Scum City Slam 2025

Crazy lineup of bands including: Asylum 213, Pickaxe, The Get Off, Hermaeus Mora, Trunk, Bananaslama, Cumshot Wound, Silico

May the 4th be with you….

$12 adv / $15 day of

Good ol local Saturday night gig with Piranha Rama, Young Scum, and George!

$12 adv / $15 day of

Join us for May Community Care Night! This month we will open up the space for an engaging discussion about Richmond’s live music scene. Attendees will have the chance to ask local venue representatives the questions that matter most.

Ever wondered why ticket prices fluctuate, how venues choose which artists to book, or what goes into making your favorite local shows happen? This is your opportunity to hear directly from the people behind Richmond’s independent venues and get insights into the local concert experience.

We’ll be collecting questions ahead of time through a poll on our IG story and at the door to help shape the discussion. Whether you’re a dedicated show-goer, a curious newcomer, or someone passionate about Richmond’s music culture, we invite you to come listen, learn, and engage. Let’s build a stronger, more connected music community together!

🎤: The event will be moderated by local music photographer and WRIR board member @miranda.unofficial

This event is free and open to the public!

In collaboration with Gallery5, three Richmond local metal bands: Void The Sandman, Anastasia, and Half Past Dead are hosting a benefit show for the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. VSDVA is a non-profit that aims to advocate and educate on behalf of victims of sexual violence. 

$10

Check out the bands:

https://linktr.ee/voidthesandman

www.instagram.com/anastasia_musica 

https://linktr.ee/hpdhalfpastdead 

Come groove to the smooth sounds of Japanese City Pop at Gallery5! Our DJs will be spinning all the hits from the 70s and 80s that will transport you to the bustling streets of Tokyo. Get ready to dance the night away and immerse yourself in the retro vibes of this iconic music genre. Don't miss out on this one-of-a-kind event celebrating the best of Japanese City Pop!

With DJ Fredy J, DJ Straw, and DJ Plum Eternal

$8 adv / $12 day of

Jazz Night is free and open to the public! Art closing happy hour 5-7!

On the fourth Friday of each month we open up our doors to the jazz world.

In April, the Andromeda Quartet will be joining us, with WRIR DJ Samazon Prime spinning between sets.

Optional VIP Tables are available for purchase - they support the artists and ensure you get a comfy seat for this awesome night of music!

Hosted by Jelly Goblin and featuring Rebel Rouser, Fushia Deville, and Mad Maxxi.

$7 advanced, $10 day of show.

Seating is first come, first serve.

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$15

Celebrate spring with your buds, and all the lovely green plants that are popping up at Gallery5…

$12 adv / $15 day of

Doors at 8pm

Show at 9pm

18+ Only

After an oversold debut show in 2023, we’re looking to make the third year's event more awesome. Church is our reclamation of the term to mean a safe space to gather. It’s an opportunity to worship the grace that is queer and trans people; in femmes and weirdos; in fat bodies and all the in betweens.  It’s a reminder of the holiness of marginalized resistance and persistence. It's a space to find joy in the face of it all. In a season where religion and morality are being used to further push us into the margins, it's more important to reclaim our space in this way than ever.

Hosted by Qing Blaze

Featuring performances by:

Aquarius Moon 

Candi Capped

Catty Wompass

Daisy Brazen

Fox E Martin

Gordita Maricona

Jo’Rie Tigerlily 

Kayy Lovely

LaShawn Rose

Perpetua Bold

Poppy la Fae

Sally Stardust

Venessa Chevelle

Kitten: D3ADP4N

Gogo: Serenity and Storm Psycho 6

Gallery5 is a 501c3 non profits arts organization devoted to engaging communities through the arts Your purchase helps fuel our mission!

For more information please visit www.gallery5arts.org. All sales are final, no refunds.

Accessibility info: the venue is accessible and has accessible single person genderless restrooms.

Parking info: there is street parking only. Get there early to ensure a spot near the venue. There are a couple accessible spots within a block of the venue.

Gallery5 is celebrating 20 years of serving the community as a grassroots arts space! Join us for a birthday blow out featuring live performances, retro carnival games, arts-focused raffle prizes, and more to ring in this milestone and help raise funds to support the Gallery. Tickets are, you guessed it, $20 to attend. Members get in free!

Performances by Houdan the Mystic, Museum District, WRIR & more!

Plus – there’ll be a big ole’ birthday cake and we can ALL sing Gallery5 happy birthday! Our community makes this space run, so everyone gets to blow out the candles together, of course!

Come ready to dance, compete, and have a good freakin’ time, this is a party after all!

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Doors 7pm, Music at 8pm

$15 adv/$20 day of

Presale tickets cut off at 4pm on April 17th. Remaining tickets will be available at the door: cash, card, apple pay, etc.

A live music/shadow and light spectacular!

$18 adv/ $20 day of

SOLAR-POWERED GENERATOR is an audio-visual spectacle, joining the livewire musicianship of power trio BOYSCOUTMARIE with the experimental light, shadow and projections of puppetry collective We Wiggle Dolls. Originally intended as a one-off performance, this collaborative show exhilarated the performers and garnered such a positive response that a decision was quickly reached to further develop the project and share it beyond our Brooklyn-based audience.

Lighting the band from behind, our light puppeteers cast the otherwise obscured band’s silhouettes against a gigantic screen. Over the show, their shapes are warped; cast in psychedelic colors and textures; placed among representative scenery alongside a narrative shadow puppet presentation.

SOLAR-POWERED GENERATOR is a synesthetic rarity: a transportive realization of a songbook’s full potential.

$15

Her New Knife is a shoegaze/alternative band based out of Philadelphia, PA. The group's members include Edgar Atencio (guitar and vocals), Ben Kachler (guitar), Carolina Schooley (bass), and Elijah Ford (drums).

The band's recent EP, ‘chrome is lullaby’, captures a raw, vulnerable allure, offering fans of shoegaze and post-punk a profound connection to their unique sound. Their live performances are a mesmerizing experience, where scraping guitars and relentless, machine-like drums create an atmosphere that is both intense and ephemeral. Each show is an oblique journey, drawing the audience into fleeting and intimate moments. Her New Knife is currently working on a debut LP, expected to release in late 2025.

$10 adv / $12 day of

Woody Woodworth & The Piners headline a night of Americana featuring DC-based Brian K & The Parkway and locals Danger Birds.

7pm doors

8pm show

$12 Advanced/$15 Day of show

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On First Friday, April 4th, Gallery5 and RVA Magazine will join forces to commemorate their joint 20-Year Anniversaries with a special “Birthday Celebration and Block Party.” This event will transform the block around Gallery5 into a vibrant night market & festival of fire (curated by RVA Moon Market and Party Liberation Foundation). It will also feature a full line up of live musical performances and a collaborative 20 Year Retrospective exhibition & slide show reflecting on 2 decades of Richmond’s artistic, cultural & political movements as well as highlighting both organizations’ origins and shared commitment to enriching the city’s artistic community.

Featuring Live Performances By:
No BS! Brass Band
Sweet Potatoes
Gull
WRIR 97.3

Come see amazing performances by RVA local buffoons Velvet Ruin, Flora & the Fauna, Three Brained Robot, and pr<3gnancy scare and we swear no one will prank you!!

10 adv / 15 dos

https://www.instagram.com/velvet.ruin/
https://www.instagram.com/floraandthefauna.rva/
https://www.instagram.com/threebrainedrobot/
https://www.instagram.com/pregnancyscarerva/

Box Factory, joined by friends Dropheads and No Sku, come together to celebrate Box's third single- "The rain."

$10 advance / $15 day of show

Jazz Night is free and open to the public! Art closing happy hour 5-7!

On the fourth Friday of each month we open up our doors to the jazz world.

In March, The Tina Hashemi Quartet will be joining us, with WRIR DJ Straw spinning between sets.

Tina Hashemi is an emerging jazz vocalist who brings a sweet sensibility to classic jazz standards and the Great American Songbook. Her pure, unaffected tone, her sense of swing, and her creativity as an improviser with big ears and stores of imagination has made her a favorite throughout the Virginia/D.C. area.

• Tina Hashemi - Vocals

• Garen Dorsey - Keys

• Jimmy Trussell - Bass

• Kofi Shepsu - Drums

Optional VIP Tables are available for purchase - they support the artists and ensure you get a comfy seat for this awesome night of music!

Sundance Cowboy is a groove rock band from RVA that demands you to be on your feet dancing! Deep R&B rhythms with funk horns and guitar transport you to the Wild West where Steely Dan, Bowie, John Mayer, and Kool & The Gang reign supreme.

Madly Backwards is a denim jacket rock band from Richmond, VA. Electric guitars, vocal harmonies, and deep grooves wrap you in the swagger of a well-worn denim jacket. They draw equally from indie rock, Americana, jam, and psychedelic music for a distinctive sonic palette and then deliver thoughtfully crafted songs in a high-energy rock show.

Beya is an eclectic blend of folk, rock, and piercing lyricism for lovers of Mitski, Lizzy McAlpine, and Paul Simon. Hailing from the chasmic maw of Richmond, Virginia, Nashville-based songwriter Beya dips into the well of poetry, queer identity, and coming-of-age to inspire her disarmingly intimate songwriting.

$10 advance / $12 day of show

With a unique blend of post-punk, no-wave, and bombastic art rock, CS Cleaners juxtapose freaky abandonment with austere precision, their songs acerbic yet increasingly unglued. Atonal guitars and a deceptively bouncy rhythm fight against one another, the whole thing convulsing and trickling with art punk dexterity. One minute they’re bending beneath the weight of a disjointed groove and the next they’re sprawling into the unknown, spitting and twitching at all tempos. The sound is abrasive and delightfully strange, with our hosts CS Cleaners inviting you to break away from daily monotony and just get weird.

$10 advance / $15 day of show

tickets coming soon

Beef (Philly), Fit Check, Terror Cell, Mercy Mission

Don’t let your future self down.

$10 advance / $12 day of show

Questions your neighbor might ask you this Spring:

• Hey, do you think it’s too early to start mowing the lawn?

• Where were you when Pyramid Mass released their brand new Gargling Rot EP alongside heavy hitters, Plaguefever and Eradicant?

Will you be able to admit that you foolishly missed Jon Hawkins’ modular synth-laden set Thumpr as it weaved in and out of the bands’ changeovers?

Don’t let your future self down.

$10 advance / $12 day of show

Vintage Youth Presents: Open Minds Night
A Monthly Third Thursdays Open Mic Series
Thursday, March 20th

Hosted by: Reppa Ton
Featured Guest: Anneliese
DJ: Ant The Symbol

Doors, Happy Hour and Day of Sign Up: 7p.m.
Performances: 8-11p.m.
$5 Donation at The Door

Open Minds: Open Mic night will be MC’d by a featured artist with brand new audience participation opportunities including an audience voted Open Mic Winner! The winner this month will be the Special Guest of next month’s Open Mic with top billing and increased stage time to test out new material.

Calling all Performers! Are you a musician, vocalist, poet or spoken word artist looking for a stage to share your talents & new material with a live audience? Join us for Open Minds Night, where you can perform in an inclusive & judgement-free zone that encourages creativity. Connect with like-minded performers, collaborate & grow your artistic community.

How to Sign Up:

• Complete this online form to tell us more about your act & to reserve a spot.

• A limited number of spots will be available so we encourage early registration.

• Sign ups will also be available the night of the event.

• Up to 12 minutes allotted per performer. No full bands.

For any questions, please email: openmindsnight@gmail.com

Join us for a night of experimental noise, drone, and heart song. Part of a seasonal experimental music showcase at Gallery 5, this spring equinox edition is meant to thaw your ice and break sweep the cobwebs from your wintry ears.

Improvisation, electronic noise, song, drone, and more!

Doors at 7, sounds 8.

$10 advance / $13 day of show

Come down to the Gallery for another night of fundraising for our dear friend, Justin. Mama Galante and Rachel Dunaway have prepared a one of a kind social dance set to kicks things off at 7pm sharp! Ceili will be performing a brand new set followed by even more dancing along to DJ Leto’s Sonic Debauchery.

$15 advance / $15 day of show
$5 student ticket