Richmond Folk Festival: World (music) party

• La Gran Banda: A traditional "papayera" band, a staple along Colombia's Caribbean coast, can accumulate up to 20 members. This Miami-based version, led by Henry March, who emigrated from Colombia to South Florida in the mid-'80s, is slightly smaller but no less infectious. Brass and percussion will meld for a rollicking performance.

Performing: Saturday, noon Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion and 6 p.m. Dominion Stage; on Sunday, 1:15 p.m. Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage and 4 p.m. Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion.

• Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga: Though he lives in Maryland, Mapangala is a native of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) who began his singing career in the 1970s. His group fuses Congolese rumba with traditional Kenyan music, while Mapangala sings in Lingala and Swahili.

Performing: Friday, 9:30 p.m. Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion; on Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion and 7:30 p.m. Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage.

• Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band: As a member of the Gladiators since 1969, Fearon has been associated with one of Jamaica's most popular musical products. Steering his own band since the'80s, Fearon performs traditional reggae with a focus on socially conscious lyrics.

Performing: Saturday, 3 p.m. Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage and 7:45 p.m. Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion; on Sunday, 1:15 p.m. Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion and 4 p.m. Dominion Stage.

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• Jorge Negron's Master Bomba Ensemble: A top-notch Afro-Latin ensemble made up of Puerto Rican bomba drummers and dancers and fronted by former Richmonder Negron. Performing: Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Altria Stage; on Sunday, 4:45 p.m. Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage.

• Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill: Irish fiddle and Irish guitar shall meet when these two, former members of Chicago's Midnight Court, perform what Hayes describes as a "three-way conversation between the two of us and the music." Performing: Friday, 9:45 p.m. Altria Stage; on Saturday, noon Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage and 5 p.m. Altria Stage.

Don Roy Trio: Roy is often referred to as the "Dean of Franco-American fiddling" in his hometown of Gorham, Maine. The rest of the trio -- Cindy Roy and Jay Young -- provide piano and bass and step-dancing. Performing: Saturday, 4:45 p.m. MeadWestvaco Family Stage; on Sunday, 4 p.m. MeadWestvaco Family Stage.