Festival of the River

A special three-day event, The Festival of the River, will take place on Brown’s Island, Richmond, VA from June 8-10, 2018. This one-time festival will showcase the very best of the James River, Chesapeake Bay and the Richmond Region. Festival highlights will include contemporary art installations, performances from Rhiannon Giddens, Savion Glover, the Richmond Symphony, NO BS! Brass Band and more under the Symphony’s “Big Tent,” cleanups along and around the River and family-friendly environmental education activities including Back to the Bay in celebration of Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. We hope you’ll join us! For tickets and information visit: www.festivaloftheriver.org.

A unique coalition including The City of Richmond, Venture Richmond, the Richmond Symphony, VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, 1708 Gallery, James River Association, Capital Region Collaborative and other partners announces a special three-day event, The Festival of the River, which will take place on Brown’s Island June 8-10, 2018. This one-time festival will showcase the very best of the James River, Chesapeake Bay and the Richmond Region. Festival highlights will include contemporary art installations, performances under the Symphony’s “Big Tent,” cleanups along and around the River and family-friendly environmental education activities including Back to the Bay in celebration of Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week.

Friday, June 8, 2018:  6:00pm – 9:30pm. ($10/ticket)
Tickets: https://www.myticketstobuy.com/event/1277
• Friday Cheers with Rhiannon Giddens and No BS! Brass in performances with the Richmond Symphony

Saturday, June 9, 2018:  2:00pm – 9:00pm
River Cleanup registration at 11:00am
Tickets and information: www.festivaloftheriver.org
• Morning activities including region-wide cleanups along the James River and Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay presents Back to the Bay, family-friendly and educational activities in celebration of Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week
• Performances by contemporary artists Hope Ginsburg, Paul Rucker, and Marinella Senatore are presented as part of VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art’s opening exhibition Declaration, in collaboration with the Richmond Symphony and Sound Arts Richmond
• Performances under the “Big Tent” throughout the day including tap-dancing phenomenon Savion Glover performing with the Richmond Symphony

Sunday, June 10, 2018:  11:00am – 3:00pm
Tickets: www.festivaloftheriver.org
• Performances by Host of Sparrows Aerial Circus and Glass Twin
• Community picnic to create a ‘Richmond Community Member Quilt’ with Art on Wheels on Brown’s Island
• Family concert by the Richmond Symphony

Stay Tuned!

Current Festival of the River Partners Include:1708 Gallery, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, American Civil War Museum, Art on Wheels, BridgePark, Capital Region Collaborative, City of Richmond – Department of Public Utilities, City of Richmond – Department of Public Works, City of Richmond – Public Art Commission, Chesapeake Bay Commission, Children’s Museum of Richmond, James River Advisory Council, James River Outdoor Coalition, James River Parks System, Junior League of Richmond, Keep Virginia Beautiful, Pamunkey Indian Museum and Cultural Center, Richmond Region Tourism, Richmond Riverfront Plan, Richmond Symphony, Sound Arts Richmond, Studio Two Three, The Valentine, Venture Richmond, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, VCU – Department of Dance, VCU– Institute for Contemporary Art, VCU– Life Sciences Outreach, Virginia Conservation Network, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,WCVE