This isn’t your classic dad rock, it’s MomFest! Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with a lineup of mom musicians, including 7th Grade Girl Fight, Holly Renee Allen, Another Mother, Heavy Flow, The Hot Mamas, Lora Kelley, and Devon Sproule. The afternoon features everything from indie rock and folky Americana, to swingy pop punk, singer-songwriter fare, and […]
This isn’t your classic dad rock, it’s MomFest! Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with a lineup of mom musicians, including 7th Grade Girl Fight, Holly Renee Allen, Another Mother, Heavy Flow, The Hot Mamas, Lora Kelley, and Devon Sproule. The afternoon features everything from indie rock and folky Americana, to swingy pop punk, singer-songwriter fare, and […]
Founded in the year 2000 by a group of musicians, dancers, and teachers, The Blue Ridge Irish Music School has fostered creative expression through the Celtic cultural traditions of music, dance, and song for more than two decades. Now, it’s getting the proverbial band back together for the BRIMS 25th Anniversary Reunion Concert. Current and […]
More than 100 performers from DMR Adventures come together with graduating seniors, regional artists, and Broadway talents for Broadway at The Paramount, a celebration of arts education that showcases unforgettable acts. Drawing from the most memorable moments featured in DMR Adventures’ latest season, this fusion of song, dance, and stagecraft offers selections from Elf, Shrek, […]
To say that Jay Pun is a busy guy is an understatement. The musician, restaurateur, educator, and father of two recently authored a children’s book, Som Tum and Sticky Rice, and co-founded VeryAsian VA, which in turn launched the VeryAsian VA Celebration. The fourth annual music event takes place on Friday, May 9, at Ting […]
It’s the dawn of a new era at Vault Virginia with the unveiling of The Guild, an intimate live-music venue presenting world-class experiences organized by The Festy co-founder Michael Allenby. The debut event features two seated shows from a bluegrass trio led by Jeremy Garrett of the Grammy Award-winning band The Infamous Stringdusters. Garrett, an […]
Saturday 5/3, IX Art Park Ships In The Night, the one-gal, electronic, smoke-and-mirrors synth project of Charlottesville’s own Alethea Leventhal, descends from the ethereal mists for what local fans will recognize as a performance wrapped in a thematic event. SITN has a recurring habit of playing all manner of spookily framed balls, proms, raves, and […]
Jazz virtuoso Charlie Ballantine returns to town with veteran performers Quinn Sternberg on bass and New York City drummer Dan Weiss behind the kit. The trio holds a reverent-yet-innovative stance toward the history of jazz, bringing unique takes on genre standards while weaving in original works and versions of popular tracks like The Beatles’ “Strawberry […]
Country singer-songwriter Wyatt Flores channels the spirit of the Plains in his roots-based repertoire, extolling small-town truths in sincere storytelling. The 23-year-old from Stillwater, Oklahoma, wrestles with mortality, young love, and reconciling his place in the world through songs bearing influences from time-tested rock ‘n’ roll, throwback country, and downhome folk. Flores’ star is on […]
April 26, The Jefferson Theater A famous musician named Paul McCartney once sang, “You’d think that people would’ve had enough of silly love songs / But I look around me and I see it isn’t so.” That was in 1976 and the co-founder of The Beatles was in a new band, Wings, with his wife […]
A triple-bill embodying the spirit of independent music showcases Philly-based Bruise Bath, alongside two local acts. Bruise Bath’s Zak Krone (a former WTJU DJ) returns to town with the ground-down, slowcore project, trafficking in melodic riffs and droning harmonies. Space-Saver presents spaced-out sessions of experimental music, drawing from free jazz, doom metal, acid techno, and […]