Richmond Folk Festival
Friday to Sunday, October 8-10, 2010 | Cost? FREE
Downtown Riverfront-- 2nd to 7th streets and from Byrd Street to river
-Schedule (Pocket PDF) | Performers | Facts | Official Maps (HTML | PDF)
-Guides:  Richmond.com | RVANews | Style Weekly (Mobile) | Times Dispatch | Iphone App
-Buy the 2010 Poster at Plan 9
-Press Releases | Preview Articles

Final Day + Recaps | Schedule
-Tweets: #RFF hashtag
-High turnout, perfect weather, engaging entertainment - third time's the charm for the RFF...Style Weekly photographer Scott Elmquist shares his favorites from the photos he captured this year at the Richmond Folk festival
-With sunshine and warm feelings, Folk Festival wraps up...Folk Festival crowd donates record $88,000
-"Worst Folk Festival ever," says lost couple 
-Richmond Folk Festival - Year Three
-Three days of fantastic, folky fun 
-Folk Fest Wrap-Up...You've Been Spotted at the Richmond Folk Festival
-Richmond Folk Festival Video Part One | Part Two 
-Music and Words 
-Photos

Day 2 | Schedule
-Thousands enjoy second day of Richmond Folk Festival
-Is It Warm or Is It Me?
-Peter Rowan backstage jam with Los Texmaniacs at Richmond Folk Festival 
-Photos 

Day 1 | Schedule
-Folk Me
-Folk Fest Gets Off to a Great Start 
-Folk festival draws fans from near and far
-Photos | Video

Preview Articles
-Style Cover: The 2010 Richmond Folk Festival

-Mr. Bopst goes to the Folk Festival

-Richmond Folk Festival from the James River 
-Richmond Folk Festival running all weekend 
-Top Five Folk Fest...
Five to Try at Folk Fest
-Baltimore Sun: Annual showcase sheds contemporary light on traditional music and culture
-Are you ready for the Richmond Folk Festival?...What a Show 
-Folk Festival: The quick'n'dirty 
-It’s Folk Festival Time, Bitches 
-Richmond Folk Festival Information 
-The Richmond Folk Festival is Back!

-Food at the Folk Festival...Richmond restaurants set up shop at the Folk Festival
-Folk Festival Parking 
-No BS! releases No BS! 
-Virginia Folklife performers and craftspeople announced
-I’ve Been Mostly Awake… 
-Smithfield's Kenny Coates to play rockabilly event in Richmond

-Get ready for the Richmond Folk Festival...Take a spin around the Richmond Folk Festival
-Folk show bigger than in Mass., Maine
-Richmond Ballet offering free performances at the Folk Festival...Studio One begins  | Richmond.com
-Virginia Folklife and Genworth Family areas entertain and enlighten...“From Maritime to Mountain Time” features music and demonstrations, from oyster shucking to decoy carving 
-Richmond Folk Festival iPhone app now available
-The folks behind the festival
-Richmond Folk Festival to celebrate rockabilly
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Directions/Parking | Richmond.com tips | 2BNB Bus

Recap 
-2009
-2008

Friday, October 8
  Altria 
(NPR Live Broadcast)
Martin's Dominion MWV
(Brown's)
Times Dispatch
(Brown's)
7 PM 7:00 - 7:45
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Bluegrass (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
    7:15 - 8:15 
Zakir Hussain North Indian Tabla (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-only performance
 
7:30 PM

 

  7:30 - 8:45 
Boukman Eksperyans Haitian Mizik Rasin (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance

 

 
8 PM 8:00 - 8:45
Otrov Tamburitza (Profiles: Richmond.comRVANews)
-next performance
      8:15 - 9:15 
Bonsoir, Catin Cajun (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-next performance
8:30 PM       8:30 - 9:15 
Ensemble Shanbehzadeh Bushehri Music & Dance of Iran  (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
 
9 PM 9:00 - 10:00
Lúnasa Irish (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
       
9:30 PM

 

      9:30 - 10:30 
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials Chicago Blues (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
Saturday, October 9
  Altria 
(NPR Live Broadcast)
Martin's Dominion MWV
(Brown's)
Times Dispatch
(Brown's)
12 PM 12:00 - 12:45 
Andes Manta Andean (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews)
-next performance
12:00 - 12:45 
No BS! Brass Band
Brass Band (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-next performance
12:15 - 1:00 
Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
Bushehri Music & Dance of Iran  (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
12:00 - 1:00 
Hot Pickers
 
12:30 PM         12:30 - 1:45 
Los Texmaniacs
Conjunto Tejano (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
1 PM 1:00 - 1:45 
Bonsoir, Catin Cajun (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-next performance
1:00 - 1:45 
Sibirskaya Vechora
Traditional Music from Siberia (Profiles: RVANews)
-next performance
1:15 - 2:00 
Dr. Harold Lilly
Hammond B-3 organ gospel (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-next performance
1:15 - 2:00 
Lúnasa
Irish (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
 
1:30 PM          
2 PM 2:00 - 2:45 
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Bluegrass (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
2:00 - 2:45 
Fiddle Journeys:400 Years of Tune Migrations*
Irish, West Virginia, Missouri and Texas fiddle (Profiles: RVANews)
-next performance
2:15 - 3:00 
Otrov
Tamburitza (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews
-next performance
2:15 - 3:15 
The African Influence: Rituals & Roots*
2:00 - 3:15 
Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-fonics with Daryl Davis
Rockabilly (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
2:30 PM          
3 PM 3:00 - 3:45 
Lúnasa Irish (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
3:00 - 3:45 
Andes Manta
Andean (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews)
-next performance
3:15 - 4:00 
Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-next performance
   
3:30 PM       3:30 - 4:15 
Dr. Harold Lilly
Hammond B-3 organ gospel (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-next performance
3:30 - 4:45 
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
Chicago Blues (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
4 PM 4:00 - 5:00 
Los Texmaniacs
Conjunto Tejano (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
4:00 - 4:45 
Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
Bushehri Music & Dance of Iran (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
4:15 - 5:00 
Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation
Jazz & Mardi Gras Indian Traditions (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
   
4:30 PM    

 

4:30 - 5:15 
Fiddle Journeys:400 Years of Tune Migrations*
Irish, West Virginia, Missouri and Texas fiddle (Profiles: RVANews)
-next performance
 
5 PM   5:00 - 5:45 
World Fiddles
    5:15 - 6:15 
Boukman Eksperyans
Haitian Mizik Rasin  (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
5:30 PM 5:30 - 6:15
Rare Essence
Go-go (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
  5:30 -6:15 
La Excelencia
Salsa Dura  (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style)
-next performance
5:30 - 6:00 
Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-next performance
 
6 PM          
6:30 PM     6:30 - 7:15 
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Bluegrass (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
   
7 PM       7:15 - 8:00
Benedicte Maurseth
Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (Profiles: RVANews | Wiki)
-next performance
 
7:30 PM 7:45 - 8:30
Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation Jazz & Mardi Gras Indian Traditions (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
       
8 PM       8:15 - 9:00 
Capoeira Luanda
Brazilian Capoeira (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style)
-next performance
8:00 - 9:00
La Excelencia
Salsa Dura (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style)
-next performance
8:30 PM 8:45 -9:30
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials Chicago Blues (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
       
9 PM          
9:30 PM 9:45 - 10:30 
Boukman Eksperyans Haitian Mizik Rasin (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
      9:30 - 10:30 
Rare Essence
Go-go (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
  Altria 
(NPR Live Broadcast)
Martin's Dominion MWV
(Brown's)
Times Dispatch
(Brown's)
Sunday, October 10
NW to SE Altria 
(NPR Live Broadcast)
Martin's Dominion MWV
(Brown's)
Times Dispatch
(Brown's)
12 PM 12:00 - 1:00 
"Virginia Rocks" with The Dazzlers, Deke Dickerson & Other Special Guests*
Rockabilly Reunion (Profiles: RVANews | Wiki)
-only performance
-See Virginia Rocks coverage
12:00 - 12:45 
Community Sing with the Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-final performance
12:15 - 1:00 
Sibirskaya Vechora Traditional Music from Siberia (Profiles: RVANews)
-next performance
12:00 - 12:45 
Capoeira Luanda Brazilian Capoeira (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style)
-next performance
12:30 - 1:30
Los Texmaniacs Conjunto Tejano (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-next performance
12:30 PM          
1 PM 1:15 - 2:00 
Otrov Tamburitza (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews)
-next performance
1:00 - 1:30 
Texas Shorty
Texas Fiddle (Profiles: RVANews)
-final performance
1:15 -2:00 
Benedicte Maurseth Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (Profiles: RVANews | Wiki)
-next performance
1:00 - 1:45 
Andes Manta Andean (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews)
-next performance
 
1:30 PM   1:45 - 2:30 
"Virginia Rocks" Rockabilly Conversations*
    1:45 - 3:00
Bonsoir, Catin Cajun (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-final performance
2 PM 2:15 - 3:00 
Dr. Harold Lilly Hammond B-3 organ gospel (Style)
-final performance
  2:15 - 3:00 
Ensemble Shanbehzadeh Bushehri Music & Dance of Iran (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
2:00 - 3:00 
Musical Dialogues
 
2:30 PM   2:45 - 3:30 
Sibirskaya Vechora
Traditional Music from Siberia (Profiles: RVANews)
-final performance
     
3 PM 3:15 - 4:00 
Benedicte Maurseth Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (Profiles: RVANews | Wiki)
-final performance
  3:15 - 4:00 
Otrov Tamburitza (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews)
-final performance
3:15 - 4:00 
Fiddle Journeys:400 Years of Tune Migrations* Irish, West Virginia, Missouri and Texas fiddle (Profiles: RVANews)
-final performance
3:15 - 4:15
Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-fonics with Daryl Davis Rockabilly (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
3:30 PM   3:45 - 4:15 
No BS! Brass Band Brass Band (Profiles: RVANews | Style)
-final performance
     
4 PM 4:15 - 5:00 
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice
Flatpicked Guitar Master and Innovator (Profiles:Richmond.com: Rowan | RVANews: Rowan | Style: Rowan | Wiki: RowanStyle: Rice)
-final performance
  4:15 - 5:00 
Capoeira Luanda Brazilian Capoeira (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style)
-final performance
4:15 - 4:45 
Lester McCumbers
Appalachian Fiddling
-final performance
 
4:30 PM   4:30 - 5:15 
Andes Manta Andean (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews)
-final performance
    4:30 - 5:45
La Excelencia Salsa Dura (Profiles: Richmond.com | RVANews | Style)
-final performance
5 PM 5:15 - 6:00 
Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation Jazz & Mardi Gras Indian Traditions (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
  5:15 - 6:00 
Los Texmaniacs Conjunto Tejano (Profiles: RVANews | Style | Wiki)
-final performance
5:00 - 5:45 
Keys: Boogie Woogie & B3*
 
  Altria 
(NPR Live Broadcast)
Martin's Dominion MWV
(Brown's)
Times Dispatch
(Brown's)
For Genworth Financial Family Area and CenterStage Virginia Folklife Stage see official schedule

Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/rff2010