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FLOYDFEST
... OUTTA THIS WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
CULTURES COLLIDE IN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AS WORLD AND ROOTS MUSIC MERGE
TO SPARK HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE FOR THE CULTURED MIND
Nickel
Creek, Speech, David Grisman Quartet, Kaki King, Baka Beyond, Kusun
Ensemble, Donna the Buffalo among acts coming Aug. 15-17 to Floyd
County, VA FLOYD COUNTY, VA -- The most successful first-year festival
to hit the Appalachian mountains of Virginia will be back for an encore
this summer, when cultures collide once again at the second annual
"FLOYDFEST ... OUTTA THIS WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL."
Deftly
merging "outta this world" music and American roots music, the
magical, three-day gathering, proclaimed "a smash" last year
by Musictoday and the Roanoke Times, aims to once more liberate the
spirits of some 10,000 celebrants upon its return Aug. 15-17 to the
magnificent 80-acre site off the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd
County.
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Connection Magazine Posted
June, 2003
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