Activate!Activate! October 27 – November 3

Aw snap, Microjoy will be playing live tonight on Activate! Plus, I gots Drive-By Truckers tickets to give away. Tune in at 7pm for the concert calendar for your ears.

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ACTIVATE! 10-27-10

Rattlemouth / Lebanese Hillbilly / diy – WRIR, Oct. 29 @ 5pm; Halloween Party / The Nile, Oct. 30 @ 10pm

Jackass Flats / Blackwater River / diy – Halloween Party / The Camel, Oct. 30 @ 10pm

Loversville / Independent Woman / diy – Halloween Party / The Playing Field, Oct. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Blues Flash)

The Velvet Marias / I Don't Mind If I Do / diy – Poe's Pub, Oct. 29 @ 9:30pm

Johnny Corndawg / The Life of a Bear / diy – The Camel, Nov. 1 @ 8pm (w/ Mister Baby, The Ruinaires)

Drive By Truckers / Get Downtown / ATO – The National, Oct. 29 & 30 (w/ Bobby Bare Jr.)

Bobby Bare Jr. / Sad Smile / Bloodshot

People's Blues of Richmond / Wanna Be Your Man / diy – The Camel, Oct. 29 @ 9pm (w/ DJ Williams Projekt)

Doug E. Fresh / Spirit / Reality – Halloween party, Paradise Lounge, Oct. 30 @ 8pm

Bobby La Beat / Shook Ones Remix / diy – RVA Magazine's Massacre-ade Ball / Hat Factory, Oct. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Cobra Krames, Reinhold, Mr. Jennings)

Amazing Ghost / I Getuppa / diy – Record Release / Balliceaux, Oct. 28 @ 10pm

Microjoy LIVE in the WRIR Studios – Dead Sexy Halloween Party & Fashion Show / Canal Club, Oct. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Four 50 Four)

Pedals On Our Pirate Ships / I'm Sorry Amelia / Sidejar

Benoit Pioulard / Ext. Leslie Park / Kranky – Ghostprint Gallery, Nov. 3 @ 8pm (w/ Anduin, Stephen Vitiello)

White Laces / Spirituals / Harding Street Assembly Lab – Strange Matter, Nov. 2 @ 10pm (w/ Invisible Hand, Lux Perpetua)

Invisible Hand / I Want to Win / Funny Not Funny

Jeff the Brotherhood / Bone Jam / Infinity Cat – Steady Sounds, Oct. 31

Failure's Union / Hidden Song / Paper + Plastick – Tighthaus, Nov. 2 @ 7pm (w/ Little Master, Big Eyes, Bedford Falls)

Big Eyes / I Prefer to Be Alone / Evil Weevil

Direct From Hollywood Cemetery / Boiler Room / Go Ape – Cous Cous, Oct. 29 @ 10pm (w/ Burt Sugarman's Midnight Special)

The Dirges / The Ballad of Shane MacGowan / Rat Cap – McCormack's, Nov. 2

Gull / Baby Momma / Rorschach – Halloween Party / Gallery 5, Oct. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Tequila Mockingbird, Voix de Ville Follies, Richmond Comedy Coalition, Silent Music Revival featuring Lobo Marino)

Intelligence / Moody Tower / In the Red – Strange Matter, Nov. 1 @ 10pm (w/ Rhythm Bandit, Caves Caverns, Bermuda Triangles)

Bermuda Triangles / Leviathan / CNP

Head Molt / Tomb of Shells / CNP – Cheap Fest / Strange Matter, Oct. 30 (w/ Hostage Pageant, Florist, Drums Like Machine Guns, Diamond Black Hearted Boy, Twilight Memories of the Three Suns, How I Quit Crack, Positivland, Fun, Night Burger, Tinnitustimulus, Microwave Windows, Caustic Castle, Floodbeast, King Clops, Giant Subaquatic Lifeform, David Marie Garland, Glassslipper, Raw Moans, Happy Scrappy, Hero Pup)

Drums Like Machine Guns / Sk8 or Don't / Badmaster

Diamond Black Hearted Boy / Spaceship in Contrary Motion / diy

No Values / Grown and Gone / Reaper – Record Release / The Warehouse, Nov. 2 @ 5pm (w/ Mother of Mercy, Fire & Ice)

Imperitive Reaction / Torn Down / Metropolis – Fallout, Oct. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Reaver, Oh So, Virtual Descent)

 

Other shows (by date):

Mike Hawkins & the Band of Brothers – VMFA, Oct. 28 @ 6pm (w/ DJ Greybeard)

Bon Bon Burlesque – Horror House of Wonder / Wonderland, Oct. 28 @ 8pm

Peter Case – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 28 @ 8pm

1999, A Tribute to Prince – Hat Factory, Oct. 28 @ 8pm

Screening of The Taint – Gallery 5, Oct. 28 @ 8pm & 10pm

The New Belgians – Halloween Party / Mekong, Oct. 28 @ 9pm

Noah O – The Camel, Oct. 28 @ 10pm

Aquafuture – City Dogs, Oct. 28 @ 10pm

Kootchie Lewis & the Stuff – Emilio's, Oct. 28 @ 10pm

Halloween Movie Remix – Cous Cous, Oct. 28 @ 10pm

Cain McCoy – Strange Matter, Oct. 28 @ 10pm (w/ Animal house, bizniz, The Dakotas, Isaiah & Hovey, Eklipse the Champloo, Mr. Mason Jones, ADEN)

AudioMassTransit – Bellytimber, Oct. 28 @ 10:30

Tim Morgan & the Mojo Brothers – Capital Ale House, Oct. 29 @ 5pm

Onidon – Canal Club, Oct. 29 @ 6pm (w/ Afterlyfe, Halflit Halo, Synestheisa, The Dismissed)

Maze feat. Frankie Beverly – Landmark, Oct. 29 @ 6pm

David Esleck – Univ. of Richmond, Oct. 29 @ 7pm

Haze & the Transients – Legend, Oct. 29 @ 8pm

Richmond Comedy Coalition – Gallery 5, Oct. 29 @ 8pm

Alternate Routes – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 29 @ 8pm (w/ The Kin)

Tyler Foxwell & the Fully Loaded Band – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Oct. 29 @ 8pm

Tonic Jane – Halloween Party / Babe's, Oct. 29 @ 8:30pm

Stoke Row – The Playing Field, Oct. 29 @ 9pm (w/ No Reverse, Dead Honkey, A Dead Girl)

John Winn Quartet – Bogart's, Oct. 29 @ 9:30pm

Fredds – Hometeam Grill, Oct. 29 @ 9:30pm

Blue Oyster Cult tribute band – The Triple, Oct. 29 @ 9:30pm (w/ Motorhead (Neckbrace), The Dicks (Caves Caverns), The Damned (La Mere Vipere), Lost Tribe)

Barefoot Truth – Capital Ale House, Oct. 29 @ 10pm

Screening of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage & Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Strange Matter, Oct. 29 @ 10pm

Audio Ammo – New York Deli, Oct. 29 @ 10pm

Boom – Balliceaux, Oct. 29 @ 10:30pm (w/ Turnstyle Soundsystem)

DJ Carlito – The Nile, Oct. 29 @ 10:30pm

Fuzzy baby – Ettamae Cafe, Oct. 30 @ 11:30am

Juggernaut – Alley Katz, Oct. 30 @ 3pm (w/ Shewolf, Knuckle Up, Change Today, This Kingdom Falls, Upon Disfigurement, No Signal, Boris Wheatley, They Found Her In Pieces)

Western Family Tree – Halloween Party / Gibson's Grill, Oct. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Imaginary Friends, View From the Top)

Johnny Butler Band – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Oct. 30 @ 8pm

Brad Spivey & the Honky Tonk Experience – Shenanigans, Oct. 30 @ 8pm

The Taters – Halloween Party / Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 30 @ 8pm

Mojo Workin – Legend, Oct. 30 @ 8pm

My Son the Doctor – Ellwood's Coffee, Oct. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Chris Vasi Trio)

Baby Help Me Forget – Zombie Dance Party / Sprout, Oct. 30 @ 10pm (w/ DJ BBGun)

Super Halloween Freakout – Cous Cous, Oct. 30 @ 10pm

Rocket Queen – Wonderland, Oct. 30 @ 10pm (w/ Seventy7)

King Solomon's Marbles – Halloween Party / Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 30 @ 10pm

I am the Kid – Plaza Bowl, Oct. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Dream Atlantic)

Haulin' Oats – Bogart's, Oct. 30 @ 9pm

Mozart Season – Halloween Party / Canal Club, Oct. 31 @ 4pm (w/ Let Live, Vessel, Conquering Rome, In Courage, Maritime Disaster, Fated Rivalry)

Night of the Living Dead Bands – Strange Matter, Oct. 31 @ 5pm (w/ Cover bands of: NOFX, Bad Religion, The Misfits, Blue Oyster Cult, The Damned, The Descendents)

Ayo Nelson – Halloween party / Alley Katz, Oct. 31 @ 7pm (w/ Mitchell Bamberger, The Acclamation, Corporal Vega)

All the Saints Theatre Halloween parade – Meet in Monroe Park, Oct. 31 @ 7pm

Chris Vasi – Urban Farrmhouse, Oct. 31 @ 7pm

The Big Payback – The Camel, Oct. 31 @ 8pm (w/ Caulit Anything)

DJ Bobby Rock – Halloween Party / Weezie's, Oct. 31 @ 8pm

Brown Sabbath – Bandito's, Oct. 31 @ 9pm

Skydog, A Tribute to the Allman Brothers – Halloween Party / Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 31 @ 10pm

Steve Kessler Quartrio – The Camel, Nov. 2 @ 8pm (w/ High Noon)

Jim Hurst – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Nov. 3 @ 8pm

Mira Loma & the Bad Vibes / Eleventeen / diy – The Camel, Nov. 3 @ 8pm (w/ The Milkstains, Electric Courage Machine)