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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