Activate!

Activate! May 5 – May 12

Mike Rutz

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

Doug E. Fresh / Summertime / single – Legends of Hip Hop / Carpenter Theater, May 7 @ 8pm (w/ Ja Rule, Kid N Play, Big Daddy Kane, Chubb Rock, Rob Base)

 

Clarence Carter / I Done Run Out / Hall of Fame Vol. 3 – Diversity Richmond, May 6 @ 8pm (w/ The Katz Band)

 

Oddisee / Asked About You / Alwasta – Strange Matter, May 7 @ 8pm (w/ Good Company, Radio B)

 

Ms. Lauryn Hill / Final Hour / The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – The National, May 10 @ 7:30pm

 

The Soul Rebels / Rebel On That Level / The Soul Rebels & Friends Live Compilation – Friday Cheers / Browns Island, May 6 @ 6pm (w/ Mighty Joshua & the Zion #5)

 

Bobby Thompson Project / Setting Sun / Stone Feathers – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 7 @ 8pm

 

Cris Jacobs Band / If I Had My Way / Songs for Cats and Dogs – The Camel, May 12 @ 8pm (w/ Pete Curry, Horsehead)

 

Webb Wilder / I’m Burning / It Came From Nashville – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 11 @ 8pm

 

Mail the Horse / Best I Can / Planet Gates – Canal Club, May 12 @ 7pm (w/ The Atkinsons, Appomattax Lead Foot)

 

Clair Morgan / New Company / New Lions & the Not Good Night – Album Release / The Broadberry, May 6 @ 7pm (w/ Manatree, Spooky Cool, Way, Shape, or Form)

 

The Hip Abduction / Come Alive / Gold Under the Glow – The Broadberry, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ Phil Dice + Live Band)

 

Justin Jones / As It Turns Out / Faded Light – The Camel, May 8 @ 7:30pm (w/ Jon Brown, The Can’t Tells, Hot Reader)

 

The Can’t Tells / No Television / No Television

 

Marissa Anderson / House Carpenter-See That My Grave is Kept Clean / Split with Tashi Dorji – Strange Matter, May 8 @ 9pm (w/ Tashi Dorji, Ian McColm)

 

Hello Ocho / Tear Wagon / In Portuguese – Gallery 5, May 6 @ 7pm (w/ Energy 2000, Pete Curry)

 

Suburban Living / Video Love / Always Eyes – Benefit for Coal Ash 17 / Ask a punk, May 7 @ 9pm (w/ White Laces (solo), Positive No, California Death, Vibrant Troubadours)

 

Tapes & Tubes / Boy Meets World / single – The Camel, May 11 @ 7pm (w/ Headlessmantis, Radiance)

 

Wild Nothing / TV Queen / Life Of Pause – May 12 @ 7pm (w/ Charlie Hilton)

 

Headlessmantis / Imp of the Perverse / Gross Stuff – Benefit for Doctors Without Borders / Gallery 5, May 7 @ 6pm (w/ Imaginary Sons, Channel 43, Deer Eat Birds, Josie McQueen, Sleave)

 

Channel 43 / Looking Down / Cold Day In Purgatory

 

Buckethead / Welcome to Bucketheadland / Giant Robot – The National, May 12 @ 7pm

 

Houdan the Mystic / The Reach / Where’s My Sheakspeare – Benefit for I Am RVA in honor of National Bike Month / Bellytimber, May 6 @ 10pm (w/ Camp Howard, Headlessmantis, Lucy In Battle Armor)

 

People’s Blues of Richmond / Quit or Die / Quit or Die – Album Release / The Broadberry, May 7 @ 8pm (w/ Rikki Shay, Dalton Dash)

 

Music Band / Take It Back / Can I Live – Strange Matter, May 9 @ 9pm (w/ Radiance, the Smirks)

 

Peach Kelli Pop / Hearts Eyes / Peach Kelli Pop III – Strange Matter, May 10 @ 9pm (w/ the Milkstains, Collin Thibodeaux, Deer Eat Birds)

 

Dadmobile / Turn It Off / Haste Makes Waste – Bandito’s, May 8 @ 9pm (w/ Death Bird Surf Club, Sacred Teacher)

 

Las Rosas / Boys / 7″ – Hardywood, May 7 @ 5pm (w/ Cherry Pits, Christi)

 

Cherry Pits / Too Many Beats / Cherry Pits

 

Dead Meadow / What Needs Must Be / Old Growth – Strange Matter, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ The Convocation, Manzara)

 

Ghost / Ritual / Opus Eponymous – The National, May 9 @ 7pm (w/ Pinkish Black)

 

Pinkish Black / Everything Must Go / Bottom of the Morning

 

Gillian Carter / Sparks To The Sky / Dreams of Suffocation – 25 Watt, May 8 @ 9pm (w/ Jarhead Fertilizer, Burn/Ward, Truman)

 

Jarhead Fertilizer / Feign / Always Faithful

 

Brian Jones Trio / Antipol / Antipol – Black Iris, May 6 @ 7:30pm

 

 

 

Even more shows (by date):

The Hot Seats Short Band – Hardywood, May 6 @ 5pm

The Kentucky Head Hunters – Beacon Theatre, May 6 @ 6:30pm

Black Kray – Strange Matter, May 6 @ 7pm (w/ Wifigawd, Badmonbenz, Yung Xela, False Prpht, Austin Royale, Larry Lennon)

Leftover Salmon – The National, May 6 @ 7pm

Mama’s Black Sheep & Christine Havrilla – The Tin Pan, May 6 @ 7pm

Jeremy White & the Blue Hearts – Folk Friday / Capital Ale House, May 6 @ 7pm (w/ Kristin Ford, Justin Golden)

Count This Penny – In Your Ear, May 6 @ 7:30pm

Captain Midnight Band – The Camel, May 6 @ 8pm (w/ Southern Belles)

Rattlemouth – Crossroads, May 6 @ 8pm

Bad Magic – Ask a punk, May 6 @ 8pm (w/ Sports Bra, Yaya, Veery, Super Unison)

Buttertub – Cary Street Cafe, May 6 @ 10pm

Los Ramones – En Su Boca, May 7

Barstool Heroes – Bear’s Hideaway, May 7 @ 3pm

Julius Pittman & The Revival – The Tin Pan, May 7 @ 6pm

SixxAM – The National, May 7 @ 7pm (w/ Cilver, Teaze)

Fordson Labs – Canal Club, May 7 @ 7pm (w/ The Pep Band)

Tropidelic – The Camel, May 7 @ 8pm (w/ Dqale & the Zdubs, Groove Fetish)

Life On Mars: A Tribute To David Bowie – The Answer, May 7 @ 9:30pm

Natives presents: Afro-Beta – Emilio’s, May 7 @ 10pm

A Day to Remember – The National, May 8 @ 6:30pm (w/ Parkway Drive, State Champs)

Kiefer Sutherland – Capital Ale House, May 8 @ 7pm (w/ Austin Plaine)

Comedy Duets: Two Comics. Too Personal – Gallery 5, May 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ Grace Manno & Patrick Miller, Josh Blubaugh & Jesse Jarvis, Jim Zarling & Clay Shoaf)

Burning Fire – The Camel, May 9 @ 8pm (w/ Adwela & the Uprising)

Kia Bennett – Capital Ale House, May 10 @ 6pm

Fern Silva & Bonnie Jones | Film & Sound Program – Black Iris, May 11 @ 7:30pm

House of Trombone – Balliceaux, May 11 @ 9:30pm

Krooked Drivers – Emilio’s, May 11 @ 10pm (w/ Christian Bryant & Co)

The Weight: Members of The Band and The Levon Helm Band performing the music of The Band – Beacon Theatre, May 12 @ 6pm

Mountain Heart – Capital Ale House, May 12 @ 7pm (w/ Woody Woodworth & The Rebel City)

Toano – Cary Street Cafe, May 12 @ 10pm