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The Hip-Hop Orchestra – a unique hip-hop & r&b tribute

La Primavera Strings presents: Friday, August 29, 2025 at The Annex The Hip-Hop Orchestra A unique hip-hop & R&B tribute by La Primavera Strings  Celebrating Jaseon Rae’s Album Release We’re bringing the beats & the strings together for a one-night-only mashup of classical vibes and hip-hop energy.  Featuring: La Primavera Strings Louissa Claya DJ Mike Millz  + more surprise guests! La Primavera Strings will be putting a classical twist on hits by Kendrick Lamar, Coolio, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, and more! Orchestra meets bars & beats—you’ve never heard hip-hop like this before. Pull up & turn up!    Tickets: $15 early bird through 8/15.  $20 starting 8/16.  $25 day of show. Doors 7pm, Music 8pm All Ages      

Son Little at The Annex (solo acoustic)

LAVA Presents:Tuesday, December 3, 2025 at The Annex   An evening with Son Little (solo acoustic)   Doors 7pm // Music 8pm Tickets $30 adv // $35 day of All Ages   —- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_XdKr7q0r8&list=RD0_XdKr7q0r8&start_radio=1&ab_channel=NPRMusic Conceived in a cabin overlooking the Delaware River in upstate New York, Son Little’s latest album, Like Neptune, trades in the existential dread permeating previous work for unbridled joy and self-acceptance. In this verdant space of freedom, Son Little transmutes the chronic pain of self-doubt into a beautiful opus about overcoming generational trauma, decorating the altar of the primordial blues and elevating the labor of healing to high art.   “In the beginning of lockdown, I went into a closet full of junk and found a couple of boxes full of my old writing books,” Livingston explained. “There turned out to be 72 books in there.”  “The oldest book I got as a Christmas present when I was 9,” he continued. “In it, I wrote letters to myself about what was happening in my life. One page refers to a neighbor in Queens who abused me sexually around age 5. It was the first and only time I’d ever acknowledge this fact until after my 19th birthday, when I told my mother what had happened. She begged me go to therapy. I went under protest. My attempt wasn’t sincere. I wasn’t ready. I thought I could just power through it.”   Years of anxiety, depression, panic attacks and the aforementioned existential dread ensued, often dulled or numbed by the effects of alcohol, drugs, or sex. A frightening car crash and arrest finally led him back into therapy in 2017. Aggressively employing progressive methods like EMDR and somatic healing, Livingston, with the help of a trusted therapist, began identifying the roots of his trauma, and where it lives in the body. But the biggest breakthrough came from Internal Family Systems, a methodology that recognizes responses to trauma triggers as distinct entities or ‘parts’ within the person, and requires the patient essentially have conversations with the different traumatized personalities within them.  “One day in therapy I started talking to myself– to that annoying inner voice that criticizes everything when you mess up. I asked them how old they were and they said ’10’. I asked if they knew who I was, or how old I was and they said ‘no’! Strange as it all seems it’s had some amazing results. I’m able to soothe and comfort my inner…children.”   The open exchange with his wounded inner self challenges a tradition of silence that masks the trauma coursing through the bedrock of the genre; the impact of abuse has infamously undergirded the catalogs and upended the lives of some of R&B’s most iconic musicians. Like Neptune, however, counters that no student or practitioner of the tradition should believe trauma to be a necessary component of their sound.  

Stage Select, Fuchsia City, Solbrass, UBU, Twin Bee at The Annex

LAVA Presents:Saturday, August 2, 2025 at The Annex   Stage SelectFuschia CitySolbrassUBUTwin Bee   We’ll have Button Slashers retro video game arcade set-up all day long!   This event is ALL AGES and starts EARLY!   Tickets are on-sale now + fee free physical tickets will be available at Packed House beginning 7/16   Poster by Rusty Painte   Tickets $10 advance // $15 day of show Doors 4pm // Music 5pm All Ages

VA Genius Jazz Festival

Sunday, August 3, 2025 at The Annex   VA GENIUS JAZZ FESTIVAL 3rd Annual   Featuring: Hot Gumbo Brass Band – Reunion Performance Synergii meets Better By Tuesday Duane Smith and The VA Experiment More Genius (ft. Michael Giamille) Genius Jam Session   VIP ticket includes reserved seat, raffle entry, merch access   Doors 2pm // Music 3pm All Ages

Fox & the Bear album release

LAVA Presents:Saturday, September 20, 2025 at The Annex   Fox & the Bear – “Feels Like Home” Album Release show! with special guests Logan Vath Tanya Gallagher   Tickets $15 advance // $20 day of Doors 6pm // Music 6:45pm All Ages

Full Moon Fever – Virginia’s Tom Petty Tribute

LAVA Presents: Friday, September 12, 2025 at The Annex   Full Moon Fever  Virginia’s Tom Petty Tribute with special guest   Doors 7pm // Music 8pm Tickets $15 advance // $20 day of show All Ages

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