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Photo | Nettspend x Vans Keep It Local at Laurel Skatepark

Richmond's Nettspend and Vans turned Laurel Skatepark into a canned food drive that was part skate scene, part community pull-up, built around a simple ask: bring something that helps someone else eat. For readers who may not know him yet, Nettspend is one of...

Richmond Live Music Picks | New Year’s Eve Edition

Editor's Note: We have our full list of New Years events posted HERE. This week is all about New Year's Eve. We got a ton of insane local talent at nearly every venue in town, anywhere you look you got something. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone...

The Best of RVA Magazine 2025

As we close out the year, here’s a look at some of the most impactful stories we published in 2025. Over the past year, we covered Richmond as a living system under pressure, focusing on the people, culture, and policies that shape daily life and determine who gets...

How Locals Mike Shea and Jonathan Facka Made ‘The Light’

Editor's Note: This story that begins, as too many do, with a clown in someone’s DMs and ends with a camera duct-taped to a toy train. The first thing to know is that Mike Shea tried to make a normal introduction. In his mind, it was a filmmaker reaching out to a...

Fly Anakin Lands at No. 3 on Pitchfork’s Best Rap Songs of 2025.

Was giving DJ Harrison’s new album a listen preparing the interview. I’m sitting with the tracks, getting a feel for the album’s pulse, when “Seek God” comes on. Fly Anakin steps into the beat with that effortless Richmond control that comes from years of sharpening...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 2/19-2/25

FEATURE SHOW Friday, February 21 & Saturday, February 22, 9 PM both days Wonderland Presents Little Heavy Rebel Weekend, featuring, Day 1: The Recently Deceased (pictured above), JJ Damage And The Bandits, Reverend D-Ray And The Shockers; Day 2: The Gojira Experiment, Tex Railer's Doomtown, The Creep-A-Zoids @ Wonderland - $5 per show Richmond's...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 2/12-2/18

FEATURE SHOW Sunday, February 16, 7 PM Into It. Over It., The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, Sundials @ Strange Matter - $10 in advance/$12 at the door (order tickets here: https://intoit.eventbrite.com) If you're not yet on the "emo revival" bandwagon, this show should be enough to...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 2/5-2/11

FEATURE SHOW Friday, February 7, 7 PM Face Melt Friday XIX featuring Bandolero, Black Liquid, Chris Chris, Chuck Nasty Of Grayscale, Drama J, F.Low, Fundamental, Goad Gatsby, Jae Dilly, Jake Barkley, Octavion X, Pravda, Regius Green, Reppa Ton, Sleaze, Swerve 36, Tai Wo, The Heroez, The New Juice Crew, Tru Nyce, Vohn Lewis Da SkohLar @ Strange...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 1/29-2/4

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, February 1, 9 PM Avers, White Laces, Sleepwalkers @ Strange Matter - $8 (advance tickets here: http://avers.eventbrite.com/) Avers have created quite a stir in the local music scene over their very brief existence. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, February 1, 9 PM Avers, White Laces, Sleepwalkers @ Strange Matter - $8 (advance...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 1/22-1/28

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, January 25, 9 PM Waxahatchee, All Dogs, Cayetana, Little Master @ Strange Matter - $10 in advance (get tickets here: waxahatchee.eventbrite.com) Though she's only been making music for a few years, Katie Crutchfield's had a remarkable career thus far. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, January 25, 9 PM Waxahatchee, All Dogs, Cayetana,...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 1/15-1/21

FEATURE SHOW Thursday, January 16, 9 PM Hot Dolphin, ARF, Burn/Ward, Asylum, Bitchmouth @ Strange Matter - $5 The greatest thing about punk rock is the way it makes you question your assumptions about pretty much everything, and this showcase of female-fronted RVA punk bands is here to prove that all the things you ever believed about so-called...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 1/8-1/14

FEATURE SHOW: Thursday, January 9, 5 PM Ska Goes Solo Tour featuring Chris DeMakes (Less Than Jake), Ryan Eldred (Catch 22), and Jay Tea (Arrogant Sons Of Bitches); with Pat The Bunny (Ramshackle Glory), One Man Romance, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Jake Mayday @ The Camel - $12 (order advance tickets HERE) Ska fans past and present, the time has...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 1/1-1/7

This is the first installment of the new year for RVA Magazine's weekly live music preview column, and we're beginning the year with a changing of the guard. For over three years now, our live music coverage has been handled by John Lewis Morgan, head honcho at One Way Richmond. Unfortunately, due to other responsibilities related to day jobs and...

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RVA Magazine Presents: Local Shows 9/24-9/27

Monday, 9/24: RVA Big Band @ Balliceaux 9PM Monday, 9/24: RVA Big Band @ Balliceaux 9PM Monday, 9/24: University of KwaZulu-Natal Jazz Legacy Ensemble @ The Camel - 9PM Monday, 9/24: Victor Villarreal (pictured above), 3dCosby, Cheyenne, Houdan the Mystic @ Strange Matter 10PM Tuesday, 9/25: The Listening Room Series featuring Michael S. Coleman,...

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