Richmond Folk Festival Schedule
Festival Hours
Friday, October 13 — 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Saturday, October 14 — 12:00pm - 9:30pm
Sunday, October 15 — 12:00pm - 6:00pm
* Sign Language Interpreted Performances
Friday, October 13
Altria Stage
6:30 – 7:30 Genticorum (Québécois)
7:45 – 8:45 Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)
9:00 – 10:00 Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band (Manding)
CoStar Group Stage
7:30 – 8:30 State of the Ozarks String band (Ozark old-time)
8:45 – 9:45 Kala Ramnath (Hindustani violin)
Dominion Energy Dance Pavilion
7:15 – 7:45 zydeco dance lesson with Zydeco Queen Jarene
7:45 – 8:45 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)
9:00 – 10:00 Melody Angel (Chicago blues)
Saturday, October 14
Altria Stage
12:00 – 12:45 State of the Ozarks String Band (Ozark old-time)
1:00 – 1:45 Cheres (Ukrainian)
2:00 – 2:45 Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights (quelbe music)
3:00 – 3:45 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)
4:00 – 5:00 Bio Ritmo (salsa)
6:00 – 7:00 Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (bluegrass)
7:15 – 8:15 Melody Angel (Chicago blues)
8:30 – 9:30 Cyril Neville with Omari Neville & the Fuel (New Orleans funk and R&B)
CoStar Group Stage
12:00 – 12:30 Chris Thomas & His Smoke Dancers (Haudenosaunee social dance)
12:45 – 1:30 Kala Ramnath (Hindustani violin)
1:45 – 2:30 Hālau ’O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai’ian hula)
2:45 – 3:30 Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (bluegrass)
3:45 – 4:45 String Session: Picked, Plucked, and Struck—Igor Iachimciuc (Cheres), Nathan Livers (Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper), Octavio Vega Hernández (Grupo Mono Blanco), Wayne Henderson, Yann Falquet (Genticorum)
5:00 – 5:45 Cheres (Ukrainian)
6:45 – 7:30 * Helobung (traditional Tboli music and dance)
7:45 – 8:30 Grupo Mono Blanco (son jarocho)
8:45 – 9:30 Genticorum (Québécois)
CarMax Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Genticorum (Québécois)
1:00 – 1:45 Grupo Mono Blanco (son jarocho)
2:00 – 3:00 * Songs of Love, Loss, Trouble, and Faith—Annie & the Caldwell Singers, Chuck Mead, Lutchinha, Melody Angel
3:15 – 4:00 Kala Ramnath (Hindustani violin)
4:20 – 5:15 Leading the Movement: Building Community through Music and Dance—Grupo Mono Blanco, Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights, State of the Ozarks String Band
6:15 – 7:00 Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)
7:15 – 8:00 Annie & the Caldwell Singers (gospel)
8:15 – 9:15 Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)
Dominion Energy Dance Pavilion
12:00 – 1:00 Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)
1:15 – 2:15 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)
2:30 – 3:30 State of the Ozarks String Band (old-time square dance)
3:45 – 4:45 Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)
5:00 – 6:00 * Melody Angel (Chicago blues)
7:00 – 8:00 Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band (Manding)
8:15 – 9:30 Bio Ritmo (salsa)
Family Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Los Alacranes de R.V.A. (presented by JAMinc)
1:00 – 1:30 Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars (precision jump rope) (Performance is up on 2nd Street behind Family Area)
1:45 – 2:30 Mary & the Classroom Instrument Band (presented by JAMinc)
2:30 – 2:40 Junior Ranger Swearing-In (presented by JAMinc)
2:45 – 3:30 Chris Thomas & His Smoke Dancers (Haudenosaunee social dance)
3:45 – 4:30 Make a Lei and Hula Dance with Hālau ’O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai’ian hula)
4:45 – 5:15 Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars (precision jump rope) (Performance is up on 2nd Street behind Family Area)
Center for Cultural Vibrancy Virginia Folklife Stage
12:15 – 1:00 Virginia Meets the Virgin Islands—The Legendary Ingramettes, Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights
1:15– 2:00 Gail Ceasar (Piedmont blues)
2:15 – 3:00 Wayne Henderson & Friends (Appalachian traditions)
3:15 – 4:00 Danny Knicely & Chao Tian (Appalachian traditions with Chinese dulcimer)
4:15 – 5:00 Wild Ponies (Americana)
5:15 – 6:30 Farm and Fun Time® featuring Bill & the Belles, Linda Lay, Elizabeth LaPrelle and Elsa Howell (country radio hour)
Street Performances at Tredegar Plaza
3:00 – 3:30 Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars (precision jump rope)
4:30 – 5:00 Helobung (traditional Tboli music and dance)
Sunday, October 15
Altria Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Annie & the Caldwell Singers (gospel)
1:00 – 1:45 Grupo Mono Blanco (son jarocho)
2:00 – 2:45 Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (bluegrass)
3:00 – 3:45 Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)
4:00 – 4:45 Melody Angel (Chicago blues)
5:00 – 6:00 Cyril Neville with Omari Neville & the Fuel (New Orleans funk and R&B)
CoStar Group Stage
12:15 – 1:00 State of the Ozarks String Band (Ozark old-time)
1:15 – 1:45 Chris Thomas & His Smoke Dancers (Haudenosaunee social dance)
2:00 – 2:45 * In Harmony: Dance and the Natural World—Chris Thomas & His Smoke Dancers, Hālau ’O Lilinoe, Helobung
3:00 – 3:45 Genticorum (Québécois)
4:00 – 5:00 Playing First Fiddle: Asia to the Americas—David Scrivner (State of the Ozarks String Band), Kala Ramnath, Michael Cleveland, Pascal Gemme (Genticorum), Valeri Glava (Cheres)
5:15 – 6:00 Cheres (Ukrainian)
CarMax Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Hālau ‘O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai’ian hula)
1:00 – 1:45 Kala Ramnath (Hindustani violin)
2:00 – 2:45 Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band (Manding)
3:00 – 3:45 Funk and Boogie from South Louisiana to West Africa—Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band, Cyril Neville, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
4:00 – 4:45 * Annie & the Caldwell Singers (gospel)
5:00 – 5:45 Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights (quelbe music)
Dominion Energy Dance Pavilion
12:00 – 1:00 Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights (quelbe music)
1:15 – 2:15 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)
2:30 – 3:30 * Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)
3:45 – 4:45 Bio Ritmo (salsa)
5:00 – 6:00 Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band (Manding)
Family Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Susan Greenbaum (presented by JAMinc)
1:00 – 1:30 Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars (precision jump rope) (Performance is up on 2nd Street behind Family Area)
1:45 – 2:15 Eric Stanley (presented by JAMinc)
2:15 – 2:25 Junior Ranger Swearing-In
2:30 – 3:15 Learn Square Dancing with State of the Ozarks String Band (Ozark old-time)
3:30 – 4:15 Helobung (traditional Tboli music and dance)
4:30 – 5:00 Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars (precision jump rope) (Performance is up on 2nd Street behind Family Area)
Center for Cultural Vibrancy Virginia Folklife Stage
12:00 – 1:15 New Sounds of Bristol Showcase
1:30 – 2:30 Sherman Holmes & Cora Armstrong with Jared Pool, Andrew Alli and Rev. Almeta Ingram-Miller (gospel and soul)
2:45 – 3:30 Martha Spencer & the Wonderland Band (honky-tonk)
3:50 – 4:45 Rodney Stith (classic soul)
5:00 – 6:00 The Legendary Ingramettes (gospel)
Street Performance at Tredegar Plaza
2:30 – 3:00 Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars (precision jump rope)
4:00 – 4:30 Hālau ’O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai’ian hula)