Archive
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Recent events included: |
| The Afromotive The Afromotive is escorting Afrobeat music into the modern age, and taking the dancefloor with them. |
| Ameranouche!!! Gypsy Jazz, Parisian Swing and Spanish rhythms inspired by Django Reinhardt. |
| American Dumpster A recycling movement for ideas: mixing up the voices of Howlin' Wolf & Johnny Cash with plenty of reggae, zydeco, boogie-woogie & more. |
| American Step Dance Workshop with Cherie Sheppard Taking the student from african step and buck dancing to traditonal mountain clogging and some advanced percussive footwork |
Asylum Street Spankers
  Ah, the Spankers. Magnificently indefinable musicians-cum-comedians who turn Americana on its head and then tell it to chug. |
| Baaba Seth with special guest Alliens
If every type of music were a river, Baaba Seth would be the ocean they all poured into. |
| Bellydance! Middle Eastern Dinner Theater &
CD Release of Waterworks An event as memorable as any Arabian Night. |
| Blue Ridge Bridal Gala Over 30 local vendors, food, music, door prizes and more! |
| The Pickin' Porch presents Catfish Keith One of the finest acoustic bluesmen in America. |
| Cinco de Mayo con Solazo Who better than local Latin legends Solazo to help us celebrate Cinco de Mayo? |
| Concierto Beneficio para Ito A gesture of support for Ito Morales. Featuring Solazo, members of Los Gatos, Emily Brass with The Alliens, a bakesale & an art raffle. |
| Culture featuring Joseph Hill Reggae's preeminent harmony group. |
| Donna the Buffalo An American institution comes to Floyd. |
| Drew Emmitt Band Leftover Salmon's Drew Emmitt is a true renaissance man on musical instruments. |
| EVER-G and Shayar & Krooshal Force Jamaican reggae, born and bred. |
| Ffynnon Great folk music direct from Wales. |
| Floyd County Roots Revue Acoustic roots by the finest exponents this county has to offer: Scott Perry & Front Porch Swing, and Abe Goorskey's Acoustic Review. |
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The Floyd Home
Companion A humorous parody of the popular PBS radio show, but with distinctly Floydian twists, presented by the Young Actors Co-op. |
| The Fourth Amendment Benefit #1 - Clean of Green Join local identity Patrick Harvey in celebrating our Fourth Amendment rights. |
Gaelic Storm Rousing, upbeat vocals, wild energetic dance tunes, haunted Celtic ballads and infectious madcap humor! |
| Sol Creech & Alliens Get the Funk Out Sol Creech's funkin' blues and the Alliens funk reggae fusion combine for the most funkalicious fun you can have with your pants on. |
| Gjallarhorn A personal, punchy, nuanced sound-world ringing to the echoes of ancient Scandinavian folk traditions. |
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Global Mala Project |
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The Hackensaw Boys
Incorporating the best elements of punk rock & classic country, these boys are pushing the Americana envelope to its most vibrant edge. |
| Healing Harvest Forest Foundation Benefit Support Planet Defender Award winner, the Healing Harvest Forest Foundation and their team of horses. |
| Herring, Rodgers, Sipe & Fountain A piece of jam band history in the making. |
| It's NOT a Secret Workshop with Sharon Wood & Candace Coffin The Secret is that there is nothing you can't achieve. Imagine if you truly understood this: what would you do if you knew you couldn't fail? |
| Steve James & Del Rey A musical testament to the hillbilly / smarty-pants / country blues aesthetic. |
| Billy Jonas Honoring the creative energy in everyone, Billy Jonas inspires, informs and enlightens. |
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John Jorgenson Quintet
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| The Larry Keel Experience Stretching far beyond the boundaries of mainstream bluegrass. |
| The Kusun Ensemble World Dance Weekend A performance on Saturday and workshops on Sunday with one of West Africa's most innovative & powerful music & dance ensembles. |
| Lee Boys These guys will funkify your soul and help you see the musical light. Don't miss them. |
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The Magic of Midsummer Nights Dream
The Sun transforms into the enchanted woods of Shakespeare's imagining ... with a delightful twist. |
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The Pickin' Porch presents Harry Manx
What you get when you blend Indian folk melodies with blues, a sprinkle of gospel, and compelling grooves: 'mysticssippi'. |
| Scott Miller and the Commonwealth Good songs that have some brains to them. Blending folk & rock, Scott Miller is as genuine a storyteller & performer as you're likely to meet. |
| Mundo Unido (Unified World) Featuring a range of musicians, performance artists, dancers and visual artists in a celebration of music and art around the world. |
| David Munnelly Band
Pure Irish magic! |
| New Riders of the Purple Sage No history of the jam band scene could be complete without the New Riders of the Purple Sage. This is your opportunity to ride with them. |
| The Nighthawks The hottest house-rockin' blues. |
| Old Time Bright A night of everything and anything artistic. |
| 1st Annual One Big Rock Benefit Eight acts and two organizations committed to creating lasting solutions to global poverty, hunger, and social injustice. |
| Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with special guest Kat Mills A Hammond B-3 organ-fueled blues-rock quartet playing a spirited and inventive blend of blues, Americana and rock n' roll. |
| The Roots of Yoga with
Jeremiah
Brimlow Fine tune deep listening & cultivate universal harmony through yoga & dance movements. Bring your yoga mat & meditation cushions. |
| Leon Russell Truly a legend in his own time. |
| Sharing The Secret Workshop The Secret is about understanding the Law of Attraction and the necessary processes to enjoy the life you want to live. Expect "wow". |
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Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband
Part pop/rock band and part jam band, the act has also been hailed as country's next great band: did somebody say 'crossover'? |
| Solazo Celebrate the year that was with friends, family, Floyd and Solazo. |
| 1st Annual Spookfest & Costume Party with Midnight Spaghetti & The Chocolate G-Strings Prepare to scare in one of the funnest nights on the Floyd calendar. |
| Sprung! There's a lot of fresh talent in town, and what better time to showcase it than the beginning of Spring? Get fresh, get Sprung! |
| The Survivors and Carbon Culture A true family night, with two bands, two fathers and three sons. |
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Ember Swift
The union between art and activism forms the foundation of Ember's songwriting ethic. |
| That 1 Guy When something goes fantastically wrong to a classically trained bassist and he invents The Magic Pipe, you get That 1 Guy. |
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Toubab Krewe
A new standard for fusions of rock 'n' roll and West African music. |
| Steven Michael Pague & the Winged Heart Band Thirty years worth of hope, truth, love, life, spirit and family. |
| Rev. Billy C. Wirtz A one man crusade to combine authentic roots piano styles with hilarious satirical songs. |