Richmond Folk Festival

Pricing

FREE

Duration

3 days

Ages

All ages

Neighborhood

Downtown Riverfront

Timed Entry

No

Featured Performers

• Tremé Brass Band
• John Doyle & the Irish American Music Masters
• Bombino
• Wayne Henderson & Friends
• Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
• Lonnie Holley
• Rancho Aparte
• Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds
• Eddie Cotton, Jr.
• Junior Sisk Band
• Albert Lee
• Peni Candra Rini
• Supaman
• Ustad Noor Bakhsh
• LOS RICOS featuring Sonia & Ismael
• Stepping Back
• Cora Harvey Armstrong
• Trouble Funk
• Kinney Rorrer & the New North Carolina Ramblers
• Minnush
• Kadencia featuring Kily Vializ & Maurice “Tito” Sanabria
• Corey Harris and Lamont Jack Pearley
• Lady E
• Acme Miniature Flea Circus
• Riley Baugus
• Johnny Williams & the Crooked Road Band
• Andrew Alli
• Justin Golden & Devil’s Coattails
• Cheick Hamala Diabate
• The Legendary Ingramettes
• Annie & the Caldwell Singers
• Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band
• Bio Ritmo
• Cheres
• Chris Thomas & His Smoke Dancers
• Chuck Mead
• Cyril Neville w/ Omari Neville & The Fuel
• Genticorum
• Grupo Mono Blanco
• Halau ‘O Lilinoe
• Helobung
• Kala Ramnath
• Lutchinha
• Melody Angel
• Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
• Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
• Stanley & The Ten Sleepless Knights
• State of the Ozarks String Band
• Danny Knicely and Chao Tan
• Farm and Fun Time®
• Gail Ceasar
• Martha Spencer and the Wonderland Band
• New Sounds of Bristol Showcase
• Rodney Stith
• Sherman Holmes and Cora Armstrong with Reverend Almeta Ingram-Miller, Andrew Alli, Jared Pool, and Jacon Eller
• Wayne Henderson and Friends
• Wild Ponies
• Black Umfolosi
• The Legendary Ingramettes
• Beatbox Dads
• Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
• Sideline
• Felipe Hostins
• Beòlach
• Art of Noise RVA
• Luciano Lima
• Cedric Burnside
• Jesse Daniel
• Nani Noam Vazana
• Son Rompe Pera
• Noura Mint Seymali
• Bnat el Houariyat & Esraa Warda
• 79rs Gang
• Isokratisses
• Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago
• Fran Grace
• Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau)
• Andre Thierry
• Jarene Fleming
• Andrew Alli and Josh Small
• Ouros with Danny Knicely
• Ken Heath and the True Disciples
• Kamalakiran Vinjamuri
• Instrument Makers Jam
• Bomba Showcase: Tata Cepeda & Semilla Cultural
• Scott Miller
• The Josanne Francis Septet
• Larry and Joe
• The Pedro Giraudo Tango Ensemble
• Danny Knicely and Will Lee
• Linda Lay & Springfield Exit
• Sugaray Rayford
• Plena Es
• Donny Broussard & the Louisiana Stars
• Rare Essence
• Joanie Madden & Cherish the Ladies
• Sean Jones “Dizzy Spellz” feat. Brinae Ali
• Jasmine Bell & North Bear
• Nava Persian Trio
• Taj Weekes
• Rosa Tatuata with Michela Musolino
• Tres en Punto
• The Western Flyers
• Justin Golden & the Come Up
• Gospel Stars of Greensboro
• Legendary Ingramettes with Special Guest Sherman Holmes
• J Pope and the Hearnow
• Redd Volkaert
• Gankhuyag Natsag
• Jackson Cunningham and Nobody’s Business
• Deborah Pratt and Clementine Macon Boyd
• Conjunto Guantánamo
• Plunky & the Oneness of Juju
• Aleppo Ensemble
• Riley Baugus
• Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté
• Lonesome River Band
• Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet
• Saraswathi Ranganathan
• Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks
• The Garifuna Collective
• Iberi Choir
• Mangum & Company
• Dale Watson
• Kevin Doyle & Friends
• Stax Music Academy Alumni Band
• Native Pride Dancers
• Jeghetto
• Eileen Torres
• CASYM Steel Orchestra
• Panfilo’s Güera
• Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas
• Julie Fowlis
• Bombino
• Huun Huur Tu
• Talia Moser
• Wild Ponies
• Willard Gayheart Family feat. Dori Freeman
• Bryan Bowers Band
• Dr. Levine & the Dreaded BluesLady with Andrew Alli
• J Pope
• Urban Artistry
• Madkhai Erdembat
• Whitetop Mountain Band
• Deborah Pratt & Clementine Macon Boyd
• Dori Freeman, Martha Spencer, Telisha & Doug Williams, and J Pope
• Bend, Buck, and Break: Junious Brickhouse, Mandkhai Erdembat, & Danny Knicely
• The Scott Street Five-String Finals
• Vishtèn
• Afro-Colombian champeta
• Tribu Baharú
• Josh Goforth
• Jeff Little Trio
• Claire Lynch
• Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
• The New York Crimean Tatar Ensemble
• Cora Harvey Armstrong
• Larry Bland & The Volunteer Choir
• Mavis Staples
• Lulo Reinhardt
• Jarlath Henderson
• Brianna Thomas
• Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
• Bounxeung Synanonh
• Sona Jobarteh
• Ricky B
• New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters
• Marsha Searle
• Pan Franek, Ziesia & the Polka Towners
• Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus
• Linda Gail Lewis
• Orquesta el Macabeo
• Tamburaški Sastav Ponoć
• Zhou Family Band
• Zuni Olla Maidens
• Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
• Sherman Holmes Project
• Mason Via & Hot Trail Mix
• Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens
• Nader Majd
• Danny Knicely Quartet feat. Bert Carlson
• The Josanne Francis Septet
• The Chosen Few feat. Tarrence Paschall
• Afro-Venezuelan parranda
• Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo
• Dale Ann Bradley
• Bitori feat. Chando Graciosa
• Talia Moser
• The U.S. Army Blues
• Los Wembler’s
• Be’la Dona
• Spencer Taylor & the Highway QC’s
• The Green Fields of America
• Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka & the San Francisco Taiko Dojo
• Jan Knutson
• Don Bryant
• Northern Neck Chantey Singers
• Patti Kusturok
• Innov Gnawa
• Paulin Brothers’ Brass Band
• Crooked Road Ramblers
• Sahba Motallebi
• Nicolae Feraru
• Eddie Cotton, Jr.
• Julie Shepherd-Powell
• A Step Ahead
• Omega Gamma Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta (sorority)
• Henrico County Alumnae Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta (sorority)
• Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho (sorority)
• Eta Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi (fraternity)
• Phi Delta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi (fraternity)
• Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha (fraternity)
• Mecca Marsh
• The Bolden Academy School of Performing Arts
• Hot Club of Cowtown
• Sherman Holmes Project
• Cora Harvey Armstrong
• The Legendary Ingramettes
• Wild Ponies
• Cheick Hamala Diabate, Sammy Shelor, and Riley Baugus
• Ved Sheth
• Reverend Frank Newsome
• Cabin Creek Boys
• Susan Gaeta & Gina Sobel
• Danny Knicely’s Next Generation with Eli and Aila Wildman, Victor Furtado, Andrew Vogts, and Jack Dunlap
• Big G
• Homayoun Sakhi & Salar Nader
• The Fairfield Four
• Sheila Kay Adams
• Nicole Paris & Ed Cage
• Rahzel
• Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
• Marquise Knox
• Viento de Agua – CANCELLED
• BeauSoleil Trio: Doucet, Doucet, & Reed
• Talia Moser
• L’Orchestre Afrisa International
• Tomas Salas
• Conteño
• Adonis Puentes & the Voice of Cuba Orchestra
• Eileen Torres
• Gary U.S. Bonds with Gene “Daddy G” Barge
• Ben Hall
• Union Bank & Trust Virginia Folklife Area
• Dori Freeman
• Shadowgrass
• David and Mason Via
• Sherman Holmes
• Humayun Khan
• Reverend Frank Newsome
• Unique Sound of the Mountains: Larry Sigmon and Martha Spencer
• Trio Sefardi
• The Hurdle Brothers with Reverend Tarrence Paschall
• The Harris Brothers
• Sun Ra Arkestra
• Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass
• The Church Sisters
• Shemekia Copeland
• Reverend John Wilkins
• Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
• Grupo Rebolú
• Amargue Bachata Quintet with Andre Veloz
• Feedel Band
• Zedashe
• Ongwehoñwe Singers & Dancers
• DJ Grandmaster Flash
• The Alt
• Masaji Candyman
• Deacon John’s Jump Blues
• Cambodian American Heritage Dance Troupe
• Ahava Raba
• The Virginia Luthiers
• Dudley Laufman & His Barn Dance Band
• De Temps Antan – CANCELLED
• Sleepy LaBeef
• The Campbell Brothers
• Riyaaz Qawwali
• Leonardo Sandoval
• Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
• Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys
• The Holmes Brothers
• Ann Yao Trio
• Derek McAlister
• Kayton Roberts & Friends
• Joaquin Diaz
• Egyptian Celebration
• Trouble Funk
• Maggie Ingram & the Ingramettes
• The Bailey Hummingbirds
• The Virginia State University Gospel Chorale
• Masters of Hawaiian Music: Led Ka’apana, George Kahumoku, Jr., & Richard Ho’opi’i
• Debashish Bhattacharya & Family
• Lafayette Gilchrist & the New Volcanoes
• Tezcatlipoca Voladores
• Eileen Torres
• Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
• Supaman
• Whitetop Mountaineers
• Kostas Fetfatsidis and Evan Karapanagiotides
• Le Vent du Nord
• Throwdown on Brown: Breakdance Competition
• William Bell
• Chaksam-pa
• Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
• Talia Moser
• Union/University of Richmond Virginia Folklife Area
• Jesse McReynolds
• Linda and David Lay
• Randy Cook
• Furnace Mountain
• Sammy Shelor
• Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes
• Wild Ponies
• Frank Newsome
• Crooked Road Ramblers
• The Bailey Hummingbirds
• Cheick Hamala Diabate
• The Brotherhood Singers
• Elizabeth LaPrelle
• Anna Roberts-Gevalt
• The James King Band
• Thomas Maupin, Daniel Rothwell and Overall Creek with Korey Posey
• Jesse Lége & Joel Savoy
• Red Trouser Show
• Aurelio Martinez
• Lurrie Bell Blues Band
• The Chuck Brown All-Star Tribute Band with Special Guests
• Abdoulaye Diabaté and Super Mande
• Christine Salem
• The Dardanelles
• Stooges Brass Band
• Prusinowski Trio
• Alex Meixner Band
• Nathalie Pires
• Yves Lambert Trio
• Rhythm of Rajasthan
• Don Carlos and the Dub Vision Band
• Mighty Sam McClain
• Spanish Harlem Orchestra
• Alash
• Khac Chi
• Marshall Ford Swing Band
• Hector Del Curto Tango Quartet
• Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice
• Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
• Forró Pé de Serra All Stars
• Williette Hinton
• Wang Li
• Benjamin the Clown
• Septeto Nacional
• Fendika
• Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band
• Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks
• Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas
• Hassan Hakmoun
• The Stage Hogs
• John Dee Holeman
• Phil Wiggins
• Lance Lipinsky
• Rosanne Cash
• Paul Dahlin and the Äkta Spelmän
• Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba
• Pedrito Martinez Group
• Gerald Anderson
• Imamyar Hasanov & Pejman Hadadi
• Tony Ellis & The Musicians of Braeburn
• Chatham County Line
• Big Time Sarah
• Magic Slim & the Teardrops
• Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
• Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac
• Jim Keenan
• Cindy Cashdollar
• Redd Volkaert Band
• Old Bay Ceili Band
• Winograd's Nue Tanzhoyz Kapele with Hank Sapoznik
• Steven Weintraub
• Davell Crawford
• Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera
• Professor Horn's Punch & Judy Show (Mark Walker)
• Tibetan Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery
• Git Hoan Dancers
• Los Tres Reyes
• Andes Manta
• Benedicte Maurseth
• Bonsoir, Catin
• Boukman Eksperyans
• Capoeira Luanda
• Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-fonics with piano master Daryl Davis
• The Dazzlers
• Victor Mizelle
• Russell Williford
• Donald Harrison Jr. & The Congo Square Nation
• Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
• Brendan Mulvihill
• Lester McCumbers
• Charlie Walden
• Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor
• Dr. Harold Lilly
• La Excelencia
• Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
• Los Texmaniacs
• Lúnasa
• No BS! Brass Band
• Otrov
• Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
• Tony Rice
• Rare Essence
• Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers
• Sibirskaya Vechora
• Zakir Hussain
• Frank Newsome
• Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
• Paul Williams & Victory Trio
• East African rumba & soukous
• Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga
• Debashish Bhattacharya
• Trouble Funk
• Sophia Bilides Trio
• Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
• Aubrey Ghent
• Wylie & The Wild West
• Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
• Jorge Negron’s Master Bomba Ensemble
• Paul Zarzyski
• Sounds of Korea (with Min Ji Kim & Bora Ju)
• Jerry Douglas Band
• Swamp Dogg
• Don Roy Trio
• La Gran Banda
• Lloyd Arneach
• North Bear
• Bob French’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
• Khogzhumchu
• BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
• Larry Bland and the Volunteer Choir
• The Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers
• James Cheechoo
• EU
• Grupo Cimarrón
• Mark Halata and Texavia
• Harmonia
• The Itals
• Ledward Kaapana and Mike Kaawa
• Robin Kessinger & Todd Hallawell
• Lee Sexton Band
• Dale Watson
• Vieux Farka Touré
• Eileen Torres
• The Dan Tyminski Band
• Sharde Thomas and The Rising Star Fife and Drum
• Tezcatlipoca Voladores
• Tamara and the Shadow Puppet Theatre of Java
• San Jose Taiko
• Howard Tate
• Plena Libre
• Eddie & Alonzo Pennington
• Nukariik
• Nadeem Dlaikan & Friends
• Líadan
• Drums No Guns
• Dean Shostak
• Bob Zentz
• Jim Goodwin
• The Company Store (JAM Inc.)
• Jason Samuels Smith & Pandit Chitresh Das
• Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys
• Ubaldo Sanchez
• Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble
• Kotchegna Dance Company
• Junk Yard Band
• The Holmes Brothers
• Wayne Henderson and Jeff Little
• Karan Casey
• Vishten
• Bryan Bowers
• Dovie Thomason
• Manoochehr Sadeghi
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Big Country Bluegrass
• Elana James & Cindy Cashdollar
• Moges Seyoum & The Yared Choir
• Maggie Ingram & The Ingramettes
• John Styles
• Signora Bella
• Robert Watson
• Virginia Indian Intertribal Dance Group and Drum
• The Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra
• Grupo Fantasma
• Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion
• D.L. Menard with Terry Huval and the Jambalaya Cajun Band
• Marimba Linda Xelajú
• Melody of China
• The Madison Hummingbirds
• Cephas & Wiggins
• Linda & David Lay
• Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders
• Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
• Chuck Brown
• Willie King & The Liberators
• Warner Williams & Jay Summerour
• Jeffrey Scott
• Nat Reese
• The Skatalites
• The Quebe Sisters Band
• Grace Chang
• Le Vent du Nord
• The Lee Boys
• Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
• Boston Edge: Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly and John McGann
• Sonny Burgess & The Legendary Pacers
• Lost Bayou Ramblers
• Jamesie & The Allstars with Blinky McIntosh
• AltaiKAI
• Carlos de Leon Orchestra
• New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters
• Hank Sapoznik & The Youngers of Zion
• Brien Fain
• Elizabeth LaPrelle
• Hazel Dickens
• Richard Hagopian Ensemble
• Treme Brass Band
• Hula Halau O’Lilinoe
• Mythili Prakash and the Dance of India Ensemble
• Scott Fore
• Bob Cage
• Northern Neck Chantey Singers
• Yuqin Wang Dragon Art Studio
• New York Goofs
• Chinese Folk Art Workshop
• Richmond Indigenous Gourd Ensemble
• Buckingham Lining Bar Gang
• Mountain Heart
• Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
• The Paschall Brothers
• First African Baptist Singers
• Bernard Allison
• Los Pleneros de la 21
• Savoy Family Band
• J.P. Cormier
• Dervish
• Kirk Sutphin
• Sammy Shelor
• Ivo Papasov & Yuri Yunakov
• Cambodian-American Heritage Dance Troupe
• Zydeco Joe & Lassiez Le Bon Temp Rouler Band
• Hayden Thompson & The Rhythm Rockers
• Marcia Ball
• Prem Raja Mahat
• Sankofa Strings
• Cheick Hamala Diabate Ensemble
• Chuna McIntyre
• DW Groethe

Organizer

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