The Floyd Americana Festival
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Cocobolo, Henry Hardt's Mudcats, Virginia Hollow
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2019
Time: 2:00 - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free

Description:
The Floyd Americana Festival will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

Music Schedule:
• 2:00-2:20 pm: Paul Lemay and Friends
• 2:30-2:50 pm: Jake Retting
• 3:00-3:20 pm: Brad Collier
• 3:30-3:50 pm: Henry Hardt's Mudcats
• 4:00-4:50 pm: Cocobolo
• 5:00-6:00 pm: Virginia Hollow

Enjoy a day of Americana music from the heart of Floyd featuring six bands and performers playing home grown music including blues, folk, country, bluegrass and reggae. Local bands performing include Virginia Hollow, Cocobollo, Henry Hardy’s Mudcat’s, Jake Retting and others.

Virginia Hollow is a mixture of Americana, bluegrass, country, indie and rock. A singer-songwriter band that performs songs written by lead singer Carrie Hinkley, along with an occasional handpicked cover or two.

Virginia Hollow is a band and a sound born from the hills, valleys and mountains of Appalachia. Their performances and music take you on a journey fraught with raw emotions and stories of love, trust, betrayal and longing. When all is said and done, the haunting melodies of Carrie Hinkley's soulful voice are hard to shake off and instead keep returning and replaying in one's mind, like an untamed mantra of beauty and tragedy. This is a band whose time has come and needs to be reckoned with.

Links:

• https://virginiahollow.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/virginiahollowband/

Cocobolo, a band that blends magic and mystery into melody, plays thought provoking, entertaining original music written by it’s members, all of whom currently call Southwest Virginia home.

You are sure to love the creative and intricate leads of Bob Dillard, a lifelong guitarist, who brings excitement to the stage with his enthusiasm and skill. The sensitive and seductive bass accompaniments of Christopher Luster, playing electric stand up fretless bass, often surprisingly with a bow, the foot tapping rhythms and grooves of percussionist T.G. Williams, and the warm vocals of singer, Stella Trudel, whose commitment to writing original lyrics and singing from the heart weaves stories into harmonies that stir emotions and leave listeners wanting more.

Links:

• http://cocoboloband.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Cocobolo-1637054022998218/

Henry Hardt's Mudcats play old time street and piedmont blues reveling in music penned earlier in the 20th century from Charlie Pool to The Reverend Gary Davis to Robert Johnson and are based in Floyd, VA. The band members are Jeff Liverman, Jeremia Dwier, Barb Gillespie, Will Norton and Sean Matuk.

The Mudcat’s specialize in illuminating the influence that old style street music including blues and jug band sounds had on modern Rock and Roll. They play songs made popular by such artists as Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Nirvana and Eric Clapton, but they play in the style of the original recordings from the 1920s and 30s.

Henry Hardt’s Mudcats are a fun, danceable look back at some of the most influential music of the last three generations.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/HenryHardtsMudcats
• https://www.reverbnation.com/henrymudcathardt

Admission is free and all are welcome.

The event is sponsored by Coco Mia, Law Office of Harrison Schroeder, Skyline National Bank, Thomas & Wall Real Estate and the Maggie Gallery.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/kvxR5dP.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/365638760813358/.

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