RVA Mag Presents: Local Shows 8/17-8/19

by | Aug 17, 2012 | WORLD MUSIC

Friday, 8/17: White Laces, Ohbliv, DJ Mike Albrecht @ Balliceaux 10PM. Free.


Friday, 8/17: White Laces, Ohbliv, DJ Mike Albrecht @ Balliceaux 10PM. Free.

Friday, 8/17: Beers & Banjos featuring The Green Boys @ The Camel 6 PM (Early)

Friday, 8/17:The Mason Brothers (pictured above), Exebelle and the Rusted Cavalcade, BTW, The Animal Beat @ The Camel 9PM (Late)

Friday, 8/17: Monk’s Playground @ Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Forest Hill Ave location) 8PM

Friday, 8/17: Drew Gibson (pictured above), BJ Kocen @ Ashland Coffee & Tea 8PM

Friday, 8/17: Cold Cuts featuring Long Jawns, Stereo Faith @ New York Deli 10 PM

Friday, 8/17: The B4BQ, featuring Savage Attack (pictured above), Bloody Crackdown, Meat Cleaver, Gritter, Trenchgrinder, DETHRACE, Stuck Backwards, Spiral Fracture @ Strange Matter 5 PM

Friday, 8/17: Well Versed: Ode To Old Flames Edition, featuring Kayvion, Rashard Small (pictured above), Jon Bibbs @ The Canal Club 8 PM

Friday, 8/17 Shane Cooley & Rosa Wallace @ Capital Alehouse Downtown Music Hall 9 PM

Friday, 8/17: Crucial Elements @ Cary Street Cafe 10PM

Friday, 8/17 Motha Goose & the Funky Ducks @ Cous Cous 10pm.

Friday, 8/17: 808 (pictured above), Craig Honeycutt @ The National 8PM

Friday, 8/17: Beast Wellington @ Sine Irish Pub 8PM

Friday, 8/17: Soundstorm @ Tobacco Company 9:30PM

Friday, 8/17: Joe Buck Jr. (pictured above), Luz Del Sol @ Poe’s Pub 9PM

Friday, 8/17 Iron Lion @ Fishbowl Bistro 9:30 PM

Saturday, 8/18: Richmond Royalty 3, featuring Artik Phreeze, Rome Montana, Dolla, the Heroz, Bone, GualaGang, Tre No Y, Swag Cliq @ Kingdom 7PM

Saturday, 8/18 Splendid Suns @ Poe’s Pub 9 PM

Saturday, 8/18 Summer Sounds At Steady featuring White Laces, Wolf//Goat @ Steady Sounds 4 PM

Saturday, 8/18 Booki Bluntz, Soza @ The Nile 11pm

Saturday, 8/18: Gamelan Raga Kusuma @ Art6 Gallery (6 E. Broad St.) 7:30PM

Saturday, 8/18: Joyce Manor, Max Levine Ensemble (pictured above), Hold Tight, Springtime @ The Camel 7PM

Saturday, 8/18 Hardywood Summer Concert Series presents Tara Mills with Strings Attached @ Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 2 PM

Saturday, 8/18 Rumors presents DJ Long Jawns @ Empire 10pm

Saturday, 8/18: GWAR-B-Q, presented by and a benefit for Ring Dog Rescue, featuring GWAR, The Casualties, Strike Anywhere, Ghoul, Lionize, Antietam 1862, The Burial, Valient Thorr, Murderess, Occultist, Lost Tribe, Mutwawa, Highness, Black Naked Wings @ Hadad’s Lake (7900 Osborne Turnpike – East Richmond) 11:30AM– 7PM

Saturday, 8/18: Joe McMahon @ Emilios 10 PM

Saturday, 8/18: Chew LA Rock (pictured above), M.A.S.S. Fx, Eli Cash, Elliott Ness @ Bellytimber 10 PM

Saturday, 8/18: Steez Promo & Bass Nation RVA Present The No Hostages Tour ft Sluggo, Helicopter Showdown, Nerd Rage, Mike Phear, Mammals @ The National 8PM

Saturday, 8/18: Cy Taggart @ Sine Irish Pub 8 PM

Saturday, 8/18: Waylon Speed @ Cary Street Cafe 10PM

Saturday, 8/18: Soulpower presents A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield @ Balliceaux 10 PM

Saturday, 8/18: The Free Rangers @ Ashland Coffee & Tea 8PM

Saturday, 8/18: Union Pacific Band @ Tobacco Company 9:30PM

Saturday, 8/18 Flamenco Del Sur @ Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Forest Hill Ave location) 8 PM

Sunday, 8/19: Dead Fame, Screen Vinyl Image (pictured above), Airiel @ Strange Matter 5PM

Sunday, 8/19: Sworn In, Sylar (pictured above), Sons of Katie Elder, Skies Over Bethany, Elko Tract , Of Oceans, Matanzas, Your Last Shot @ Kingdom 5PM

Sunday, 8/19 Radio Rubber Room presents the Richmond Music Review #10, featuring Floodwall, Vega Omega (pictured above), Crushed Purple, Black Brothers @ The Tobacco Company 9 p.m. 21+

Sunday, 8/19 The Milkstains (pictured above by Todd Raviotta), The Nervous Ticks, Slugz @ Banditos 9PM

Sunday, 8/19 Kings Of Belmont @ The Camel 9 PM

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Since 2005, the dedicated team at RVA Magazine, known as RVA Staff, has been delivering the cultural news that matters in Richmond, VA. This talented group of professionals is committed to keeping you informed about the events and happenings in the city.




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