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Schedule

Liz Carroll Trio with Troy MacGillivray  6:30 - 7:15 Altria
Wang Li 6:45 - 7:30 MWV
Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro 7:30 - 8:15 Altria
Fred Wesley and the New JBs 7:30 - 8:45 Community
Fendika 7:45 - 8:30 MWV
Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks 7:45 - 8:30 Dominion
Hassan Hakmoun 8:30 - 9:30 Altria
Hector Del Curto Tango Quartet 8:45 - 9:30 MWV
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas 8:45 - 9:30 Dominion
Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band  12:00 - 12:45 Altria
Hula Halau 'o Keikiali'i 12:00 - 12:45 MWV
Fendika 12:00 - 12:45 Community
Masters of Piedmont Blues & Buckdance 12:00 - 12:45 Union
Tribute to Mike Seeger 12:00 - 12:45 Folklife
Benjamin the Juggling Clown 12:00 - 12:45 Genworth
From Wood to Singing Guitar (Documentary) 12:00 - 12:32 Civil War Visitors Center
Brazilian dance lesson with Liliana Araújo 12:15 - 12:45 Dominion
Kiowa/Comanche Drum and Dance 12:30 - 1:15 Family
All The Past We Leave Behind (Documentary) 12:40 - 1:02 Civil War Visitor Center
Forró Pé de Serra All Stars 12:45 - 1:45 Dominion
Rosanne Cash 1:00 - 2:00 Altria
Hector Del Curto Tango Quartet 1:00 - 1:45 MWV
Paul Dahlin and the Äkta Spelmän  1:00 - 1:45 Community
Liz Carroll Trio with Troy MacGillivray 1:00 - 1:45 Union
Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes 1:00 - 1:45 Folklife
Harper and Company 1:00 - 1:45 Genworth
Counting Oysters (Documentary) 1:10 - 1:20 Civil War Visitors Center
Hamper McBee: Raw Mash (Documentary) 1:30 - 1:59 Civil War Visitors Center
Masters of Improvisation
(Fred Wesley, Michael White, Rahim AlHaj, Wang Li)
2:00 - 2:45 MWV
Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice 2:00 - 2:45 Community
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas 2:00 - 3:00 Dominion
Dance Traditions: From Morocco to Ethiopia 
(Melaku Belay and Zinash Tsegaye of Fendika, Hassan and Aburrahim Hakmoun)
2:00 - 2:45 Union
Wayne Henderson 2:00 - 3:00 Folklife
Hula 101 with Hula Halau 'o Keikiali'i 2:00 - 2:45 Genworth
Industrial Heart of the Confederacy: Tredegar Iron Works (Documentary) 2:10 - 2:22 Civil War Visitors Center
Benjamin the Juggling Clown 2:15 - 3:00 Family
Joshua Nelson 2:15 - 3:00 Community
Blues Houseparty: Music Dance and Stories by Masters of the Piedmont Blues 2:30 - 3:27 Civil War Visitors Center
Masters of Piedmont Blues & Buckdance 3:00 - 3:45 Community
Paul Dahlin and the Äkta Spelmän 3:00 - 3:45 Union
Andrew Alli and Last Night’s Blues Band 3:00 - 3:45 Genworth
Hector Del Curto Tango Quartet 3:15 - 4:00 Altria
Rahim AlHaj 3:15 - 4:00 MWV
Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks 3:15 - 4:00 Dominion
Paschall Brothers 3:15 - 4:00 Folklife
All The Past We Leave Behind (Documentary) 3:40 - 4:02 Civil War Visitors Center
Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro 4:00 - 4:45 Community
Wang Li 4:00 - 4:45 Union
Benjamin the Juggling Clown 4:00 - 4:45 Genworth
Cured (Documentary) 4:10 - 4:20 Civil War Visitors Center
Ti-Coca et Wanga-Nègès 4:15 - 5:00 Altria
World Fiddle Traditions
(Billy Hawks of Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Liz Carroll, Troy MacGillivray, Claúdio Rabeca of Forró Pé de Serra All Stars, Paul Dahlin, Endris Hassen of Fendika)
4:15 - 5:00 MWV
Tribute to John Cephas 4:15 - 5:00 Folklife
Lance Lipinsky 4:30 - 5:30 Dominion
Homemade American Music (Documentary) 4:30 - 5:12 Civil War Visitors Center
American Indian Music & Dance Show 5:00 - 5:45 Community
Hula Halau 'o Keikiali'i 5:00 - 5:45 Union
Fred Wesley & the New JBs  5:15 - 6:15 Altria
Jesse McReynolds 5:15 - 6:15 Folklife
Counting Oysters (Documentary) 5:20 - 5:30 Civil War Visitors Center
Liz Carroll Trio with Troy MacGillivray 5:30 - 6:15 MWV
Cuban dance lesson with Eileen Torres 5:45 - 6:15 Dominion
Hamper Bee: Raw Mash 5:40 - 5:49 Civil War Visitors Center
Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks  6:00 - 6:45 Community
Rahim AlHaj 6:00 - 6:45 Union
Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro 6:15 - 7:00 Dominion
Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice  6:30 - 7:15 Altria
Fendika 6:30 - 7:15 MWV
Ti-Coca et Wanga-Nègès 7:00 - 7:45 Community
Hassan Hakmoun 7:15 - 8:15 Dominion
Lance Lipinsky 7:30 - 8:15 Altria
Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band 7:30 - 8:30 MWV
Forró Pé de Serra All Stars 8:00 - 8:45 Community
Nathan and the Zydeo Cha-chas 8:30 - 9:30 Altria
Fred Wesley & the New JBs 8:30 - 9:30 Dominion
Joshua Nelson 8:45 - 9:30 MWV
The Ralph Stanley Story (Documentary) 10:30 - 11:42 Civil War Visitors Center
Counting Oysters(Documentary) 11:50 - 12:00 Civil War Visitors Center
Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice 12:00 - 12:45 Altria
The Stage Hogs 12:00 - 12:45 MWV
Ti-Coca et Wanga-Nègès 12:00 - 12:45 Community
Hula Halau 'o Keikiali'i 12:00 - 12:45 Union
Tribute to John Jackson 12:00 - 12:45 Folklife
Benjamin the Juggling Clown 12:00 - 12:45 Genworth
Cured (Documentary) 12:10 - 12:20 Civil War Visitors Center
Forró Pé de Serra All Stars 12:15 - 1:15 Dominion
Kiowa/Comanche Drum and Dance 12:30 - 1:15 Family
Hamper McBee: Raw Mash(Documentary) 12:30 - 12:59 Civil War Visitors Center
Paul Dahlin and the Äkta Spelmän  1:00 - 1:45 Altria
Wang Li 1:00 - 2:00 MWV
Fendika 1:00 - 1:45 Community
Masters of Piedmont Blues & Buckdance (John Dee Holeman, Phil Wiggins, Williette Hinton) 1:00 - 1:45 Union
Flory Jagoda 1:00 - 1:45 Folklife
Cory & Amy Blake 1:00 - 1:45 Genworth
All the Paths We Leave Behind(Documentary) 1:10 - 1:32 Civil War Visitors Center
Lance Lipinsky 1:30 - 2:30 Dominion
In The Good Old Fashioned Way(Documentary) 1:40 - 2:09 Civil War Visitors Center
KAZOO PARADE 1:45 - 2:15 Genworth
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas 2:00 - 2:45 Altria
Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band  2:00 - 3:00 Community
North American Solo Dance Traditions  (Williette Hinton, Eddie Bond, Troy MacGillivray, Jeffrey Scott) 2:00 - 2:45 Union
Tribute to Janette Carter  2:00 - 2:45 Folklife
World Masters of Song 
(Junior Sisk, Ti-Coca, Nardos Tesfaw of Fendika, Liliana Araújo of Forró Pé de Serra All Stars, Kawika Alfiche of Hula Halau ‘o Keikiali’i)
2:15 - 3:15 MWV
Industrial Heart of the Confederacy: Tredegar Iron Works(Documentary) 2:20 - 2:42 Civil War Visitors Center
Blues Harmonica 101 - Phil Wiggins with Andrew Alli 2:30 - 3:15 Genworth
Cuban dance lesson with Eileen Torres 2:45 - 3:15 Dominion
All the Paths We leave Behind (Documentary) 2:50 - 3:12 Civil War Visitors Center
Joshua Nelson 3:00 - 3:45 Altria
Flory Jagoda 3:00 - 3:45 Union
Rahim AlHaj 3:15 - 4:00 Community
Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro  3:15 - 4:00 Dominion
Oyster Shucking Smackdown III 3:15 - 4:00 Folklife
Sunny Side of Life (Documentary) 3:20 - 4:18 Civil War Visitors Center
Benjamin the Juggling Clown 3:30 - 4:00 Genworth
Banjo Journey: From Africa to America (Jason Davis of Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Hassan Hakmoun, Seleshe Damessae of Fendika, Eddie Bond & Kirk Sutphin of The Stage Hogs, Detroit Brooks of Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band) 3:30 - 4:15 MWV
Forró Pé de Serra All Stars 4:00 - 4:45 Altria
American Indian Music & Dance Show (Kiowa/Comanche music and dance) 4:00 - 4:45 Union
Ralph Stanley, Frank Newsome, and Joe Wilson  4:00 - 4:45 Folklife
Blues House Party 
(John Dee Holeman, Phil Wiggins, and Williette Hinton of Piedmont Blues and Buckdance, Nathan Williams of Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-chas, Super Chikan)
4:15 - 5:15 Community
Ti-Coca et Wanga-Nègès  4:15 - 5:00 Dominion
Hot Seats 4:15 - 5:00 Genworth
Liz Carroll Trio with Troy McGillivray  4:30 - 5:15 MWV
Counting Oysters (Documentary) 4:40 - 4:50 Civil War Visitors Center
Lance Lipinsky 5:00 - 6:00 Altria
The Key From Spain: The Songs & Stories of Flory Jagoda (Documentary) 5:00 - 5:40 Civil War Visitors Center
Hassan Hakmoun 5:15 - 6:00 Dominion
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys 5:30 - 6:15 Community

FAQ

Free Parking

Free offsite parking and free shuttle service is at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and at Spring Rock Green (formerly the Beaufont Mall, across from Cloverleaf Mall.) Shuttles leave every 15 minutes

  • Spring Rock Green: 7202 Midlothian Turnpike, corner of Chippenham Pkwy
  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield: 2015 Staples Mill Road

Shuttle Hours

Shuttle hotline: 804-358-4782

  • Friday – 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Saturday – 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
  • Sunday – 11:30 AM - 6:30 PM
  • The buses will leave every 20 minutes.

Paid Parking

  • Central Parking:
    • $5.00
    • Shockoe Bottom, 100 Virginia Street
    • Crowne Plaza, 555 E. Canal Street
    • 3rd & Cary Streets
    • $6.00
    • 3rd & Main Streets (300 E. Main Street)
    • 4th Street between Main & Cary Streets
  • Standard Parking:
    • $5.00
    • 300 E. Cary Street
    • 4th & 5th Streets between Cary & Canal
    • 5th & Canal Streets
    • 6th & Canal Streets
    • 824 E. Cary Streets (between 8th and 9th on Cary)
  • CityParking Inc.:
    • $5.00
    • 3rd & Cary St.
    • 1st & Cary St.
    • Main & Foushee Streets
  • Lanier:
    • $5.00
    • Riverside on the James, 1001 Haxall Point
    • Riverfront Plaza, 901 E. Byrd Street

Handicap Parking

There will not be onsite transportation available between the various stages.

Handicap parking is available in the Federal Reserve Parking Deck located on the corner of 5th and Byrd Streets. A traffic control officer will be at the intersection to allow properly identified vehicles through.

During the festival, GRTC buses will be transporting patrons up and down the 5th St hill between Tredegar St and Byrd St to assist folks in getting to the Federal Reserve Parking Deck.

Admission

The Richmond Folk Festival is a FREE event – you can enjoy the performances, the Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia Folklife Area, and the Genworth Family Area at no cost. Food, drink and merchandise are available for sale.

NO Pets

DO NOT BRING PETS (other than service animals) to the festival. We expect very large crowds and your pets will be more comfortable at home.

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