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Get ready for weird body movement and weirder instruments at the 2014 Richmond Folk Festival – Full line up

by | Aug 20, 2014 | MUSIC

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

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com

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