THE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL’S 
PERRY PAVILION  
2024 LINEUP  

Located in the heart of Norfolk’s arts district and steps from Downtown Norfolk’s restaurant row, the Virginia Arts Festival’s outdoor Perry Pavilion is a welcome addition to the area’s venues. The performance venue is at the corner of Charlotte Street and Bank Street, across the street from the Virginia Arts Festival building at 440 Bank Street.  This season the Perry Pavilion will welcome musicians across genres.  

Tickets for all performances are available at vafest.org, 757-282-2822, and in person at the Virginia Arts Festival Box Office at 440 Bank Street.  

Trailblazing Women of Country – A Tribute to Patsy, Loretta, and Dolly
Featuring vocalists Miko Marks and Kristina Train  
Wednesday, May 1 
Perry Pavilion 
Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton revolutionized country music and blazed a trail for future generations of female artists. Each harnessed country music's rich storytelling tradition to offer their uniquely empowered - and unmistakably female - perspective on issues faced by women of their day, as movingly portrayed in songs like Cline's Crazy, Lynn's Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' with Lovin' On Your Mind, and Parton's Coat of Many Colors. Now, two of today's rising female country stars pay tribute to these legendary artists: Miko Marks, whose downhome sound blends country, blues and gospel, and Kristina Train, whose powerful, soulful voice mines the pain and pride in every song. Get your tickets now for this unforgettable tribute show! 

Brandy Clark 
Tuesday, May 7 
Perry Pavilion 
Co-presented with North Shore Point Downtown 
2024 GRAMMY® Award Winner: Americana Performance; Six Nominations -  She’s written for the best of the best, penning hits for Brandi Carlile, Alicia Keys and Kacey Musgraves. She’s written for Broadway, where the hilariously charming musical Shucked charmed audiences. Now this CMA winner and 17-time Grammy nominee has a new album she’s written for herself, and it has made the “year’s best” list including the Los Angeles Times, The Tennessean and Variety, who raved, “one of the year’s best… further clarifies that she’s one of America’s treasures.” Opening for Brandy is singer-songwriter Jobi Riccio.  

MIPSO 
Tuesday, May 28  
Perry Pavilion 
Co-presented with North Shore Point Downtown 
This North Carolina-based band captivates audiences with their finely layered vocal harmonies and down-home sound, the product of impeccable artistry. Steeped in the traditions of mountain music, they make the old sound new, alive, and electrifying.  

Storm Large 
Friday, May 31 
Perry Pavilion 
A Festival fan favorite, this singer, actor, playwright, author, and irresistibly dynamic performer wows audiences with her sultry, powerful performances, delivering “each song with an unwavering, exhilarating intensity and passion that pierces the air with a controlled recklessness sure to send shivers down your spine throughout [a] beautiful storm of a show” (Edinburgh Festival Magazine). In her music and trademark stage banter, she’s got stories to tell—like the ones in her award-winning, Oprah’s Book Club-pick memoir Crazy Enough.  
Patron advisory: Adult content and language. Children under 13 not admitted. 

Light in the Eastern Sky 
A day of music and workshops curated by Aoife O'Donovan 
featuring  Aoife O'Donovan & Eric Jacobsen 
Yasmin Williams 
The Wildmans 
Saturday, June 1 at 5:30 pm 
Perry Pavilion 
Co-presented with North Shore Point Downtown and LAVA Presents 
GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Aoife O'Donovan operates in a thrilling musical world beyond genre, mixing folk, bluegrass, blues, and beyond into a lean-in, must-listen brew so mesmerizing the listener has to remember to breathe. She has curated a day of music and workshops culminating in an evening of performances featuring two Virginia-based artists: from Alexandria, the utterly unique instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Yasmin Williams, whose finger-style guitar-playing creates complex rhythms for songs old and new; and The Wildmans, a Floyd-based band steeped in the Appalachian mountain music tradition. Closing out the performances, Aoife will be joined on stage by her husband cellist Eric Jacobsen, music director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.  

Bonny Light Horseman 
Tuesday, June 11 at 7:30 pm 
Perry Pavilion 
Co-presented with North Shore Point Downtown  
This super group comprises three towering talents. Singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell has passionate fans for her concerts as well as her Tony Award-winning musical, Hadestown. Josh Kaufman has collaborated with artists from The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir to Taylor Swift. And folk rocker Eric D. Johnson has moved audiences from his tenure with the Fruit Bats to his film scores, including the Paul Rudd film Our Idiot Brother. Together they create an irresistible sound that follows the paths of traditional tunes to new musical and lyrical frontiers.This super group comprises three towering talents. Singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell has passionate fans for her concerts as well as her Tony Award-winning musical, Hadestown. Josh Kaufman has collaborated with artists from The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir to Taylor Swift. And folk rocker Eric D. Johnson has moved audiences from his tenure with the Fruit Bats to his film scores, including the Paul Rudd film Our Idiot Brother. Together they create an irresistible sound that follows the paths of traditional tunes to new musical and lyrical frontiers.