Now when I saw weird, I mean it in the nicest way imaginable – seriously, like how people say “keep Portland weird,” I like to say “the folk festival makes RVA weird.”
Now when I saw weird, I mean it in the nicest way imaginable – seriously, like how people say “keep Portland weird,” I like to say “the folk festival makes RVA weird.”
I don’t have a lot of friends.
Anywhoo… Check out some of this videos below and you’ll see the up coming performers doing their weirdest. I’m hoping to knock back a number of RVA craft beers, sit on a grassy knoll on Brown’s Island, and just spend the weekend (10/10-12) taking in all the out-of-town jams.
Here’s the full list of performers via Folk Festival Website
Performers for the 2014 Richmond Folk Festival
Ann Yao Trio
Chinese string ensemble
The Bailey Hummingbirds
gospel brass “shout band”
Boban and Marko Marković Orkestar
Balkan brass band
William Bell
soul/R&B
Chaksam-pa
Tibetan opera, folk song and dance
Debashish Bhattacharya & Family
Indian slide guitar
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
zydeco
Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
Traditional music and dance from the Persian Gulf
The Holmes Brothers
blues, gospel, R&B
Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys
bluegrass
Joaquin Diaz
Dominican merengue
Kayton Roberts & Friends
country & western
Kostas Fetfatsidis and Evan Karapanagiotides
Pontic Greek
Le Vent du Nord
Québécois
Maggie Ingram & the Ingramettes
gospel
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mexican mariachi
Masters of Hawaiian Music: Led Ka’apana, George Kahumoku, Jr., & Richard Ho’opi’i
Hawaiian
Tezcatlipoca Voladores
Mayan sundance
Urban Traditions
Lafayette Gilchrist & the New Volcanoes
jazz
Shodekeh
beatbox
Supaman
Native American hip hop
Trouble Funk
go-go
Throwdown on Brown:
Breakdance Competition
urban dance
The Virginia State University Gospel Chorale
gospel choir
West African Highlife Band
West African highlife
Whitetop Mountaineers
old-time
In 2014 The Richmond Times-Dispatch Folklife stage Performers:
Sammy Shelor
Bluegrass Banjo
The Bailey Hummingbirds
Shout Band
Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes
Gospel
Frank Newsome
Old Regular Baptist a cappella gospel
Cheick Hamala Diabate
West African Traditions
From Africa to Appalachia
Malian Griot meets Bluegrass All Stars
Harold Mitchell
Instrument Contest Emcee
Jesse McReynolds
Bluegrass
Linda and David Lay
Bluegrass
Church Crowns
Fashion Show
Randy Cook
Bluegrass
Hanover County, Virginia
Wild Ponies
Honky Tonk/Country
Furnace Mountain
Bluegrass
Crooked Road Ramblers
Old Time
