RVA Magazine Presents: Local Shows 7/6-7/8

by | Jul 6, 2012 | WORLD MUSIC

Friday, 7/6 WRIR and The Commonwealth of Notions presents: The Big East, The Trillions, David Shultz and Friends, Ben Shepherd @ Cellar Door 10 PM


Friday, 7/6 WRIR and The Commonwealth of Notions presents: The Big East, The Trillions, David Shultz and Friends, Ben Shepherd @ Cellar Door 10 PM

Friday, 7/6 The Air Sex National Championship Tour @ Strange Matter 9 PM

Friday, 7/6 Electronica Weekly Presents: Alley Rats Party featuring God Made Dirt, A.D.E.N, Erik Fox, SKYWALK3R, ELI CASH @ Kingdom 9 PM

Friday 7/6 William Stull Band, the Garbers, the Blue Rajas (pictured above) @ The Nile 9 PM

Friday, 7/6 Benefit for Brain & Pediatric Cancer Research in Memory of David Pearson featuring MyWay, Margot MacDonald (pictured above), The Letting Go, Tom Eats Jerry @ The Canal Club 7:30 PM

Friday, 7/6 Ishtar, Khalima, Maharal @ Balliceaux 10 PM

Friday, 7/6 Chamomile And Whiskey @ Capital Ale House 9 PM

Friday, 7/6 Deathpunk Playhouse with The Apocalypse Dudes, Labretta Suede & The Motel 6 (pictured above) @ Wonderland 10 PM

Friday, 7/6 Mills Family Band (Photo by Russell Steele) @ Ashland Coffee And Tea 8 PM

Friday, 7/6 The Farewell Mitchell Show with Ghost Owls (pictured above), Woolens @ Bogarts In The Fan 9 PM

Friday, 7/6 Black Girls (pictured above), The Hill and Wood, River Whyless @ The Camel 9:30 PM

Friday, 7/6, and Saturday, 7/7 Professor Bless And The Dancing Madwoman present Sidewalk Cabaret @ 3100 Block of W. Cary St. (on the sidewalk near Sweet Fully Rely On God) 8:30 PM

Saturday, 7/7 A.P.E. Benefit Jam For A Richmond Skatepark, featuring People’s Blues Of Richmond, Steven Dukes, Who Took Fed, DJ Skywalk3r, A.D.E.N. @ Colonial Heights Skatepark (3451 Conduit Rd, Colonial Heights VA 23834) 2 PM

Saturday, 7/7 Cole’s B-day Party: Proceeds go to Ride or Cry 2012 Richmond Moped Collective Rally, featuring Bearstorm (pictured above), Man takes the Sky, Mothball Fleet @ Emilios 8 PM

Saturday, 7/7 Tacocat (pictured above), Slutever, Vaginasaurs, Gunboat @ Strange Matter 6 PM (Early)

Saturday, 7/7 Apocalypse Dudes, Iggy Plop, Static Age @ Strange Matter 10 PM (Late)

Saturday, 7/7 Hold Today, Silence Is A Burden, As We Set Fire, A Collegiate Affair, Cinder Cove @ The Canal Club 7 PM

Saturday, 7/7 People’s Art House Of Richmond Bad Ass Inaugural Bash, featuring acoustic sets from Coffee Stainz, Christie Siamo, Nathan Hess, Johnathan Barnes, Megan Parochka, Nick Durand, Rachel Garcia & Ernest Morris; full band performances by Wolf//Goat, Brad Moss & The First Kind, Bi-Planes, The Mothball Fleet, Al-Kafir, Nick Storm; hip-hop/DJ performances by Cooli-Hi, Raena Mann, Halo, Chaz & Eddie Vanz, Jason & DJ Slice, Phantoms, Twon J, The Commexo Kid, Lamar Costello, Ankh Trinity @ The People’s Art House Of Richmond (1118 N. 34th St, Church Hill) 5 PM (acoustic show), 7:30 PM (electric band show), 11 PM (hip hop show).

Saturday, 7/7 Against Grace @ The Republic 9 PM

Saturday, 7/7 Pinkerton Thugs (pictured above), The Scarred, The Haverchucks, Amateur Thieves, Ratmeat @ The Camel 9 PM

Saturday, 7/7 God Forbid (pictured above), All Against One, Unrestricted, Xstrophy, Tetryl, The Devils Roundhouse, DarkShores @ Kingdom 5 PM

Saturday, 7/7 Susan Greenbaum Band @ Ashland Coffee And Tea 8 PM

Sunday, 7/8 NO BS! Brass Band Welcome Home Brunch Party @ The Camel 3 PM (Early)

Sunday, 7/8 Ear Theory, James Wallace and the Naked Light (pictured above), Raintree, The Offset @ The Camel 9 PM

Sunday, 7/8 The Clear Blue Sky @ Tobacco Company 9:30 PM. Free.

Sunday, 7/8 Surroundings, Belle Gunness (pictured above), The American Dream, As We Set Fire, Meet Me At The Monument @ Kingdom 4 PM

RVA Staff

RVA Staff

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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