Floyd features many exciting venues for hearing a variety of music, from large festivals to small, intimate shows in a variety of settings.
The Blue Ridge Music Center is operated by The National Park Service, and the Music Center’s programming is coordinated through a partnership with the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Regional traditional music can be experienced here each day of the week on the breezeway of the visitors center from Noon – 4 PM. They also host a summer Roots […]
Home to the famous Friday Night Jamboree, which features local and area bands performing inside, along with informal banjo-and-fiddle jam sessions in areas along the street outside. Other music events are held on the weekends.
Floyd is home to a variety of musicians and bands.
Highly skilled instrumentals and soulful vocals applied to traditional tunes with a smattering of old time, bluegrass, blues, and jazz combine to create a fresh new sound – old tunes fueled by young spirit. Their set combines fiddle tunes, ballads and folk songs of the Appalachian tradition with twentieth century classics, as well as original instrumental compositions by band members Eli and Victor.