Native American Meeting at the Warren G. Lineberry Park

On Saturday, August 10th beginning at 2:00 pm, all are invited to attend a Native American Meeting at the Warren G. Lineberry Park, behind Winter Sun.

The group is an indigenous American Indian spiritual organization who follows the ancient traditions, stories, ceremonies, history, customs and spirituality of our ancestors. The information taught to those interested does not come from books, the internet or other published records. Instead it comes from the ancient written records of the priests. (more…)

Saturday, July 20th all are invited to see Whitetop Mountain Band perform at Oak Grove Pavilion.

The show starts at 7pm rain or shine.

For more information call (540) 745-2105 or visit the Oak Grove Pavilion online.

Hooves’n Growth is a wonderful new opportunity for the Floyd County Area Youth and Families and will be offering two new programs this year.

For complete details visit barnofhoovesngrowth.com or click to download flyer.

1) Summer Day Camp hosting different ages, different weeks throughout the summer. $25.00 non refundable reg. fee plus 175.00 camp fee

2) Even better with a Horse in it…Family/or Kids Party on the Farm.  (more…)

The Town of Floyd will be presenting a series of community events this summer.

The first event will be a Concert in the Park on Sunday, June 16th from 3 pm to 8 pm.

Schedule:
3:15- 4:00 Gravel Raod
4:15- 5:00 Traynham Family
5:15- 6:15 Amber Collins & Turning Point
6:30- 8:00 Nothin’ Fancy
Free Face Painting!

Other dates for this summer include:
Concert in the Park
Sunday, July 14. 3-8pm

Family Day in the Park
Saturday, August 17. 1-5pm

The Floyd County Historical Society presents Civil War Living History Day at the Phlegar House. Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 10am to 4pm. Free admission.

Activities:

• Civil War camp life exhibits & opportunity to research your local Civil War ancestors throughout the day
• Soldier and home-front presentations beginning at 10:30am
• Chris J. Hartley, author of “Soneman’s Raid, 1965” at 1pm
• Military demonstrations at 3pm

For more information contact the Floyd County Historical Society. www.floydlivinghistory.com

Phlegar House is located at 149 Pioneer Way, Floyd VA 24091

Floyd Earth Day Celebration 2013 Saturday, April 20.

FREE fun and learning 10 AM till 4 PM at the Floyd EcoVillage off 718 Franklin Pike on Eco Village Trail.

All day fun for kids – a huge bouncy caterpillar, miniature donkeys to pet, short eco hikes, eco crafts and games, wiggly worms, furry rabbits, free seedlings All day learning and fun for adults too. (more…)

4th Annual Mardi Gras Costume Ball
Saturday, February 9, 2013, 6:30pm – midnight
Celebration Hall at Floyd Eco Village, 718 Franklin Pike, Floyd
A fundraiser for Blue Mountain School

Floyd is many things to many people, and to most people one of those things is fun. There has seldom been a resident of Floyd who knew how to have as good a time as Tom Ryan did. Floyd’s first Mardi Gras King was also a visionary with a generous community spirit, who helped put Floyd’s Mardi Gras on the map and supported Blue Mountain School in many other ways besides.

In this year’s Blue Mountain School fundraiser we pay tribute to this mountain of a human spirit in the way he would want us to: we’re going to have a great big party! (more…)

Floyd Contra Dance with caller Shawn Brenneman and No Strings Attached, our own New River Valley musicmakers with band members Wes Chappell, Rusty May, Randy Marchany, and Jim Crawford, playing a plethora of strings, beats, and
gizmos.

Arrive early for a beginner lesson at 7:35. Singles and beginners welcome. $8.00 dancers; $5.00 listeners.

Saturday, January 12th at the Sun Music Hall. Community contra dances sponsored by Blue Ridge Country Dancers every second Saturday, September through June. www.floydcontradance.org.  Telephone: 540-489-1826

The next Winterfest will be held at The Jacksonville Center for the Arts on Friday, Nov 30 from 5:00PM to 8:00PM at Floyd’s Jacksonville Center for the Arts.

Winterfest is The Jax’s largest and longest running annual special event. The old dairy barn will feature local artists, artisans, and musicians throughout the building. This is a great opportunity to start holiday shopping while supporting local artists and artisans. For all the young artists, free children’s holiday activities are also offered. After all the shopping, musical entertainment, and children’s activities be sure to stop in for a tasty treat at the Jax Café on the first floor

Free admission. (540) 745-2784 for more information.

Kai’s LungFest, a benefit for COTA (Children’s Organ Transplant Association) will open at the Sun Music Hall in Floyd. This benefit event will include music by The Mumbles, Spoon Fight, and Tobacco Apache.

Kai’s LungFest benefits COTA in honor of Sekai Talley-LaRoche. Sekai lives with Cystic Fibrosis, which is gradually robbing him of the use of his lungs and liver. Kai’s LungFest, a benefit for COTA, promotes a campaign by “Kai’s Krew” to make this young man’s life-saving transplants a reality (more…)