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FloydFest

FloydFest
Floyd Fest Enter.jpg
The entrance to FloydFest
GenreVarious: rock, bluegrass, reggae, folk, Yiddish, Cajun, or Zydeco, African, Appalachian, world music, etc.
Location(s)Blue Ridge Mountains
Floyd, Virginia
Years active2002–19, 2021–
Websitefloydfest.com

FloydFest is a world music and arts festival held annually near Floyd, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains just off the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The event began in 2002, and spans five days each year with on-site camping and multiple stages featuring rock, bluegrass, reggae, folk, Yiddish, Cajun, or Zydeco, African, Appalachian, and world music performers. There'll be no event in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was to blame; the 19th was deferred to 2021.

In addition to music, the festival features local arts and crafts, dance workshops, morning yoga lessons, story telling, poetry readings, and a "Children's Universe" tent.

Each year, FloydFest features a theme:

  • 2002: Floyd County World Music Festival
  • 2003: Out Of This World Music
  • 2004: Midsummer's Dream
  • 2005: Rock of Ages
  • 2006: Roots Alive
  • 2007: It's in the Mix
  • 2008: Family Affair
  • 2009: Revival
  • 2010: Breaking Ground
  • 2011: The eXperience
  • 2012: Lovers Rock
  • 2013: Rise & Shine
  • 2014: Revolutionary
  • 2015: Fire on the Mountain
  • 2016: Dreamweavin'
  • 2017: Freedom
  • 2018: Wild
  • 2019: Voyage Home
  • 2021: Odyssey (no 2020 event)

Performers

Each of the following sections has a list of notable performers for that year.

2002: Floyd County World Music Festival

2003: Out Of This World Music

2004: Midsummer's Dream

2005: Rock of Ages

2006: Roots Alive

2007: It's in the Mix

2009: Revival

2010: Breaking Ground

2012: Lovers Rock

2013: Rise & Shine

2014: Revolutionary

2015: Fire on the Mountain

2016: Dreamweavin'

  • Gregg Allman
  • Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
  • Leftover Salmon
  • Nahko & Medicine for the People
  • Railroad Earth
  • Keller Williams w/ More Than A Little+
  • Femi Kuti & Positive Force
  • Shakey Graves
  • The Wood Brothers
  • Greensky Bluegrass
  • Elephant Revival
  • Anders Osborne
  • Pimps of Joytime
  • Rich Robinson
  • Bombino
  • Monophonics
  • Otis Taylor Band
  • The Larry Keel Experience
  • Love Canon
  • Con Brio
  • The Legendary Shack Shakers
  • Head for the Hills
  • Liz Vice
  • Los Colognes
  • Roosterfoot
  • Look Homeward
  • The Midatlantic
  • Bloodkin
  • The Steepwater Band
  • Dead 27s
  • Mingo Fishtrap
  • The Show Ponies
  • Honey Island Swamp Band
  • Polyrhythmics
  • The Congress
  • Banditos
  • Caravan of Thieves
  • Dead Winter Carpenters
  • Dustbowl Revival
  • TigermanWOAH!
  • These Wild Plains
  • Dirty Bangs
  • Cask Mouse
  • Cactus Attack
  • The Hip Abduction

2017: Freedom

  • Thievery Corporation
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead
  • St. Paul & the Broken Bones
  • Rising Appalachia
  • Leftover Salmon
  • Steel Pulse
  • Railroad Earth
  • Shovels & Rope
  • Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
  • Buffalo Mountain Jam
  • Xavier Rudd
  • White Denim
  • Turkuaz
  • Fruition
  • Keller Williams
  • TAUK
  • The Steel Wheels
  • Larry Keel Experience
  • Nicola Cruz
  • honeyhoney
  • Vurro
  • BIG Something
  • Shook Twins
  • The Hip Abduction
  • Baskery
  • Zach Deputy
  • The Mantras
  • Aaron Lee Tasjan
  • Fémina
  • That 1 Guy
  • Dave Eggar Band feat. Sasha Lazard
  • The Lil’ Smokies
  • People’s Blues of Richmond
  • Rebekah Todd & the Odyssey
  • Jack Broadbent
  • Black Masala
  • Hillbilly Casino
  • Urban Soil
  • Blue Mule
  • Che Apalache
  • Jordan Harman Band
  • M.C. Broom & the Jam
  • T Sisters
  • Banditos
  • Jon Stickley Trio
  • The Tillers
  • Alanna Royale
  • The Stash! Band
  • Strange Americans
  • Whiskerman
  • The Brother Brothers
  • Honey Island Swamp Band
  • Edward David Anderson
  • Dead 27s
  • Davy Knowles
  • McLovins
  • Hayley Jane and the Primates
  • Broccoli Samurai
  • The Drunken Hearts
  • Strange Machines
  • Trae Pierce & the T-Stones
  • Liver Down The River
  • Sol Searchers
  • G.O.T.E.
  • Black Mountain Revival
  • The Wildmans
  • Fernandez Sisters
  • Einstein’s Monkey
  • Girls Rock Roanoke
  • Community High School Band
  • Jefferson Center Music Lab
  • Howard Falco
  • Dixon’s Violin
  • Miss Kitty’s Cosmonauts
  • Luna
  • Party Liberation Front

Reviews

FloydFest

Voted "Best Large Music Venue in Southwestern Virginia" by Virginia Living

FloydFest '04

"Some larger festivals boast a similar peace, love and music philosophy, but Floyd actually lives it, not just for one weekend, but throughout the entire year."[2]

FloydFest '05

"Floyd sits in a timeless, beautiful section of Virginia, far enough from bigger cities like Roanoke and Danville to feel like it's truly in the middle of nowhere."[3]

"The only thing constant on the festival grounds was the flow of culturally powerful music and mud covered feet."[4]

FloydFest '08

"Floydfest is an epicenter of culture for Southwest Virginia" - VA Senator, Mark Warner

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Berrier Jr., Ralph (22 July 2007). "FloydFest highlights: 2002-2006". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. ^ Glide Magazine
  3. ^ Musictoday Live Review Archived 2005-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ MSN Music Review

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