A field guide to the Richmond Folk Festival: Brown's Island Remix.

A feast of global music at the annual Richmond Folk Festival

Fall fests highlight local artists and bring big names to RVA.

Robert Earl Keen, Clayfest at Monroe Park, Wine Stuff, Latin Jazz and Salsa Fest, The Bellwether Garage, Richmond Water Lantern Festival, the Music of Charles Mingus, three nights of Palmyra, Twisted Carrot Farm Hot Sauce Workshop, Pauly Shore, Billy Idol and Devo (in Va Beach) and more.

Acclaimed guitarist joins forces with Butcher Brown's rhythm section.

Burma Jam finds a new audience thanks to a catalog rerelease.

A new studio in Henrico County offers a hub for musicians and instructors.

Gwar-chive (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Virginia Rep readies “Come From Away,” a musical about the extraordinary kindness of Canadians after Sept. 11.

Former "American Idol" contestant Maddy Curtis finds musical community in Richmond and releases her debut album.

"Monuments" at The Brick and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival brings in the cream of musical innovators. This year’s inaugural Ossicles Fest, organized by the local artist-run record label, Out of Your Head Records, was designed to catch them in transit. Even the fest name is a…

The inaugural Charlottesville Jazz Fest takes place over four nights in the city’s downtown mall.

And the winners are...

And the winners are...

Elsewhere Shakespeare delivers a punk rock double dose of the Bard with “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Henry V” at Agecroft Hall.

The Valentine’s “Building a City: Richmond’s Landmarks” highlights local architectural marvels through student models.

A genre-bending local band gets Newlin recognition.

“India’s Great Mughals” at VMFA, Courtney Barnett, Music in the Park returns with Los Hermanos Alacranes, Mother’s Day events, Richmond Volunteer Market, Sun of Goldfinger, Goth Prom, "& Juliet" the hit Broadway musical, Willow Lawn’s Art and Makers Market, Church Hill Spring Fest and Market, Richmond Hot Air Balloon Fest, Rest Fest and more.

First Fridays, Arts in the Park, Grand Reopening of the Virginia Wildlife Trail at Maymont, Ty Segall with Upchuck, Twisted Teens with Paint Fumes, Nettspend, Author Andrew Martin, Kathy Griffin, Killer Queen, Kaleta and Super Yamba Band, RVA Makers Market at Auntie Nings, Poison Ruïn and The Serfs, Asian American Celebration, Robert Jospé, Ben Folds, RVA Taco Fest, Horsehead, Lewis Ginter Spring Plant Sale and more.