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COVID-19 RESPONSE:

  • As Little Dumbo continues to champion artists’ voices and create platforms to help support their livelihoods, we are committed to creating safe conditions for these events to happen. It is our desire to continue bringing live performances to Richmond and therefore ask everyone to participate in the following precautions:

  • Audience members are required to maintain 6′ spacing between groups of individuals you share private space with (family etc.).

  • All donations go to the artists. Digital payments (venmo/paypal) are encouraged If donating cash please make sure it is exact. There won’t be change available.

  • Masks are required within the audience and/or performance areas.

BEFORE YOU ATTEND: Please review the following checklist with all members of your party on the day of your visit. If you or any member of your group shows any of the following symptoms, please stay home.

  • Feeling feverish or having an elevated measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.4◦ F

  • Having had any close contact with a person who is lab-confirmed to have COVID-19 in the last 14 days

  • A new or worsening cough that cannot be attributed to another health condition

  • A new sore throat that cannot be attributed to another health condition

  • New chills that cannot be attributed to another health condition

  • New shortness of breath that cannot be attributed to another health condition

  • New muscle aches that cannot be attributed to another health condition or specific activity

DONATE: These are strange and difficult times!  Many of us, in this country and around the world, are struggling financially, physically and psychologically.  One of the many invaluable facets of the arts, is the community that results from a shared love and appreciation of the artist’s work.  A life entwined with the art community engenders new ways of perceiving the world and reveals alternative ways of navigating it.  With these shared values in mind, please donate what you can, all donations go directly to the artists. Thank you all for your support in helping to keep these projects and events moving forward.


Support the Little Dumbo community

As we all continue to adjust our lives, routines and the ways we support our communities, we’re linking to artists we love, from the local to the international community. We will continue to update this site with new information with ways to contribute to and participate in maintaining a healthy and thriving community,

Below is a list of the artists (and links to their Bandcamps) who’ve brought their work to Little Dumbo over the last couple of years. They’ve shared their life’s work with all of us in Richmond Va and beyond. We continue to champion their art, vision, and commitment to resistance against hegemonic thought and behavior. We believe our collective imagination, infused with the energy of the new & experimental arts community around our country and world, can shape a more kind and just future.

If you’ve been to any of our shows you know that we heavily encourage everyone to purchase merchandise from touring and local artists, as we often say, “Buying merch helps keep touring musicians touring.”. Figuring out how to get money to artists is critical, now more than ever. Today, We know that many in our community can’t afford to contribute financially right now, If that is you spread this message to those you think might be able and interested in helping. Each image is a link that will take you to that artist’s Bandcamp page.



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Little Dumbo

Taking cues from historic hotbeds of creative production and a touch of folklore-magic, Little Dumbo contributes to new ways of experiencing and supporting experimental music culture while incorporating a deep reflection of it’s history. Guided by a collective of artists/musicians/writers/historians, our primary mission is to facilitate opportunities for artists touring the east coast.

At our headquarters in Richmond Va, Little Dumbo seeks to be a destination for local, regional, national and international artists. These artists are curated collectively from the pool of inquiries received and invitations initiated. In addition to our current calendar, we're working to develop a project for select artists to receive broader support for US touring, while increasing the viability and visibility of these artists in our growing network of communities.

We believe in art that not only reflects our current society, or re-presents the past, but offers new ways of thinking about our collective future. We aim to connect local communities to a growing constellation of publics, with new voices in music and sound. We work with artists to present community focused activities, performances, workshops, masterclasses, lectures, and experimental music events. Through a radical re-imagining we see art’s potential to not only impact the singular viewer/participant but a neighborhood, a city, and thought itself.

We value the exchange of ideas, culture, social perspectives, and organic growth over the exchange of currency. Imagination is power, yet so many of the tools needed to enact this radical force sit un-accessed, circulating only in small circles. We believe the arts can help to reconnect disjointed publics and weave together new ways of sensing, thinking, communicating and being.