NewsAnnouncing the 2022 Virginia Folklife Stage and Area at the Richmond Folk Festival
This year’s craft demonstration area at the Richmond Folk Festival will feature an Instrument Makers Workshop and more.
NewsVirginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship Applications Open
The Virginia Commission for the Art’s 2022 Artist Fellowship applications are now open for the disciplines of works on paper and songwriting. A limited number of Artist Fellowships in the …
News86 Years of Fiddlers’
by Pat Jarrett Always held during the first full week of August, the 86th Old Fiddlers’ Convention drew thousands to Galax earlier this month. The convention, sometimes called simply Galax …
Event“In Good Keeping in 2022” Fork Union Screening
The Virginia Folklife Program invites you to its third screening of In Good Keeping in 2022, a feature-length documentary film showcasing eighteen artists from across the state who are working to …
NewsRev. Edward Scott & His Jazz Worship Service – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 7
Dr. Rev. Edward Scott is the pastor at Allen Chapel AME Church in Staunton, VA. He’s also a jazz music enthusiast. He takes his love of jazz and combines it with his …
NewsMac Traynham & Ashlee Watkins – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 6
“I only wish that all of my bluegrass and old-time pickin’ friends in Australia could be exposed to this kind of culture and they would hear the difference in it too,” …
Event“In Good Keeping in 2022” Virginia Beach Screening
The Virginia Folklife Program invites you to a screening of In Good Keeping in 2022, a feature-length documentary film showcasing eighteen artists from across the state who are working to sustain …
EventThe Chosen Few: A Cappella Gospel from Virginia
The Virginia Folklife Program and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to present the Chosen Few as part of its annual Homegrown Concert Series.
EventRichmond Folk Festival
The Virginia Folklife Program returns to the Richmond Folk Festival! On Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9, visit the Folklife Area to see demonstrations by apprentices from the 2019-2020 …
NewsMarino’s Forever: Marino’s Lunch to Reopen
Famed Staunton jam spot and burger joint Marino’s Lunch has been closed since 2017. After extensive renovations the doors open this weekend.
NewsEarl White – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 3
Earl White is a fiddler, founding member of the Green Grass Cloggers, and leader of the Earl White Stringband. Produced in partnership with WMRA.
NewsExploring the Infinite Potential of Women in Old-Time Music
Grants coordinator Toni Doman currently spends her days at Bristol’s Birthplace of Country Music Museum sifting through content for the museum’s upcoming Women in Old-Time Music exhibit. But you can tell that she’s really a musician. Doman isn’t separate from her subjects. She is one of them.
