What can we say? The granddaddy of them all – the country’s largest Fiddlers’ Convention, now in its 83rd year. Come and plan to stay a while. There will be… Read More»

Virginia Folklife artists the Sherman Holmes Project and the Legendary Ingramettes will perform at the Strawberry Music Festival in Tuolumne, California on September 1, marking Strawberry’s 68th music festival. The… Read More»

Make your plans for the National Folk Festival in Salisbury, Maryland—one of America’s largest, most prestigious and longest-running celebrations of arts, culture, and heritage. ​A free, large-scale three-day outdoor event,… Read More»

The North Carolina Folk Festival launches in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, to continue to celebrate the spirit and legacy of the National Folk Festival! With hundreds of incomparable artists and… Read More»

The Virginia Folklife Program will once again partner with Shepherds Ford Productions as a supporter of Watermelon Park Festival. Watermelon Park was the site of the nation’s first bluegrass festival… Read More»

5:30 pm, Free The National Heritage Fellowships—the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts—recognize the recipients’ artistic excellence and support their continuing contributions to our nation’s traditional arts… Read More»

8:00pm Free and open to the public The National Heritage Fellowships—the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts—recognize the recipients’ artistic excellence and support their continuing contributions to… Read More»

Celebrating its fourteenth year, the Richmond Folk Festival has become the largest folk festival on the East Coast. Each year, the Virginia Folklife Program produces the much loved Virginia Folklife… Read More»