RVA Live Music | Public Image Ltd, Celler Dwellers, I Have A Dreampop Fest, Squirrel Flower, Curtis Sydnor
Lots of my favorites out here this week. Great way to enter fall with a nice mix of atmospheric drone balanced out by some twangy fun. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit us up at griffin@rvamag.com....
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Our Drinksgiving Guide to Richmond’s Favorite Dive Bars in 2025
Drinksgiving isn’t on any calendar, but it behaves like a holiday anyway predictable, chaotic, and oddly comforting, the way familiar mistakes often are. This year, instead of guessing which dive bars would be overflowing, we just asked the city. Our 2025 Support...
‘Support Local, Vote Local’ RVA Magazine’s 2025 Readers’ Poll Is Now Closed!
Editor’s note: The results are in and can be found HERE! Let the groans begin, Richmond, it’s that time again: our semi annual Support Local, Vote Local Poll. We’ve all been through it lately. Another election, another pile of headlines designed to grind your...
Broke Student’s Survival Guide: Cheap Eats in Richmond 2025
If you’re a broke student back in Richmond and already sick of the dining hall’s gray meatloaf, relax, this city won’t let you starve. The food here has always been a patchwork of dives, diners, and half-chaotic kitchens that somehow keep the student body alive. You...
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Protestors gathered on Saturday morning outside the Richmond International Airport to oppose and call attention to the airport's role in ICE detainee transfers and deportation flights. Immigration enforcement flights out of Richmond have increased sharply...
Photos | Jack White & LCD Soundsystem Headline Iron Blossom 2026
Last weekend lived up to the hype. Luckily, the weather held out, and Iron Blossom 2026 turned into a damn good weekend of music. Now in its fourth year, the festival has settled into being a Richmond staple and this year didn’t disappoint with a lineup that...
He Produced Dolly Parton. But That’s Only Part of the Story.
Richmond-raised producer Steve Buckingham has spent more than five decades working with some of music’s biggest names. He talked with us about Dolly, Dionne, Sinéad, Clive Davis, Chet Atkins, James Brown, the record business and a life in music. Are you a legend if...
RVA Live Music | Automatic, Switchfoot, Unseemlier, Christopher Janos
Crazy good lineups this week, from some huge names, some up and coming names, some friendly names, all good stuff. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit us up at griffin@rvamag.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcXsQq1FjJY...
Iron Blossom is Part of a Bigger Richmond Music Story
Ahead of Iron Blossom, we talked with veteran promoter Ken Macdonald about the city’s changing live music ecosystem, from clubs to festivals and the Allianz Amphitheater. Richmond has always been a music town, but going back decades there were gaps in the local scene....
