Weekend passes are now on sale for the 7th Annual Baltimore Old Time Music Festival, presented by the Center for Cultural Vibrancy. Join us April 17–18, 2026, at the Baltimore Museum of Industry for a joyful celebration of the living traditions of old-time music. Enjoy concerts, workshops, square dancing, jamming,…...
The Sounds of Culture: 20 Years of the Richmond Folk Festival now streaming on PBS
What if you have a festival and no one comes? Jon Lohman, CCV executive director, poses that question in the recently released The Sounds of Culture: 20 Years of the Richmond Folk Festival, in response to the torrential rains that plagued the festival’s first year. Thankfully, the festival quickly weathered…...
CCV Returns to Ireland!
CCV is proud to join our partners at the Clifden Arts Festival to once again bring our spirit of cultural exchange and artistic inclusion to the west of Ireland! This year CCV will be accompanying a trio of stellar old time musicians—Danny Knicely, Riley Baugus and John Flower—to meet, collaborate and…...
Swanky Kitchen Band: Guardians of Caymanian kitchen-band music
Last summer CCV Executive Director Jon Lohman met a gifted fiddler named Samuel Rose at the 87th annual Galax Old Time Fiddler’s Convention, a much beloved musical gathering that he regularly attended during his time as Virginia State Folklorist. Meeting new fiddlers at the world’s longest running fiddlers’ convention is…...
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