Hurray for the Riff Raff is coming to The Southern Café & Music Hall on May 17

Hurray for the Riff Raff brings a Charlottesville date to The Southern Café & Music Hall on May 17, 2026. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

Hurray for the Riff Raff pulls roughly 412K monthly listeners on Spotify, with 96K fans tracking the act on Bandsintown.

The act

Formed in 2007, out of New Orleans, LA, Hurray for the Riff Raff has been touring behind a strengthening catalog into a live act with national reach.

Hurray for the Riff Raff is the project of Bronx-born, New Orleans-based songwriter Alynda Segarra. Their 2017 album The Navigator and 2022's Life on Earth pushed the project from americana into more politically explicit territory. The 2024 record The Past Is Still Alive was a critical breakthrough, landing on multiple year-end lists.

The venue

The Southern Café & Music Hall sits at 103 South 1st Street, a 300-capacity intimate listening room operated by Starr Hill Presents under booker Danny Shea.

Southern programs eclectically across rising indie, folk, and singer-songwriters. The room runs 300 general-admission, with sightlines from front-of-house to the back of the floor.

The night

Doors 7:00 PM. Set 8:00 PM. All ages. Ticket prices are set on the on-sale.

Why now

Hurray for the Riff Raff pulls a measurable 98/100 share of Charlottesville-metro listeners on Spotify, including a non-trivial DC and Richmond overlap that often crosses for shows at this size.

How to get tickets

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET via the venue.

The Southern Café & Music Hall is at 103 South 1st Street, Charlottesville, VA.