Acid's Groove keeps Wednesday soulful at Get Tight Lounge

Billy Crystal Fingers and Hip Hop Henry spin acid jazz, rare grooves and downtempo on West Main every Wednesday, including this one, October 28.

Midweek on West Main, somewhere around 10pm, the room at Get Tight Lounge settles into a groove that sounds more like a London basement in 1992 than a Richmond Wednesday. That is the point of Acid's Groove, and it is on again this week.

Billy Crystal Fingers and Hip Hop Henry play Get Tight Lounge, 1104 West Main Street, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Billy Crystal Fingers' own site bills the night as Acid's Groove with Hip Hop Henry, every Wednesday from 9pm to midnight. Recent editions listed on the venue's ticketing pages have had doors at 8:30pm, music at 9pm and a 21-and-over door; check the night's listing for anything that changes.

The idea behind the party is specific. In a 2024 interview with RVA Mag, the two DJs described it as built around acid jazz and rare grooves, with trip hop and downtempo also in the mix, and pointed to acid jazz's roots as a largely '90s, UK phenomenon. The name came out of brainstorming, with Soul II Soul's "Jazzie's Groove" as the touchstone, a track they said represents acid jazz well.

They try to keep it chill, jazzy and full of good vibes.

They are also clear that the night is not a museum piece locked to one decade. They also play jazz and funk, and the DJs named Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayers and Gil Scott-Heron. The result, as they put it, is something they try to keep chill, jazzy and full of good vibes.

That consistency is why Billy Crystal Fingers turns up in our Richmond records more than anywhere else, 81 shows logged in this market. Most DJs build a name by hopping between rooms; this one has built it partly by staying put and letting a weekly night become a habit. A 300-capacity lounge is the right size for that: loose enough to dance in, small enough that the regulars know each other.

There is no new album to plug here, and nobody is pretending otherwise. What Acid's Groove offers is a reliable place to hear records you probably do not own, played by two people who clearly do, on a night of the week when Richmond is otherwise winding down. If you work a Thursday, it ends at midnight. If you do not, there is always next Wednesday.

Find the details on Get Tight Lounge's ticketing page and Billy Crystal Fingers' own site, and go hear what a Wednesday sounds like when somebody takes it seriously.

Sources: Billy Crystal Fingers (artist site) (crystalfingers.com); Deep in the Cut with Hip Hop Henry & Billy Crystal Fingers — RVA Mag (rvamag.com); Acid's Groove, Oct 14 2026 — Opendate (Get Tight Lounge) (app.opendate.io); Acid's Groove — DICE (dice.fm)