Culture Is Couture, Karyn White, gospel and jazz, Richmond Symphony, R&B and Disco Diwali lead Richmond’s November 6–8 weekend calendar.
Plan Halloween weekend in Richmond and Ashland with family activities, live music, films and adult nightlife for October 30–31, 2026.
Looking for things to do in RVA this week? Zydeco, soul, New Orleans jazz, Jackson Ward, hip-hop and gospel lead the October 26–November 1 calendar.
Looking for things to do in RVA this week? VUU Homecoming, jazz, R&B, live music and free art events lead the October 19–25 calendar.
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.
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…
Virginia Union University welcomes alumni back to campus Oct. 18–25 for Homecoming 2026, featuring Yard Fest, a step show, tailgating, football, music and more.
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.
Lace up for a one-of-a-kind adventure at Luck Stone’s fourth annual Run the Rock 5K on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at the Rockville Plant. Conquer challenging gravel terrain and take in stunning quarry views while enjoying a full morning of family-friendly entertainment, local food trucks, and kids’ activities—all to benefit the Goochland Sheriff’s Foundation.
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.
