This year marks the 21st Annual Folk Fest. | Photo via Richmond Folk Festival
This festival season has been busy, busy, busy — keep your energy up. The Folk Festival, one of Virginia’s biggest music events, will take over Brown’s Island this weekend, Oct. 10-12.
What to expect:
Large crowds, drawing ~200,000 people over three days
Six stages lined up with music + dance performances
Artisan vendors (perfect for some early holiday shopping)
Best taco Tuesday ever? Taco Vegana is opening its long-awaited, plant-based doors next Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Church Hill. The tacos boast classic flavors with vegan ingredients, plus sandwiches, churros, nachos, and those carne asada fries? Yes, please.
Who wants to start a vineyard? We’re branching out to Charlottesville for today’s countryside feature. This six-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion resides on 200 acres with two ponds, a free-form pool, and seven natural springs. Bet you can’t predict the price.
Number
96,350. That’s how many votes 32 Chunk received to win the title of Fat Bear Week 2025 champion. The huge bear won the crown for his salmon-eating dominance in Katmai National Park despite breaking his jaw earlier in the year. Hopefully he doesn’t show up along a local trail. (The Guardian)
Civic
The City of Richmond is now accepting applications for its Affordable Housing Trust Fund, a program designed to offer financial support + resources for those in need. There are already eight projects in the works, following $9 million in recently approved funding.
Shop
Crafters, you need(le) to hear this. Shuttered retailer Joann is sort of back. Michael’s bought Joann and will launch The Knit & Sew Shop, a co-branded “shop-in-shop” across its 1,300+ stores. Cutting tables for fabric sales by the yard are planned for 650 stores by mid-October. Find your nearest Michael’s or shop local craft stores.
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Hope you all had a great weekend. While I didn’t want it to end, now we’re officially in my birthday week. (Yay!)
My Dad will be traveling into Richmond for work this week, just in time for a birthday dinner. Any suggestions on where we should go? I’m aiming for something nice, but not too fancy — and somewhere that will still take reservations for this week.
Edo’s Squid is my top choice at the moment, but I would love more ideas — drop your suggestion.
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