RICHMOND, VA: 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.

The free festival hosts 200,000 people over a three-day weekend. Featuring six stages and 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.

To commemorate the event’s 20th anniversary, the festival will feature numerous favorites from past years.

Full Performance Schedule

Read all about the performers at each stage and see the full weekend event schedule.

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