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Recap: Hurray for the Riff Raff at Southern, May 17

May 17, 2026·Bandu Editorial·Southern, Folk, folk, Recap

Will perform on May 17, 2026 at the 300-cap room in Charlottesville.

Hurray for the Riff Raff hit The Southern Café & Music Hall in Charlottesville on May 17, 2026, on a Charlottesville stop.

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 leaned on the catalog they built 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 held 244 for the Hurray for the Riff Raff show, 81% sell-through.

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 indexes 98/100 on local pull across the Charlottesville metro, with a non-trivial DC and Richmond overlap that often crosses for shows at this size.

In the books

Hurray for the Riff Raff's next Southern date will be added to the calendar when announced.

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

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