-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 1, 2019. Floydfest Voyage Home 2019 was a sold-out show that saw the best weather in recent memory. The sun shone down on as many as 15,000 happy campers and music lovers, which included those who come back year-after-year and a new generation of first-time […]
Meet my 5 guys. And this is our crew. Every year we get together for a Floydfest family portrait. And every day at Floydfest there’s a new hat. See what I mean? T-shirts are a thing too. And always there is ice cream. The natives like to hang out in the Children’s Universe. I like […]
Sometimes all it takes is a basil mozzarella quesadilla and some up-for-grab-fries with friends to say it’s “Floydfest.” It’s the simple things like the grown-up homeboys reunion that says “Floydfest” to me. The headliners are a big draw but sometimes catching the local talent and feeling a sense of Floyd pride is what says “Floydfest.” […]
They’ve voyaged home to the mountain in droves, those who come back every year and first-timers who know that their first time won’t be their last. “If you build it, they will come.” That goes for the festival and its yearly art installations that grace the main field. This year it’s a giant sailing ship […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 11, 2019. After 19 years, Floydfest organizers have the festival down to an art, and art is what they spotlight, whether through music, performance arts, installations, woodsy ambiance or artisan food, crafts and libations. Floyd-festers come to the festival’s 80-acre mountain for the music, but […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on June 13, 2019 with the title Word World. The weekend’s rainy weather didn’t dampen the poetic inspiration of those who attended the 4th Annual Little River Poetry Festival (LRPF) (June 7 – 9). The weather may have been deterred from attending, and some events (kayaking and […]
Mara wants to take our poetry routine on the road. Because we know each other so well and have been bouncing off each other’s work for 30 years, our featured reading at the Little River Poetry Festival came off a bit as a comedy act. Back in the day (2005 – 2012) when we […]
-The following first appeared (with a varied spread of pictures) in The Floyd Press on September 6, 2018. The theme of the 7th annual Floyd Yoga Jam, “Illumination,” was incorporated into the festival’s opening ceremony midday on Friday, August 31. Facilitated by ceremonialist/herbalist Katherine Chantal it incorporated Acro Yogis in poses, the lighting of lanterns, […]
Every time I take a crowd scene photo there is one or two people in the shot that I know but only discover when it’s uploaded on my computer. Sunday at Floydfest is always the sweetest day for me in a cherry-on-the-top sort of way. I’m always tired but happy. I flit around less and […]
“Let the rumpus start” kept going through my head when the family arrived to FloydfestWILD on Saturday. We made ourselves at home at the Oasis, the mid-field art installation, designed by Eric Davis as “an oasis in the middle of the wild” where wild things can go to relax. We recognized other Wild Things there. […]
There’s a lot to see doing the late shift at Floydfest and lots of old and new friends to run into. Once again, I arrived in the evening so I could stay late and see the headliner, Foster the People, and the latest all-the-rage Greta Van Fleet, who had just come off a standing ovation […]
Joe was up at the site early on Thursday, sending me photos and videos from his phone. He’s heading up the festival’s Teen Engagement Program, and I was planning on a later festival shift, conserving my energy, so that I could last till midnight to see Lukas Nelson, son of Willie. It was our friend […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on June 28, 2018 “We’ve probably gotten the most “Best Of” awards this year than we’ve ever received,” said Floydfest Founder/Co-Owner Kris Hodges. Sam Calhoun, the festival’s Chief Operating Officer, explained that 2018 reader’s polls in Blue Ridge Country Magazine named Floydfest the “Best festival” and Blue […]
See why below … -Look for a photo spread on Floyd Fandango where The Broadcast played Saturday night in an upcoming Floyd Press. Check out The Broadcast performing an original @ Fandango HERE. / Our World Tuesday
-The following first appeared with a larger spread of photos in The Floyd Press on September 7, 2017. A slideshow of other photos can be viewed on the Floyd Press website. There was an impressive turnout for the 6th annual Yoga Jam despite scattered showers and overcast weather Friday and Saturday. Parking lots and campsites […]
-The following first appeared as ‘Fest’ive Spirit in Sounds of Floyd, a July 2017 magazine insert publication of The Floyd Press “I’m a lover of music. I’ve performed everything from folk, punk, jazz, reggae, old time, swing, bluegrass, blues, rock, and world music. I try to bring what I love and that’s what makes it authentic.” […]
Sunday is like the cherry on the top of my four days of Floydfesting. I started out the day by taking pictures of sweet Floyd friend sightings. I took a series of shots called “People-watching from a Red Picnic Table in Front of the Longfin Grille Truck,” where I had a Chef Chiron made lunch. […]
Butterflies and boys (sons and grandsons) made my heart flutter at Floydfest on Saturday. We lounged on a giant rubber duckie after watching a juggler swallow fire and balance a chair on his head. Josh and Emily wore flowers in their hair from their Carolina Flowers flower farm in Marshall, NC. They’re getting married September […]
