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Richmond Folk Festival
United States
Registrace 14. 08. 2014
Last year this festival attracted more than 220,000 people to downtown Richmond's riverfront to celebrate the roots, richness and variety of American culture through music, dance traditional crafts, storytelling and food. The Richmond Folk Festival has become one of Virginia’s largest and most-loved events of the year and has been voted as the best musical festival in Richmond several years running.
Get ready for the 2024 Richmond Folk Festival
The Richmond Folk Festival returns Friday-Sunday, September 27-29, celebrating its 20th anniversary! The festival attracts thousands of people to Richmond's downtown riverfront over three days to celebrate the roots, richness, and variety of American culture through music, dance, traditional crafts, storytelling, and food. With six stages and over 30 different genres of music, the Richmond Folk Festival offers something for everyone!
Admission is FREE, but donations are always appreciated.
Visit richmondfolkfestival.org for all details, including artists performing, vendors, sponsors, and event information.
Richmond Folk Festival is produced by Venture Richmond Events LLC
Admission is FREE, but donations are always appreciated.
Visit richmondfolkfestival.org for all details, including artists performing, vendors, sponsors, and event information.
Richmond Folk Festival is produced by Venture Richmond Events LLC
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The Sounds of Culture: 20 Years of the Richmond Folk Festival
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VPM, working in partnership with Venture Richmond and the Richmond Folk Festival, has produced a television documentary for the 20th anniversary of the Richmond Folk Festival. Capturing footage of the 2023 Richmond Folk Festival, as well as interviews with staff, artists, volunteers and more, The Sounds of Culture sheds light into Richmond’s best festival and the country’s largest Folk Festival...
2023 Richmond Folk Festival Highlights
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More than 170,000 people joined us on Richmond's downtown riverfront October 13, 14, and 15th to enjoy the music and culture of more than 30 performing acts.
At Home Stage with Children's Museum - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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Sofa Stage: Dream about being a STAR and performing onstage? The Children’s Museum’s Cameron Booth demonstrates how to create a personal “Sofa Stage” and shares some ideas for making homemade instruments as well as performances inspired by past Folk Fest artists!
Making Patterns with Music - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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Drumsticks: We got rhythm! Grab some drumsticks (or any stick) and join in the fun with Children’s Museum educator Pamela McCartt to learn about patterns and how to identify them in stories and music … and all around!
Bag Hat Demo with Children's Museum - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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Bag Hats: The Richmond Folk Festival may be in a different format this year, but festival fans can still make the iconic Children’s Museum BAG HATS. Art Studio Coordinator Cameron Booth will get participating families started by inspiring them to use their own creativity to express their identity. Make a unique hat to wear for all the virtual concerts! Families will have a chance to pick-up the...
Storytime with Children's Museum - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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Ever heard of the Children’s Book Bank at the Children’s Museum of Richmond? Join Director of Education Krista Dawson as she shares a fun book from the Book Bank about a child who likes to perform, and gives the low-down on how to give or get books!
Creating Hazy Folk with AleWerks!
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Hazy Folk IPA, our collaboration with AleWerks, is a New England-style IPA greets you with aromas of ripe peaches, grapefruit and tangerines on the nose. Notes of tropical fruit and slightly citrusy pine take center stage with your first sip. The addition of oats and wheat to a light and crisp pilsen malt base yields a velvety mouthfeel.
Volunteer Spotlight with Janet and Donna - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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Two of our all-time favorite volunteers tell us a little about themselves and their history with the festival.
Shannon Wright - Richmond Folk Festival 2020 poster artist
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For our 16th Folk Festival, artist Shannon Wright joins an illustrious group of Richmond artists including Hamilton Glass, Noah Scalin, Katie McBride, Bizhan Khodabandeh, Chris Milk Hulburt, Matt Lively, Ed Trask, and many others.
WALTER “WOLFMAN” WASHINGTON & THE ROADMASTERS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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WALTER “WOLFMAN” WASHINGTON & THE ROADMASTERS FUNK AND R&B NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Walter “Wolfman” Washington is New Orleans’s preeminent funk master. He first appeared on the city’s music scene six decades ago as a budding guitarist, learning licks from his elders. Today he is regarded as another in the long line of singular characters and musical personalities to come out of the Crescent City...
MYTHILI PRAKASH DANCE ENSEMBLE - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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MYTHILI PRAKASH DANCE ENSEMBLE BHARATA NATYAM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Mythili Prakash stands at the forefront of the next generation of dancers carrying on the 3,000-year-old South Indian dance tradition of Bharata Natyam. A second generation Indian and American artist, she is among the most celebrated Bharata Natyam dancers and choreographers today. Adored by audiences in India and across the ...
PEDRITO MARTINEZ - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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PEDRITO MARTINEZ AFRO-CUBAN NEW YORK, NEW YORK “Cuban music is very cosmopolitan,” declares Havana native Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez, pointing out just how many musical traditions contributed to the development of today’s Afro-Cuban musical sound. Percussionist and vocalist Martinez takes this cultural syncretism even further, wrapping genres from jazz to funk and beyond into his repertoire. But ...
VISHTÈN - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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VISHTÈN ACADIAN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND MAGDALEN ISLANDS, QUÉBEC Vishtèn’s music is a hardy mixture of Acadian, Irish, and Scottish styles, with fiery fiddling and powerful step dancing taking front and center. Formed in 2000 on their native Prince Edward Island, Vishtèn is a trio of young musicians and dancers founded by twin sisters Pastelle LeBlanc (piano accordion, piano, dance, vocals) an...
MARTHA & EMILY SPENCER - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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MARTHA & EMILY SPENCER OLD-TIME WHITETOP, VIRGINIA Hailing from Whitetop, a tiny Appalachian community nestled in the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains of Grayson County, mother and daughter duo Martha and Emily Spencer are a living testimony to the vitality and deep roots of traditional music in Southwest Virginia. Both women are gifted multi-instrumentalists and singers. They carry on the multigene...
DON BRYANT - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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DON BRYANT - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
LOS TEXMANIACS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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LOS TEXMANIACS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
RAHIM ALHAJ - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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RAHIM ALHAJ - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
THE QUEBE SISTERS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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THE QUEBE SISTERS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
Richmond Folk Festival 2020 Marketplace Spotlight: Guadalupe Ramírez, AlterNatives
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Richmond Folk Festival 2020 Marketplace Spotlight: Guadalupe Ramírez, AlterNatives
EILEEN IVERS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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EILEEN IVERS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
Richmond Folk Festival 2020 Marketplace Spotlight: Guadalupe Ramírez, AlterNatives, Weaving
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Richmond Folk Festival 2020 Marketplace Spotlight: Guadalupe Ramírez, AlterNatives, Weaving
PINE LEAF BOYS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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PINE LEAF BOYS - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
JASMINE BELL & NORTH BEAR - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
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JASMINE BELL & NORTH BEAR - Richmond Folk Festival 2020
JASON SAMUELS SMITH & THE WINARD HARPER TRIO - Richmond Folk Festival 2020 -
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JASON SAMUELS SMITH & THE WINARD HARPER TRIO - Richmond Folk Festival 2020 -
Richmond Folk Festival Marketplace Spotlight: Carren Clarke of Woodland Heights Studios (2020)
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Richmond Folk Festival Marketplace Spotlight: Carren Clarke of Woodland Heights Studios (2020)
Virginia Folklife Stage segments from "Richmond Folk Festival - All Together Now 2020"
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Virginia Folklife Stage segments from "Richmond Folk Festival - All Together Now 2020"
Virginia Folklife Stage segments from "Richmond Folk Festival - All Together Now 2020"
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Virginia Folklife Stage segments from "Richmond Folk Festival - All Together Now 2020"