Richmond Folk Festival makes room for music, culture and community
A D’Angelo tribute and the Chuck Brown Band’s go-go set highlighted a Richmond Folk Festival that made room for music, cultural traditions and community.
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Richmond’s Desirée Roots returns to the music of Ella Fitzgerald
Richmond native Desirée Roots returns to Ella Fitzgerald’s music with Timeless Ella on November 10, bringing years of jazz, theatre and arts education experience to the Glen Allen stage.
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Richmond’s soul takes the stage for D’Angelo tribute
Richmond musicians who knew D’Angelo before his rise to fame will join artists carrying the city’s soul tradition forward at this year’s Richmond Folk Festival. “Soul of the City: Richmond Celebrates D’Angelo” brings together mentors, former collaborators and fellow performers whose backgrounds connect to the gospel, soul, funk and hip-hop that shaped his music. The…
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Standing in the Shade of a 20-Year Tree: How the RVA East End Festival Transformed Arts Education in Richmond
Twenty years after a quiet crisis sparked a neighborhood arts revolution, the RVA East End Festival returns to Richmond’s historic 17th Street Market on September 26, 2026. Discover how two decades of community advocacy raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for public school arts programs, brought the Richmond Symphony and brass legends to Shockoe Bottom, and saw former students return as music educators leading the next generation.
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Richmond Folk Festival 2026: Celebrating Global Traditions, Reinvented & Free
Returning to the downtown riverfront from October 9–11, 2026, the free Richmond Folk Festival proves that tradition is far from frozen in time. Across six dynamic stages on Brown’s Island, master artists—from Héctor “Coco” Barez’s electrified Puerto Rican bomba and the Chuck Brown Band’s 50th-anniversary go-go beats to Tradition-ILL’s Indigenous hip-hop/powwow fusion—boldly reinvent ancestral arts for a vibrant, modern celebration of global culture.
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Richmond Comedy and Music Festival 2026: Laugh & Groove with Micah ‘Bam Bam’ White
Get ready to mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening of side-splitting laughter and soulful rhythms! The Richmond Comedy and Music Festival is returning in 2026, promising a vibrant celebration of entertainment that perfectly captures the spirit of Richmond events. This multi-disciplinary extravaganza brings together top-tier comedy and fantastic musical performances for a night out…
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Richmond Jazz & Music Festival Announces 2026 Lineup Featuring Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, and Noname
The Richmond Jazz & Music Festival returns August 8–9, 2026 with performances from Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, Free Nationals, Noname, Doug E. Fresh, Samara Joy, and more in a lineup that spans jazz, soul, hip-hop, and funk.
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Erykah Badu — The Cultural Architect Headlining Richmond Jazz & Music Festival 2026
Erykah Badu’s headlining appearance at Richmond Jazz & Music Festival 2026 brings one of modern Black music’s most influential and genre-defying artists to Maymont.
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Richmond Jazz & Music Festival 2026: The Artists Bringing Jazz, Soul, Hip-Hop and Funk to Maymont
Richmond Jazz & Music Festival’s 2026 lineup blends jazz excellence, neo-soul, hip-hop, funk, and R&B legends with rising contemporary voices shaping the next era of Black music.
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Bands to Watch at Riverrock: The Artists Bringing Richmond’s Riverfront to Life
Dominion Energy Riverrock returns to Brown’s Island with a music lineup that stretches from honky-tonk chaos and indie-folk to psychedelic rock and soul-infused Americana. As thousands gather along the James River this weekend, these are the artists helping transform Riverrock into one of Richmond’s biggest cultural gatherings of the spring.
