LAVA Music Festival moves to O’Connor Brewing Company

by | Apr 26, 2016 | MUSIC

Suffolk’s music festival LAVA Fest recently announced that they have changed the location of the festival from Suffolk Executive Airport to
Suffolk’s music festival
LAVA Fest recently announced that they have changed the location of the festival from Suffolk Executive Airport to O’Connor Brewing Company in Norfolk due to “unforeseen circumstances.”

The festival will take place on May 28th with Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Minus the Bear, Dan Deacon, Matthew E. White, Natalie Prass, No BS! Brass Band, Lucy Dacus, Major and the Monbacks, and Ladada still performing.

The Front Bottoms, Blitzen Trapper, Foxing, JR JR and Will Overman Band will no longer be performing at LAVA 2016.

Through April 29th, tickets are $20.Prices will increase to $25 on April 30th and will be $30 at the gates. Grab them online here.

Check out last year’s fest below:

Amy David

Amy David

Amy David was the Web Editor for RVAMag.com from May 2015 until September 2018. She covered craft beer, food, music, art and more. She's been a journalist since 2010 and attended Radford University. She enjoys dogs, beer, tacos, and Bob's Burgers references.




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