Summer Fun in Richmond -- Schedule

This post will be regularly updated with concerts and other fun stuff occurring this summer. **** This was last updated April 28, 2007****

If you want weekly schedules, go to weeklyrant.com or check out the event links to the left.

1. GENERAL CALENDAR

------MAY------
* Friday Cheers and other weekly summer concert venues (see below) kick off
* Jamestown 2007 kicks off, including Godspeed visiting Richmond and Henricus May 23-26
* Richmond 1977 "30 Days of 30 Years" kicks off ...
May 5 -- Cinco De Mayo on Brown's Island


------JUNE------
June 9 -- (tentative) River city Beer and Seafood festival

------JULY------
* July 4 -- Fireworks at Dogwood Dell and The Diamond... followed by Fan Walking
* July 5 -- Kingsfest at King's Dominion
------AUGUST------
* TBD -- Carytown Watermelon Festival (Sunday Afternoon Early in August)



2. Innsbrook After Hours (Wednesdays, and some Fridays)
May 9 -- Wierd al Yankovic
May 16 Elliott Yamin
May 23 -- Dark Star Orchestra
May 30 -- Huey Lewis and the News
June 3 -- Three Days Grace/Braking Benjamin
June 6 -- LIVE
June 13 -- Gin Blossoms
June 20 -- Doobie brothers/Little Feat
June 22 -- Sugarland
June 27 -- TBA
July 4 -- No Concert
July 7 -- Taylor Hicks
July 11 -- Hootie an the Blowfish
July 18 -- Los Lonely Boys/Pat Green
July 25 -- TBA
July 26 -- Sara Evans
July 28 -- Chicago
Aug 10 -- The Wailers


3. Groovin in the Garden (Thursdays)
May 10 -- Seldom Scene... and the Avett Brothers
May 17 -- Dickey Betts & Great Southern
May 24 -- Medeski, Martin, & Wood
May 31 -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
June 7 -- Big Head Todd and the Monsters
June 14 -- Son Volt
June 21 -- TBA
June 28 -- 1964 the Tribute (Beatles covers)

4. Friday Cheers (uh... Fridays)
May 11 --- Carbon Leaf
May 18 -- Lee Boys / DJ Williams Project
June 1 -- Soullive/Exister
June 8 -- Keller Williams
June 15 -- AAE/Crucial Elements
June 22 -- Drive-by Truckers
June 29 -- The Slip

5. Other concert venues I will link but not list
* Fridays at Sunset (weekly)
* Dogwood Dell Festival of the Arts (Daily )
* Third thursdays at VMFA (monthly)
* Fourth Fridays at Artworks (monthly)
* First Fridays on Broad (monthly)
* Richmond Kickers games... not a concert but fun to watch with friends.


6. FALL 2007 EVENTS
* "Swingin on the Tracks" at the Science Museum (September/October) (weekly)
* October 5-6 -- 2nd Street Festival
* October 12-14 -- National Folk Festival