Great music with great weather!
Details and schedule can be found here:
https://www.richmondfolkfestival.org
My advice: plan to stay a while, see international acts that do not normally come through the area, explore, don’t become obsessed with ‘headliners’, take a few minutes at some point to walk over to Belle Island or other river park areas and give your ears a break with some nature, bring a light jacket and hat for when the sun goes down and the temperature drops (warm today and tonight but cooler temperatures move in on Saturday).
Of course, for Oregon Hill residents, its also a time to be neighborly and tolerant while also trying to maintain normal life.
From Venture Richmond’s festival organizers:
Info:
Oct 7-9
Hours
Fri 6-10pm
Sat 12-930pm
Sun 12-6pmRPD will have 3-4 officers in vehicles circulating the neighborhood ticketing/towing illegal parkers.
PD Brooks Traffic will be setting out large signage around the neighborhood saying ““RESIDENTIAL PARKING ONLY, VIOLATORS WILL BE TOWED”If you happen to see a vehicle illegally parked, feel free to call the non-emergency hotline – the officers roaming will have a direct tie to that.
(804) 646-5100
Does Oregon hill have no parking signs? How do they know who is a resident or not? Where are people supposed to park? What is the expected attendance vs available parking spaces? Don’t Oregon Hill residents want to see the city succeed?
I think a better question is why doesn’t Venture RIchmond have the satellite parking bus shuttle service this year like its done in past years.
Look over past parking posts on this site and you will see that visitors too often park on public parkland, in private areas, and illegally, blocking alleys and fire hydrants. The neighborhood easily gets overwhelmed.