Join us for an evening of springtime festivities in celebration of the new album release of Richmond's very own Leslie & The Dots!

Leslie Lilburn is a Northside singer-songwriter who grew up in scenic Front Royal, VA and moved to Richmond in 2021. His vocation was thrust upon him in his youth as a result of constant and intense exposure to the music of the British Invasion; later in life, a love of the country music of the 60s and 70s seeped into his brain. The powerful synthesis that resulted produces songs of joy, beauty, and heartbreak that would make a fine addition to the soundtrack of a Tarantino film. He passes his time in a well-appointed garage studio, Murphy’s Pocket, with his band, The Dots. The Dots came to be through serendipitous occurrences, years of friendship, and frequenting a delicious local staple of a restaurant, Dots Back Inn. Consisting of Michael Lamp, Robert Whitehead, and Kevin Vorhis, The Dots bring a plethora of varied musical influences together to help create something beautifully unique, yet complimentary to Leslie’s songwriting.

Joining them on stage is another local gem, Roughshod, featuring the alternative rock sounds of Cel, Austin Ruhf, Ian Marburger, Bram Crowe-Getty, and Ian Atchison.

Also joining them is Brookhouse, featuring a chameleonic mix of rock, Latin jazz, and Americana as a celebration of the American melting pot as an experiential expresssion of exposure to many cultures as the son of a Cuban-American and a lifelong Virginian. Acoustic and electric, English and Spanish, carefree and deathly serious, this music shows that wherever you’re from, you contain multitudes. And nothing is more thrilling than being unapologetically yourself.