Activate!Activate! April 2 – April 9

Just to emphasize how many great shows there are in RVA every night, tune into activate! at 5pm for a preview. I'll inclde tracks from dave Watkins and White Laces (pictured) who are playing Gallery 5's Tenth Anniversary show, plus I'll give away tickets to see The Delta Saints at The Camel, Anamanaguchi as well as Diarrhea Planet at The Broadberry,  Amanda Palmer at The National, and Creepoid/Priests at Gallery 5!

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ACTIVATE! 4-2-15

Oregon Hill Funk All Stars / Freshy Woman / diy – Mojo's, April 3 @ 10pm (w/ Drealock Robot)

Lowland Hum / Odell / diy – Ashland Coffee & Tea, April 7 @ 8pm

JP Harris & the Tough Choices / I'm Staying Here / Cow Island – Balliceaux, April 8 @ 9:30pm (w/ Alison Self)

Timbre / Song of the Sun / diy – Balliceaux, April 7

The Delta Saints / Bird Called Angola / diy – The Camel, April 4 @ 7:30pm (w/ The Vacant Stairs, Big Mama Shakes)

Mikey Classic and His Lonesome Spur / Nature of the Beast / Farmageddon – Wonderland, April 8 @ 9pm (w/ Call Me Bronco)

Call Me Bronco / Four Shots / diy

Amanda F*ck!ng Palmer / Runs In the Family / Roadrunner – The National, April 5 @ 7pm

Paul Watson / This Slow Blood / diy – A Benefit for the Ophelan Family / Sound of Music, April 4 @ 6pm (w/ Jesse Poe, Time is Fire,Heart Pines, Sarah White & the Pearls)

Jesse Poe / Grey Breathes / diy

Moon Hooch / Mountain Song / Hornblow – The Broadberry, April 7 @ 7pm (w/ DJ Williams Projekt)

Anamanaguchi / Blackout City / diy – The Broadberry, April 3 @ 8pm (w/ Lazerdisk, Chipocrite, Gull)

Kuf Knotz / Inertia / Rope a Dope – The Camel, April 5 @ 7pm (w/ Sam Reed Syndicate)

Dan Deacon / Feel the Lightning / Domino – Gallery 5, April 7 (w/ Nu Depth, Prince Rama, Ben O'Brien)

Dave Watkins / Marshall Street / diy  – Gallery 5's 10 Year Anniversary, April 3 @ 7pm (w/ White Laces, Awesome Few, Lobo Marino, PLF)

White Laces / Skate or Die / Egghunt

Little War Twins / Fire Burnin' / Launch – Strange Matter, April 5 @ 9pm (w/ ADVAETA, Among the Rocks and Roots, Duh)

Duh / Glow Worms / diy

Friend Roulette / Stoned Alone / Goodnight – Gallery 5, April 5 @ 7:30pm (w/ Recluse Racoon, Night Idea)

Kind of Like Spitting / Stress Cadet / Topshelf – Strange Matter, April 4 @ 5pm (w/ Lee Corey Oswald, The City on Film, Iska Dhaaf)

Iska Dhaaf / Everybody Knows / Brick Lane

Lee Corey Oswald / Progress / No Sleep

The Milkstains / Heart of Mine / Bad Grrrl – Hardywood, April 3 @ 5:30pm (w/ Cadillac Ranch, J.Flax & The Heart Attacks)

J. Flax And The Heart Attacks / Don't Forget To Write  / diy

Ttotals / Sometimes You just Are / Twin Lakes – Strange Matter, April 7 @ 9pm (w/ Lady God, The Foam)

Lady God / Nervous Talk / diy

Creepoid / American Smile / Collect – Gallery 5, April 4 @ 7pm (w/ Christi, Priests, Positive No)

Positive No / Slumber Sequence / Negative Fun

Priests / Doctor / Don Giovanni

Diarrhea Planet / Juggernaut / Infinity Cat – The Broadberry, April 9 @ 8pm (w/ Left & Right, Lightfields, Toxic Moxie); The Southern, April 10 @ 7pm (w/ left & Right, International Friendly)

Burnt Books / Stupid Game / Retro Futurist – 25 Watt, April 4 @ 9pm (w/ Slowing, Sea of Storms, Crazy Bag Lady, GOO)

Hoboknife / Bleakest Reprimand / diy – Strange Matter, April 3 @ 6pm (w/ Heron, Prisoner)

Unholy Thoughts / The Situation / Forcefield – 25 Watt, April 9 @ 9pm (w/ Omega Boys, Kommunion, Night Fever)

Night Fever / Better Off Dead / Adult Crash

Night Birds / Unavoidable Filth / Fat Wreck – Ask a punk, April 3 @ 8pm (w/ N0 Problem, Orgasm, Reactor 4)

Even more shows:

The Cyrenaics – A Retrospective of Work by Allison Jones / Highpoint Gallery, April 3 & 4 @ 5pm

Afro-Zen Allstars – VMFA, April 3 @ 6pm

Corn Potato String Band – Ashland Coffee & Tea, April 3 @ 8pm

Steady Rollin Bob Margolin – Capital Ale House, April 3 @ 8:30pm

Southern Belles – The Camel, April 3 @ 9pm (w/ Schooley Mountain Band)

Party Liberation Front presents Music Box – Strange Matter, April 3 @ 9pm (w/ Soohan, Mr. Jennings, Reinhold)

The Atkinsons – Poe's Pub, April 3 @ 9:30pm

Firecracker Jam – Cary Street Cafe, April 3 @ 10pm

Bearstorm – McCormack's, April 4 (w/ Hammerfight, The Blackout Shift)

Andy Vaughan & the Driveline – River City Barn Dance / Hardywood Brewery, April 4 @ 4pm (w/ Square Dance feat. the Ted Cruisers, Grand Ole Ditch)

Badfish, A Tribute to Sublime – The National, April 4 @ 7pm (w/ Nesta, The Reckless Island)

Guns Out At Sundown – Canal Club, April 4 @ 7pm (w/ Pain!, Spiral Fracture, Service of Shadow, Hypocalypse, Lying & Low)

Oiki – The Broadberry, April 4 @ 8pm (w/ Rachael Lust, Korin Complex, Ethan Glass, Tre Justice)

Eli Conley & Humble Tripe – Ashland Coffee & Tea, April 4 @ 8pm

Northeast Corners – Poe's Pub, April 4 @ 9:30pm

Daltan Dash – Cary Street Cafe, April 4 @ 10pm (w/ Urban Soil)

Cat be Damned – The Camel, April 6 @ 8pm (w/ Down River, Antelope King)

Ataraxis the Ace – Strange Matter, April 6 @ 9pm (w/ Nicholas K, Infexzion)

Glenn Wilson and the Jazzmaniacs – The Camel, April 8 @ 7pm

GRiZ – The National, April 8 @ 8pm (w/ Artifakts, The Floozies)

Friends From Earth – STrange Matter, April 8 @ 9pm (w/ Whoabear, Ben FM)

Blackberry Smoke – The National, April 9 @ 7pm (w/ Ben Miller Band, The Temperance Movement)

Gene & Gayla Mills – CD Release / Ashland Coffee & Tea, April 9 @ 8pm

Flashlight Tag & Sarah White – Crossroads, April 9 @ 8pm