The Richmond Folk Festival depends greatly on generous folks who
volunteer their time and energy to making the event successful. There
are a variety of exciting volunteer areas listed on the website.
Volunteer for a single shift or several. Every hour of assistance will
contribute to the festival's success.
Sign up now!
www.venturerichmond.com
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Richmond Folk Festival
Friday-Sunday, October 10-12
Downtown Richmond's Riverfront, Brown's Island
Entertainment Schedule
More than 30 performing groups are scheduled to present
on seven different stages throughout the festival this year! You'll be
able to enjoy the musical sounds of Go-Go from a famous D.C. band,
amazing Celtic music, and for the first time in its history in
Richmond, the festival will feature a Reggae band!
Here is a full list of this year's performers and their musical genres:
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet - Cajun
from Lafayette, Louisiana
Larry Bland and the Volunteer Choir - Gospel choir
from Richmond, Virginia
The Cellicion - Traditional Zuni Singers
from Zuni, New Mexico
James Cheechoo - Cree fiddling
from Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
E.U. - Go-go
from Washington, D.C.
Grupo Cimarrón - joropo music
from Colombia
Mark Halata and Texavia - Texas-Czech polka
from Webster and Austin, Texas
Harmonia - Eastern European
from Cleveland, Ohio
The Itals - Roots reggae
from Jamaica/ Washington, D.C.
Ledward Kaapana and Mike Kaawa - Hawaiian guitar masters
from Honolulu, Hawaii
Robin Kessinger & Todd Hallawell - Flatpicked and finger-picked guitar
from St. Albans, West Virginia and Maidens, Virginia
Lee Sexton Band - Appalachian banjo
from Letcher County, Kentucky
Líadan - Irish
from Limerick, Galway and Dublin, Ireland
Nadeem Dlaikan & Friends - Traditional Arabic music
from Detroit, Michigan
Nukariik - Inuit throat singing
from Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik, Quebec
Eddie & Alonzo Pennington - Thumb-picked guitar
from Princeton, Kentucky
Plena Libre - bomba y plena
from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Howard Tate - R&B and soul
from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
San Jose Taiko - Japanese drum and dance
from San Jose, California
Tamara and the Shadow Puppet Theatre - Indonesian shadow puppetry
from Northport, Long Island, New York
Tezcatlipoca Voladores - Mayan Flyers Sundance
from Tajín, Veracruz, Mexico
Sharde Thomas and The Rising Star Fife and Drum - African American Fife and Drum
from Sardis, Mississippi
Eileen Torres - Latin Dance Instructor
from Washington, DC
The Dan Tyminski Band - Bluegrass
from Nashville, TN
Vieux Farka Touré - Saharan blues
from Bamako, Mali
Dale Watson - Honky-tonk country
from Austin, Texas
Also You Don't Want to Miss This!
Mexican Flyers to do Trapeze-like Ritual from 90-foot Pole
The
Tezcatlipoca Voladores will perform the "Sundance", which involves
jumping from the top of a 90-foot pole and swinging slowly to the
ground in circles from the ropes tied to the flyers ankles. This is
"surely one of the most spectacular rituals created in the western
hemisphere, The "Flying Man" Sundance has religious significance as
well as being an intricate and amazing acrobatic feat", says Josh Kohn,
programming manager for the National Council for Traditional Arts.
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09.25.2008 
