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FloydFest

FloydFest 6 - It's in the MIX!

About Me



FloydFest is a four-day World Music Festival held annually in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, showcasing the best in World, Bluegrass, Reggae, Folk, African, and Appalachian music, as well as quality local arts and crafts.
 www.floydfest.com

My Interests

music
arts
culture
community
diversity
healing arts
poetry
earth
all things!

BAND SUBMISSIONS
We appreciate your interest, but we are now fully booked for the 2008 season and no longer accepting requests. Please contact us again with materials in November.

I'd like to meet:


independent spirits the world over...

Music:

PAST PERFORMERS:
Acoustic Endevours
Acoustic Syndicate
The African Showboyz
Alan Darveaux with Slight Departure
Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble
Ani DiFranco
Appalachian Roots
Asylum Street Spankers
Avett Brothers
Baba Ola Jagun & His Ancestral Rhythms
Baka Beyond
Bebop Howdown
Beggar's Circus
Bill Hudson
Blueground Undergrass
Blue Mule
The Bridge
Bryan Vargas & Ya Esta!
Cadillac Jones
Corey Harris
Crow Greenspun
Culture
Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey
Dar Williams
The David Grisman Quintet
Del McCoury Band
Special DGQ 70's reunion with Tony Rice, Mike Marshal and Darol Anger
The Discordian Society
DJ Cheb I Sabbah
dj Janaka
DJ Williams
Doc Watson
Donna The Buffalo
Dread Clampitt
Dub is a Weapon
Eek-a-Mouse
Enter The Haggis
Floetic Ascent Aerial Dance Company
Foundation Stone
Franck Biyoung & Massak
Garaj Mahal
Garmarna
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Green Lemon
The Hackensaw Boys
Hoorah Cloggers
Hot Tuna
Jackass Flats
Jan Smith
JD Crowe
Jim Donovan of Rusted Root
Jim Lauderdale
John Brown's Body
John Scofield
Karsh Kale
Kat Mills
Keith Frank Zydaco
King Chango
Kruger Brothers
The Kusun Ensemble
Laura Blackley
Larry Keel Experience
Lonesome River Band
Lost and Found
Lucky Dube
Magic Bronson
Mamadou Diabate
Mando Mafia
Michael Farr
Mood Cultivation
Mountain Heart
New Monsoon
Nickle Creek
The Non-Profits
None the Wiser
Old and in the Gray with Vassar Clements
Old School Freight Train
The Neville Brothers
Peter Rowan
Poplar Hollow
Porter, Batiste, Stoltz
RailRoad Earth
Raquy & The Caveman
Rhonda Vincent
Sam Bush
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth
Scott Perry
Snake Oil Medicine Show
Solazo
Soldiers of Jah Army
Speech from Arrested Development
Spookie Daly Pride
Stacey Earle
Steep Canyon Rangers
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
Susan Grenbaum
Temptest
Tom Ohmsen
Tony Rice
Tortured Soul
Tricia Carter
Trumystic
TruSound
Vulgar Bulgars
Wild Turkeys
William Walter
Xavier Rudd
Zen Fisherman

Movies:

1 Giant Leap

Television:

World Link TV
Public Television
Current TV

Heroes:

our volunteers!!!

My Blog

FloydFest February Emerging Artist!

..>    We LOVE new music and know how hard it is for new bands to get heard. We also get tons of requests from bands with NO way to present them all!!! That's why we've developed the Fl...
Posted by FloydFest on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:16:00 PST

FloydFest 7 - Valentines Promotion and Artist Additions!

..> ..> In the Garifuna culture the death of a loved one is an opportunity to celebrate their memory and rejoice in having been blessed to have had them in your life... Kris Hodges met Andy Palaci...
Posted by FloydFest on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:14:00 PST

FloydFest 7 - Family Affair July 24-27 2008

..> Giving Thanks In this season of beauty and bounty we give thanks for those things that replenish our spirits throughout the year. As we enter into this Holiday s...
Posted by FloydFest on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:47:00 PST

Capitol City Carnival, Sept 21,22,23

..> ..> ..> ..> ..> ..> ..> ..> ..>..> ..> ..> First Annual 'CAPTIOL CITY CARNIVAL' September 21st-23rd, 2007 Bull Run Regional Park 7700 Bull Run DriveCentreville, VA...
Posted by FloydFest on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:29:00 PST

FLOYDFEST 6: COMPLETE PERFORMER SCHEDULE!!!

Hi FLOYDFEST Folks! Just click on the link below and you can have full access to the complete performer schedule at Floydfest 6: It's in the Mix!  Just to let you all know it is a PDF File, if yo...
Posted by FloydFest on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:06:00 PST

FLOYDFSET 6: IT'S IN THE MIX SONICBIDS WINNERS

HEY ALL~ JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE TWO SONICBIDS WINNERS ARE AFROMOTIVE & THE SUPERPOWERS!!!  THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AT THIS YEAR'S FSETIVAL & WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED FOR...
Posted by FloydFest on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:40:00 PST

Early Bird pricing ends soon! Happy New Year!

"A happy New Year! Grant that I May bring no tear to any eye When this New Year in time shall end Let it be said I've played the friend, Have lived and loved and labored here, And made of i...
Posted by FloydFest on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:21:00 PST

New Additions and December 17th deadline reminder

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 12 months of planning 11 new artists 10's more to come9 different genres 8 rockin' stages7 months to go! 6 years a'runnin...
Posted by FloydFest on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:02:00 PST

FloydFest 6: It's In the Mix!

 happy holidays!    "Thanks Aunt Polly,But Chile's gift certificatesAre no good to me."From Hipster HaikuSiobhan AckockBroadway PublishingOctober, 2006  ...
Posted by FloydFest on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:39:00 PST

December 1st! Tickets on sale and First round Artist Announcement!

Hey everyone, we've been so busy preparing for FloydFest 6, we've fallen behind here on myspace - rest assured we'll catch up with all your emails and friends requests soon! Tickets for 2007 will go o...
Posted by FloydFest on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:10:00 PST