2025 Floyd Small Town Summer with Hope Clayburn's Soul Scrimmage and Shmazz
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Organizations: Hope Clayburn's Soul Scrimmage, Shmazz
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly
Cost: Free
Description:
The Town of Floyd continues their 8th Annual Floyd Small Town Summer event series with Hope Clayburn's Soul Scrimmage and Shmazz in concert on Thursday, July 17, 2025 outside at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

Soul-jazz-funk saxophonist and vocalist Hope Clayburn is on a mission to move the people. Her unique and energetic style has allowed her to perform with an eclectic mix of artists around the world, including The Temptations, The Allman Brothers Band, Snarky Puppy and James Brown. She has appeared on notable TV programs such as PBS’s Sun Studio Sessions and Austin City Limits with Grammy nominated artist Valerie June.

She started singing in church, and then fell in love with the saxophone when playing in her junior high school band in North Carolina. From high school in Richmond, VA, she went on to college at the University of Virginia, and graduated with a degree in neuroscience, while playing in area bands. She then played in a jazz band, got connected with local musicians and played in her first ever rock band, Baaba Seth.

She later met and played with legendary Memphis, Tennessee band FreeWorld which is where she met other Memphis musicians and from those connections formed her band Soul Scrimmage.

Hope Clayburn describes their sound as, "It combines what we’ve learned from playing in Memphis, the blues, soul, a little bit of other flavors from all the experiences I’ve had in different bands, African, salsa, reggae. It’s soul music with a down home, but also international, feel to it. And it’s energetic. Energetic soul funk rock is where I would put it."

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/hopeclayburnmusic
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuA3lrv3YFAEE3FMl6KbPw
• https://www.instagram.com/hope_clayburn_sax/

Shmazz in a Roanoke, Virginia based band. Digging into the Shmazz song catalog feels like rummaging through the vintage vinyl section at a disorganized record shop. Expect to hear funk, jazz, soul, and R&B mixed with their own unique take on other genres like country, hip hop, etc.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553578715322
• https://www.youtube.com/@ShmazzMusic
• https://www.instagram.com/shmazz.music

And, kids can enjoy the Kid Zone located behind the stage with a variety of fun activities.

The Floyd Small Town Summer Festival Event Series is free and open to the public.

The Town of Floyd offers this series of free events to provide a fun, family-friendly atmosphere in downtown Floyd, VA. Featuring music, movies, face-painting, inflatables, games, food and beverage and special activities presented by a variety of community organizations from June 5, 2025 until August 28, 2025.

Bring your lawn chair and/or blanket and we'll provide the popcorn for the movie.

Gates will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 PM.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/prY0vsPk/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1375291587006833/ or https://www.instagram.com/floydsmalltownsummer/.