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2023 Floyd Small Town Summer Series with Lonesome River Band and Nobody's Business and Movie
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Floyd Small Town Summer, Lonesome River Band, Nobody's Business
Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Town of Floyd continues its 6th Annual Floyd Small Town Summer series featuring music from the Lonesome River Band and Jackson Cunningham & Nobody's Business and the movie "Minions: The Rise of Gru" on Thursday, July 6, 2023 outside at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

Tentative Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM: Gates Open
• 6:05 PM: Handmade Music School performance
• 6:15 PM: Jackson Cunningham & Nobody's Business
• 7:15 PM: Lonesome River Band
• 8:45 PM: Minions: The Rise of Gru

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!

Lonesome River Band continues their reputation as one of the most respected names in bluegrass music. Led by five-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Banjo Player of the Year and Virginia Country Music Hall of Famer Sammy Shelor, the group holds a powerhouse line up of award-winning players.

The band is celebrating their Billboard Top 10 Bluegrass Album, Turn On A Dime released on Mountain Home Music Company. The album certainly showcases Lonesome River Band at the top of their creative game. When masterful players and vocalists combine with top notch material and thoughtful arrangement, the result is a dynamic release. This long awaited project includes numerous chart songs including the hit “Her Love Won’t Turn On A Dime” that reached the #1 spot seven times on the Bluegrass Today Top 20.

Lonesome River Band’s enduring career includes 17 albums, three of which were released in 2012 in celebration of the group’s 30th anniversary. The band received the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Award for Instrumental Recorded Event of the Year for their song “Angeline the Baker” from their CHRONOLOGY Volume One album along with Sammy Shelor taking home his fifth win as the 2012 IBMA Banjo Performer of the Year. Lonesome River Band has received other awards from IBMA including Album of the Year, along with numerous awards from SPBGMA including being named Bluegrass Band of Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Song of the Year and Shelor as Banjo Player of the Year. Sammy Shelor received the 2nd Annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass.

For over 30 years, Lonesome River Band continues set the standard in the bluegrass music world. Whether performing on the famous stage of the Grand Ole Opry or headlining major concert events and festivals, their loyal fans continue to support one of the most loved and most influential acts of our time.

Links:

• http://lonesomeriverband.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/lonesomeriverband
• https://www.twitter.com/LonesomeRiverB

Nobody’s Business is a band from Southwest Virginia and Northwest North Carolina that plays traditional first generation bluegrass, old time string band and classic era country.

"Minions: The Rise of Gru" is a 2022 animated film rated PG starring the voices of Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin and Alan Arkin.

Film Synopsis: The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.

For more information on the film, visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5113044/.

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

Bring your lawn chair and/or blanket.

Gates will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 PM on all Floyd Small Town Summer events. Movies will begin when the sun goes down.

The events take place on alternating Thursdays from mid-June to the end of August.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/Ls4Hsp3g/image.png.

For more information, visit: http://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1330386097830191/.