RVA Mag Presents: Local Shows 8/31-9/2

by | Aug 31, 2012 | WORLD MUSIC

Friday, 8/31: O’Death (pictured above), Canary Oh Canary, Cardinal Compass @ Strange Matter 10PM


Friday, 8/31: O’Death (pictured above), Canary Oh Canary, Cardinal Compass @ Strange Matter 10PM

Friday, 8/31: The Killing Daylights @ Sharky’s (West End) – 9PM

Friday, 8/31: Vexine @ The Grill (Patterson & Libbie Ave. – Westhampton) 10PM

Friday, 8/31: Happy Lucky Combo @ Stir Crazy (4015 MacArthur Ave. – Bellevue) 8PM

Friday, 8/31: Beers and Banjos featuring Red Light Rodeo @ The Camel – 6PM (EARLY)

Friday, 8/31: No BS! Brass Band, Compass Rose Orchestra (pictured above) @ The Camel 9PM (LATE)

Friday, 8/31: The Big East, DJ Rattan @ Balliceaux 10PM

Friday, 8/31: Randy Blythe Welcome Home & Support Show featuring Cannabis Corpse, Mensrea, Iron Reagan, Little Ozzy, Kung Fu Dykes, Throne From Royalty, Blackout Shift, Trashed Nation, Backwoods Payback, Gritter, Seraph, Gloominous Doom, Wolves & Jackals @ Canal Club 6PM

Friday, 8/31: Plunky and Oneness @ Bliss Nightclub (1005 E. Main St.) 8PM

Friday, 8/31: Mickie James @ Kingdom 10PM

Friday, 8/31 DJ Phenom (pictured above), Apple Juice Kid @ The Republic 10 PM

Friday, 8/31: Relacksachian @ Cary Street Cafe 10PM

Friday, 8/31: Honky Tonk Heroes (photo by Kim Frost) @ Tobacco Company 9:30PM

Friday, 8/31: Audio Ammo Presents Brain Drain featuring Audio Ammo DJs, Soza & Booki Bluntz @ Club 534 10 PM

Friday, 8/31: Blue Line Highway @ Ashland Coffee & Tea 8PM

Friday, 8/31: 2 Chainz @ The National 9PM

Friday, 8/31: Paul Franco and the Rateros @ Crossroads (Forest Hill) 8PM

Friday, 8/31: Trevor Hall (pictured above), Session Rockers @ Capital Ale House 9 PM

Saturday, 9/1: Timeshares (pictured above), Ma Jolie, Worship This @ Strange Matter 5 PM (EARLY)

Saturday, 9/1: The Greatest Unknown Richmond Hip Hop Collective presents A show to benefit the Katrina Jones Memorial Fund featuring P.T. Burnem, Noah-O, Just Plain Ant, The Honorable Sleaze (pictured above), Swordplay, Ice James, Goad Gatsby, Due Justice, DJ Mr. Mason Jones @ Strange Matter 10PM (LATE)

Saturday, 9/1: The Good Birds @ Emilio’s in the Fan 9PM

Saturday, 9/1: Audio Mass Transit presents Afro Beta – “Back 2 Basics” Edition featuring DJ Mikemetic @ The Nile10:30PM

Saturday, 9/1: Sheer Terror, Dead Serious (pictured above), Build And Destroy, Paper Trail, Hard Stripes @ Kingdom 5PM (EARLY)

Saturday, 9/1: Richmond Royalty IV, featuring Suburban District, Chance Fischer, Ryshon Jones, Kirbs, Koncept, J Static, Rockstar Gunna, Hero The Artist @ Kingdom 10 PM (LATE)

Saturday, 9/1 Impale the Sun, Dethorned, Cut the Architects Hand @ Wonderland 9:30 PM

Saturday, 9/1: Soundstorm @ City Dogs in the Fan 10PM

Saturday, 9/1: Capulet (pictured above), Splendid Suns, October Wolves @ The Republic 10 PM

Saturday, 9/1: Rare 4m @ Cullen’s Cove (Mechanicsville) 9PM

Saturday, 9/1: Non Stop K-Pop: Asian Pop Dance Party @ Balliceaux 10 PM

Saturday, 9/1: The Green Boys @ Ashland Coffee & Tea 8PM

Saturday, 9/1: Long Arms, Justin Jones, From Here on Blue, King of Spain @ The Camel 9PM

Saturday, 9/1: M-Law & The Modern Prophets Of Jazz @ Bogarts In The Fan 9:30 PM

Saturday, 9/1 Rattlemouth (photo by Bud Branch) @ Crossroads (Forest Hill) 8 PM

Sunday, 9/2: Zine Fest Benefit Show with Bullets From Oz (pictured above), Punch Buttons, Hot Dolphin @ Bogarts in the Fan – 9PM

Sunday, 9/2: Hard Times Cafe Flashback Benefit for the McShin Foundation featuring 3 Bad Men, Six, Jesi’s Edge, Mojo Workin’, Ronnie James Trio, The Revinyls, Janet Martin and Muddy Waller, The Shoulder People, Spank the Plank and Robbin Steel @ The Marquee (3015 Cutshaw Ave) 4PM

Sunday, 9/2: Mickey Hart Band @ The National 8PM

Sunday, 9/2: Power Take Off, The Gilmore Guys @ Bandito’s 9PM

Sunday, 9/2: Goldrush, My Old Ways (pictured above), Herro Sugar @ The Camel – 8PM

Sunday, 9/2: The Brotherhood @ Bonvenu 10 PM

Sunday, 9/2: Team Cybergeist (pictured above), Voodoo Terror Tribe @ Kingdom 10 PM

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