Cheap Fest IV: The Photos

by | Nov 7, 2013 | MUSIC

Cheap Fest IV went down down the weekend before Halloween at Strange Matter and Gallery 5, featuring three days crammed with the best experimental music and outright noise craziness promoters Gary Stevens and Matt Boettke were able to dig up.

Cheap Fest IV went down down the weekend before Halloween at Strange Matter and Gallery 5, featuring three days crammed with the best experimental music and outright noise craziness promoters Gary Stevens and Matt Boettke were able to dig up. The RVA Mag crew was super busy with Halloweek for the entire weekend, but fortunately, photographer David Kenedy was on hand for the entire thing, and sent us back some great shots from the front row. Here’s what he had to say about the event:

“This was a really crazy three day show–so many incredible artists were here from all over the place. Cheap Fest features the freakiest of the freakies, a true experimental sound and performance art circus party time. Blood was shed, people got naked, and everyone had an amazing time!”

Here are some photographic highlights:


Reverse Baptism (MD)


Clang Quartet (NC)


Contortionist Jazz Exotica (RVA)


Mutwawa (RVA)


Narwhalz (Of Sound) (NYC)


Laundry Room Squelchers (FL)


Comadrome & Snark (NYC)


Temple Of Bon Matin (PA)


Pony Payroll Bones (NC)


Bernard Herman (NYC)


Stone Garden Jam Temple (RVA)/Lazy Magnet (NC)/Kimberly (RVA)

For the full set of David Kenedy’s photos from Cheap Fest IV, click here.

Images by David Kenedy
Intro by Andrew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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