Summer is in full swing, and plenty of venues around Virginia are bringing artists of local, national, and international significance to play shows and fill festival lineups. Whether you want to jam out with the biggest names in rock, rap, and country, or discover someone new, there's a July concert for you in Virginia. 

NOTE: This is not a complete list of shows and certain schedules may change. Please check with the individual venues for the most up to date details.

MUSIC FESTIVALS

Wintergreen Music Festival – Nellysford

Experience orchestra and chamber music performances inspired by nature in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The festival takes place July 3-27 at Wintergreen Resort.  

FredFEST – Singers Glen

This family-run music festival takes place in the Shenandoah Valley July 11-13. Camp out for the weekend or come for a day of live music and local food truck. Performers this year include Fantastic Cat, Sway Wild, Tall Tall Trees, and Palmyra.

Shenandoah Valley Music Festival – Orkney Springs

Head to the lower pavilion at Shrine Mont for this concert series that starts July 18 and goes through the end of the summer. Featured performers this year include The Motortown All-Stars, Gaelic Storm, and The Bacon Brothers.

Norfolk Latino Music Festival – Norfolk

Town Point Park on the waterfront will host the Norfolk Latino Music Festival on July 19. The free fest is in its 24th year and will feature live music, delicious cuisine, family-friendly activities, and dancing.

FloydFest – Check

Enjoy music and magic in the mountains at FloydFest: Aurora. Rock out with headliners The Black Crowes, Mt. Joy, Gov’t Mule, and JJ Great & Mofro, plus don’t miss art installations and kid-friendly activities. This year’s festival will take place July 23-27 at Festival Park in Check.  

For Fourth of July events (many of which have live music), check out our guide to Independence Day celebrations in Virginia.

RICHMOND CONCERTS

The National Theater opened in Richmond, Virginia with much fanfare in 1923. It became a part of the then-thriving downtown theater scene. Today it is a music-lover’s fantasyland with video screens, monitors, and seven full bars for visitors.

The National

Photo Credit: Adam Kliebenstein

At The National

  • July 3 – I Love R&B with DJ Lonnie B
  • July 15 – Breaking Benjamin Acoustic
  • July 18 – Rick Wakeman
  • July 19 – I Love the 80s featuring Flock of Seagulls
  • July 25 – Saved by the 90s

At The Broadberry

  • July 9 – Phosphorescent
  • July 11 – Be Kind & Rewind
  • July 24 – Prabir Trio
  • July 25 – Knot Your Kind (Slipknot Tribute)
  • July 26 – Silly Bus
  • July 26 – Jeremy Jordan & Age of Madness  

At the Altria Theater

  • July 12 – All White Southern Soul Music Festival  

At the Dominion Energy Center

  • July 10-31 – Richmond Symphony Summer Serenades   
  • July 27 – Lyle Lovett and his Large Band

At the Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront

  • July 10 – Kidz Bop Live
  • July 12 – Counting Crows  
  • July 15-16 – Dave Matthews Band
  • July 17 – Brad Paisley
  • July 19 – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
  • July 24 – Lamb of God
  • July 26 – Whiskey Myers

At Virginia Credit Union Live at Richmond Raceway

  • July 14 – Teddy Swims

CHARLOTTESVILLE CONCERTS

Paramount Theater Charlottesville

Paramount Theater

Photo Credit: Parker Alexander Meyers @kamcorderpark

At the Ting Pavilion

  • July 4 – Kendall Street Company
  • July 11 – The Barons
  • July 18 – J. Roddy Walston and the Automatic Band
  • July 25 – New Boss

At the Jefferson Theater

  • July 12 – Nick Smith
  • July 17 – Lukas Nelson
  • July 19 – Bring Out Yer Dead
  • July 28 – Hot Water Music

At the Paramount Theater

  • July 22 – Cville Band: Summer at the Paramount

CENTRAL VIRGINIA CONCERTS

At The Beacon Theatre in Hopewell

  • July 10 – Deana Carter
  • July 11 – Steep Canyon Rangers
  • July 12 – Beach Floyd
  • July 13 – Sam Bush
  • July 15 – Hinder
  • July 19 – Rosie Soul
  • July 25 – Blood, Sweat, & Years (Blood, Sweat, & Tears Tribute)
  • July 26 – Twitty and Lynn

After Hours Concerts at The Meadow Event Park in Doswell 

  • July 11 – Darius Rucker
  • July 18 – Russell Dickerson
  • July 26 – Billy Currington & Kip Moore
  • July 30 – Foreigner

HAMPTON ROADS CONCERTS

The NorVa

The NorVa

At the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

  • July 10 – Dierks Bentley
  • July 11 – Styx & Kevin Cronin
  • July 18 – The Offspring
  • July 19 – Big Time Rush
  • July 25 – Nelly
  • July 29 – Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Turnpike Troubadours

At The Dome in Virginia Beach

  • July 1 – James Arthur
  • July 6 – Diana Krall
  • July 11 – Kem
  • July 15 – Michael Franti & Spearhead
  • July 22 – Chicago
  • July 25 – Whiskey Myers  

At the Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion in Portsmouth

  • July 12 – The Infamous Stringdusters
  • July 24 – Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley & Stephen Marley

At the NorVa in Norfolk

  • July 12 – Lilith Fest (Lilith Fair Tribute)
  • July 13 – Powerman 5000 & Ill Niño
  • July 17 – 49 Winchester
  • July 18 – I Love the 80s feat. Flock of Seagulls
  • July 19 – Big Boogie
  • July 20 – Ocean Alley
  • July 22 – Flipturn
  • July 26 – Saved by the 90s
  • July 29 – We Came as Romans
  • July 30 – Evan Honer
  • July 31 – Descendents  

At the Chartway Arena in Norfolk

  • July 30-31 – Laufey  

SHENANDOAH VALLEY CONCERTS

At the Golden Pony in Harrisonburg

  • July 19 – Tan & Handsome, Lowheaven, Shallow Lungs
  • July 27 – Shagwuf  

At the Bright Box Theater in Winchester

  • July 11 – Jack Blocker
  • July 18 – The Joshua Tree (U2 Tribute)
  • July 19 – Strange Souls (The Doors Tribute)
  • July 31 – Joey Harkum   

At the Lime Kiln Theater in Lexington

  • July 11 – Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

At the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville

  • July 12 – Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
  • July 18 – John McCutcheon
  • July 25 – Greg Ruby, Sam Farthing & Friends

VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS CONCERTS

At the Salem Civic Center in Salem

  • July 20 – Whiskey Myers
  • July 24 – Aaron Lewis

At the Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mount

  • July 1 – Band of Horses
  • July 12 – Same As It Ever Was (Talking Heads Tribute)
  • July 19 – Jumped Trouble
  • July 25 – Everclear  

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CONCERTS

Appalachia Rising: Carter Family Fold 50th Anniversary event

Carter Family Fold

Photo Credit: Joey Wharton @joey_wharton

At the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol

  • July 11 – Ashley McBryde  

At the Lincoln Theatre in Marion

  • July 5 – Steve Earle
  • July 26 – The Piano Men (Billy Joel & Elton John Tribute)   

At the Rex Theater in Galax

  • July 11 – Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
  • July 18 – Jon Stickley Trio

At the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons

  • July 5 – Martha Spencer and the Wonderland Band
  • July 12 – The Bluegrass Circle
  • July 19 – Grass Tank Old Time Band  
  • July 26 – Carter Fold’s 51st Festival

NORTHERN VIRGINIA CONCERTS

At Wolf Trap National Park for Performing Arts in Vienna

  • July 2 – James Arthur
  • July 3 – Diana Krall
  • July 5 – Dispatch
  • July 6 – Rick Springfield
  • July 9 – Straight No Chaser
  • July 10 – The Infamous Stringdusters
  • July 11 – Swell Season
  • July 12 – Juanes
  • July 13 – Carlos Vives
  • July 15 – Iron & Wine
  • July 16 – Barenaked Ladies
  • July 18 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet
  • July 20,22 – Weird Al Yankovic
  • July 23 – Chicago
  • July 24 – Trombone Shorty
  • July 27 – Goo Goo Dolls
  • July 29 – Pink Martini
  • July 31 – Emmylou Harris & Graham Nash  

At Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow

  • July 11 – Dierks Bentley
  • July 12 – Styx & Kevin Cronin
  • July 19 – The Offspring
  • July 20 – Big Time Rush
  • July 23 – Nelly
  • July 24 – Cyndi Lauper
  • July 25 – Wiz Khalifa & Sean Paul
  • July 26 – Summer of Loud
  • July 30 – Lil Wayne

At EagleBank Arena in Fairfax

  • July 19 – Karan Aujla
  • July 31 – Keshi

At Jammin Java in Vienna

  • July 2 – Paul McDonald & The Mourning Doves
  • July 5 – Latent Defect
  • July 10 – Milo in the Doldrums, Kevin Bull Jr., Chay Vicious, Argo and the Violet Queens
  • July 11 – Lovesick Loner Car
  • July 12 – Neville Street Groove
  • July 17 – Kyle Rising, The Happys
  • July 18 – GXB
  • July 19 – The Nu-Metal Party
  • July 20 – Millington
  • July 21 – Amythyst Kiah
  • July 24 – Tray Wellington
  • July 27 – Greenhead, Sacricide, Uga Buga, Severed Arms
  • July 30 – Abe Partridge
  • July 31 – The Dead Queens, Leannán Shi, Arid Bloom

At The Birchmere in Alexandria

  • July 2 – Three Dog Night
  • July 5 – Donnell Rawlings
  • July 6 – The Milk Carton Kids
  • July 9 – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  • July 11 – Laurel Canyon
  • July 12 – Classic Stones Live (Rock and Roll Tribute)
  • July 17 – Omar
  • July 19 – Tell Me Lies (Fleetwood Mac Tribute)
  • July 20 – Hubert Laws
  • July 24 – Hiroshima
  • July 25-26 – The Bacon Brothers
  • July 27 – Judy Collins
  • July 29 – Three Dog Night
  • July 30 – Sheila E. & The Train
  • July 31 – Dave Koz and Friends   

At the State Theatre in Falls Church

  • July 11 – Tusk (Fleetwood Mac Tribute)
  • July 12 ­– Trial By Fire (Journey Tribute)
  • July 18 – Octavia
  • July 26 – Captain Mike & The Shipwrecked (Jimmy Buffett Tribute)   

At the Tally Ho Theatre in Leesburg

  •  July 11 – Larger Than Life
  • July 12 – Ten (Pearl Jam Tribute)
  • July 18 – Wheeland Brothers
  • July 19 – Wannabe (Spice Girls Tribute)
  • July 20 – 7 Bridges (Eagles Tribute)
  • July 31 – Low Water Bridge Band  

 

Are we missing any big concerts? Let us know in the comments below or find more big names coming to Virginia this month.