More shows scheduled for the National!
Since I posted yesterday about the scheduled shows at the new National Theater, 5 more shows have been listed at Pollstar.com.
They are:
3/10: Little Feat
03/21: Clutch
03/21: Hex Machine
03/21: Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
03/21: Murder By Death
It seems the bookings are really picking up steam. I hope they add some artists I’d like to see…
December 19, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Oooh, Little Feat!
They never play around here!
December 20, 2007 at 10:21 am
Anything from the 21st century yet?
December 20, 2007 at 11:10 am
Not yet.
The owners (or whoever) claim they’ll book the same shows as the NorVa- which next month includes Ani Difranco, Wyclef Jean, Lupe Fiasco, and a Sublime cover band.
“Mersel also will handle much of the booking for The National and says that shows will piggyback with The NorVa “probably 95 percent of the time.”‘ Via TD
December 20, 2007 at 11:38 am
They — and Toads — need to be looking to the Satellite Ballroom in Charlottesville as well. And they need to remember that that they have an WRIR in town that promotes that music and several colleges worth of potential patrons that they could tap into. It’s nice. There are two new state-of-the-art venues in town and people will still have to travel to hear the best in TODAY’s music, from Yo La Tengo to Fiery Furnaces to the always-incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (all coming to the Satellite in the coming months). It would be nice if these guys would tap into the kind of musical diversity that other neighboring communities take for granted. If they rely solely on classic rock and the Fridays After Five-type stuff, it’s time to start playing taps for them.
December 20, 2007 at 11:41 am
Should have finished this thought:
It’s nice to have older patrons taken care of, and I applaud the programming of hip-hop along with the classic rock. But there are two new state-of-the-art venues in town and people will still have to travel to hear the best in TODAY’s music…
January 14, 2008 at 2:20 am
Commenting on Don’s entry about the Satellite Ballroom in Charlottesville, WRIR, local universities et al.
I disagree that one has to still “travel to hear the best in TODAY’s music.” The artists that you listed, “from Yo La Tengo to Fiery Furnaces to the always-incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings” all are playing at that smaller venue because medium-sized venues like Toad’s Place can’t usually make any $$ unless people come out to those shows in good numbers (at least 500 tickets sold). Also, the relationship between WRIR and Toad’s is tremendous and VCU, VUU and UR community are their biggest consumers.
I actually think that Toad’s Place has done a tremendous job of booking a diverse range of acts since its inception…which has been less than six months in operation and much less since having an ABC license. If you look at the line-up, it is representative of the many musical genres and different demographics that any venue needs to cater to survive in Richmond and be successful.
The National group is certainly going to provide competition to Toad’s to be sure. It will probably have 25-50% crossover with Toad’s for acts booked for a 1,500 person venue. It may have to cater to an older crowd based on its location and the fact that it is a renovated “theater” setting.
The difference between the two groups, though, is that Turning Point Development (Toad’s) was always interested in bringing that type of venue to the City of Richmond. The National group does not really care about the City…evidenced by the fact that their preference was to put together a venue at the former Mulligan’s in Henrico County on Broad Street (they tried for 2 years) because they didn’t believe in downtown Richmond. But after the county didn’t want that type of business, they felt that they had no other option but to come to the city for the historic tax credits. If things don’t work out for the Nat’l…I’m sure some of the same smart politicians and supportive bigwigs involved with the Arts in Richmond will bail them out so that they can use their foray into Broad Street redevelopment as a true “real estate” play.
The following is a pretty comprehensive list of acts seen so far at Toad’s Place representing various musical genres including classic rock, reggae, folk, blues, jazz, country, punk, ska, metal, r&b, soul, funk, pop, bluegrass, indie rock, hip-hop and gospel…
Pre-ABC license
Carbon Leaf - Fri, June 22
Senses Fail with From Autumn to Ashes - Fri, June 29
Jefferson Starship - Thu, July 5th
Hawthorne Heights - Thu, July 12th
Reel Big Fish & Less Than Jake (Shout It Loud Tour) - Sat, July 21st
Kellie Pickler - Thu, July 26th
Sevendust - Fri, July 27th
Floetry - Tue, July 31st
Shiny Toy Guns - Thu, August 2nd
Buddy Guy - Tue, August 7th
GWAR - Wed, August 15th
Sam Bush - Fri, August 17th
Keyshia Cole - Wed, August 22nd
Stone Sour - Sat, August 25th
Post-ABC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Sun, August 26th
Lamb of God - Sun, September 2nd
Cowboy Mouth - Thu, September 13th
The Starting Line - Tue, September 18th
Soulive - Wed, September 19th
The Avett Brothers - Thu, September 20th
Dropkick Murphys - Sat, September 22nd
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic - Sun, September 23rd
JJ Grey & MOFRO - Mon, September 24th
Marshall Tucker Band - Thu, September 27th
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Fri, September 28th
Andrew Bird - Sun, September 30th
Megadeth - Mon, October 1st
Loudon Wainwright III - Wed, October 3rd
Richmond Symphony - Thu, October 4th
High On Fire - Fri, October 5th
Hanson - Wed, October 10th
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Thu, October 11th
moe. - Fri, October 12th
Tower of Power - Sat, October 13th
Gov’t Mule - Sun, October 14th
Umphrey’s McGee - Tue, October 16th
Joe Bonamassa - Thu, October 18th
Guster - Tue, October 23rd
They Might Be Giants - Wed, October 24th
The Disco Biscuits - Thu, October 25th
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Fri, October 26th
Chuck Brown - Sat, October 27th
Richmond Symphony - Thu, November 1st
Pat McGee/Josh Kelley - Fri, November 2nd
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
An Evening of Bluegrass - Sat, November 3rd
The Derek Trucks Band - Wed, November 7th
Zappa Plays Zappa - Thu, November 8th
Galactic - Fri, November 9th
Reverend Horton Heat - Sun, November 11th
Third Eye Blind - Mon, November 12th
Robert Earl Keen - Thu, November 15th
The Bravery - Fri, November 16th
Leon Russell - Sat, November 17th
Streetlight Manifesto - Sun, November 18th
The Hold Steady & Art Brut - Mon, November 19th
Hot Topic Presents Avenged Sevenfold - Wed, November 21st
Bruce In The USA - Fri, November 23rd
Go Tell It on the Mountain:
The Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show - Wed, November 28th
Paramore, Silversun Pickups and Army of Me (Y101 SNOWBALL) - Thu, November 29th
Cracker - Sat, December 1st
Little Brother - Wed, December 5th
Eddie From Ohio - Fri, December 7th
CAKE’s Unlimited Sunshine Festival - Sun, December 9th
The Hackensaw Boys - Thu, December 13th
Boyz II Men - Sun, December 16th
Corey Harris & The 5 x 5 Band - Sat, December 22nd
Virginia Rock Showcase:
The Sketches
Sparky’s Flaw
Tokyo - Thu, December 27th
New Year’s Eve with Carbon Leaf - Mon, December 31st
Rob Zombie - Mon, January 7th
Conshafter
Dutchess of York
OPM
Creepy Todd - Thur, January 10th
The Wu-Tang Clan coming January 18th
May 5, 2008 at 12:37 am
(Ahem)…one of the bands listed for 3/21 in the original
article is HEX MACHINE. A Richmond based
group from the 21st Century, a fox I might add.
Check em out.
May 5, 2008 at 2:46 pm
The Upper East Side Jazz Band will be at the National May 23rd. They will perform the entire “Abbey Road” album.