ Peace Talks The Electric Word Life Band, Memory Loss, bad Friends, Calyx, Dazeases, Claw, Blackball)
Bad Friends / Trapsetter / Ep
Dazeases / Black Crystal / Crumbs

Scoopkid / Protect the Universe / Krillin Sketches – Satellite Syndicate & Rec Room Present / The Camel, Jan. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Vanilla Summit, Nat Digga, Robalu)

Even more shows (by date):

Kept at Bay – Canal Club, Jan. 20 @ 6pm (w/ Centerfolds, Flight Club, Last Nights Ghost, Mandrake)

Kinetic Element – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 20 @ 7pm (w/ Brave)

Umphrey’s McGee – The National, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Spafford Music)

Iron Lion – On the Rox, Jan. 20

Flight of Salt – Poe’s Pub, Jan. 20 @ 9:30pm

The Gold Sauce – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 20 @ 10pm

The Talkies – Benefit for Planned Parenthood / My Noodle, Jan. 20 @ 10:30pm (w/ Starbelly, Standup Comedy)

Andrew Adkins and Annie Neely – Ask a punk, Jan. 21 @ 7pm

Poe Birthday Bash 2017 – Poe Museum, Jan. 21 @ 12 Noon

RVA Squares Dance featuring Sunny Mountain Serenaders – The Camel, Jan. 21 @ 4pm

Love and Theft – Beacon Theatre, Jan. 21

After Jack – The Tin Pan, Jan. 21 @ 7pm

“The Thrillbillys” 16th Anniversary on 16mm – Visual Arts Center, Jan. 21 @ 7pm

Tin Can Fish Band – Crossroads, Jan. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Markiss Blowfish)

Kendall Street Company – The Camel, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Little Bird, Giles McConkey)

Mung Choke – 25 Watt, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ The Donalds, Love Roses, Swamp Rat)

Psychotic Defilement – Bryan Park Bar, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Reanimated Flesh, Awakened From Dormancy)

Umphrey’s McGee – The National, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Spafford Music)

The Genius of John Williams – Carpenter Theatre, Jan. 21 @ 8pm

The Mantras – The Broadberry, Jan. 21 @ 9pm (w/ The Slank)

Dr. Con – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 21 @ 10pm (w/ Lucid Traveler)

VCU Guitar Series presents Denver Walker and Nathan Mills – Singleton Center, Jan. 22 @ 4pm

Songwriter Showcase – The Camel, Jan. 22 @ 5pm (w/ Randy Martin, Goldfish, Drew Barnocky, Rene Vincent, Tony Fauntleroy)

Rick Springfield – Carpenter Theatre, Jan. 22 (w/ Richard Marx)

Blush Face – Gallery 5, Jan. 22 @ 7pm (w/ Trey Hall)

Adam Jackson & JostoD – The Camel, Jan. 22 @ 8pm (w/ JetLag)

Stu’s Funky Bunch – The Camel, Jan. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Space Koi)

Colin & Caroline – The Tin Pan, Jan. 24 @ 6pm (w/ Throwing Plates)

Screening of “Who is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey” – Strange Matter, Jan. 24 @ 6pm

Sammy Adams – The Broadberry, Jan. 24 @ 7pm

Datsik – The National, Jan. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Crizzly, Virtual Riot)

Fool’s Errand – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 25 @ 10pm (w/ Savannah Valentino)

Corey Harris – In Your Ear, Jan. 26

Falling In Reverse – The National, Jan. 26 @ 6pm (w/ Motionless In White, Issues, Dangerkids, Dead Girls Academy)

Michael Coleman Band – The Tin Pan, Jan. 26 @ 7pm

Jouwala Collective – The Camel, Jan. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Of Tomorrow)

Dope Solo – 25 Watt, Jan. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Crusha Cren, Barrdread, Hubble Bash, Groove Status, Midlow, Siix 7, Deacon)

Tarrant – Poe’s Pub, Jan. 26 @ 9pm

Mikrowaves – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 26 @ 10pm