Take 80 acres in rural Virginia an hour’s drive out of Roanoke. Drop in a line-up of the top musicians and acts from across the jam, blues, bluegrass, Zydeco, Appalacian, and Americana space. Create scenic views from the Blue Ridge Plateau that would make a National Geographic photographer’s shutter finger envious.
And you have FloydFest.
Bordering Patrick and namesake Floyd counties, the festival is pushing two decades as a staple in the Midlantic coast music scene. Before there was Wanee (RIP), Mountain Jam, Peach, or Lockn’, there was FloydFest.
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