Son of Lowell

The Lowell (MA) Folk Festival, which is now in its (I think) 22nd year, grew out of the National Folk Festival, which rotates among various cities in the US for 3 years in each place. This year, the National is in Butte, MT.

For the past 3 years, the National was in Richmond, VA, and now the folks down there are pulling a Lowell and keeping it going. For their first effort, they have already snagged some major talent, including Hawaii's own Ledward Kaapana and Mike Kaawa, BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet, and Texas honky-tonker Dale Watson (all of who have also in the past showed up at Lowell).

Details:

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/entertainment/music.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-05-28-0123.html

And their official site:

http://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/