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The Richmond Folk Festival returns in three weeks, September 27-29, to celebrate its 20th anniversary! Over the past 20 years, the Richmond Folk Festival has become one of Virginia’s largest and most cherished events. It draws fans each year to Downtown Richmond’s riverfront to celebrate the roots, richness, and variety of American culture through music, dance, traditional crafts, storytelling, and food. Over the past two decades, the event's success has contributed to transforming the riverfront's popularity and growth.
Over the past 20 years, the Richmond Folk Festival has grown to be one of Virginia’s largest and most cherished events. It draws fans each year to Downtown Richmond’s riverfront to celebrate the roots, richness, and variety of American culture through music, dance, traditional crafts, storytelling, and food. The event's success over the past two decades has contributed to transforming the riverfront's popularity and growth.
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.
Over the past twenty years, the Richmond Folk Festival has become one of Virginia’s largest and most cherished events. It draws fans to Downtown Richmond’s riverfront each year to celebrate the roots, richness, and variety of American culture through music, dance, traditional crafts, storytelling, and food. Over the past two decades, the event's success has transformed the riverfront's popularity and growth.
The Richmond Folk Festival returns Friday-Sunday, October 13-15, celebrating its 19th anniversary, having become one of Virginia’s largest and most beloved events. The festival draws attendees each year 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 returns October 13-15, 2023, and celebrates its 19th anniversary, having become one of Virginia’s largest events. The beloved festival draws fans each year 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 returns October 13-15, 2023, and celebrates its 19th anniversary, having become one of Virginia’s largest events. The beloved festival draws fans each year to downtown Richmond’s riverfront to celebrate the roots, richness and variety of American culture through music, dance, traditional crafts, storytelling and food.
Two of Virginia’s largest and most beloved events return this fall to Downtown Richmond.
The 2nd Street Festival, in partnership with the City of Richmond, is October 7-8, in the historic Jackson Ward neighborhood and this year marks its 35th anniversary. Please join us for the celebration!
Featuring five stages and showcasing music and dance from 30 artists from around the nation and the world, the Richmond Folk Festival today announces the full performance schedule—a captivating mix of cultural traditions, artistic excellence, and individual creativity from some of the nation’s finest traditional artists.
Featuring six stages and showcasing music and dance from more than 30 artists from around the nation and the world, the Richmond Folk Festival today announces a second group of artists performing at this year’s festival—a program that will again be culturally diverse and artistically excellent, with some of the finest traditional artists performing throughout the weekend.
One of Richmond's largest and most beloved events will return this fall, live and in person.
RICHMOND, VA – The Richmond Folk Festival is excited to announce the full schedule for the virtual celebration that will take place the weekend of October 9-11, as well as final details about all the artists who will be featured throughout the weekend, bringing together the community through a special television program, radio broadcasts and online streaming.
RICHMOND, VA – The Richmond Folk Festival is excited to announce additional details about the virtual event that will take place the weekend of October 9-11, bringing together the community through a special television program, radio broadcasts and online streaming.
Venture Richmond Events, in partnership with the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), the Virginia Folklife Program and the Children’s Museum will present new musical performances that are exclusive to this festival, highlights of favorite artists from past festivals, cooking demonstrations, a crafts marketplace and an official festival poster! The show will go on—a virtual event celebrating the roots, richness, and variety of American culture.
RICHMOND, VA – The Richmond Folk Festival will celebrate its 16th anniversary the weekend of October 9-11 with a “virtual” event that will bring together the community through a special television program, radio broadcasts and online streaming.
Sept. 19, 2019 - The Virginia Folklife Program, sponsored by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, is revving up for the 15th annual Richmond Folk Festival with a Hot Rods and Hot Licks program celebrating the Commonwealth’s most skilled and innovative “motorheads”—artisans of the automotive arts.
August 27, 2019 , RICHMOND, Va. - Venture Richmond today announced 12 additional artists who will perform at the 15th Annual Richmond Folk Festival on the weekend of October 11-13, 2019.
“To celebrate such a special anniversary, we wanted to create a truly memorable October weekend, inviting back some artists who were here in the early years but also introducing cultural traditions that may be new to our attendees,” Venture Richmond CEO Lisa Sims said. “And I simply cannot talk about this milestone anniversary without noting the passionate support of our sponsors, individual donors, volunteers, and attendees. We simply could not have grown this event, or sustained it for over a decade, if any one of those groups had not been with us, without fail. It is an accomplishment we are excited to share with them.”
RICHMOND, VA - Richmond Folk Festival and Spacebomb Records today announce the release of the first single from a special compilation album celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Richmond Folk Festival. The record, titled “All Together Now”: 15 Years of the Richmond Folk Festival Live, includes select tracks recorded live over the years since the National Folk Festival first came to Richmond in 2005.
RICHMOND, Va. - Venture Richmond today announced 14 additional artists who will be performing at the 2018 Richmond Folk Festival on the weekend of October 12-14
This year’s program includes a spectacular group of diverse musicians and dancers from around the world; six of these artists carry on cultural traditions that have never been featured at the festival before. In addition to previously announced artists, including gospel, soul, and rhythm and blues icon Mavis Staples and award-winning Irish musician Jarlath Henderson, New Orleans bounce music pioneer Ricky B will perform, as will Chinese wind and percussion masters, the Zhou Family Band, rising jazz star Brianna Thomas, and many more.
Last year’s Richmond Folk Festival was one for the record books, and the festival is on pace to outdo itself in 2018. Today, Venture Richmond Events announced the first 10 artists scheduled to perform along Richmond’s historic downtown riverfront the weekend of October 12-14, 2018.