RVA Magazine Presents: Local Shows 8/3-8/5

by | Aug 3, 2012 | WORLD MUSIC

Friday, August 3: Electronica Weekly presents Gent & Jawns, M.A.S.S Fx, MaMMaLs, Beat Down The Kid @ Kingdom 9 PM


Friday, August 3: Electronica Weekly presents Gent & Jawns, M.A.S.S Fx, MaMMaLs, Beat Down The Kid @ Kingdom 9 PM

Friday, August 3: 12 Stones, Blameshift, Digital Summer (pictured above), Throwing Gravity, Faultline, Aparallax, If It Takes Forever @ Cullen’s Cove 7 PM

Friday, August 3: Night Flight With Mikemetic @ Balliceaux 10 PM

Friday, August 3:The ILLBillys @ Cafe Diem 9:30 PM

Friday, August 3: Peter J. Woods (pictured above), Lucky Bone, Heavy Breathing, Debris Amour, JM//Wave, Death Register, Thieves Of Shiloh @ Strange Matter 6 PM (Early)

Friday, August 3: Vinyl Conflict Records presents Joint D≠ (pictured above), Fire Bison, Haverchucks @ Strange Matter 10 PM (Late)

Friday, August 3: BoomBox @ The National 8 PM

Friday, August 3: Lilt @ Ashland Coffee and Tea 8 PM

Friday, August 3: Black Girls (pictured above), Andrew Leahey & The Homestead, Goldrush @ The Camel 9 PM

Friday, August 3: Weekends In Latveria Mixtape Release Party featuring Just Plain Sounds, Legion Of Doom @ Club Mirage (4th & E. Franklin St.) 10 PM

Friday, August 3: The Trongone Band @ Cary St. Cafe 10 PM

Friday, August 3: 90s TV Show Costume Party with Murphy’s Kids @ The Republic 10 PM

Friday, August 3: Exposed Music Festival: Crossgate, Toxsick, The Lost Vagabonds, Swell Daze, Eli & the Kampking, Every Other Word, Law of Average, Parlour Shakedown, Red States, Brighter Fires, If it Takes Forever and Beyond the Soul @ Canal Club $10 6 PM

Saturday, August 4: Exposed Music Festival: For Valor & Glory, The Seventh Aura, Strength to Stand, Silence is a Burden, Levi’ GenePool, Britney Jean, Bullets from Oz, Eyes of Eli, Archers Gypsy Healers, Bravo Company, All The Kings, RiversRevenge and Tom Eats Jerry.@ Canal Club $10 6 PM

Saturday, August 4: Audio Mass Transit presents Afro Beta, “Queens Edition” @ The Nile – Free/21+ 11 PM

Saturday, August 4: Antietam 1862, Tombstalker (pictured above), Triac, Organ Donor @ Strange Matter 9 PM

Saturday, August 4: DJ Williams Projekt @ Tobacco Company 9:30 PM

Saturday, August 4: Paul Ivey and the Rubes @ Cellar Door 9 PM

Saturday, August 4: Cannibal Corpse (pictured above), Between The Buried & Me, The Faceless, Periphery, Veil Of Maya, Job For A Cowboy, Goatwhore, Exhumed, Cerebral Bore, The Contortionist, Enfold Darkness.@ The National 1 PM

Saturday, August 4: Jerry Garcia Birthday Bash with Wake Of The Flood @ Cary St Cafe 10 PM

Saturday, August 4: Rattlemouth @ Crossroads Coffee And Ice Cream (Forest Hill Ave location) 8 PM

Saturday, August 4: Outbreak City Fest Part III featuring Under City Skylines (pictured above), Between the Heart and Home, Audio Insight, Embers From the Altar, I Am the Rapture @ The Camel 12 PM (EARLY)

Saturday, August 4: The Itchy Hearts (pictured above), Milkstains, Wolf//Goat, Night Idea @ The Camel 9 PM (LATE)

Saturday, August 4: Anonymous @ Fishbowl Bistro 9:30 PM

Saturday, August 4: No Richmond: Postpunk Records Played For Dancing @ Balliceaux 10 PM

Saturday, August 4: Hardywood Hop Harvest Fest featuring No BS! Brass Band @ Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 3:30 PM

Sunday, August 5: Jon Ramsey, Nathan Hess (pictured above), Floodwall @ Commercial Taphouse 9 PM

Sunday, August 5 Sunrise Detour (pictured above), Andy Mason, Mitchel Bamberger @ The Camel 9 PM

Sunday, August 5: Beex (pictured above), Lonely Teardrops @ Banditos – Free/21+ 9 PM

Sunday, August 5: Carte Blanche Presents: Back To The Hippodrome, featuring No BS! Brass Band, Black Girls, Tungs (pictured above), DJ Ghozt, DJ Fili @ The Hippodrome 7 PM

Sunday, August 5: With The Punches, Forever Came Calling (pictured above), State Champs, Battleghost, In Courage, Just Another Scene @ Kingdom $10 5 PM

Sunday, August 5:Wild Nothing (pictured above), White Laces, Super Vacations @ Strange Matter – $15/All Ages 8 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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