Richmond Folk Festival 2022 Schedule

Festival Hours

  • Friday, October 7 — 6:30pm - 10:00pm

  • Saturday, October 8 — 12:00pm - 9:30pm

  • Sunday, October 9 — 12:00pm - 6:00pm


* Sign Language Interpreted Performances

Friday, October 7

Altria Stage

  • 6:30 – 7:30 Cedric Burnside (hill country blues) 

  • 7:45 – 8:45 Beòlach (Cape Breton)

  • 9:00 – 10:00 Noura Mint Seymali (Moorish griot)

CoStar Group Stage

  • 7:30 – 8:30 Black Umfolosi (a cappella imbube singing)

  • 8:45 – 9:45 Nani Noam Vazana (Ladino traditional song)

Dominion Energy Dance Pavilion

  • 7:30 – 8:30 Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)

  • 8:30 – 9:00 zydeco dance lesson with Jarene Fleming

  • 9:00 – 10:00 Andre Thierry (zydeco)

Saturday, October 8

Altria Stage

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Jimmy “Duck” Holmes (Bentonia blues)

  • 1:00 – 1:45 Nani Noam Vazana (Ladino traditional song)

  • 2:00 – 2:45 Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)

  • 3:00 – 3:45 79rs Gang (New Orleans Black Masking Carnival music)

  • 4:00 – 5:00 The Legendary Ingramettes (gospel)

  • 6:00 – 7:00 Isokratisses (polyphonic singing from Epirus)

  • 7:15 – 8:15 Sideline (bluegrass)

  • 8:30 – 9:30 Son Rompe Pera (Mexican marimba and cumbia)

CoStar Group Stage

  • 12:15 – 1:00 *Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau) (Tlingit storyteller, musician, and dancer)

  • 1:15 – 2:00 Black Umfolosi (a cappella imbube singing)

  • 2:15 – 3:15 Sideline (bluegrass)

  • 3:30 – 4:15 Nani Noam Vazana (Ladino traditional song)

  • 4:30 – 5:30 Trance Blues from Mauritania to Mississippi—Cedric Burnside, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Noura Mint Seymali

  • 6:30 – 7:15 Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)

  • 7:30 – 8:15 Bnat El Houariyat & Esraa Warda (Moroccan chaabi women's ensemble)

  • 8:30 – 9:15 Beòlach (Cape Breton)

CarMax Stage

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Are You Ready to Learn with Andre Thierry? (zydeco for kids!)

  • 1:00 – 1:40 Isokratisses (polyphonic singing from Epirus)

  • 2:00 – 3:00 *Sound in Motion: Dance, Percussion, and Rhythm—Beòlach; Khadija el Warzazia, Fatiha Benmsinane, Nouzha Lagrimi, Esraa Warda (Bnat El Houariyat & Esraa Warda); Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau); Byoung Sug Kim, Suwan Choi, Chansoo Lee, Deokhwan Kim (Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago)

  • 3:15 – 4:00 Beòlach (Cape Breton)

  • 4:20 – 5:15 Beautiful Harmonies: Bluegrass to Balkans to Zimbabwe—Black Umfolosi; Agathi Tzouti, Artemis Isou, Iris Nourentini, Sofia Isou (Isokratisses); Skip Cherryholmes, Andy Buckner, Nick Goad, Steve Dilling (Sideline)

  • 6:15 – 7:00 Fran Grace (sacred steel guitar)

  • 7:15 – 8:00 Cedric Burnside (hill country blues)

  • 8:15 – 9:15 Noura Mint Seymali (Moorish griot)

 Dominion Energy Dance Pavilion

  • 12:00 – 1:00 Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)

  • 1:15 – 2:15 Cedric Burnside (hill country blues)

  • 2:30 – 3:30 Noura Mint Seymali (Moorish griot)

  • 3:30 – 4:00 forró dance lesson with Luciano Lima

  • 4:00 – 4:45 Felipe Hostins (Brazilian forró)

  • 5:00 – 6:00 Son Rompe Pera (Mexican marimba and cumbia)

  • 7:00 – 8:00 79rs Gang (New Orleans Black Masking Carnival music)

  • 8:15 – 9:30 *Art of Noise RVA (deejaying)

Family Stage

  • 12:30 – 1:15 Josh Bearman (presented by JAMinc)

  • 1:30 – 2:15 Beatbox Dads (beatboxing)

  • 2:15 – 2:25 Junior Ranger Swearing-In

  • 2:30 – 3:00 Regan Sprenkle (presented by JAMinc)

  • 3:15 – 4:00 Beatbox Dads (beatboxing)

  • 4:15 – 5:00 Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau) (Tlingit storyteller, musician, and dancer)

Center for Cultural Vibrancy Virginia Folklife Stage

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Ken Heath and the True Disciples (gospel)

  • 1:00 – 1:45 The Josanne Francis Septet (Trinidadian steel pan)

  • 2:00 – 3:00 Bridging Borders: Joe Troop, Larry Bellorín, Danny Knicely, and Ouros

  • 3:15 – 4:00 Scott Miller (singer-songwriter)

  • 4:15 – 5:15 Bomba Showcase: Tata Cepeda & Semilla Cultural (Puerto Rican bomba)

  • 5:30 – 6:15 Ouros with Danny Knicely (Bolivian/Appalachian)

Street Performance at Tredegar Plaza

  • 3:45 – 4:15 Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)

Sunday, October 9

Altria Stage

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Fran Grace (sacred steel guitar)

  • 1:00 – 1:45 Black Umfolosi (a cappella imbube singing)

  • 2:00 – 2:45 Isokratisses (polyphonic singing from Epirus)

  • 3:00 – 3:45 Sideline (bluegrass)

  • 4:00 – 4:45 Beòlach (Cape Breton)

  • 5:00 – 6:00 Son Rompe Pera (Mexican marimba and cumbia) 

CoStar Group Stage

  • 12:15 – 1:00 Bnat El Houariyat & Esraa Warda (Moroccan chaabi women’s ensemble)

  • 1:15 – 1:45 Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau) (Tlingit storyteller, musician, and dancer)

  • 2:00 – 2:45 Jimmy “Duck” Holmes (Bentonia blues)

  • 3:05 – 4:00 *Tradition through the Generations—Jermaine Bossier, Romeo Bougere, Theodore “Scoo” Gurley (79rs Gang); Fran Grace, Angela Grace Russell, Tressa Boles (Fran Grace); Nani Noam Vazana; Kacho, Mongo, & Kilos Gama (Son Rompe Pera)

  • 4:15 – 5:00 Hard Work & High Times: Honky-tonk, Forró, and Zydeco—Andre Thierry, Felipe Hostins, and Jesse Daniel

  • 5:15 – 6:00 Felipe Hostins (Brazilian forró)

CarMax Stage

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Jimmy “Duck” Holmes (Bentonia blues)

  • 1:00 – 1:45 *Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)

  • 2:00 – 2:45 Andre Thierry (zydeco)

  • 3:05 – 3:45 Bnat El Houariyat & Esraa Warda (Moroccan chaabi women’s ensemble)

  • 4:00 – 4:45 Black Umfolosi (a cappella imbube singing)

  • 5:05 – 5:45 Fran Grace (sacred steel guitar)

Dominion Energy Dance Pavilion

  • 12:00 – 1:00 Andre Thierry (zydeco)

  • 1:15 – 2:15 Felipe Hostins (Brazilian forró)

  • 2:30 – 3:30 Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)

  • 3:45 – 4:45 Noura Mint Seymali (Moorish griot)

  • 5:00 – 6:00 *79rs Gang (New Orleans Black Masking Carnival music)

Family Stage

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Nani Noam Vazana (Ladino traditional song)

  • 1:00 – 1:45 Kyle Davis (presented by JAMinc)

  • 2:00 – 2:45 Beatbox Dads (beatboxing)

  • 2:45 – 2:55 Junior Ranger Swearing-In

  • 3:00 – 3:45 Kenneka Cook (presented by JAMinc)

  • 4:00 – 4:45 Beatbox Dads (beatboxing)

Center for Cultural Vibrancy Virginia Folklife Stage

  • 12:30 – 1:15 Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Indian Carnatic violin)

  • 1:30 – 2:15 Andrew Alli and Josh Small (blues)

  • 2:30 – 3:15 Instrument Makers Jam (old-time bluegrass)

  • 3:30 – 4:15 Larry and Joe (Venezuelan/Appalachian)

  • 4:30 – 4:45 Oyster Shucking Ceremony

  • 5:00 – 6:00 The Legendary Ingramettes (gospel)