The Richmond Folk Festival returns, October 10-12, to celebrate 21 years as one of Virginia’s largest and most cherished events. The 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. Over the past two decades, the event’s success has contributed to transforming the riverfront’s popularity and growth.

The free festival hosts 200,000 people over a three-day weekend and features six stages. Showcasing music and dance from more than 30 performing groups from around the nation and the world, the Richmond Folk Festival today announces its full schedule of performances. 

Full Performance Schedule

See the full weekend event schedule.

Read all about each artist performing, plus audio and video samples of each.