Richmond’s best arts and cultural events in one place
Weekly picks for art + cultural experiences in Richmond—perfect for any kind of date or solo adventure!
Our top 3 picks for the week:
Richmond Folk Festival
The Richmond Folk Festival is one of Virginia’s biggest and most beloved events, attracting visitors from across the country to the heart of downtown Richmond’s historic riverfront. This FREE three-day celebration began as the National Folk Festival and has since become a Richmond tradition.
Khadija Mbowe: Arias of Seduction
Multidisciplinary artist Khadija Mbowe and their production company Operatika will present a groundbreaking performance blending opera with burlesque and pole dance art.
Richmond International Film Festival
RIFF, one of the largest international competitive film festivals in the Mid-Atlantic, brings more than 150 cutting edge film premiers to Richmond plus nightly local, national and international music performances, panels and Q&As, the red carpet awards, mixers, and more all of which usher the spirit of Hollywood into RVA.
Richmond Ballet Presents Studio Finale
Grab your tickets and your sense of nostalgia, because Richmond Ballet is giving the Studio Theatre the send-off it deserves. This space has been the backdrop for countless extraordinary choreographers, including the fabulous Ma Cong. And what better way to bid farewell than with a little world premiere magic?
"Best In Show"
What happens when Richmond's best artists turn their talents to the city’s most adorable pups? Enter Best in Show at Pamplemousse Gallery, where quirk meets creativity in a playful tribute to our four-legged friends. It's a celebration of art, dogs, and everything we love about this city—all in one fabulous exhibition.
Silent Book Club
So, you promised yourself you’d read more and meet new people this year? Well, here's your chance to check both off the list in one go. Enter: the Silent Book Club phenomenon. It's socializing for introverts and bibliophiles alike.
Richmond Night Market
The Richmond Night Market is this open-air market that happens every 2nd Saturday, in Richmond, VA and it’s seriously one of my favorite things to do in the city. Great music, a lineup of awesome food trucks, and rows of local artisans selling the coolest handmade stuff.
Witching Hour at Reveler
Something wicked (and delicious) this way comes... Révéler invites you to an after-hours adventure Richmond rarely offers—boos and booze! Four spine-chilling tales from the masters of the macabre, paired with eerily perfect cocktails.
A Constellation of Blackness
A multi-media exhibition of work by Veronica Jackson addressing notions of invisibility, hypervisibility, devaluation and triumph experienced by Black women, opens at the Visual Arts Arts Center of Richmond on September 13, 2024.
Ali Siddiq: I got a story to tell
If you haven't caught Ali Siddiq's hilarious stand up series on YouTube then you're in for a treat.
ICA Fall Premiere '24
ICA’s Fall 2024 season unveiling on Friday, September 6 from 6-9 PM. There are three new exhibitions: Dear Mazie, Caitlin Cherry: Eigengrau, and Loie Hollowell: Space Between, A Survey of Ten Years. RSVPs encouraged
Take Me to Your Garden: An Exhibition of Art by the Middle East Diasporas
This exhibition opens at Gallery 5 as part of First Fridays in the Arts District. First Fridays is a monthly celebration of local cultural communities via galleries, eateries, businesses, non-profit orgs, +, in Richmond's Arts District and beyond. Stroll the area for numerous gallery openings happening at the same time.
OPENING: "Dissonant Harmony" Rama AlFarkh
Questions about inner identity and the limit of the human ability to create inside his inner space are at the center of multi-handed, abstracted figures painted by Rama AlFarkh which opens at Southside Contemporary Gallery.
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