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Deau Eyes Returns With New Album ‘To Grow Instead’

Four years is an eternity in today’s music industry, especially when algorithms reward content, not creativity. When streaming services punish silence, at the expense of artistic evolution.  In this disconnect, some artists race against trends, abandoning the...

Before Anyone Was Watching

I went to Virginia MOCA expecting to hear Andy Howell talk about skateboarding. Instead, I left thinking about community and how people find each other. Howell's installation opens Seamless, the museum's new exhibition exploring the overlap between art and design. At...

Lucy Dacus’ New Music Video is a Love Letter to Richmond

Richmond native and multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus released the self-directed music video for her latest single "Planting Tomatoes" and every frame was filmed here at home. The video moves through some of the city's most recognizable places,...

Fourth of July 2026 in Richmond: Fireworks, Festivals, and More

The best Fourth of July celebration in Richmond probably isn't the one with the biggest fireworks. It's the one where someone forgot the hot dog buns, the cooler is running low on ice, kids are chasing each other through sprinklers, and somebody insists they know a...

RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/11-11/17

FEATURE SHOW Friday, November 13, 9 PM Shy Low, Night Idea, Clair Morgan @ Strange Matter - $7 Let us once again celebrate the breadth and diversity of the RVA music scene. FEATURE SHOW Friday, November 13, 9 PM Shy Low, Night Idea, Clair Morgan @ Strange Matter - $7 Let us once again celebrate the breadth and diversity of the RVA music scene. On...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/4-11/10

FEATURE SHOW Friday, November 6, 5 PM - 2 AM The Extragavanza! - $30 (order tickets HERE) 5 PM @ The Broadberry: DIIV, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, No Joy, Sunflower Bean, Avers, Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, The Trillions, Manzara - $20 10 PM @ Strange Matter: Wolf Eyes, Author & Punisher, Mutwawa, Daggering - $12 10 PM @ En Su Boca: The Snowy...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 10/28-11/3

FEATURE SHOW Friday, October 30, 5 PM Return Of The Living Dead Bands VII, feat. local musicians performing their interpretations of Bad Religion, Candlemass, Death Piggy, Killing Joke, The Minutemen, L7, Nirvana @ Strange Matter - Free! Halloween has come around once again, and what just might be the greatest Richmond Halloween tradition of all...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 10/21-10/27

FEATURE SHOW Cheap Fest VI @ Strange Matter Day One: Friday, October 23, 2 PM-Midnight - $5-15 (sliding scale) Daggering, Stone Garden Jam Temple, Mutwawa, Broadcastatic, Scant, Creeping, Stress Orphan, Burak, Neurology, Bryan Lewis Saunders, Zack Kouns, Bernard Herman, Nate Schieble/Ian McColm, Astrology Diet, Cornelius Van Strafin III, Jim...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 10/14-10/20

FEATURE SHOW Friday, October 16, 9:30 PM Torche, Pontiak, Snack Truck, Snakehole @ Hardywood - $13 in advance/$15 at the door (order tickets here: http://torchehardywood.eventbrite.com) Florida metal heroes Torche have been around for over a decade now, and they've come a long way. Their various Richmond shows have proven this; in ten years,...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 10/7-10/13

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 10, 6 PM Richmond Zine Fest Afterparty, feat. Mostly Crying, Atta Girl, Colectivo Caliban, Yaya @ Gallery 5 - Free! OK, yes, I partly picked this event as my featured show of the week in order to shine some light on Richmond Zine Fest. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 10, 6 PM Richmond Zine Fest Afterparty, feat....

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 9/30-10/6

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 3, 9 PM The Diamond Center (LP Release), Big No, DJ Marty Violence @ Black Iris - $6-10 (sliding scale) The Diamond Center may have moved to Austin, Texas back in the spring, but during the five or so years they lived here in RVA, they made a lot of fans. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, October 3, 9 PM The Diamond Center (LP...

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 9/23-9/29

FEATURE SHOW Saturday, September 26, 6 PM Let There Be GWAR book signing, feat. Kepone, Manzara, DJ Marty Violence @ Hardywood - Free! Ladies and gentlemen, this weekend at Hardywood, the first name in Richmond music rears its frightening alien countenance once again. FEATURE SHOW Saturday, September 26, 6 PM Let There Be GWAR book signing, feat....

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RVA Shows You Must See This Week 9/16-9/22

FEATURE SHOW Friday, September 18, 7:30 PM Positive No (Record Release), Rebecca Gates, Nelly Kate @ Gallery 5 - $8 The release of Positive No's debut album, Glossa, has been years in the making, and I for one am very excited to see it finally happening. FEATURE SHOW Friday, September 18, 7:30 PM Positive No (Record Release), Rebecca Gates, Nelly...

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