Activate!Activate! Oct 22 – Oct 29: Fund Drive edition

Tonight at 7pm, I'll try to showcase what makes WRIR so crucial to RVA – local music, local shows, and live rock 'n roll from local band Red Money! The show will include a preview of the Monster Mashquerade as well as several free ticket opportunities for donors. Don't forget you can make your contribution by calling 804-622-9747 or by clicking "Donate" at the top right. Thank you!

Click on "read more" for the show listings / playlist. Click here for the podcast: http://www.wrir.org/tunein

ACTIVATE! 10-22-14

Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Lord, Lord, Lord, You Sure Been Good To Me / New Rounder – Modlin Center, Oct. 29 @ 7:30pm (w/ Allen Toussaint)

Robbie Fulks / The Scrapple Song / Bloodshot – Capital Ale House, Oct. 25 @ 6pm

Tail Light Rebellion / Greetings (From the Unemployment Line) / Thugly Goose – 25 Watt, Oct. 25 (w/ Joshua Morningstar)

Haints In the Holler / Greetings True Believers / diy – Globehopper, Oct. 23 @ 7pm (w/ Christopher Bell)

Lobo Marino / Hanuman Bhajan / diy – Sacred Song Sing Along / Crossroads, Oct. 23 @ 8pm; Studio Two Three, Oct. 26 @ 7pm

Barrelhouse / Must Have Been the Shine / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 25 @ 10pm

Red Hot Lava Men / Apocalypse Wow! / diy – Hardywood Brewery, Oct. 25 @ 5pm (w/ Goldrush, Black Girls)

Black Water Gold / Carolina / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 28 @ 10pm

Laura Stevenson & the Cans / Runner / Don Giovanni – The Camel, Oct. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Helen Chambers, Eli Whitney & the Sound Machine, Positive No)

Toxic Moxie / Grand Illusion / diy – WRIR Monster Mashquerade / The Camel, Oct. 24 @ 9pm (w/ PT Burnem, Circle Two: A Tribute to the Germs, WRIR DJs)

PT Burnem / Oh Love! / DIY Bandits

Brother Ali / Tight Rope / Rhymesayers – The Broadberry, Oct. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Bambu, MaLLy, Gritty City, DJ Last Word)

Grayskul / Behold / Rhymesayers – Strange Matter, Oct. 24 @ 9pm (w/ Swordplay, Ben FM, Black Liquid, Simple Steven, Goldini Bagwell, Asphate)

Red Money LIVE ON WRIR

Bermuda Triangles / Bloo / CNP – Silent Music Revival / Gallery 5, Oct. 29 @ 8pm (Film: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)

White Laces / Skate or Die / Happenin – Album Release / The Broadberry, Oct. 24 @ 7pm (w/ The Diamond Center, Sundials, Heavy Midgets)

Heavy Midgets / House of Cats / Bad Grrrl – Bandito's, Oct. 26 @ 9pm (w/ Gilmore Guys, Big No)

Sportsbar / Get da Body / Sweet Dreams – Hardywood, Oct. 26 @ 3pm (w/ The Awesome Few, The Sweater Band)

White Reaper / She Wants To / Polynvinyl – Strange Matter, Oct. 27 @ 9pm (w/ The Milkstains, Sneaky Creeps, Cherry Pits)

The Milkstains / Let Us Down / Bad Grrrl

The Flatliners / Young Professionals / Fat Wreck – Strange Matter, Oct. 28 @ 8pm (w/ Single Mothers, Cross Eyed, Solids)

Cross Eyed / Lose Me / diy

Life In Vacuum / You Did It To Yourself / New Damage – Gallery 5, Oct. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Ostraca, Page of Concrete)

Flesh Control / Revenant: Coelphysis / diy – 25 Watt, Oct. 26 (w/ Coteries, R-Complex)

Even more shows:

STS9 – The National, Oct. 23 @ 7pm (w/ Thirftworks)

Liz Chidester – The Camel, Oct. 23 @ 7pm (w/ Paul Willson, Patrick Ragland, Sidney Wiliamson)

Kung Fu – The Broadberry, Oct. 23 @ 9pm (w/ Former Champions)

Merchandise – Strange Matter, Oct. 23 @ 9pm (w/ Bermuda Triangles, Dead Fame, Ninos du Brasil, DJ Ben Speed)

Josh Bearman – Twangtown Thursdays / Balliceaux, Oct. 23 @ 9pm (w/ Clay Spokes)

Hypokalypse – 25 Watt, Oct. 24 (w/ 616)

Runner of the Woods – Hardywood Brewery, Oct. 24

Dean Fields – Capital Ale House, Oct. 24 @ 7pm (w/ Peyton Tochterman)

Steve Poltz – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 24 @ 8pm

Secret Chiefs 3 – Gallery 5, Oct. 24 @ 9:30pm

Pedals On Our Pirate Ships – Ask a punk, Oct. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Rational Anthem, The Murderburgers, Jake Mayday)

Big Something – The Camel, Oct. 25 @ 8pm (w/ The Trongone Band)

Town Mountain – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 25 @ 8pm

The Bush League – Poe's Pub, Oct. 25 @ 9pm

Mercutio – Sine, Oct. 25 @ 9:30pm

Rescuer – Strange Matter, Oct. 26 @ 5pm (w/ The Felix Culpa, Aviator)

Treehouse – The Camel, Oct. 26 @ 7pm (w/ Dr. Con, Lost Dread)

First Aid Kit – The National Oct. 26 @ 7pm (w/ Samantha Crain)

Old Lines – Ask a punk, Oct. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Orgasm, Prisoner)

The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die – The Broadberry, Oct. 27 @ 6pm (w/ The Hotelier, Rozwell Kid, Posture & The Grizzly)

Sea of Storms – Ask a punk, Oct. 28 (w/ Doubtfire, Missives, New Strange)

The Stray Birds – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 29 @ 8pm