Schedule:

Friday, October 11, 6 PM – 10:00 PM
Saturday, October 12, Noon – 9:30 PM
Sunday, October 13, Noon – 6:00 PM

* Sign Language Interpreted Performances

Missing a day at the festival? VPM will broadcast live from the Altria Stage – Friday 7:00 – 10:00, Saturday 12:00 – 5:00, and Sunday 12:00 – 6:00. (Look for VPM next to the performances below)

Friday, October 11

ALTRIA STAGE

• 6:30 – 7:30                CASYM Steel Orchestra (steel pan orchestra) VPM

• 7:45 – 8:45                Iberi Choir (Georgian polyphonic singing) VPM

• 9:00 – 10:00              Bombino (Tuareg guitar) VPM

COSTAR STAGE

• 7:30 – 8:30                Riley Baugus (Appalachian songs and ballads)

• 8:45 – 9:45                Julie Fowlis (traditional Scottish song)

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STAGE

• 8:00 – 9:15                Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (Delta blues)

DOMINION ENERGY DANCE PAVILION

• 7:30 – 8:30                Conjunto Guantanamo (Afro-Cuban)

• 8:30 – 9:00                Cajun dance lesson with Talia Moser

• 9:00 – 10:00              BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)

Saturday, October 12

ALTRIA STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:45           Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas (traditional music from Epirus) VPM

• 1:00 – 1:45                Riley Baugus (Appalachian songs and ballads) VPM

• 2:00 – 2:45                Huun Huur Tu (Tuvan throat-singing) VPM

• 3:00 – 3:45                Plunky & the Oneness of Juju (Afro-funk and go-go orchestra) VPM

• 4:00 – 5:00                BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun) VPM

• 6:00 – 7:00                Mangum & Company (gospel brass “shout band”)

• 7:15 – 8:15                Julie Fowlis (traditional Scottish song)

• 8:30 – 9:30                Dale Watson (honky-tonk and country) *

COSTAR STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:45           Panfilo’s Güera (Tejano conjunto fiddle)

• 1:00 – 1:45                Lonesome River Band (bluegrass)

• 2:00 – 3:00                String Us Along—Don Pawlak (Dale Watson); Duncan Chisholm (Julie Fowlis); Sammy Shelor (Lonesome River Band); Mohamed Alsiadi, Zafer Tawil (Aleppo Ensemble)

• 3:15 – 4:15                In Good Hands: Keepers of Endangered Traditions—Julie Fowlis, The Garifuna Collective, Native Pride Dancers, Panfilo’s Güera*

• 4:30 – 5:30                Julie Fowlis (traditional Scottish song)

• 6:30 – 7:15                Aleppo Ensemble (Aleppian wasla music and whirling dervish dance from Syria)

• 7:30 – 8:15                Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté (balafon masters)

• 8:30 – 9:15                Huun Huur Tu (Tuvan throat-singing)

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:45            Kevin Doyle & Friends (Irish step dance & music)

• 1:00 – 2:00                Iconoclasts & Innovators—Bombino; Dale Watson; Michael & David Doucet, Mitch Reed (BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet); James “Plunky” Branch; Super Chikan

• 2:15 – 3:00                Mangum & Company (gospel brass “shout band”)

• 3:15 – 4:15                Bombino (Tuareg guitar)

• 5:15 – 6:00                CASYM Steel Orchestra (steel pan orchestra)

• 6:15 – 7:00                Iberi Choir (Georgian polyphonic singing)

• 7:15 – 8:00                Lonesome River Band (bluegrass)

• 8:15 – 9:15                BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)

DOMINION ENERGY DANCE PAVILION

• 12:00 – 12:45           Stax Music Academy Alumni Band (Memphis soul)

• 1:00 – 2:00                The Garifuna Collective (Garifuna)

• 2:00 – 2:30                Cuban son dance lesson with Eileen Torres

• 2:30 – 3:30                Conjunto Guantanamo (Afro-Cuban)

• 3:45 – 4:45                Dale Watson (honky-tonk and country)

• 5:45 – 6:45                Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (Delta blues)

• 7:05 – 8:00                Plunky & the Oneness of Juju (Afro-funk and go-go orchestra)

• 8:20 – 9:30                Bombino (Tuareg guitar)

CAPITAL ONE STAGE

• 12:15 – 1:00             Aleppo Ensemble (Aleppian wasla music and whirling dervish dance from Syria)

• 1:15 – 2:00                Native Pride Dancers (powwow dance traditions)*

• 2:15 – 3:00                Iberi Choir (Georgian polyphonic singing)

• 3:15 – 4:00                Riley Baugus (Appalachian songs and ballads)

• 4:15 – 5:00                Saraswathi Ranganathan (Carnatic veena)

• 5:15 – 6:00                Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas (traditional music from Epirus)

CARMAX FAMILY STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:30           Josh Bearman (presented by JAMinc)

• 12:45 – 1:15             Jeghetto (puppetry)

• 1:30 – 2:15                Saraswathi Ranganathan (Carnatic veena)

• 2:30 – 3:15                Irish Step Dance 101 with Kevin Doyle & Friends

• 3:30 – 4:15                Deau Eyes (presented by JAMinc)

• 4:15 – 4:25                Junior Ranger Swearing-In

• 4:30 – 5:00                Jeghetto (puppetry)

 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE STAGE

• 12:30 – 1:15              Dr. Levine & the Dreaded BluesLady with Andrew Alli (blues)

• 1:30 – 2:15                Bryan Bowers Band (autoharp virtuoso/folk)

• 2:30 – 3:15                Bend, Buck, and Break: Virginia Dance Traditions—Junious Brickhouse(Urban Artistry), Mandkhai Erdembat (Mongolian contortion), and Danny Knicely (Bryan Bowers Band)

• 3:30 – 4:15                Linda Lay & Springfield Exit (bluegrass)

• 4:30 – 5:30                The Scott Street Five-String Finals (youth banjo contest presented by JAMinc)

• 5:45 – 6:00                Mandkhai Erdembat (Mongolian contortion)

• 6:15 – 7:00                Urban Artistry (hip hop and house dance)

STREET PERFORMANCE AT TREDEGAR PLAZA

• 1:00 – 1:30                CASYM Steel Orchestra (steel pan orchestra)

Sunday, October 13

ALTRIA STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:45           Mangum & Company (gospel brass “shout band”) VPM

• 1:00 – 1:45                Lonesome River Band (bluegrass) VPM

• 2:00 – 2:45                Conjunto Guantanamo (Afro-Cuban) VPM

• 3:00 – 3:45                Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté (balafon masters) VPM

• 4:00 – 4:45                Dale Watson (honky-tonk and country) VPM

• 5:00 – 6:00                Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (Delta blues) VPM

COSTAR STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:45           CASYM Steel Orchestra (steel pan orchestra)

• 1:00 – 2:00                Rhythm Masters—A. P. Joseph, Nazier Massri (Aleppo Ensemble);  Okyerema Asante (Plunky & the Oneness of Juju); Kevin Doyle, Donna Long; members of CASYM Steel Orchestra; Ravi Iyer (Saraswathi Ranganathan)

• 2:15 – 3:00                Iberi Choir (Georgian polyphonic singing)

• 3:15 – 4:00                Saraswathi Ranganathan (Carnatic veena)

• 4:15 – 5:00                Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas (traditional music from Epirus)

• 5:15 – 6:00                Native Pride Dancers (powwow dance traditions)

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:45           The Garifuna Collective (Garifuna)

• 1:00 – 1:45                Panfilo’s Güera (Tejano conjunto fiddle)

• 2:00 – 2:45                Family Prayers: Family Gospel Traditions in the South—Almeta Ingram-Miller, Cheryl Maroney Yancey, Carrie Jackson (Legendary Ingramettes); Mangum & Company*

• 3:00 – 3:45                Stax Music Academy Alumni Band (Memphis soul)*

• 4:00 – 5:00                Global Voices: Asia to the Americas—Conjunto Guantanamo, Faraj Abyad (Aleppo Ensemble), Huun Huur Tu, Iberi Choir, Riley Baugus

• 5:15 – 6:00                Aleppo Ensemble (Aleppian wasla music and whirling dervish dance from Syria)

DOMINION ENERGY DANCE PAVILION

• 12:00 – 1:00             Conjunto Guantanamo (Afro-Cuban)

• 1:15 – 2:00                Stax Music Academy Alumni Band (Memphis soul)

• 2:15 – 3:15                Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (Delta blues)

• 3:30 – 4:30                The Garifuna Collective (Garifuna)

• 4:50 – 6:00                Plunky & the Oneness of Juju (Afro-funk and go-go orchestra)

CAPITAL ONE STAGE

• 12:15 – 1:00             Huun Huur Tu (Tuvan throat-singing)

• 1:15 – 2:00                It Takes Two: Dynamic Duos—Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté, Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas, Saraswathi & Ganapathi Ranganathan

• 2:15 – 3:00                Riley Baugus (Appalachian songs and ballads)*

• 3:15 – 4:00                Kevin Doyle & Friends (Irish step dance & music)

• 4:15 – 5:00                Panfilo’s Güera (Tejano conjunto fiddle)

• 5:15 – 6:00                Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté (balafon masters)

CARMAX FAMILY STAGE

• 12:30 – 1:15             Harry Gore (presented by JAMinc)

• 1:30 – 2:00                Jeghetto (puppetry)

• 2:15 – 3:00                Powwow Dance with Native Pride Dancers (powwow dance traditions)

• 3:15 – 4:00                Endah Laras & Danis Sugiyanto feat. Rumput (presented by JAMinc)

• 4:00 – 4:10                Junior Ranger Swearing-In

• 4:15 – 4:45                Jeghetto (puppetry)

 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE STAGE

• 12:15 – 1:00              Willard Gayheart Family feat. Dori Freeman (Appalachian singer-songwriters)

• 1:15 – 1:45                Oyster-Shucking Contest with Deborah Pratt & Clementine Macon Boyd

• 2:00 – 3:00                Songwriting Showcase—Dori Freeman, Martha Spencer (Whitetop Mountain Band), Telisha & Doug Williams (Wild Ponies), J Pope

• 3:15 – 4:00                Whitetop Mountain Band (old-time)

• 4:15 – 5:00                Wild Ponies (Americana)

• 5:15 – 6:00                Legendary Ingramettes with J Pope (gospel)