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Activate! October 6 – October 13

Mike Rutz

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

 

Dave Watkins / Whiskey Butter Sauce / When No One Else Is Here And Everyone Is Asleep – Silent Music Revival for “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” as part of Carnival of 5 Fires’ 10th Anniversary at Gallery 5, Oct. 7 @ 7pm (w/ All the Saints Theater Company, Variety Show hosted by Deanna Danger, Party Liberation Front Presents: Pyro Circus Street Show, Dharma Bombs, Lightfoot Revival)

Dharma Bombs / Virginia Swing / Bird Dog Basement Tapes – Balliceaux, Oct. 13 @ 9:30pm

 

The Corey Harris Band / Underground / Fulton Blues – The Camel, Oct. 12 @ 8pm (w/ The Bush League)

 

Jackass Flats / Fly On a B String / Greetings From Jackass Flats – A Benefit for the Home / The Broadberry, Oct. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Jouwala Collective)

 

BJ Barham / Unfortunate Kind / Rockingham – The Camel, Oct. 10 @ 8pm

 

Will Overman Band / All I Say / Will Overman Band – The Camel, Oct. 9 @ 8pm (w/ Barstool Heroes)

 

K Philips / Sheriff’s Wife / American Girls – Capital Ale House, Oct. 7 @ 8pm

 

California Guitar Trio / Cathedral Peak / Andromeda – Capital Ale House, Oct. 13 @ 8pm

 

Tim Reynolds and TR3 / Creature on Quaaludes / Petroglyph – Capital Ale House, Oct. 12 @ 8pm

 

The New Deal / Glide / The New Deal – The National, Oct. 13 @ 6:30pm (w/ Dopapod)

 

Milan to Minsk / Oona O’neill / Milan to Minsk – Sound of Music, Oct. 11 @ 7pm (w/ My Darling Fury, Kenneka Cook, Navel Gazer )

 

Sister Helen / The Blending of Blue and Green / single – Strange Matter, Oct. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Trio What, Antelope King, Samarra, Paint Store, Noise Table)

 

Spacemere / Apartment Opera / Apartment Opera – Canal Club, Oct. 8 @ 7pm (w/ Sleave, Stereobloom, Better Homes)

 

Lucy Dacus / Direct Address / No Burden – The National, Oct. 7 @ 7pm (w/ My Darling Fury, Spooky Cool)

 

The Posies / I Guess You’re Right / Every Kind of Light – Secret Pop-Up Show in Richmond, Oct. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Glass Twin)

 

Church Girls / Avalanche / Thousand Lives – Gallery 5, Oct. 8 @ 7:30pm (w/ Murabess, Minimum Balance, Second Date)

 

Slingshot Dakota / Paycheck / Break – Strange Matter, Oct. 8 @ 5pm (w/ Kississippi, Cat Be Damned, Smoke Break)

 

The Trillions / Extinction Blues / Superposition – The Camel, Oct. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Hot Reader, Camp Howard, Manatree)

 

White Laces / Cheese / No Floor – Hardywood, Oct. 8 @ 5pm (w/ Lady God, Pete Curry, Ttotals)

Ttotals / Sometimes You Just Are / Spectrums of Light

 

Big No / MY Mind Won’t Shut Up / Old Home – RVA Label Showcase / The Broadberry, Oct. 9 @ 4pm (w/ Young Scum, Among The Rocks And Roots, Dharma Bombs, Basmati, Cavum, Feral Conservatives, Death Birds Surf Club)

Basmati / Glitterus / BAZ – Strange Matter, Oct. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Puff Pieces, The Effects, Pinkwash, Hoax Hunters)

Pinkwash / Longer Now / Collective Sigh

 

Diarrhea Planet / Life Pass / Turn to Gold – The Broadberry, Oct. 11 @ 7:30pm (w/ Western Medication, Lightfields)

Western Medication / Desperately Adaptable / The Entertainers’ Secret

 

Cosmonauts / Dirty Harry / Persona Non Grata – Strange Matter, Oct. 12 @ 8pm (w/ Hey Guy, Imaginary Sons, Naked Baby)

 

Shadow Age / Silaluk / Silaluk – Sound of Music, Oct. 12 @ 8pm (w/ Unmaker, Park Sparrows, Without Waves)

 

Cinemechanica / Vietnamese Pool Party / Cinemechanica – Ask a punk, Oct. 13 @ 7pm (w/ This City Called Earth, Latent, Doubtfire)

 

Balance and Composure / Reflection / The Things We Think We’re Missing – The Broadberry, Oct. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Foxing, Mercury Girls)

 

Mouth of the Architect / Drown the Old / Path of Eight – Strange Matter, Oct. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Netherlands, Zvi)

Netherlands / Lord It Over / Fantasmatic

 

Gritter / Sayonara / Welcome to the Sinkhole – Wonderland, Oct. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Bone Storm, Eyes to the Sun); Bandito’s, Oct. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Vomit Stain, Bone Storm)

 

Necrocosm / Octopian Eclipse / Damnation Doctrine – 25 Watt, Oct. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Throne of Botis, Rotting Obscene, Disgorgement, Awakened from Dormancy, Vomit Stain)

 

Wume / Control / Maintain – Strange Matter, Oct. 13 @ 8pm (w/ Richard Pinhas, Gardener, With Sympathy)

 

Even more shows (by date):

 

Richmond Folk Festival – Oct. 7 (www.richmondfolkfestival.org)

 

Mighty Joshua – Hofheimer Building, Oct. 7 @ 5pm

 

Sam Burchfield – Hardywood, Oct. 7 @ 5pm

 

Ken Block & Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel – The Tin Pan, Oct. 7 @ 7pm

 

Southern Belles – The Camel, Oct. 7 @ 8pm (w/ BYOG)

 

Life on Mars: A Tribute to David Bowie – The Broadberry, Oct. 7 @ 8pm

 

Sarah White – Crossroads, Oct. 7 @ 8pm

 

Epic Adventure / Return to Nightosphere – Canal Club, Oct. 7 @ 8pm (w/ Des McMahon, Tre Justice, Ruckle, Tripnotic, Lyfesavr, Suli)

 

PLF Presents: Music Box Sugar and Spice edition – Strange Matter, Oct. 7 @ 10pm (w/ DJ Throdown, Beat Kitty, Sultans)

 

Butcher Brown – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 7 @ 10pm

 

Richmond Folk Festival – Oct. 8 (www.richmondfolkfestival.org)

 

Barstool Heroes – Bears Hideaway, Oct. 8 @ 4pm

 

Maze – Landmark theater, Oct. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Frankie Beverly, Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul)

 

Psylo Joe – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 8 @ 10pm

 

Richmond Folk Festival – Oct. 9 (www.richmondfolkfestival.org)

 

Burrito Riders League – Hardywood, Oct. 9 @ 3pm

 

Songwriter Showcase – The Camel, Oct. 9 @ 4pm (w/ Hannah Goad (Whatever, Honey) Rue Snider Adam Watkins (Wester Green) Eliza Whitmire Comaboo)

 

Magic Dick & Shun Ng – The Tin Pan, Oct. 9 @ 7pm

 

Samantha Pearl – Crossroads, Oct. 9 @ 8pm

 

Lobo Marino – EarthDreams / Gallery 5, Oct. 9 @ 6pm (w/ All the Saints Theater Company, Laterna Dance Company)

 

The Rise of Eva O – Fallout, Oct. 9 @ 9pm (w/ BSK, Griimoiire)

 

The TROMA Film Series feat. “Hectic Knife” – Gallery 5, Oct. 10 @ 7:30pm

 

Tea Leaf Green – The Broadberry, Oct. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Atlas Road Crew)

 

Ice Nine Kills – Canal Club, Oct. 11 @ 5pm (w/ Secrets, Sylar, Cover Your Tracks, Out Came The Wolves, Relate, Arm The Witness)

 

The Currys – The Tin Pan, Oct. 11 @ 7pm

 

YG – The National, Oct. 11 @ 7pm (w/ Sadboy, Kamaiyah, RJ)

 

Noelle Tannen & The Filthy No-Nos – Strange Matter, Oct. 11 @ 8pm (w/ Kings, Vibe Riot)

 

Dirty Heads – The National, Oct. 12 @ 6:30pm (w/ NeW bEAt FUNd, RDGLDGRN)

 

Crystal Bowersox – The Tin Pan, Oct. 12 @ 7pm

 

Chrome Sparks – The Broadberry, Oct. 12 @ 8pm (w/ Roland Tings)

 

No MS’n Around Benefit Show – The Camel, Oct. 13 @ 4pm (w/ Jay Revardo, X Dez & Marob X, Kushem)

 

Richmond Symphony Presents Rush Hour – Hardywood, Oct. 13 @ 5pm

 

Dalton Rapattoni – Canal Club, Oct. 13 @ 5:30pm (w/ School of Rock House Band)

 

Richard Thompson – Modlin Center, Oct. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Sam Amidon)

 

Eric Johnson – The Tin Pan, Oct. 13 @ 7pm

 

Mikrowaves – The Camel, Oct. 13 @ 8pm (w/ The Flavor Project)

 

Mark Huff – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 13 @ 8pm (w/ Spenser Morgan)

 

Boxwave – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 13 @ 10pm