Folk Festival ’09 Music Schedule

The Folk Festival is getting closer, so it’s time to start planning who you’re going to see and when. Take a look at this year’s lineup and schedule…

Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Friday, October 9

Ukrop’s / First Market Bank Stage

6:30 – 7:00 pm Opening Remarks
7:00 – 7:45 pm Wylie & The Wild West
8:00 – 8:45 pm Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
9:00 – 10:00 pm Swamp Dogg

Altria Stage

7:45 – 8:30 pm Virginia Heritage Awards
8:45 – 9:30 pm Debashish Bhattacharya
9:45 – 10:30 pm Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion

8:00 – 9:15 pm Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
9:30 – 10:30 pm Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga

Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Saturday, October 10

Ukrop’s / First Market Bank Stage

12:00 – 12:45 pm Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
1:00 – 1:45 pm Swamp Dogg
2:00 – 2:45 pm Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
3:00 – 3:45 pm Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band
4:00 – 5:00 pm Wylie & The Wild West
5:30 – 6:15 pm Trouble Funk
7:30 – 8:15 pm Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga
8:30 – 9:15 pm Jerry Douglas Band
9:30 – 10:30 pm Bob French’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band

Altria Stage

12:00 – 12:45 pm Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
1:00 – 1:30 pm North Bear
1:45 – 2:30 pm Debashish Bhattacharya
2:45 – 3:45 pm Steel Bars & Bottlenecks: Masters of Slide Guitar
4:00 – 4:45 pm Sounds of Korea
5:00 – 5:45 pm Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
7:30 -8:15 pm Sounds of Korea
8:30 – 9:15 pm Jorge Negron’s Master Bomba Ensemble

Dominion Stage

12:00 – 12:45 pm Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
1:00 – 1:45 pm Aubrey Ghent
2:00 – 2:45 pm Fiddle & Mandolin Traditions
3:00 – 3:45 pm Sophia Bilides Trio
4:00 – 4:45 pm Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
5:00 – 5:45 pm Jerry Douglas Band
6:00 – 6:45 pm La Gran Banda
7:00 pm Gerloff/Parch Parade w/No BS Brass Band to Brown’s Island

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion

12:00 – 1:00 pm La Gran Banda
1:15 – 2:15 pm Bob French’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
2:30 – 3:30 pm Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga
3:45 – 4:45 pm Swamp Dogg
5:00 – 6:15 pm Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
7:45 – 8:45 pm Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band
9:15 – 10:30 pm Trouble Funk

CenterStage Virginia Folklife Stage

12:00 – 12:45 pm Reverend Frank Newsome
1:00 – 1:45 pm Moges Seyoum
2:00 – 2:45 pm Virginia Gospel Traditions
3:00 – 3:45 pm Church organ traditions w/ Dennis Stephens
4:00 – 4:45 pm Paschall Brothers
5:00 – 6:15 pm Maggie Ingram & The Ingramettes

MWV Family Stage

12:00 – 1:00 pm Global Voices: Songs of Love, Home & Hope
1:15 – 1:45 pm Yodeling 101 w/ Wylie Gustafson
2:00 – 2:45 pm Lloyd Arneach
3:00 – 3:30 pm North Bear
3:45 – 4:30 pm Khogzhumchu
4:45 – 5:30 pm Don Roy Trio

Genworth Parawing (Up the Hill)

12:00 – 12:45 pm George Turman
1:00 – 1:45 pm The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra
2:00 – 2:45 pm Harmonica 101 w/ Phil Wiggins
3:00 – 3:45 pm Chris Fuller & Frank Coleman
4:00 – 4:45 pm Lloyd Arneach

Documentary Film Program in the National Park Service Visitor Center

12:00 – 12:57 pm Powerhouse for God (57 min)
1:05 – 1:27 pm All the Past We Leave Behind (22 min)
1:35 – 2:03 pm Hinduism and the Song of God: A Modern Interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita (28 min)
2:15 – 2:45 pm Slide show/lecture with Jimmy Price: Masonry and Historic Preservation (30 min)
2:55 – 3:17 pm All the Past We Leave Behind (22 min)
3:25 – 4:15 pm Sufi Soul – The Mystic Music Of The Islam  (50min)
4:25 – 4:55 pm Stone Carvers (30 min)
5:05 – 5:57 pm Legacy of the Spirits (52 min)

Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Sunday, October 11

Ukrop’s First Market Bank Stage

12:15 – 1:00 pm Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
1:15 – 2:15 pm La Gran Banda
2:30 – 3:30 pm Aubrey Ghent
3:45 – 4:30 pm Khogzhumchu
4:45 – 5:30 pm Jorge Negron’s Master Bomba Ensemble
5:45 – 6:30 pm Bob French’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band

Altria Stage

12:00 – 12:45 pm Paul Zarzyski & Wylie Gustafson
1:00 – 1:45 pm Sounds of Korea
2:00 – 3:00 pm Global Percussion Traditions
3:15 – 4:15 pm Debashish Bhattacharya
4:30 – 5:15 pm Sophia Bilides Trio

Dominion Stage

12:00 – 12:45 pm Don Roy Trio
1:00 – 1:45 pm Sophia Bilides Trio
2:00 – 2:45 pm Khogzhumchu
3:00 – 3:45 pm Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
4:00 – 5:00 pm Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band
5:15 – 6:00 pm Aubrey Ghent

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion

12:15 – 1:00 pm Jorge Negron’s Master Bomba Ensemble
1:15 – 2:15 pm Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band
2:30 – 3:45 pm Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
4:00 – 5:00 pm La Gran Banda
5:15 – 6:30 pm Wylie & The Wild West

CenterStage Virginia Folklife Stage

12:00 – 12:30 pm Virginia Indian Drum & Dance
12:45 – 1:15 pm Cantor Irena Altschul
1:15 – 2:00 pm Larnell Starkey and the Spiritual Seven
2:15 – 3:00 pm Nader Majd
3:15 – 3:45 pm Crowns of Richmond: African-American church hat fashion show
4:00 – 4:45 pm Joel Rubin Ensemble
5:00 – 6:00 pm The Hummingbirds

MWV Family Stage

12:00 – 12:45 pm High Country Voices: From the Northern Plains to Central Asia
1:00 – 1:45 pm Virginia Musical Icons
2:00 – 2:45 pm Paul Zarzyski & Wylie Gustafson
3:00 – 3:45 pm Lloyd Arneach
4:00 – 4:45 pm Don Roy Trio

Genworth Parawing (Up the Hill)

12:00 – 12:45 pm Spoon playing 101 w/ Bob Zentz
1:00 – 1:45 pm Lloyd Arneach
2:00 – 2:45 pm The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra
3:00 – 3:45 pm The Company Store
4:00 – 4:45 pm Bob Zentz

Documentary Film Program in the National Park Service Visitor Center

12:00 – 1:00 pm The Gefilte Fish Chronicles (60 min)
1:10 – 1:32 pm All the Past We Leave Behind (22 min)
1:45 – 2:42 pm Talking through Walls: How the Struggle to Build a Mosque United a Community (57 minutes)
2:55 – 3:25 pm Slide show/lecture with Jimmy Price: Masonry and Historic Preservation (30 min)
3:35 – 3:57 pm All the Past We Leave Behind (22 min)
4:10 – 4:39 pm The Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans’ Paintings (29 min)
4:50 – 5:47 pm Rebuilding the Temple: Cambodians in America (57 min)

Friday | Saturday | Sunday

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  1. I am putting this on my web and newsletter. My orientation is dance and love Broussard and Wylie. Is there any wooden dance floor or will it be strictly dancing in the street. Jack Wolf

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