When a writer noted last year that FloydFest had made TIME magazine’s list ‘240 Reasons to Celebrate America’ as a “Summer Fests We Love,” FloydFest in Floyd, Virginia, and its co-creators Kris Hodges and Erika Johnson were being feted, it came as no surprise to those who know the event and the founders. To hear FloydFest exec Sam Calhoun sing its praises, the event is rockin’ on a roll – a 20-year roll. No small part of that is the smallest attendees at this welcoming festival.
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Twenty years into the FloydFest, Sam Calhoun and his team have gotten festival production down to a science. But they know art plays an invaluable role. After all, curating music, arts, and culinary creations – even the camping experience – for one of the most respected music festivals along the East Coast leaves nothing to chance.
RoadtripMojo first met our latest hammock winner at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park’s Suwannee Rising music festival last spring. Kym Campbell Eckard and husband, Joe, were camping on the Loop two spots down from us. When we weren’t at the Mushroom or Peach stages for The New Mastersounds, Melody Trucks Band, Lettuce, Dumpstaphunk, or Oteil & Friends, we were marveling at the Eckards’ rig. That bright blue Winnebago 
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Hearing protection is something most music festival attendees don’t often think about. Maybe some should. Small, easily stashed, and far less costly than hearing loss itself, a couple of small earplugs are always a good option to have when needed. Sometimes, the most advantageous or memorable perch we can find is smack in front of a huge bank of speakers or sub-woofers. They rattle your soul and eardrums alike. You’ve just spent a couple hours at a crushing Umphrey’s set, or maybe you’re in the midst of Day 3 of Electric Carnival – and your eyes and ears are asking for a little relief.