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Rives Theatre Has a JAM-packed Month For You
Friday, November 2nd - Rock band Slick Jr. & The Reactors will perform at the Rives for the Martinsville High School class of 1978 reunion party, but all members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend. The band, made of of some of the area’s most talented musicians from Patrick, Henry and Franklin counties, specializes in “Boogie, Roots and Dem Dang Greasy Blues.”
Doors 8PM // Music 9PM
Tickets $10 Buy tickets here
MOVIE - Saturday, November 3rd - Best friends Félicie and Victor hatch a plan to escape from their rural orphanage in 19th-century France. Félicie dreams of becoming a ballerina, while Victor wants to use his brainpower to invent things. After busting out, Félicie makes her way to the Paris Opera where she joins a class of highly trained dancers who are auditioning for the lead in a production of “The Nutcracker.”
Doors 2PM // Movie 3PM
Tickets $5 Adults // $3 Kids (7 and under FREE)
Wednesday, November 7th - Born in New Orleans, John “Papa” Gros has spent more than a quarter-century championing the music of the Big Easy. He’s played it all — New Orleans funk, rock & roll, jazz, blues, Americana, pop/rock, and he swirls those styles into a genre-bending gumbo that pays tribute to his influences while still pushing ahead into new territory. Like Allen Toussaint and Dr. John, Gros is a proud local who carries on the tradition of New Orleans music, both honoring its past and helping to shape its future.
He’s been a sideman. A bandleader. A frontman. A solo artist. A singer. An instrumentalist. The roles have been varied, but the goal remains the same: to honor the music he’s been living his whole life, and to add his own page to New Orleans’ history book.
Doors 7PM // Music 8PM
Tickets $15 adv // $20 day of show
Saturday, November 10th - AJ Ghent [j-ent] and His Singing Guitar construct a musical sound that can be heard howling from the church to the streets to the clubs. His style can be defined as fresh, nostalgic, electrifying and roots rock, — fusing blues, funk, rock, and pop, mashing it into a genre he likes to call, NEO BLUES.
The energy and passion which resonates from AJ’s music, from the strum of the guitar and the conviction of the vocals, the pounding rhythm of the drums, to the thought provoking lyrics, is sure to be felt by any crowd. AJ aims to create an unforgettable experience for music lovers, with the hopes of taking them to a musical paradise. A little hip-shaking, finger snapping, head nodding is all you need for this tuneful travel excursion. He calls James Brown, Prince, and his family heritage as influences. He can be heard picking, sliding and strumming all over those strings, whether it’s one of his custom built 6 or 8-string lap steel hybrids or his acoustic resonator. What is different from most lap steel players is AJ performs standing upright like a guitar player, using his over handed technique to play slide, so that he can dance, and have more mobility during his live shows. AJ was born to fly!
Doors 8PM // Music 9PM
$12 adv. // $15 at door // $10 w/valid College ID // Season Passes Gladly Accepted
Saturday, November 24th - Join us on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend for BIG Something and opener The Drove at the Rives Theatre.
A 6-piece powerhouse with a sound that is both unique and timeless, Big Something fuses elements of rock, pop, funk, and improvisation to take listeners on a journey through a myriad of musical styles. It’s no secret why this group has quickly become one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the Southeast. Soaring guitars, EWI (electronic wind instrument), synths, horns and alluring vocal hooks rise to the top of their infectious collection of songs and represent a sound that has caught the ears of such revered stalwarts as Umphrey’s McGee, Moon Taxi, Galactic, moe., Robert Randolph, and even The B52s, who have all tapped Big Something as direct support.
Doors 8PM // Music 9PM
Tix $15 adv // $20 day of show // Artisan Cafe members get in FREE