Activate! August 6 - August 13 presents:

Activate!Activate! August 6 – August 13

Starting at 5pm, tonight's Activate! is jam-packed with excellent bands to see live, including Caust (pictured) who are playing the two-day Swamp Fest, as well as free ticket giveaways to see Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson at The Tin Pan, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit at The National, Neurosis at The Broadberry, and electro-pop group Brick + Mortar at Strange Matter!

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ACTIVATE! 8-6-15

Band / Song Title / Record Label – Venue, Date, Time (Lineup)

Port Arthur / Mountainside / diy – Helen's, Aug. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Lobo Marino, The Shower Naked String Band)

Rich Robinson / I Know You / The End – The Tin Pan, Aug. 8 @ 8pm

Buckwheat Zydeco / Old Times La La / Alligator – The Tin Pan, Aug. 9 @ 7pm

Eastern Standard Time / The Eye Of the Storm / diy – The Camel, Aug. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Murphy's Kids)

Ray Bonneville / Milemarker 41 / Red House – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 7 @ 8pm

Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit / Did My Time / Harmonized – The National, Aug. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Hard Working Americans featuring Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Neal Casal, Duane Trucks, Chad Staehly and Jesse Aycock)

Chris Staples / Hold Onto Something / Barsuk – Strange Matter, Aug. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Lemolo, Julien Baker, David Shultz)

Lemolo / Beautiful Night / diy

Eric Stanley / Voltaire / Reach for Strings – Circle Thrift, Aug. 7 @ 7pm

Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel / Feb 11 Part 6 / diy – Black Iris, Aug. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Stephen Vitiello & Bobby Donne, Bill Brovold)

Headlessmantis / Imp Of The Perverse / diy – Strange Matter, Aug. 7 @ 5pm (w/ Red States, Feral Conservatives); Ask a punk, Aug. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Lucy Dacus, The Wimps, Lady God)

The Head / It Ain't Easy / diy – The Camel, Aug. 11 @ 7pm (w/ Black Naked Wings, Daruma, Super Ghoul)

Black Naked Wings / OCD / diy

Brick + Mortar / Other Drugs / Photo Finish – Strange Matter, Aug. 12 @ 9pm (w/ Kid is Qual, Sideways Orange)

Best Behavior / Buried On a Mountain / Money Fire – Hardywood, Aug. 8 @ 5pm (w/ Peace Beast, Lady God, J. Flax & the Heart Attacks)

Peace Beast / Big Sky / diy

Gull / Chainsaw It Coming / Rorschach – Gallery 5, Aug. 7 (w/ Antiphons, Dumbwaiter)

Cayetana / Black Hills / Tiny Engines – Strange Matter, Aug. 11 @ 5pm (w/ Lucy Dacus, Chumped, Thin Lips)

Thin Lips / Gemini Moon / Seagreen

Chud / Nice Guy / Let's Pretend – Ask a punk, Aug. 11 @ 7pm (w/ Dad Shoes, Laffing Gas, Daggering)

Ghetto Ghouls / Peepshow / Monofonus – En Su Boca, Aug. 11 @ 10pm

Stressors / Corpse / diy – 25 Watt, Aug. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Methcharge, Omega Boys, Prisoner)

The Company Corvette / Bear In Mind / diy – Wonderland, Aug. 8 @ 9pm (w/ The Tall Boys, Southern Slop)

Neurosis / Time of Grace / Neurot – The Broadberry, Aug. 12 @ 7pm (w/ Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, SUMAC)

Brothers of the Sonic Cloth / Lava / Neurot

Weedeater / Mancoon / Southern Lord – Hardywood, Aug. 7 @ 9:30pm (w/ Inter Arma, Kings Destroy)

Kings Destroy / Smokey Robinson / War Crimes

 Insomnium / Song Of the Storm / Candlelight – Canal Club, Aug. 12 @ 6pm (w/ Omnium Gatherum, Ashes Reign, Cladonia Ragifernia)

Bane / Speechless / Equal Vision – Canal Club, Aug. 9 @ 5pm (w/ Turnstile, Backtrack, Forced Order, Mizery)

Blind Authority / No Future / Self Acceptance – Strange Matter, Aug. 10 @ 5pm (w/ Society Abuse, Solitary Confinement, Mad Existemce, Bitter Rivals)

Gillian Carter / I Went Down With The Ship (To Save My Family) / The Ghost is Clear – Swamp Fest Day 1 / Strange Matter, Aug. 8 @ 5pm (w/ Truman, Swan of Tuonela, Swells, Marcy, Kaoru Nagisa, Amygdala, Gas Up Yr Hearse, Mothlight, Facility, Vivian K, Ephraim Huit)

Amygdala / You Can't Handle the Truth / diy

Swan of Tuonela / In Translation / Elixir

Caust / Your Father Gave You Good Advice / diy – Swamp Fest Day 2 / 25 Watt, Aug. 9 @ 5pm (w/ Ostraca, People's Temple Project, Eyelet, Bad Dinner, Under a Sky So Blue, Lyed, Coma Regalia, The Heads are Zeroes)

Coma Regalia / The Architect Of The Castle Keep  / Middle Man

MNLV / Beach Haus I / diy – Strange Matter, Aug. 11 @ 9pm (w/ Elizabeth XV, Gurari, Where's Denmark?, Washa)

Even more shows:

The Shack Up – The Broadberry & The Camel, Aug. 7 & 8 (w/ The Shack Band, Jackass Flats, The Big Payback: A Tribute to James Brown, Butcher Brown, Dale and The Z Dubs, Dank, Dalton Dash, Sol Driven Train, Southern Belles, Love Canon, Consider the Source)

Jeremy White & The Blue Hearts – Canal Club, Aug. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Jaguardini, Tribal Rites, Graveside Breakfast)

Fool's Errand – Crossroads, Aug. 7 @ 8pm

Kombat Wombat – Ask a punk, Aug. 7 @ 8pm (w/ Dyrt, Healthcrash)

The Atkinsons – Poe's Pub, Aug. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Rob Williams)

Hollywood Nights, Bob Seger Tribute – Pocahontas Live, Aug. 8 @ 6pm

Griff's Room Band – The National, Aug. 8 @ 7pm (w/ Matt Sease Band, HyeTension, The Hoodoos)

Direct to Video – Gallery 5, Aug. 8 @ 8pm (w/ short videos, performances by Katie Dean, Carla Perez-Gallardo, Egbert Vongmalaithong, Maxwell Paparella)

Imperial Blend – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 8 @ 10pm (w/ Urth)

Mighty Joshua – Forest Hill Park, Aug. 9 @ 5pm

The Australian Pink Floyd – Pocahontas Live, Aug. 9 @ 6pm

Faceship – The camel, Aug. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Bandrew)

A&E Alpha Decay – Bandito's, Aug. 9 @ 10pm (w/ Schwarzkali Effect)

RVA Big Band – The Camel, Aug. 10 @ 7pm

Low On Sanity – Fallout, Aug. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Synthetic Nightmare, Machine Chop Inc, Six Shot Rebellion)

Brandon Flowers – The National, Aug. 11 @ 7pm (w/ Rey Pila)

Seth Walker – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 12 @ 8pm

Spider Lilies – Fallout, Aug. 12 @ 8pm (w/ Ships In the Night, Cemetery Boys)

ZZ Top – Innsbrook Pavilion, Aug. 13 @ 5pm (w/ Blackberry Smoke)

The Honey Dewdrops – The Tin Pan, Aug. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Smokey & The Mirror)

Will Hoge – The Broadberry, Aug. 13 @ 8pm (w/ Humming House, Jon Brown)

Tish Hinojosa – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 13 @ 8pm

Afro Zen Allstars – Crossroads, Aug. 13 @ 8pm

The Color Exchange – Strange Matter, Aug. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Those Manic Seas, the Mad Extras)

Stolen Rhodes – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 13 @ 10pm

Mike Rutz

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    August 6th, 2015

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