
RoadtripMojo spent some time chatting with #FloydFest COO and producer Sam Calhoun about FloydFest Horizon 2024, its new home, new venues and stages, the different campgrounds, and the acts they’ve signed so far. Below is the interview – with lotsa insights to help prepare you old timers and newcomers alike for the new digs, new stages, new acts – and friends old and new.
Listen to the conversation here. Then, visit RoadtripMojo on Facebook for your chance to win one 4-Day GA pass AND one Canopy Camping Tent Tag for FloydFest 24~Horizon. Thanks – as always – Sam for all you do for live music. We truly appreciate you and your team and the magic you serve up! (Selection to be made by Monday, December 4, 2023. Details here

The experiment continues. After asking ChatGPT to write an essay on music festival camping in the style of Hunter S. Thompson, Andy suggested I ask it to write one in the style of Vladimir Nabokov. In less than a minute, it delivered. My Prompt: Write a 500-word article in English on camping at music festivals in the style of Vladimir Nabokov.
I recently asked ChatGPT to write 500 words on festival RV camping. What it banged out in less than 30-seconds was impressive, but the stuff of a grade-schooler – and nothing a publisher would pay money for. Based on the comments, I tried again – only with a twist. My prompt: “Write a 500-word article on camping at music festivals in the style of Hunter S. Thompson.” Here’s what I got…
Music festivals are about more than the magic of music and the camaraderie of community. For some, they’re also about giving back. At major fests and Dead & Company shows nationwide,