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2023 Floyd Americana Fest
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Amelia Empson, Appalachian Space Train, Ash Devine, Ball & Chain, Big Poppa Squat, Chad Cox, Henry Hardt's Mudcats, Jake Retting, Kevin Daniel & The Bottom Line, Leslie Brooks, Lowbrow Collective, Paul Lemay, Seph Custer & The Flatbreaks, Stagedust, The Cosmic Porch Pickers, The Lamb Brothers Band, Time is Art Band, Triquetra Band, Yardweedz
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Fourth Annual Floyd Americana Fest will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at five stages in Floyd, VA including Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Lichen Or Knot, Outerspace, Cocoa Mia and Dogtown Roadhouse.

The Floyd Americana Fest is a celebration of small-town charm, rich artistic heritage, and the soul-stirring sounds of Americana music featuring five stages of live music as well as Floyd’s artisans and vendors with locally made arts, crafts, products, produce and more. Established in 2019 by founder Alan Graf, this annual festival is growing to become a beloved tradition in the one-stoplight town of Floyd, Virginia.

Music & Entertainment Line-Up:

Lineberry Park Stage:
• 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Lowbrow Collective
• 1:30-3:30 PM: Jake Retting Trio
• 4:00-6:00 PM: Appalachian Space Train

Lichen Or Knot Stage:
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: YardWeedz
• 12:30-1:30 PM: Chad Cox Project
• 2:00-3:00 PM: Ash Devine
• 5:00-6:00 PM: Triquetra
• 6:30-7:30 PM: Amelia Empson

Outerspace Stage:
• 12:00-1:00 PM: Paul Lemay
• 1:30-2:30 PM: Big Poppa Squat
• 3:00-4:30 PM: Henry Hardt's Mudcats
• 5:00-6:30 PM: Stage Dust
• 7:00-8:30 PM: Ball & Chain

Cocoa Mia Stage:
• 1:00-2:30 PM: Leslie Brooks
• 3:00-4:30 PM: The Lamb Brothers Band
• 5:00-6:30 PM: The Cosmic Porch Pickers
• 7:00-8:00 PM: Time is Art

Dogtown Stage:
• 6:00-8:00 PM: Seph Custer & The Flatbreaks
• 8:00-11:00 PM: Kevin Daniel & The Bottom Line

Lowbrow Collective is a folk, rock and Americana band with eclectic taste in music.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/LowbrowCollective

Jake Retting is a singer songwriter playing free form rock and roll blending poetry and storytelling based in Floyd, Virginia.

He is also part of the Velvet Spring music collective along with Thurman Felker.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/jakerettingband
• https://www.instagram.com/jakeretting/

Appalachian Space Train hails from Floyd, VA. This four piece band rocks the stage and delivers explosive rockadelic funkabilly tunes.

Down in the hollers of Southwest VA, a group of intergalactic space travelers are embarking on a voyage of the cosmos aboard a space train of sounds. Using precision tuned instruments, they navigate the solar systems of consciousness.

Links:

• https://appalachianspacetrain.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/AppalachianSpaceTrain
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f0nuF4hC5EWTOT_i2IB6w/videos
• https://www.instagram.com/appalachianspacetrain/

Yardweedz is a kicking acoustic show featuring originals and choice covers. The Yardweedz is comprised of Noah Broe and Don Cox.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089611368899

Chad Cox is a singer and songwriter from Tazewell, Virginia playing a wide range of genres sure to please audiences of all ages. Although his main genre is country, his love for all music shows in his diverse selection of both covers and original songs. His originality and strong vocals make him a crowd favorite wherever he plays.

Links:

• https://officialchadcox.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/chadmcoxmusic

Ash Devine is an accomplished songwriter, ukulele and guitar player, performance artist, educator, and community-based arts facilitator whose work is influenced by her upbringing in the Blue Ridge mountains, and by her international travels to perform in health care facilities with Patch Adams M.D. Devine is known as a true ‘folk troubadour’ because she writes, collects, and performs cross genre music based on numerous folk traditions including original Americana & indie-folk-rock, traditional Appalachian old time, contemporary folk, country blues, historic bluegrass, folk revival, classic rock, and international folk music. Ash has self produced two albums of original music, and is working on two more, including a traditional Appalachian and folk legacy compilation.

Born and raised in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, Ash lived for over 17 years in the Western North Carolina region where she developed her studies of Appalachian music traditions.

Links:

• http://www.ashdevine.net/
• https://www.facebook.com/ashdevinemusic/
• https://www.youtube.com/@ashdevine
• https://www.instagram.com/ashdevinemusic/
• https://soundcloud.com/ash-devine

Triquetra Band is a new take on a classic jazz ensemble featuring multi-passionate, multi-instrumentalists with a strong penchant for music that moves the listener both gracefully and intelligently.

Links:

• https://triquetrajazz.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/TriquetraJazz
• https://www.youtube.com/@triquetrajazz
• https://www.instagram.com/triquetrajazz/

Amelia Empson plays a variety of Indie-Folk and Americana covers and originals from the Appalachian Mountains with talent far beyond her years.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/ameliaempsonmusic
• https://www.instagram.com/ameliaempson/

Paul LeMay is a musician from Southwest Virginia performing Americana music.

A true roots musician, Big Poppa Squat sings eloquently about hard times and harder living. Don’t miss the rare opportunity to hear him perform when he leaves his hollow for the lights of town.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/backwoodscrooner/

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

Stagedust performs 70s and 80s folk, rock and Americana on guitar, fiddle and harmonica.

Ball & Chain is a stripped down acoustic rock duo. A girl from the mountains of Virginia and a boy from the Bronx. The regional musical influences of each coalesce into melodious tension. Passion, fun and sass pervades Jon & Lucinda’s blend of rock, R&B, and blues, resulting in vocals and harmonies that stroke your soul. And if you don’t have a soul, then you’ll probably still enjoy listening to some good music. Original Americana with an edge, eclectic covers thrown in for good measure. Adult alternative for those who like to classify.

Links:

• http://ballnchainmusic.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/BallnChainMusic/

Leslie Brooks is a singer-songwriter, performing solo with guitar, playing jazz, folk, blues, rockin' country and popular favorites originally from Kentucky now resides in Virginia. She has played the best venues in a 16-state area, as well as in Norway and Monte Carlo. Opened for Heart, James Taylor, Bob Margolin and Willie Nelson to name a few. She has six CD's to her credit.

Links:

• http://lesliebrooksmusic.blogspot.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/lesliebrooksmusic/

From the streets of New York to the Big Easy Bayou, The Lamb Brothers have taken in from the deep roots of American music. Now roosting in the mountains of Appalachia, The Lamb Brothers Band has assembled a foot-stomping, driving, and outlaw mix of Americana music and are currently based in Floyd, VA.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094380797247

The Cosmic Porch Pickers perform a mix of blues, folk and jazz.

Time is Art is a Floyd, Virginia based band, playing original cosmic reggaebilly rock music.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/timeisart1320
• https://www.reverbnation.com/timeisart1

Seph Custer & The Flatbreaks from Roanoke, VA guarantee you a unique experience for one simple fact, they don’t use a set list! With a scaled-down combination of guitar, bass, and drum set, the band has the flexibility and freedom to reach into a variety of genres and techniques. Bridges will be made from rock, to alternative, to funk, blues, soul, pop; then, through all of them again, backwards.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/theflatbreaks

Raised in North Carolina, Brooklyn-based Americana crooner Kevin Daniel is set on making New York City a destination for Nashville sounds. The songwriter and multi-instrumentalist brings southern rock, gospel, and blues to barrooms of Brooklyn and beyond.

Links:

• https://thekevindaniel.com/home
• https://www.facebook.com/thekevindaniel
• https://www.youtube.com/@KevinDanielMusic
• https://www.instagram.com/thekevindaniel/
• https://soundcloud.com/thekevindaniel

Admission is free and all are welcome to this family friendly festival.

The event is rain or shine.

Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park is located at 284 S. Locust Street in Floyd, VA.

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

For more information, visit: https://floydamericanafest.squarespace.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydamericanafest or https://www.instagram.com/floydamericanafest or email floydamericanafest@gmail.com.