Family Area
Presented by the Children’s Museum of Richmond, The 2025 Richmond Folk Festival Family Area is open Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and 12.
It’s a Dinosaur Delight with CMoR and friends in the Family Area!
Create your own dino version of our iconic bag hat, or stop by the hand painting station to embellish yourself. In the Discover area, become an archeologist and dig for dinosaur bones and fossils or learn some interesting dinosaur facts. In the Build Area, design a LEGO brick dinosaur or habitat. If you have lots of energy, Soccer Shots is the spot for you or if you desire a quieter option, our friends at ASCV will have a sensory zone with several engaging Dino activities. City Singers Youth Choirs & Music Orchard Richmond will provide hands-on percussion exploration of Jurassic proportions. and the National Park Service will be back with activities and their Junior Ranger program. No matter how you like to play, there is something for everyone at this year’s Family Area presented by the Children’s Museum of Richmond.
Performers on the Family Area Stage
Coming soon!
View the full Family Area Stage Schedule
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Fun activities await in the family area!
Create
CMoR’s iconic Bag Hats are back with a dinosaur focus- We can’t wait to see all the creative versions that will emerge!
Discover
Learn interesting dino facts as you uncover dinosaur bones in our archeological dig area or build your own snap together dinosaur
Build
Festival goers can build a dinosaur or a cool habitat for our prehistoric friends using LEGO or DUPLO bricks.
Hand painting + Yard Games
Hand painting, gross motor activities and free play
A passport to guide visitors will be a means of counting and prizes will be awarded to completers who visit.
Swear in with the National Park Service at the Richmond Folk Festival’s Family Area!
EVERY KID OUTDOOR PARK PASS STATION
Fourth graders can stop by the National Park Service tent in the festival’s Family Area to pick up their FREE National Park pass. The Every Kid Outdoors program is FREE for all 4th Graders. This FREE pass will allow the fourth grader and their family FREE entry into all National Parks and other federal public lands for an entire school year. Come by the print station tent in the Family Area on Saturday or Sunday to print your pass.
RICHMOND FOLK FESTIVAL JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM
Calling all kids! A child's visit to a National Park wouldn't be complete without earning a Junior Ranger patch. Explore the festival through a one-of-a-kind Junior Ranger booklet created just for this event. Pick up your Richmond Folk Festival Junior Ranger booklet at the National Park Service tent in the Family Area on Saturday or Sunday, complete the activities, then bring it to the Junior Ranger Swearing-In Ceremony at the Family Stage to earn a limited-edition Richmond Folk Festival Junior Ranger patch!
JUNIOR RANGER SWEARING IN CEREMONY
Join National Park Rangers on the Family Stage to be sworn in as official Junior Rangers of the Richmond Folk Festival. Participants get a unique Richmond Folk Festival Junior Ranger Patch. (Times TBA)
DIG INTO HISTORY WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Come to the National Park Service tent and create your own dinosaur themed crafts! Create your very own dinosaur themed craft project and get your own Park Ranger hat that you can decorate with all of your favorite dinosaurs!
Family Area Partners
City Singers
Join City Singers Youth Choirs & Music Orchard Richmond at the Percussion Exploration Tent where your little dino can thunder on the drums and more! Explore instruments and songs from around the world while discovering how words like "Jurassic", "stegosaurus", "paleontologist", and "fossil" can be used to make roaring music.
Autism Society of Central Virginia
Step into the ASCV’s sensory-friendly zone for hands-on, calming activities designed with all abilities in mind. Craft your own Dino Cool-Down Fan to help beat the festival heat with mindful breathing, or create a fossilized pasta dino using clay pasta. Feeling like a dino detective? Test your prehistoric knowledge in the Guess That Dino Game and see if you can match clues to the right dinosaur! Whether you need a break or a hands-on challenge, ASCV has a space for you.
Soccer Shots
Soccer Shots will be there to provide plenty of fun for the kiddos (ages 2-10)! Inflatable soccer field will be there to provide a space for safe play!