LarJar to perform weekly at City Dogs in the Fan!
Following two and a half great years of weekly Wednesday performances at Cary Street Cafe, LarJar has packed up and moved down the street to City Dogs, 1309 W. Main Street near VCU Campus. Starting June 2, LarJar will play every Wednesday night at the Dog, with two-set performances generally running from 9:30pm to 2am. City Dogs is Richmond’s best new home for live music, offering a clean, bright and pleasant venue with great food and drink specials, a spacious patio/deck and a charming staff. The shows are free for ages 21+ and $5 for ages 18+. We’ll be regularly featuring guest musicians, DJs spinning records for set break, opening acts, a new light show, the LarJarDog (ask your server!) and some very generous drink specials.
The band will continue on with occasional weekend performances at Cary Street Cafe, a set at Camp Barefoot this August, a handful of additional local dates this summer and the hotly anticipated LarJarFest slated for this fall.
Stay tuned to LarJar.net and the band’s Facebook page for updates on future dates, additional music releases, new gear and more.
Magazine 33 Haiti Relief Benefit
LarJar will be performing this Thursday at Emilio’s in the fan as a part of the Magazine 33 Haiti Relief Benefit Showcase. We’ll be sharing the stage with some great acts- Blue Line Highway, Beast Wellington and Crossroad Voodoo. The event is in support of the Doctors Without Borders efforts in Haiti, this is a great cause and the folks down there need every bit of assistance we can extend to them. Come out and get your boogie on and lets extend some support to those who need it most. 
New Jam! Organ Donor from 12-30-09 Live @ Cary Street Cafe
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The Ripple Effect! LarJar featured in Magazine33
Check out the article about LarJar in the premier issue of Magazine33, Richmond’s new art/culture/music online mag. Our good friend Meredith Ripple took the time to sit down with the band a few weeks ago and put together a great think-piece on all things LarJar. Tho it’s impossible to capture our combined glory in mere ink-and-paper descriptions, we like to think she came pretty close. The article includes the track “Ridin’ the Rails” from our forthcoming album. Cheers!
Reinvigorated!
After a week off, the band has returned to the residency on top of their game. As a special treat, we’re releasing a new track from the hotly anticipated “Many Adventures of…” album for your enjoyment. Take it all in from our free player below. See you Wednesday night, 10p.m. at Cary Street Cafe!
An additional special thanks to those of you who came out last week and caught Shiva Star’s guest performance. These Southside Funk veterans were happy to shed some four-piece electro-groove jazz for ya’ll and look forward to doing it again.
New track from the Many Adventures of LarJar
“The Respirator”
Track 2 from the forthcoming album
*Featuring Roberto Curts on electronic wind instrument
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Nationalized!
We’d like to extend a sincere “THANK YOU!” to everyone that made it out to the National last Friday night. The whole event was a great success thanks to the huge outpouring of support from friends, family and everyone else we harrassed into picking up tickets and coming out for the show. Grinding Stone, the MamaJamuhs and Silo Effect all played excellent sets, the crowd was attentive and lively, and we look forward to many more such events in the future.
Easy Alliances - This Friday - LarJar feat. Dave Decker
This Friday, April 3 we’ll be kicking out the jams at Grace Yoga, a great new local yoga/fitness/art/music space to celebrate the opening of “Easy Alliances”, an art exhibition by Dave Klemencic and Dave Decker. The opening will run from 7 to 10, with live music starting around 8.
Last night we were fortunate enough to have Dave Decker join us on percussion for the second set of our Wednesday night Cary Street Cafe show. The Super Octavius opened the show with a set of psychedelic rock that touched on Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty and more. Dave Decker will be featured on percussion for Friday night’s show, and we’re expecting a thumpin’ good time.
Grace Yoga is located at 209 N. Foushee Street between Broad and Grace. Its located within the reaches of the First Friday downtown gallery scene. This is their second art opening, both have been curated by Deirdre Nivala whose efforts have seen the blooming of Artemis Gallery on Main Street and a number of other local art spaces. The opening including live music, snacks and a hot tea bar will be free of charge. Please take a moment to drop by and celebrate with us.
LarJar and Super Octavius this Wednesday at Cary Street Cafe!
Come out this Wednesday, April 1 and check out LarJar with special guests The Super Octavius. This Harrisonburg, VA-based psychedelic rock outfit will be bringing the ruckus in a serious way. We’re ready for the challenge and have been gearing up to face off in a death-jazz battle royale. You can check out The Super Octavius online at their myspace page. Show starts at ten!
We’ll be joining Super Octavius in Harrisonburg on 4/20, more info TBA so check back soon!
Cary Street Cafe Every Wednesday!
The LarJar Band continues their reign at Cary Street Cafe this and every Wednesday. The fellas have been going strong every week for over a year (with a few notable exceptions) and will be keeping it up for the foreseeable future. The band has tightened their sound, expanded their repertoire and used the stage as a proving ground to deep it up while giving Richmonders a place to hear some thick jams and shake it on the dance floor. We’ve been hosting a variety of opening acts, once or twice a month ceding the stage to upcoming bands for the first hour, regularly incorporating them into the show later in the set. Openers have included the Ins and Outs, Southside Funk Quartet, Caught in the Rift, members of 11th House and Grinding Stone, Danny O’ Hanley, Russell Lacey and more.
T-Shirts!
We now have custom LarJar T-Shirts available! They’ll be added to the store inventory soon, but for now you can pick them up at any LarJar show. We’ve got multiple styles and colors so you can floss for your friends and let them know about the new hot band in town!
