Activate! presents:

Every August in the 2000s, Richmond was home to one of the greatest festivals in the world – Best Friend’s Day! Tonight at 5pm, we’re going to look back ten years to Best Friend’s Day 2010 and hear from every single band that played while we circled the pits at the Bike Lot and Canal Club, leapt from the rope swing at Hadad’s, relieved our hangovers at Mojo’s, stocked up on the day’s beverages at Fine Foods, and sweat it all out at Gallery 5.

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Playlist:

    Time: August 20 - 1:00:45 pm
  • Ozzy

    Lemuria, “Expert Herder”

    from Ozzy

    Hex Records - 2010

    Best Friend's Day at The Bike Lot; Aug. 19; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:06:06 pm
  • Heart Beats Pacific

    Banner Pilot, “Red Line”

    from Heart Beats Pacific

    Fat Wreck Chords - 2011

    Best Friend's Day at The Bike Lot; Aug. 19; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:09:15 pm
  • The Dopamines, “The Satisfaction Of Physical Retraction From A Chemical Reaction Attraction”

    from The Dopamines

    It's Alive Records - 2008

    Best Friend's Day at The Bike Lot; Aug. 19; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:10:36 pm
  • 222

    Black Army Jacket, “Dripping”

    from 222

    Dark Operative - 2017

    Best Friend's Day at The Bike Lot; Aug. 19; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:12:56 pm
  • Sundown

    Inter Arma, “Hallucinatorium”

    from Sundown

    Forcefield Records - 2010

    Best Friend's Day at The Bike Lot; Aug. 19; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:18:36 pm
  • Garbers Days Revisited

    Inter Arma, “Southern Man”

    from Garbers Days Revisited

    Relapse Records - 2020

    Best Friend's Day at The Bike Lot; Aug. 19; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:24:07 pm
  • Field Day, “The Fast”

    from Christian Television

    Rorschach Records - 2009

    Best Friend's Day at Mojo's; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:26:34 pm
  • Christian Television - Single

    Field Day, “And Bi-Curious”

    from Christian Television - Single

    Rorschach Records - 2009

    Best Friend's Day at Mojo's; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:30:04 pm
  • I Get Wet

    Andrew W.K., “She Is Beautiful”

    from I Get Wet

    Island Records - 2001

    Best Friend's Day at Canal Club; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:33:36 pm
  • Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes

    Propagandhi, “Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes”

    from Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes

    Fat Wreck Chords - 2001

    Best Friend's Day at Canal Club; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:36:32 pm
  • Savage Brewtality, “Fully Housed”

    from The Last Slice

    Fest Records - 2010

    Best Friend's Day at Canal Club; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:37:45 pm
  • Three Things At Once

    Deep Sleep, “Textbook Timebomb”

    from Three Things At Once

    Grave Mistake Records - 2009

    Best Friend's Day at Canal Club; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:39:30 pm
  • Massive Aggressive

    Municipal Waste, “Relentless Threat”

    from Massive Aggressive

    Earache Records Inc - 2009

    Best Friend's Day at Canal Club; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:46:29 pm
  • The Last Rager - EP

    Municipal Waste, “The Last Rager”

    from The Last Rager - EP

    Nuclear Blast - 2019

    Best Friend's Day at Canal Club; Aug. 20; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:48:38 pm
  • No BS! Brass Band, “Everything Turns Grey”

    from No BS!

    self-released - 2010

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:51:59 pm
  • Manchester

    Tim Barry, “Texas Cops”

    from Manchester

    Chunksaah Records - 2011

    Best Friend's Day at Fine Foods; Saturday; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 1:54:02 pm
  • Tim Barry, “Boxwine & Xanax”

    from The Roads to Richmond

    Chunksaah Records - 2019

    Best Friend's Day at Fine Foods; Saturday; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:01:29 pm
  • Some Kind of Cadwallader

    Algernon Cadwallader, “Casual Discussion in a Dome Between Two Temples”

    from Some Kind of Cadwallader

    Lauren Records / Asian Man Records - 2008

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:03:49 pm
  • Sundials, “Names That Matter Most”

    from Names That Matter Most

    Impermanent Records - 2010

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:06:08 pm
  • Sundials, “Blame”

    from Never Settle

    Traffic Street - 2011

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:09:47 pm
  • Marvels of Industry

    The Arrivals, “Phyllis”

    from Marvels of Industry

    Recess Records - 2007

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:12:00 pm
  • Songs About People...And Fruit N' Shit

    The Measure (SA), “Drunk by Noon”

    from Songs About People...And Fruit N' Shit

    Don Giovanni Records - 2008

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:18:38 pm
  • Tied Down

    Negative Approach, “Evacuate”

    from Tied Down

    Touch and Go Records - 1983

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:21:04 pm
  • In Desolation

    Off with Their Heads, “Drive”

    from In Desolation

    Epitaph - 2010

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:24:00 pm
  • Which is Worse

    Brainworms, “Born With a Beard”

    from Which is Worse

    Rorschach Records - 2006

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:26:06 pm
  • II: Swear to Me

    Brainworms, “Which Words”

    from II: Swear to Me

    Rorschach Records - 2009

    Best Friend's Day at Hadad's Lake; Aug. 21; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:32:00 pm
  • Truncheons in the Manor

    Amateur Party, “Shallow”

    from Truncheons in the Manor

    Rorschach Records - 2010

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:35:19 pm
  • The Greatest Story Ever Hula'd

    Grabass Charlestons, “Young”

    from The Greatest Story Ever Hula'd

    No Idea Records - 2003

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:37:49 pm
  • Mouthbreather, “Call Me Legion”

    from split 7" with Environmental Youth Crunch

    Rorschach Records - 2009

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:40:10 pm
  • Mouthbreather, “Sea of Storms”

    from split 7" with Worn In Red

    Rorschach Records - 2011

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:44:22 pm
  • Lost Art

    Cloak/Dagger, “Eyes on the Wall”

    from Lost Art

    Epitaph - 2016

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:47:41 pm
  • I Want Everything

    Cloak/Dagger, “Ruin Theory”

    from I Want Everything

    Quit Life - 2017

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:51:13 pm
  • No Way Out

    Government Warning, “Blank”

    from No Way Out

    Grave Mistake Records - 2005

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:52:26 pm
  • Executed

    Government Warning, “Executed”

    from Executed

    Grave Mistake Records - 2009

    Best Friend's Day at Gallery 5; Aug. 22; 2010

  • Time: August 20 - 2:56:18 pm
  • Marianas Trench + 9

    The Catalyst, “This Bike Is a Gravity Bong”

    from Marianas Trench + 9

    Perpetual Motion Machine - 2008

    Best Friend's Day After-Party at Strange Matter; Aug. 21; 2010

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