Thursday, 12/15 Mermaids I Mean Whales, Lobo Marino, The Moonbees (pictured above) @ The Camel 9pm.
Thursday, 12/15 Double Negative, Bukkake Boys, Unholy Thoughts, Slugz @ Strange Matter 10pm.
Thursday, 12/15 PC Worship (pictured above), Mutwawa, Nightshade, Navi @ Ghostprint 7:30pm.
Thursday, 12/15 Paul Ivey vs. the Board of Education (pictured above), Merrin Karas, The Hadron Delay @ Emilio’s in the Fan 9pm.
Friday, 12/16 Holiday Hoedown featuring Lee Harris & Country Sunshine, Loversville, Andy Vaughan & the Driveline, Slack Family @ Canal Club 8:30pm.
Friday, 12/16 Samson Trinh & the Upper East Side Big Band @ Bogart's in the Fan 9pm.
Friday, 12/16 Ohbliv (pictured above), DJ Zoidberg, Luggage @ The Nile Ethiopian 10pm.
Friday, 12/16 League of Space Pirates, Low On Sanity, Proceed the Eye @ Wonderland 9pm.
Friday, 12/16 Woods (pictured above), MMoss, The Diamond Center @ Strange Matter 10:15 pm.
Friday 12/16 12th Annual Happy Skalidays Day 1 feat. Among Criminals, East Coast Secondaries, Broadside, Murphy's Kids @ Strange Matter 5pm. All ages (early)
Friday, 12/16 Christmas Jam featuring Farm Vegas (Talking Heads covers set) & Friends @ Cary St. Café 10pm.
Friday, 12/16 Hamaganza Variety & Christmas Show @ Balliceaux 9pm; Saturday, 12/17 Hamaganza Variety & Christmas Show @ Capital Ale House Downtown Music Hall 9pm.
[This year's Hamaganza variety & Christmas show is on two nights. It just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Hamaganza is music, burlesque, comedy, drag and of course, the absolute star of the show every year - Richmond legend, Dirtwoman!]
Saturday, 12/17 Christmas Jam featuring Grease Trigger (pictured above), Farm Vegas (rock set) & Friends @ Cary St. Café 10pm.
Saturday, 12/17 12th Annual Happy Skalidays Day 2 featuring Murphy’s Kids (photo by Mary Jacobs), Capital 7, Tsunami Rising, Proverbial, Eastern Standard Time @ Strange Matter 5pm. All ages (early)
Saturday, 12/17 GlamBang (plays 1970's glam rock including the tunes of David Bowie, T. Rex, Mott the Hoople, Lou Reed, The Sweet, Roxy Music, and Alice Cooper) @ Emilio’s in the Fan 9pm.
Saturday, 12/17 Young Richmond Outkasts, Hard 2 Kill Ent., Ratchet City, POMC, Our City Boyz @ Kingdom 9pm. 21+
Saturday, 12/17 Former Champions, The Silo Effect (pictured above) @ The Camel 9pm.
Sunday, 12/18 Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun @ Shenanigan’s 8:30pm.
Sunday, 12/18 Druglord, Gnawed (photo by Luna Duran) @ Bandito's 10pm.
Sunday, 12/18 Down to Nothing, Cruel Hand, Born Annoying, Tough Luck @ Kingdom 5pm. All ages.
Written by John Lewis Morgan/originally appeared at onewayrichmond.com