FEATURE SHOW
Friday, February 19, 8 PM
People’s Temple Project, Sleeper Wave, Van Hagar, Truman @ Circle Thrift – $3-5 suggested donation
[NOTE: Late this week, for the second time in this column’s two-year, 100+ episode existence. What can I tell ya? Life gets in the way sometimes. Hope you didn’t sit home bored last night! Here’s the rest of the week, and we’ll be on time next Wednesday, I promise. –Drew]
Swamp Fest was not a fluke!
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 2/3-2/9
FEATURE SHOW
Friday, February 5, 7 PM
WRIR Party For The Rest Of Us, feat. Brunswick, Manzara, Lucy Dacus, The Cheats Movement Podcast feat. Gritty City Records, Afro-Zen All Stars, Christi, Silent Music Revival feat. Night Idea, Coteries, Toner War, The New Loft, Half Bascule, stand-up comedy from Sarah Ahmed, Charles Ellis, Tom Hall, James Isaiah Munoz… and maybe even more than that! @ The Renaissance (107 W. Broad St) – $15 donation to WRIR
It’s the dead of winter and the prognostications going forward are so difficult that groundhogs are dying just to avoid figuring out whether the second half of winter is coming.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 1/20-1/26
FEATURE SHOW
Friday, January 22, 5 PM
Third Annual Bad Girl Revue, feat. Magnus Lush, Dazeases, Blackball, I.C.E., Ultra Flake, Nosebleed, Butterfly Closure, Atta Girl @ Strange Matter – $5
It’s a new year, so you know what that means–the Bad Girls Revue at Strange Matter has returned for its third annual throwdown! This event, an annual benefit for Girls Rock RVA featuring all female-fronted bands, gets more and more awesome every year, and this time they’ve really pulled out all the stops!
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 11/11-11/17
FEATURE SHOW
Friday, November 13, 9 PM
Shy Low, Night Idea, Clair Morgan @ Strange Matter – $7
Let us once again celebrate the breadth and diversity of the RVA music scene.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 9/30-10/6
FEATURE SHOW
Saturday, October 3, 9 PM
The Diamond Center (LP Release), Big No, DJ Marty Violence @ Black Iris – $6-10 (sliding scale)
The Diamond Center may have moved to Austin, Texas back in the spring, but during the five or so years they lived here in RVA, they made a lot of fans.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 8/19-8/25
FEATURE SHOW
WRIR & The Commonwealth Of Notions Presents: Volume Five
Day Two: Friday, August 21, 7 PM
Wow Owls, Big No, Everyone Dies In The End, Ultra Flake, The Mad Extras, Victorious Trees @ Strange Matter – $5
Day Three: Saturday, August 22, 7 PM
Toxic Moxie, Gull, Lobo Marino, Among The Rocks And Roots @ Sound Of Music – $5
Day Four: Sunday, August 23, 7 PM
Canary Oh Canary, White Laces, Mikrowaves, Ben Shepherd, Manatree @ The Broadberry – $5 in advance/$7 day of show (order tickets HERE)
That’s right: two weeks in a row with WRIR & The Commonwealth Of Notions. Overkill? Perish the thought!
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