Heard of the Rock & Bus? It’s almost too good to be true!.. use their interactive travel tool and schedule a hands-free, low-stress, reasonably-priced trip to FloydFest from any major point of departure in the US! Why not!? Plus, traveling on the Rockin’ Bus avoids off-site parking altogether- get dropped off right at the FloydFest site, and reverse the process on Sunday! Plus, easy-peasy day trips available to the show from regional towns and cities!

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Visit these Outdoor venues, partners and adventures for a chance to win FloydFest tickets and more!

Get Out More Tour

Get Out More is a one-of-a kind mobile tour that brings the pages of Backpacker to life for audiences nationwide. From April to December, Backpacker’s experienced Get Out More road team will travel the country to educate consumers about the skills and equipment they need to Get Out More! Check out these GOMT stops below for a chance to win FloydFest tickets and other goodies!

Great Outdoor Provision Company

Great Outdoor Provision Co. was founded in 1972 and is   a specialty outdoor retailer based in North Carolina. With seven stores filled with gear and clothing for life outside, Great Outdoor Provision Co. is committed to personalized retail encouraging consumers to try on, get fitted, compare and contrast, touch and feel product, and interact with staff who know and go outdoors.

GOPC Store Locations:

Chapel Hill, NC,

Charlotte, NC

Greensboro, NC

Greenville, NC

Raleigh, NC

Wilmington, NC

Winston-Salem, NC

Blue Ridge Mountain Sports

In 1972, we started with a love & passion for the outdoors. As one of the first outdoor equipment stores on the east coast, our days and our lives were full of hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, kayaking, canoeing, camping and travel.

Blue Ridge Mountain Sports Store Locations:

1624 Laskin Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23451

1560 South Main Street,
Suite 100
Blacksburg, VA 24060

1125 Emmet Street N.
Charlottesville, VA 22903

11500 Midlothian Turnpike
Richmond, VA 23235

12020 West Broad Street
Henrico, VA 23233

4610 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919

11537 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37934

Memorial Day Celebration May 26th

Join us in celebrating the Memorial Day weekend with a daylong festival on Sunday, May 26th.

Brew Stash Bash June 15th

Enjoy sampling various American craft beers at the 2nd annual Brew Stash Bash on Saturday, June 15th.

Mountain Junkies

This series has been created to showcase the trails in and around the Roanoke Valley and help turn you into a Mountain Junkie.   We need more of you to help us feel normal.

-  03/02/13 – 9th Explore Your Limits 5k & 10k

-  03/23/13 – 5th Montvale 5 & 10 Miler

-  04/13/13 – 5th Mill Mountain Mayhem 10k

-  05/04/13 – 6th Trail Nut 10k and Half Marathon

-  06/02/13 – 3rd Conquer the Cove Trail 25k and Marathon

Roanoke Outside

Learn why Roanoke is the best outdoor town on the East Coast. Choose your adventure and GET OUTSIDE!

April 20th – Blue Ridge Marathon

Bad to the Bone

By directing premiere trail- and road-running events, Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports strives to motivate runners of all backgrounds to challenge themselves. For almost 10 years, Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports events have reflected owners Gill and Francesca’s decades-long knowledge and passion for running.  From the events, participants can expect excellent quality in the organization, scenic courses, a welcoming atmosphere, and an experience which will never be forgotten.

April 20th is the Bel Monte 50 miler, 50K, 25K

Charlottesville Fall Classic Half Marathon/10K- October 13th

Danger! Zombies! Run 5K- October 27th

Real Girls Run Half Marathon- November 7th

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FloydFest was voted “FESTIVAL WITH BEST FOOD” by Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine. Thanks to everyone that voted!

“Festival food can take many forms: it can be strictly functional as fuel to keep music lovers operating throughout the weekend, or it can be a showcase of local, creative fare with the power to draw hippies from three stages away. FloydFest falls squarely in this latter category, with a cornucopia of chow from across the nation and world. Their food court is packed with enticing options, ranging from vegan sandwiches to crepes to Cajun gator bites. With ten years of Floyd under their belts, these food stands have their systems dialed, cranking out veggie burritos and French toast at an alarming pace for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The perennial favorite of the Blue Ridge Outdoors staff is the Veggiething from the Sugar Shack. Wash it all down with craft beer flowing at the various beer gardens. FloydFest is one festival where you may hear, “Dude, where did you get that sando?” as much as you’ll hear, “Dude, who you seeing tonight?”

http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/outdoors-travel/trip-guides/the-best-of-the-blue-ridge/

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The Jefferson Theater and FloydFest present Hot Tuna June 9th and Delta Rae June 22nd in Charlottesville, VA. Be sure to check out this amazing shows for a chance to win a FloydFest ticket and receive other goodies!!! See ya’ there!

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Since its inception, Across the Way Productions, Inc. (AtWP) has held the bar high for achievement, performance and social responsibility while contributing to the economic diversification of Appalachia. In 2011, AtWP partnered with the Appalachian Carbon Partnership (ACP) to offer attendees of FloydFest the opportunity to balance their carbon emissions. AtWP successfully raised $4,434, which allowed the ACP to permanently retire 296 metric tons of carbon dioxide. The portion retired for this event supported the sustainable forestry efforts of a landowner in Bland County, Virginia. The partnership between the ACP and AtWP has helped contribute to the more than $200,000 the ACP has paid to small landowners and the nearly $600,000 it has paid to consulting foresters in the region. AtWP’s decision to offset with the ACP has solidified its reputation as a local leader in social, economic and environmental resilience.

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CLICK HERE to read the article from Michael Gallant featured in the latest NEA magazine, a quarterly publication distributed throughout the United States and to members of Congress..

To view the webcast of the session click here! FloydFest presentation starts around 2:07:50 – enjoy!

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Congratulations to Megan Jean & the KFB – FloydFest 11 On the Rise Winner! They will receive Dreaming Creek Main Stage Performance slot in 2013 with $3,500 in pay! PLUS – the $3,600 microphone package from Peluso Microphone Labs! Congratulations to the Lizzy Ross Band – FloydFest 11 On the Rise Runner Up! They will return to FloydFest in 2013 with $1,000 in pay! PLUS – the $1,600 microphone package from Peluso Microphone Labs!

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While your typical ‘Top 10’ list reads like a ‘Best Of’, we take a different slant, annually compiling your Patron Survey Feedback into our Site Improvements Planning List. This year we received more than 800 responses to our online feedback request! Here’s what you can look forward to!

1. SHUTTLES!  Yep, so we can’t have enough. With a huge ‘thank you’ to the Wilkesboro, NC, Boy Scout Troop for their years of dedicated service, we also welcome the calvary in the form Mountain Valley Transportation- providing school bus transport for Roanoke area schools for decades. In 2013 the Scouts, with their hitches and trailers, will assist with camping gear transport, while MVT busses will go directly to and from the ‘Alpha-Delta’ complex,  servicing all of our off-site parkers and campers!
2. POWER TO THE PEOPLE (no, really!) With help from some electrical engineer friends, we’ve mapped an elaborate distribution system that will enable us to power 120 RVs- Thursday- Sunday! Let the DELTA Block Party BEGIN!
3. NO CROWDING! We’re with you.. our mission We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again- our mission is to be the best music festival experience of our time, selling a limited quantity of tickets to the highest quality event experience, bar none, celebrating music, art and life in an intimate, visually stunning environment. 
4. DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS. Fair enough… some of us do, some of us don’t, and those who don’t should not have to breathe it. This year look for designated ‘non-smoking camping’  as well as increased signage and patrol in congested areas, including the main field. That said, we’re still Rockin’ in the Free World!
5. WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE! So Klean Kanteen is, like, the best partner ever! Don’t we all really believe that good, clean water is a right, not a privledge?! To best water the masses, look for another hydration station in 2013!
6. SHADE-y grove, my little love..   So we’ll keep hanging shade sails and planting trees, though admittedly, on our end, we do love the sun
7. OFF SITE SHOWERS seem reasonable enough, and will decrease the demand on our 15 onsite showers. Look for these, and other new amenities at .. wait for it.. Lot D-now known as DELTA Lot! which we are making it’s own destination vacation!
8. CAMPING CROSSROADS: Feeling gridlocked? We have timberframe partner Dreaming Creek stockpiling those awesome, solid timbers to continue lining our camping pathways, creating pathways so you can find your tent again!
9. CAMPING CLARITY : So not-so-quiet camping lives up to it’s name, but ‘quiet camping’ isn’t so quiet. With 9 stages of music, quietude is a challenge. In 2013 we’re working to improve the pathway down to ‘adventure camping’ which we may well rename Truly Quiet Camping. Alternately, we would encourage our lightest sleepers to consider laying their heads at DELTA Lot our huge, beautiful offsite camping area with amenities including showers, campstore, bonfire and more.
10.  SIGN, SIGN, everywhere a SIGN!  More directionals? That’s a no-brainer! Look for an enlarged, centrally-located ‘YOU ARE HERE’ site map, shuttle queue signs magnified x5, and whatever else we can think of that will make your path more apparant!

WHO CARES?! WE DO!

~FLOYDFEST

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