EventJohn Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival
Come join us for our sixth John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival. This music and cultural heritage festival honors Woodville Virginia native John Jackson, recipient of the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship …
EventCommunity Dance Night
Enjoy a night of music and a celebration of local dance traditions at the Floyd Country Store with our Virginia Folklife Program. Jason Rutledge of Ridgewind Suffolk Farm in Copper …
NewsAnnouncing the 2026 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Awards
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities has awarded seven teams of artists Folklife Apprenticeships for 2026–2027.
EventDance Revolution at Richmond Folk Festival
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities presents “Dance Revolution” at the 2026 Richmond Folk Festival, on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 12 to 6pm. Community dance groups …
Sights & SoundsJosh Manning & Aslan “Ozzy” Freidline
Josh Manning is apprenticing Aslan “Ozzy” Freidline in how to source, harvest, process, and fire wild clay similar to that used by the first colonial potters.
EventMusic & Foodways Day at the Fiddle & Fork Festival
The inaugural Fiddle & Fork Festival is a weekend-long celebration of 250 years of Blue Ridge music and foodways. The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities is presenting a luthier’s demonstration with 2026 apprenticeship …
EventIllumiNATION
Folklife Apprenticeship artists and special guests will share their work and expertise as part of IllumiNATION, presented by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. …
Sights & SoundsThe Harmonious Lives of Brian Grim and Debbie Grim Yates
Music runs deep in the Grim family. Fiddler Brian Grim and banjoist Debbie Grim Yates, founding members of the influential old-time band The Konnarock Critters, learned from family and local music legends before passing those traditions on to the next generation.
EventTelling Virginia’s Stories
Join us and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for a workshop about how to obtain grant-funded roadside markers that recognize community folklore.
EventCommonwealth Crossroads: A Celebration of Virginia’s Immigrant Traditions
Experience music, dance, food, visual arts, and ceremonies performed by master artists from around the world now living in the Commonwealth.
Sights & SoundsRiding the Fall Line
Exploring the evolution of watercraft used on the fall line of the James River, from the dugout canoe to the whitewater raft.
Sights & SoundsStories from the Shore
Documenting a Critical Moment on Virginia’s Eastern Shore – The Eastern Shore, the peninsula that buffers the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, is predicted to experience some of the most acute effects of climate change in the next fifty years. We’ve been documenting life on the Shore and talking to residents about their memories of growing up there for an oral history initiative called “Eastern Shore Foodways, Community & Climate.” Food traditions may hold answers to a sustainable future for this region with a distinctive, centuries-long culinary history.
