Richmond’s Festival of Arts continues summer season at Dogwood Dell

Richmond’s annual Festival of Arts is continuing its 2026 summer performance season at the Dogwood Dell amphitheater, with August marking the final month of the city-run program.

The festival, produced by the City of Richmond Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Cultural Arts Division, presents shows throughout June, July and August. The city has published a 2026 schedule for the season, though the available information does not establish which performance was scheduled for Aug. 3.

A city-produced summer arts program

The Festival of Arts is a recurring Richmond summer program centered at Dogwood Dell. Its programming spans classical music, dance, drama, comedy and musical theater, along with concerts featuring reggae, pop, swing, rhythm and blues, rock, jazz and contemporary music.

That range makes the series a shared setting for different kinds of performing arts rather than a single-genre concert program. It also gives residents recurring opportunities to encounter city-supported cultural programming over the three-month summer season.

The Cultural Arts Division’s role extends beyond presenting performances. The city says the festival includes its own theater productions as well as packaged performances that receive city technical assistance. In practice, the program brings both in-house productions and outside acts into the Dogwood Dell season under the city’s cultural-arts operation.

What is known about August programming

The city’s Cultural Arts page confirms that performances are presented at Dogwood Dell throughout August and links to the 2026 schedule. The available source material, however, does not include a complete event-by-event listing, individual start times or attendance figures.

It also does not establish admission costs, whether every performance is free, or any eligibility requirements for particular events. Residents planning to attend should consult the city’s published 2026 schedule for the details of a specific performance.

The season’s continuation into August is significant because it maintains a regular public performance venue in Richmond through the end of the city’s stated June-to-August schedule. The program’s mix of music, theater, dance and comedy places multiple forms of cultural programming at the same amphitheater during the summer.

No funding amount, attendance estimate or economic-impact figure was provided in the available materials. The next known milestone is the completion of the 2026 Festival of Arts season after its August programming.