Following her show-stopping success last summer as Nina Simone in No Fear and Blues Long Gone, Yolanda Rabun returns to the Virginia Theatre Festival for a special evening of stories and song. Backed by her band, Rabun takes audience members on a musical journey through jazz, blues, folk, pop, gospel, and more. The powerhouse vocalist, who is also a practicing attorney, effortlessly slides between eras and genres on her records So Real, Christmastime, and her recent eponymous release.
Thursday 8/3–Sunday 8/6. $15–35, times vary. Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd., UVA Grounds. virginiatheatrefestival.org
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