Directions/Parking

The Richmond Folk Festival takes place on downtown Richmond's historic riverfront, from 2nd to 7th streets and from Byrd Street to the James River – including Brown's Island, the American Civil War Museum at Tredegar, portions of Federal Reserve parking lots, and Tredegar Street.

For guest safety, vehicular traffic is not permitted on the actual event site. All streets leading into the site are closed to vehicular traffic at Canal Street (two blocks north of the site).

2024 Site Map & Festival Site Changes

View the 2024 Richmond Folk Festival map and site changes.

ADMISSION - FREE

The Richmond Folk Festival is a FREE event – you can enjoy the performances, the Virginia Folk Life Area & Stage, and the Family Area at no cost. Food, drink, and merchandise are available for sale.

GRTC BUS TRANSPORTATION

GRTC offers FREE and easy options for Downtown’s riverfront. Take any of these bus routes (#3A, 3B, 3C, or #87) to the stop at Belvidere and Holly (southbound) or Belvidere and War Memorial (northbound) by the river. The #3A/B/C routes operate every 30 minutes, and the #87 bus runs every 60 minutes. Just look for the GRTC signs! If you need help planning your bus trip, use Google Trip Planner or call GRTC 804-358-4782. GRTC is currently FREE to ride.

RIDE-SHARE DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP

The easiest place to be dropped off for the festival is located at the corner of 7th and Canal Streets.

Downtown Festival PARKING

Multiple parking lots are available downtown and in Manchester.

  • 901 Semmes Ave., CoStar Group parking lot in Manchester: FREE for Folk Festival parking ONLY.

    • Friday, September 27, 5:30-11pm

    • Saturday, September 28, 10am-10:30pm

    • Sunday, September 29, 10am-7pm

  • 5th & Canal Street: public parking after 5:00pm on weekdays, and 24/7 on weekends (Rates: $6.50 for 8 hrs; pay through “ParkMobile” by app or QR code, see signage on-site)

For street parking, download the Passport App to make it easy!

SATELLITE PARKING AND SHUTTLE

Off-site parking is available at Dogwood Dell SATURDAY AND SUNDAY only. 

Bus will take you to Byrd Street within the festival site.

Buses run ROUGHLY every 30 minutes. 

  • Saturday, Sept. 28 – 11:45 am–10:00 pm

  • Sunday, Sept. 29 – 11:45 am–7:00 pm

$5 per adult roundtrip. Debit/Credit Only. 

 The Dogwood Dell parking area entrance is located off of Park Drive in Richmond, VA 23220.

FREE ON-SITE SHUTTLE

New this year, due to the size of the site, Venture Richmond will be running FREE on-site shuttle buses. The two pick-up/drop-off points are located on the site map, one at 2nd & Byrd, the other on Tredegar between 5th & 7th Streets.

Street Closures for the Richmond Folk Festival

The following streets are closed from 3:00pm on Friday, Sept. 27 - ending Sunday night, Sept. 29.

  • Spring Street from 2nd to Belvidere Street

  • 2nd Street from Byrd Street to the Lee Bridge 

  • Brown’s Island Way

  • Tredegar Street

  • 3rd Street between Canal and Byrd Streets   

  • 4th Street between Canal and Byrd Streets

  • 5th Street from Byrd to Tredegar Street

  • 7th Street from Byrd to Tredegar Street

  • 10th Street from Haxall Point to the Federal Reserve Bank

SITE ACCESSIBILITY AND HANDICAP PARKING

See Site Accessibility and Handicap Parking details on our General Info page.