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RVA Magazine 20 Years | Stories from 2005

As we look back on 20 years of publishing RVA Magazine, we’re diving into our origins, beginning with our official launch in 2005. That year marked the debut of RVA Magazine, Issue 1, Volume 1, and our April 15th kickoff event at Gallery5. In the process of archiving,...

Sound Check! X-Cops, Velvet Ruin & Camo Face

What Richmond needs is a good music documentary. If you look at these bills, week after week is insane talent front to back. I want someone to document all of these bands, each one deserves it. We need to cherish and capture this Richmond musical renaissance. Got a...

New Year’s Eve! Looking Back at Our Biggest Stories of 2024

So, it’s New Year’s Eve. The drinks are poured, the fireworks are loaded, and before the clock strikes midnight, let’s take a moment to sift through the rubble of the year that was. Richmond in 2024—messy, beautiful, endlessly fascinating. Thanks for sticking with us...

Richmond New Year’s Eve 2024-2025! The Ultimate Rundown

Richmond does New Year’s Eve like only it can—mixing a love for nostalgia with a flair for the unexpected. Whether you’re chasing live music, glamorous parties, or low-key drinks, RVA delivers with gritty charm and a shot of elegance. Here’s everything you need to...

Young Blood | Photographer Vincent Candela

Vincent Candela—Vinny to some—got in touch with me about a year ago. Happens all the time: people looking to get their shots published, their names out there. But his work stood out. There was a rawness, a kind of unpolished ferocity in the way he captured the world,...

Sound Check! Destructo Disk, Three Sheets To The Wind and Cellar Dwellers

2024 comes to a sweet end. Some years you eagerly await the change of that last number, but I feel a bit bittersweet leaving that 4 behind. There has been such amazing music poured out all year, I suppose I can only let it inspire me and bring hope for the next one....

Photos | J. Roddy Walston at Canal Club by Joey Wharton

Richmond’s rock faithful packed into the Canal Club for what felt more like a ritual than a concert. J. Roddy Walston, a hometown legend with the kind of raw, unpolished energy that doesn’t just play to a crowd but grabs it by the throat, hit the stage like a force of...

Virginia Artists Unite for Cancer Research with Limited-Edition Christmas Album

I remember in 2005, my parents sitting me down and sharing that my mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Later that year, for Christmas, after she had begun treatment, we visited our family and friends in New Orleans to see the wreckage of Hurricane...

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