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From the Festival or Park, Lock Your Rig to Explore in Peace

A few years ago at Bryn Mawr RV Resort in St. Augustine, Fla.,  to see Widespread Panic at the St. Aug Amphitheater, a gust of wind blew the RV door closed – locking the RV and F150 keys inside.

While we waited for AAA to come unlock the truck so we could fetch the spare RV key inside, we wondered how we could make such a freshman mistake. Hey, stuff happens. At least the roadside assistance magician got into the truck like a pro. But it could have been worse. At a remote music festival or in a rush to boogie home, roadside assistance could have taken hours – or not come at all. Then what would we have done…?

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Soulshine Farm Music Festival: Sweet as Tupelo Honey

By Barry Bluth

Soulshine Farm Music Fest is a three-day, homegrown, mountain top “bluegrass” music festival tucked on the side of Green Mountain, North Carolina. The festival grew out of a birthday celebration with Mac Arnold of Muddy Waters fame being the original band. Today, it’s as fun as modern music festivals can be.

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Soulshine Farm Music Fest: A Mountaintop Camping Feast for the Senses

By Barry Bluth

Soulshine is a song that has always meant something very special to me. I’m not really sure when it began, but it’s been one of those songs with meaning that struck a chord with me. Maybe it came at Lockn Festival, when my wife, Jen, and I stood about 10 feet from Warren Haynes as he serenaded us with Soulshine into Tupelo Honey back into Soulshine. That show was the most expensive ticket I’d ever laid my hands on, but it was her birthday, after all.  It was a memorable moment that could not have been sweeter.

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Peaking at FloydFest in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Image courtesy Richmond Times-DispatchReview by Jam Band Purist

FloydFest is billed as “five days of Music, Magic, and Mountains” featuring adventure, vendors, food, brews and more than 100 artists. It helps that campers enjoy that same experience. After all, when camping atop a mountain – the Blue Ridge Mountains, no less – the experience peaks like the altitude itself.

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Concierge Medicine: Another Form of RV, Camping & Music Festival Travel ‘Insurance’

One glance at the fan base of any music and arts festival makes clear today’s festivals aren’t just for young turks. While they may not be Mick, Keef and the boys (as seen above, courtesy Getty Images), Baby Boomer roadtrippers and other middle-aged – ahem, Golden – travelers are hitting the highway and festival scene in record numbers.  One thing they realize that younger fans often deny: They aren’t invincible. So staying healthy on the road or at a music festival is important.

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