Activate!September 1st-7th (Activate Edtreme)

Greetings,

Tonight's Activate shall be a light version as hosted by Shannon Cleary and Allison Apperson. We will be providing you with the Show Calendar for your Ears.

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As Always, Thanks for Listening!

Activate! 9-1-10

Tears for Fears / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Mercury – The National, Sept. 5 @ 8pm (w/ Wainwright)

Lobo Marino / No Land-Outro / diy – First Fridays In the Courtyard, Sept. 3 @ 7pm (w/ From Here On Blue, Dave Watkins)

Fuzzy Baby / Lets Go Fuzzy Baby / diy – Balliceaux, Sept. 2 @ 9pm

Jonathan Vassar & the Speckled Bird / Sunday Morning / Triple Stamp – Sprout, Sept. 3 @ 9pm (w/ Madeline)

Madeline / White Flag / Orange Twin

O'Brother / Division of Man / Favorite Gentlemen – The Camel, Sept. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Quiet Eyes Road, Vessel)

Ben Shepherd/Dear John Song/ diy – Sprout, Sept. 7th @ 7pm (w/ Paul Ivey, Herschel Stratego, Shane March and Jeb with Monadnoc)

Mega Bog / Ocean Weeze / Wizards of the Ghost – Strange Matter, Sept. 7 @ 10pm (w/ Tyrannosaurus Awesome, My Friend Kyle, Iji)

Iji / Giant Bite / diy

Blue Haven / Hard Rain / diy – The Camel, Sept. 2 @ 9pm (w/ Grinding Stone)

White Laces / Motorik Twilight / Harding Street Assembly Land – The Camel, Sept. 5 @ 7pm (w/ Ghost Lotion, Lubec)

Gills & Wings / The Dealer / diy – Gallery 5, Sept. 3 @ 7pm (w/ Via Tania, Freddie Stevenson)

Via Tania / Fields / The Hours – VCU Commons, Sept. 3

Hank III & Assjack / Gettin' Drunk and Fallin' Down / The Sidewalk – The National, Sept. 4 @ 9pm

Rain Over Battle / Savage / diy – The Tighthaus, Sept. 4 @ 8pm (w/ This is Your Life, Lighten Up, Little Foot)

Lighten Up / Negative Equity / Jump Start

Rag Rage / Burning Bridges / diy – The Camel, Sept. 8 @ 8pm (w/ The Two Funerals)

The Riot Before / The Middle Distance / Paper + Plastick – Strange Matter, Sept. 4 @ 10pm (w/ Flechette, Lord By Fire, Rattler)

Flechette / Rations / diy – Strange Matter, Sept. 5 @ 6pm (w/ Street Pizza, Dry Spell, Hold Tight!, Inter Arma)

Inter Arma / Epicenter / Forcefield

Zann / Loverfighter Wildbull Rider / Adagio830 – Strange Matter, Sept. 6 @ 10pm (w/ Mouthbreather, Gods and Queens)

Gods and Queens / Untitled / Robotic Empire

Mouthbreather / Daily Bread / Kiss of Death

Deftones/Shove It (My Own Summer)/Maverick Records – The National, September 1st @ Now (w/ Baroness)

The Mills Family Band/Tell Me/diy – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 3 @ 8pm 

The Flesh Mountain Boys/Papas Going Crazy, Mamas Going Mad/diy – Balliceaux, Sept. 3 @ 10:30PM

Photosynthesizers/Astrobelts/diy – Strange Matter, Sept. 3 @10pm (YO MTV RAPS w/ DJ Dizz, OhBliv, Just Plain Sounds, Sleaze, Rezzie Rob, Peter Mahrer, Intalek)

Dave Watkins/Whiskey Butter Sauce/The Richmond Scene – First Fridays at the Courtyard, Sept. 3 @ 7pm (w/ Lobo Marino and From Here on Blue)

Head Molt / Tomb of Shells / AEN – Strange Matter, Sept. 8 @ 10pm (w/ Justice Yeldham, Solypsis, Twilight Memories)

Other shows (by date):

Joe Rathbone – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 2 @ 8pm

Blue Haven – The Camel, Sept. 2 @ 9pm (w/ Grinding Stone)

Robbin Steel Blues band – Café Diem, Sept. 2 @ 9pm

Former Champions – City Dogs, Sept. 2 @ 10pm

Dirty Truth – Capital Ale House, Sept. 3 @ 5pm

Madrone – The National, Sept. 3 @ 7pm

Indonesian Music In Richmond / Self-Titled – Gallery, 5, Sept. 3 @ 7pm

Josh Hoge – Canal Club, Sept. 3 @ 8pm (w/ Matt Duke, Keaton Simmons)

Big Boss Combo – Legend, Sept. 3 @ 8pm

El Chupacabra – The Triple, Sept. 3 @ 8pm (w/ Eros)

The Mills Family Band – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 3 @ 8pm

Circuit Riders – Grandpa Eddies BBQ, Sept. 3 @ 8pm

Loose Gravel – Positive Vibe Cafe, Sept. 3 @ 8:30pm

Goodbye Providence – The Camel, Sept. 3 @ 9pm (w/ The Kindling Kind, Kristoffer Wright, Ghost Owls')

Caught In the Rift – Gus', Sept. 3 @ 9pm

Bart Chucker Band – Hometeam Grill, Sept. 3 @ 9pm

Honky Tonk Hustlas – The Playing Field, Sept. 3 @ 9pm

Peanut Gringo – Bogart's, Sept. 3 @ 9:30pm

Vega Omega – City Dogs, Sept. 3 @ 10pm

Black Cash & the Bad Trips – Sept. 3 @ 10pm

Souler Coaster – Capital Ale House, Sept. 3 @ 10pm

E3 – Benefit for Freedom House / Canal Club, Sept. 4 @ 8pm

Rod Picott & Amanda Shires – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 4 @ 8pm

Jeff Herro & the Parrish Bros. – Legend, Sept. 4 @ 8pm

NRG Krysys – Positive Vibe Café, Sept. 4 @ 8pm

John Crowley – The Triple, Sept. 4 @ 8pm

Commonwealth Bluegrass band – Grandpa Eddies BBQ, Sept. 4 @ 8pm

The Transmitters – Café Diem, Sept. 4 @ 9pm

The Gentlemen – The Camel, Sept. 4 @ 9pm (w/ The Sharp Comfort)

The Breaks feat. DJ Williams – Bogart's, Sept. 4 @ 10pm

Gray-V – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 4 @ 10pm (w/ Skydog)

On Point – City Dogs, Sept. 4 @ 10pm

Afrobeta – The Nile, Sept. 4 @ 11pm

Michael Rider – Canal Club, Sept. 5 @ 5pm (w/ Amanda Shackleford, Mitchel Bamberger, Clenchedfist 69)

Cook County Bluegrass – Legend, Sept. 5 @ 6:30pm

Bobby Messano – Shenanigans, Sept. 5 @ 7pm

John Moossa – Bogart's, Sept. 5 @ 7pm

HotChaCha – The Triple, Sept. 5 @ 9pm

Jamnation – The Camel, Sept. 6 @ 10pm

Dangermuffin – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 8 @ 8pm