YORKTOWN — The Watermen’s Museum announced the schedule for the 10th Annual Yorktown Folk Festival slated to take place on Sept. 24-25 at the Watermen’s Museum, Riverwalk Landing, and York Hall.
The music festival will feature performances on five stages by musical acts, storytellers, and dancers.
The weekend event is free, open to the public, and will feature various food trucks, vendors craft demonstrations, and artists.
Bands and musicians that will be featured include:
- Baxter Harding
- Jerry Sowers
- Virginia Indian Dance Demonstration
- York River Symphony Orchestra Concert
- Bob Zentz
- LCV Project
- Winsome
- Rider
- Dead Rise
- v Donnaka
- Jerry Sowers
- Cindy Kay
- Bully Billy
- Rose and Sword Dance Academy
- Mosquito Cabaret
- Tin Can Fish Band
- Audio Portrait
- LCV Project
- Amy Ferebee
- Baxter Harding
- Jolly Roving Tar
- Ralph Motley and Friends
- Shanty Grass
- Kountry Kickers
- 12 Shots
- Scotch and Rye
- Poisoned Dwarf
The Folk Festival is sponsored by the York County Commission of the Arts, Westrock, Dominion Power, and St. George Brewing Company.
The following is the official schedule for the 10th Annual Yorktown Folk Festival. The five stages to feature live music are labeled: Ship Stage, Tent Stage, Beach Stage, Riverwalk, and Market Stage. (Schedules may be subject to change):
Saturday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.:
| Ship Stage | Tent Stage | Beach Stage | Riverwalk | Market Stage | |
| 8 | County Market 8 – 12 | ||||
| 9 | Audio Portrait | ||||
| 10 | Bob Zentz | Cindy Kay | Yorktown Fife and Drum | ||
| 10:30 | Story | Audio Portrait | |||
| 11 | Winsome | LCV Project | Virginia Indian | ||
| 11:30 | Story | Field Music VA | Audio Portrait | ||
| 12 | Rose & Sword Irish Dance | Jerry Sowers | |||
| 12:30 | Bully Billy | ||||
| 1 | Rider | LCV Project | |||
| 1:30 | Story | ||||
| 2 | Donnaka | York River Symphony | |||
| 2:30 | Bully Billy | ||||
| 3 | Dead Rise | ||||
| 3:30 | Story | ||||
| 4 | Jolly Roving Tars | ||||
| 5:30 | Mosquito Cabaret | ||||
| 7-9 | Tin Can Fish |
Sunday Sept. 24, 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.:
| Ship Stage | Tent Stage | Beach Stage | Riverwalk | |
| Art Stroll 10 – 5 | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| 11 | Bob Zentz Back Porch | Audio Portrait | ||
| 12 | Kountry Kickers | Jolly Roving Tar | Baxter Harding | |
| 12:30 | Bully Billy | |||
| 1 | Ralph Motley And the Last Minute Band | Audio Portrait | ||
| 1:30 | LCV | |||
| 2 | Bob Zentz Simulcast with England | Amy Ferebee | ||
| 2:30 | Bully Billy | |||
| 3 | 12 Shots | Audio Portrait | ||
| 3:30 | ||||
| 4 | Shanty Grass | |||
| 5:00 | Scotch and Rye | |||
| 6-8 | Poisoned Dwarf |
For more information, please visit the Watermen’s Museum’s official website.
