Schedule

The Richmond Folk Festival is scheduled for October 8, 9, and 10 down at Brown’s Island. Check out the schedule to see who’s playing where and when.

September 28, 2010; 10:08 PM • by RVANews staff

The Richmond Folk Festival is scheduled for October 8, 9, and 10 down at Brown’s Island. See below for who’s playing where and when.

(Note: This information is still subject to change. We will make updates and add links as they become available.)

Friday, October 8: 6pm to 10:30pm

Altria Stage

7:00 – 7:45 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
8:00 – 8:45 Otrov
9:00 – 10:00 Lúnasa

MWV Stage

7:15 – 8:15 Zakir Hussain
8:30 – 9:15 Ensemble Shanbehzadeh

Dominion Stage

7:30 – 8:45 Boukman Eksperyans

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion

8:15 – 9:15 Bonsoir, Catin
9:30 – 10:30 Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials

Saturday, October 9: Noon to 10:30pm

Altria Stage

12:00 – 12:45 Andes Manta
1:00 – 1:45 Bonsoir, Catin
2:00 – 2:45 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
3:00 – 3:45 Lúnasa
4:00 – 5:00 Los Texmaniacs
5:30 – 6:15 Rare Essence
7:45 – 8:30 Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation
8:45 -9:30 Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
9:45 – 10:30 Boukman Eksperyans

MWV Stage

12:00 – 1:00 Hot Pickers
1:15 – 2:00 Lúnasa
2:15 – 3:15 The African Influence: Rituals & Roots
3:30 – 4:15 Dr. Harold Lilly
4:30 – 5:15 Fiddle Journeys: 400 Years of Tune Migrations
5:30 – 6:00 Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers
7:15 – 8:00 Benedicte Maurseth
8:15 – 9:00 Capoeira Luanda

Dominion Stage

12:15 – 1:00 Enesmble Shanbehzadeh
1:15 – 2:00 Dr. Harold Lilly
2:15 – 3:00 Otrov
3:15 – 4:00 Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers
4:15 – 5:00 Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation
5:30 -6:15 La Excelencia
6:30 – 7:15 Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion

12:30 – 1:45 Los Texmaniacs
2:00 – 3:15 Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-fonics with Daryl Davis
3:30 – 4:45 Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
5:15 – 6:15 Boukman Eksperyans
8:00 – 9:00 La Excelencia
9:30 – 10:30 Rare Essence

Martin’s/Union First Market Bank Family Stage

12:00 – 12:45 No BS! Brass Band
1:00 – 1:45 Sibirskaya Vechora
2:00 – 2:45 Fiddle Journeys: 400 Years of Tune Migrations
3:00 – 3:45 Andes Manta
4:00 – 4:45 Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
5:00 – 5:45 World Fiddles

Genworth Financial Family Area

12:00 – 12:45 The Company Store
1:00 – 1:45 Benedicte Maurseth
2:00 – 2:45 Kazoo Parade with No BS! Brass Band
3:00 – 3:30 Kristi Guillory & Christine Balfa
3:45 – 4:30 The Texican Gringos Band

CenterStage Virginia Folklife Stage

12:00 – 12:45 Northern Neck Chantey Singers
1:00 – 1:45 Tales and Tunes from the Mines: Frank Newsome, Scott Mullins, Nat Reese
2:00 – 2:30 Oyster Shucking Contest with World Champion Deborah Pratt
2:45 – 3:30 New Harvest: Mullins Family Singers
3:45 – 4:30 Coal Camp Blues: Nat Reese with Phil Wiggins
4:45 – 5:30 Coalfield Bluegrass: Twin Springs Bluegrass Band

Sunday, October 10: Noon to 7pm

Altria Stage

12:00 – 1:00 “Virginia Rocks” with The Dazzlers, Deke Dickerson & Other Special Guests
1:15 – 2:00 Otrov
2:15 – 3:00 Dr. Harold Lilly
3:15 – 4:00 Benedicte Maurseth
4:15 – 5:00 Peter Rowan & Tony Rice
5:15 – 6:00 Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation

MWV Stage

12:00 – 12:45 Capoeira Luanda
1:00 – 1:45 Andes Manta
2:00 – 3:00 Musical Dialogues
3:15 – 4:00 Fiddle Journeys: 400 Years of Tune Migrations
4:15 – 4:45 Lester McCumbers
5:00 – 5:45 Keys: Boogie Woogie & B3

Dominion Stage

12:15 – 1:00 Sibirskaya Vechora
1:15 -2:00 Benedicte Maurseth
2:15 – 3:00 Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
3:15 – 4:00 Otrov
4:15 – 5:00 Capoeira Luanda
5:15 – 6:00 Los Texmaniacs

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion

12:30 – 1:30 Los Texmaniacs
1:45 – 3:00 Bonsoir, Catin
3:15 – 4:15 Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-fonics with Daryl Davis
4:30 – 5:45 La Excelencia

Martin’s/Union First Market Bank Family Stage

12:00 – 12:45 Community Sing with the Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers
1:00 – 1:30 Texas Shorty
1:45 – 2:30 “Virginia Rocks” Rockabilly Conversations
2:45 – 3:30 Sibirskaya Vechora
3:45 – 4:15 No BS! Brass Band
4:30 – 5:15 Andes Manta

Genworth Financial Family Area

12:30 – 1:15 Bagpipers: Brian Erbe & Chance Bell
1:30 – 2:15 Kazoo Parade with No BS! Brass Band
2:30 – 3:15 Make & Play Panpipes with Andes Manta
3:30 – 4:15 Sheryl Warner and Southside Homewreckers with Gregg Kimball & Rick Manson’s Hohner Harmonica ‘101’

CenterStage Virginia Folklife Stage

12:00 – 12:45 High and Lonesome: Frank Newsome, Dale Jett & Peter Rowan
1:00 – 1:45 Next Generation: Molly Slemp, Matthew Bright & Scott Mullins
2:00 – 2:45 Dale Jett and Hello Stranger
3:00 – 3:45 Molly Slemp
4:00 – 5:00 Ron Short and Friends

(Not sure where these stages are located? Download a PDF of the Richmond Folk Festival map right here.)

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