Widely regarded as one of North America’s most immersive, community-driven festivals, Hulaween blends music, art, and camping into a multi-day experience rooted in connection and creativity. Set in Florida’s lush panhandle, Spirit of the Suwannee offers a unique natural backdrop of moss-draped forests, winding riverbanks, and expansive campgrounds.

New for 2026, the festival introduces a series of elevated experiences and fan-first upgrades, alongside more accessible pricing—4-Day GA passes start at $469, over $75 lower than 2025—as part of its continued commitment to the Hula Fam.

Hulaween’s Spirit Lake is heralded as one of the leading immersive art experiences across American festivals, brimming with talented sculptors, fire/metal workers, painters, performance art thespians, and lighting designers. Attendees can revel in lakefront holographic projection mapping, hypnotizing light shows, and interactive installations.

Keep up with the Hulaween website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X and TikTok. Science is like math. It doesn’t care whether you believe in it or not. Welcome to the machine.

Look for Wranglers Media burrowed into Kamp Happiness at Suwannee Hulaween for nightly interactive fun. Join the fam for games, prizes, acoustic jams and a fair bit of pirating. Find the game inside the game. The world is your oyster.

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Well glory be! Get Jesus on the mainline and tell him what you want. Suwannee Spring Reunion returned to the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park for its 2026 chronicle at the beautiful Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Larkin Poe, Steep Canyon Rangers, Keller and the Keels, Sam Grisman Project, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan, Donna the Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, Grass is Dead, Sunnyside Stringband, Tire Fire  and more took to the treasured Suwannee stages along with a parade of food, merch, vendors, artists, pickers, grinners and all points in between. Welcome home to the banks of the Suwannee River. This is where music lives and the fire is burning all night. It’s Suwannee Spring Reunion “26: Time to clock in.

After the last set, take a ride with Kendall and Kendall and make the rounds. Stop by Sloppryland, Poohville and/or plunder some flags from the River Pirates, but don’t be gone all night. We will need you back at Hobo Kamp to help facilitate the night’s interactive activities. This is going to be lit and you are needed to keep the party from turning into a scene of dark absence. Be ready to clock in and work when you get back to the Milk Parlour. No need for ultra-violence, high vibration is the word and we need some action around the fire. No spoken word lest you petition for the sheperd’s crook.

The Hobo Kamp security team arrived Tuesday with a serious mandate to double down on Spring Reunion. Plan A was still in effect and with absolutely perfect Florida weather, all they needed to do was follow the Katie Waffle template. Like the Guv’nah said, “If you build it they will come.” This was to be no fraternity party looking to play quarters in the dark. Welcome to JamKamp. Typically loud and sloppy, littered with “train wrecks” and Chinese verses, this year’s offering also included glimpses of blinding brilliance and whispergrass.

“Love You Leonard” Oh the streets of Rome are filled with pork butt… Who doesn’t remember the children’s book about the sweet bear who got his paw stuck in the banjo? How could these greenhorns all end up around the fire without a single snark? Mawmaw always said there was nothing sloppier than a bevy of hippies trying to tune by ear. Pooh Bear had what appeared to be an enormous tapeworm dangling from his nether regions as he tried to shield hippies from stepping on the neck of the Martin while simultaneously slapping Baitbucket in the mouth for leaving the instrument in the dust. At one point Godsend found himself seated with a banjo in each ear. Interactive fun with surround sound stereo banjo.

While fishing for lamprey in the lake, Banjovi hooked and landed a submerged megaphone covered with snails and algae. How could such a thing end up at the bottom of the lumberyard? An enigma, wrapped in a mystery, burritoed by a riddle. On one of his many late-night visits, he was accompanied by Squatting Maura, Evil Mistress of the Night and Queen of Poohville who, in confidence, confessed that a night of forbidden pleasure with Jim Lauderdale had resulted in their love child, Justin Beiber. After years of broken treaties and soft coups, diplomatic relations between the neighboring camps had flourished and was producing a high yield.

The audacity! Thrice you have offended me.

Amber’s alert and the petri dish melodica mouthpiece. Amber the Shikori princess had fallen asleep in a hammock and was out like a trout. California law would be identified as “exhaustion” but here, when someone’s parachute fails to deploy, it’s called a disco nap. “Is she alive?” the children asked. They were unable to stir the sleeping spunion and Lucy suggested they try using the cattle prod she kept nearby for “emergencies”. Johnny Sixpack suggested they let her rest and to be fair, she’d been babysitting Tommy Thermometer and scream-laughing non-stop for two days. “Amber Alert” could be heard throughout the forest for the remainder of the event. All were reminded of a lesson from another time; Don’t put your mother down as your emergency contact. “Is she gonna make it Doc? She’s gotta play melodica tonight!” Naturally, by showtime she was ready to clock in and drop the boom and while it remained a pleasure to work with professionals, Godsend was sure to double-wrap the melodica mouthpiece before I touched his lips.

Third Eye Blind showed up late but managed not to get lost deep on the mud trails of the park during ingress. He’d recently tweaked his back performing advanced Shibaru and wrangled a team of day workers to help with his load-in. After being struck by lightning for the sixth time, he now possessed the mutant power to see five minutes into the past. He bruised his hand playing bluegrass cajon and dished out movie money to the street children who apparently tried to use ten thousand dollar bills to purchase jingle jangles at Wormtown. Baitbucket promised Tommy Thermometer he would help with his egress and as he lounged at the beach the man’s last, sad text simply read, “Need help.”

Mitocondria is known as the powerhouse of the cell because it generates most of the cell’s energy. Every camp needs one. Lucy noticed she was absent and had become increasingly selfish with her time and attention. Late late night she came in hot and Lucy looked at her watch. “You ready to clock in?” “We’re looking for some live music”. “Well, that’s all you had to say, home skillet.” Next thing up, Darling Corey arrived and things escalated quickly. All were treated to late night jams including Sam the Sham, Mongo Jerry and Jerry Band. Stop the presses! The funk even managed to slide in from time to time and sit a spell. Godsend squealed as he realized he was picking alongside dueling Dobros? One sees a lot of strange and unnatural things playing in the depths of the forest. You’ve chosen wisely, grasshopper.

JBfly and Lucy found themselves at the amphitheater stage for Sam Grisman Project with Peter Rowan. Panama Red, who’d they’d first seen perform at SOSMP in 2002, still boomed through the turkey oaksr. En route to Mi Kulture for crumpled velvet, they would stop at the shirt booth, stage left and get a VASSAR shirt for another unsuspecting victim. As far as Sunday uniforms, it really is the industry standard. Lucy used a pocket knife to unlock her ankle monitor so he was unteathered for their adventure. Maybe it was the Pink Floyd that resulted in her over stimulation during Keller and the Keels which resulted in her having to be managed with a heavy squirt of bear juice. Bolting from the amphitheater stage she fell while grabbing her leftover drink from behind the dumpster. Something else must have happened near the retention pond because by the time she got back to camp she smelled like bad buttermilk. Hunkering around the fire for the rest of the night, she sang John Prine songs in her best Bene Gesserit “voice”.

“Danny’s not here Mrs. Torrence”

The God Quartz and unwanted visions. Surrender yourself to the God Quartz and pray he has not soiled your linens. This will not due. As the prophesy predicted, He had returned and the Consigliere’s metal was being tested. During Larkin Poe, he began to lose purchase and slip toward shaky ground. Surrendering total control, what had previously been diagnosed as a learning deficiency possibly managed with small group instruction, had devolved to a situation requiring one-on-one remediation and/or electroshock therapy. After three days, he’d become “soapy” and his brain had turned to mush. David Attenborough nature documentary??? Nice work Don Juan. So romantic. Recent studies revealed that long term use of the ethanol punch slush known as Strawberita can result in bloating, night terrors, dementia, loss of libido and damage to the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. By Friday, his voice had rotted into a shattered husk, which was understandable. He’d stared directly into the face of the God Quartz which had been known to turn lesser men into ash. What you call a hog’s leg, he calls a dinosaur poop.

On the other hand, he’d finally lost the face and the music was beginning to come out a little smoother. Having done the work, he’d made consistent strides and found himself ahead of the ten year success goal. He’d found the sacred note. Practice is prologue and it was time to clock in. Godsend barked, “That squeezebox isn’t going to squeeze itself and you’re scheduled to work a graveyard shift double.” After all, he’d survived his third challenge and had been reborn chrome, only to see his reflection and feel fear. Perhaps for the last time.

Toddler pirates and the removal of Boca trash. Along with the saving grace and redemption power of gospel bluegrass, Sunday’s sunrise campfire jam included a birthday celebration for Boca trash and the sorriest pirate. He oozed into the party just in time to inaudibly request Jerry songs and blow spit bubbles. Par for the course. He’d come to reclaim the booty lifted from his camp at sunrise but Hobo Kamp had themselves, been pillaged earlier in an unexpected turn of deceit. While Lucienda had been drawn out to haggle trinkets with a group of hippy children, another strike team of underage street hoodlums slipped through the camp like velociraptors and silently relieved them of their standards. Perhaps they were the ones that ended up with the World War II saber. One had to admire the next generation of buccaneers seizing the moment and joining the engagement in progress. Having been outsmarted by toddler pirates, the crew settled back into the Manhattan’s classic, “Shining Star” for the sleepy swashbuckler, waiting for him to expire so they could rifle through his pockets for contraband. Through good grace and mercy, he somehow managed to escape the gauntlet with both his integrity and chastity intact.

Is this thing on? She heard crickets chirping again and was reminded of the words of Wilford Brimley, “They can’t all be home runs and three out of ten hits gets you into the Hall of Fame.” On more than one occasion, Lucienda wished she’d had a five-second delay, kill switch. When things came too fast or out of order she would embrace her personal meditation. Shhhhh. Quiet thyself. Silence the mind. Find your center. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Use your Wynn Hoff box breathing. Balance. Whenever she heard her own voice she could tell was talking too much. Just like the uncomfortable silence after one of her “jokes”, she was reminded to embrace the space between words. And heed the old gypsy woman’s warning; Never…trust…a…fast…talker.

Sunnie Rae comes home. Found wrapped in a swaddling cast net, floating down the Suwannee in a Natural Light box, Free Range child of flowers and Wrangler correspondent, Shanaynay brought her band of pocket shredders back to the cradle and proceeded to stomp on the home field terra. Down from the High Country of Smasheville, the Sunnyside Stringband put their stamp on the weekend with two electrifying sets and helped to close out Vassar Family Jam with Donna the Buffalo and Peter Rowan.

You’re welcome. While the kamp mission statement always included the inclusion of all pickers, regardless of skill level, Lucienda mercifully left her fiddle at home. She had recently returned to the beginner lessons and it continued to produce a sound similar to a stray cat giving birth the wrong way. In the words of Shane Turner, “You’re not too old, you just waited too long to start.” Bad fiddle opens the way to low camp vibration and that’s how things end up in the lake.

Mr. Zimmerman is in the house. That mandolin isn’t going to pick itself. Welcome back to the fray. We’re going to play all night and it’s your turn to drive the jam. Time to clock in. The fingers were black and the shoulders were sore from hours of non-stop chemical bluegrass. With her tongue hanging out of her mouth, it was obvious Lucy’s brain was having trouble keeping up with her fingers. They were playing so much she was dreaming guitar solos. “They want to stand up and play?” Lucy considered that pretty advanced and had trouble concentrating on that many things at once. After all their schemes and plans, like countless times before, they would sit around the fire, pickin’ all night and there was really nothing better. After so many weekends doing the same thing at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park, it sounded ridiculous, but Lucy could remember having that much fun playing music in a long time.

Once again Suwannee Spring Reunion showed that it’s one of the best parties around because of the vibe. The lineup, the weather, art, food and location all blend around the a group of people caught in the social hypnotism of the high vibration. It works. Show up, build it, burn it down, clean it up. Spread the word, the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park ranks among the sweetest places to enjoy a camping/music festival anywhere. Follow the Wranglers as we take on Fox Fam Jam and Florida Groves as the Florida spring festival season continues. Then, it’s time to circle the wagons and survive Resonate, which is all one can hope for. Let’s meet up at Roots Reunion in October. Maybe the banjo and the Pooh Bear onesie will be there…

No AI was used in the creation of this article. Obviously.

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For the first time in a great while, the Consigliere and Lucienda Rosalita were unsupervised, left to their own devices. What would they do without a staff of qualified experts to keep things on the straight and narrow? With The Weapon to port and the “Gaping Hole” to starboard, things were sure to get a mite “sporting”.  All cleared for takeoff. One doesn’t always get to pick neighbors at the festival so traditionally, you get what you get and don’t throw a fit. Tough titty said the kitty but the milk tastes good. These are the Unsupervised at Whippersnap Festival “26. How do you behave when no one is watching? All unattended, single adults will be sold as slaves.

Tamiami and Roux met Giterdun Turner at Sertoma years before, perhaps now they were listening to Molly Hatchet together in hell. So for that reason and countless OBJs, the sacred grounds remain a Florida favorite.  The week’s perfect weather reminds the average savage why the Florida winter festival season is the alpha and the omega. Where else are you going in February?

The Counselor starred coldly across the outdoor rug, his eyes, hidden behind his dark glasses, said, “No. Please don’t do this. Sell crazy someplace else. We’re all stocked up here.” Lucienda reminded him that new neighbors were often “colorful”and unpredictable and she needed someone to park behind her vehicle so the parking fascists would forget about her car tag, or lack thereof. What could possibly go wrong? She asked if she could read one of her poems and they cautiously obliged. They were both fans of the spoken word but it had been known to derail an open mic. What began harmless enough went on and things became frighteningly clear. It was a Shakespearean joke. Hamlet’s opus. Or the poem that it was, but it was going on way too long. Welcome to the endless tangent. The coda to the coda. The veil of sanity had been lifted and the clarity of Lucy’s mistake was chilling. Like a vampire in a church, she had welcomed in a madman. They continued to listen as the play drifted on for another fifteen minutes. It wasn’t about poetry at that point, but better conceived as a four-part epic that should have lasted the entire weekend. The Consigliere, the king of the multiple tangent felt the brunt of the comedy vanguard directly to his naked face.

Yes! He preferred seasoned whores because they were better at it. No sir, they said Sooza horns, not seasoned whores. The Gaping Hole said, “It’s not my fault. Blame the blonde Moroccan hash.” Lucy was at the Karl Denson set when their met eyes. Welcome to my parlour said the spider to the fly. Sometimes we thank God for unanswered prayers.

This is the enthusiastic corruption of the public good. Welcome to the boot and rally. In the midst of your purging, you still must resist the energy vampire. Nothing in this life is free. The Counselor was besieged on all sides by tweakish energies. Carnies getting married in betwixt the tiki torches, underage hoodlums picking the burrs out of the Jew fro? The succubi groweth alongside the rams horn dreadlock.

Tonight Holiday Inn Surf Side. Come to the Blew Room for a full night of Champagne Room Confessional, featuring Ma Roux and the Pickin’ Chitlins. A lanyard with no laminate? What does that even mean? And while they were trying to enjoy some Stephanie Perez? Yes, that’s gonna be hard to explain. And then, like a phonetician phalanx, straight into the VIPness. Call the doctors, I see Kanika Moore everywhere. Endeavor to persevere.

He came to in the middle of the crowd at Guavatron. How had he gotten here? What was the viscous sheen on his hands and where had the feathers come from? Questions aplenty and some mysteries are best left unsolved. The Consigliere knew something was wrong when he returned to camp. “I smell bitch.” he grumbled, finding Lucy sleeping in the B-2 Spirit. He immediately went back to doing lines on the toilet seat. It had been a long day. And they still had to see Cope. Lucy met JGrievous behind the sound guys, in the sweet spot. The truth remains, insanity is a spectrum and it’s nice to hang out with someone so crazy they help you to appear moderately sane.

Never trust a fast talker and if the opposition gets on a roll in court, knock a book off the desk. Slow the roll, break the groove. They had at one time been purists, but now had regressed into the back halls of questionable dope. Afghani weed smoked though Taliban glass. Congratulations infidel, you are funding global terrorism.

What kind of witchery had been at work in the bosom of the hobo kamp? Why was the duck confit and the rest of the cooler of good intentions scattered around the kitchen? Was she actually taking a bath in the beer cooler? Her hair was so full of burrs the only real solution was a good shearin’. Is that why all the beers were covered in slime? Life finds a way. Indeed, stranger than fiction.

The Weapon lurked south from Pennsylvania, all the way to Brooksville, banjo in tow. Ye merciful gods, could this be true? Their last banjist had moved up to Indiana for love and nothing says “I love you” like moving to Indiana. Lucy and the Consigliere knew they were in considerable trouble as soon as her right hand contorted into the ancient claw hammer shape. Banjovi’s circle of confusion and sideways jam. Oh, and by the way, she was a trained opera singer who reeled it in enough for bluegrass work. Hmmm. Raise Dale, praise Hail. Colorful fun. Welcome to the polygamy dorm.

Lucy rubbed her eyes. What time was it? Sunrise or sunset? Some of it was coming back. Who was Valentina? It was something about glitter. A human glitter bomb and worth finding again. The energy of youth. Hey Maxine, what kind of Boca Raton trash turns the nose up at biscuits and gravy? Sorry Dino, she’s from Alabama, I guess she’s not into Cisco sausage gravy.

Namaste and may you be free of lice and bench warrants. Keep up with Kamp Hapenis as we chuga, chuga, chuga into the eye of the slurricane and the never-ending festival season.

“The wheel is turning and you can’t slow down
You can’t let go and you can’t hold on
You can’t go back and you can’t stand still
If the thunder don’t get you then the lightning will” -R. Hunter

Eight chuga-chugas before a choo choo? Important answers for important times. Wook Wranglers, because you’re worth it.

Thanks to the folks at Whippersnap for letting the Wranglers join in the silly fun. Keep up as we push forth through the middle of the Florida spring festival season. Work ain’t work when you’re having fun.

Namaste y’all.

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Less than one week before ticket prices increase for FloydFest 26~Daydream, Across-the-Way Productions, Inc. and Blue Cow Arts Foundation, Inc. add 12 new artists to its marquee, as well as unveil the initial By-Day Schedules, for FloydFest 26~Daydream, the latest annual offering of the Southeast’s premier summer outdoor music festival, taking place Wednesday to Sunday, July 22 to 26, 2026, at its home, FestivalPark, located at 5826 Floyd Highway North in Check, Va. With even more bands left to announce, the 2026 lineup expands today with the addition of Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel, Tyler Ramsey, Supertaste, Brother Wallace, Denitia, Valley Flower, Organ Fairchild, Mama Said String Band, Canyon Lights, The Weird Sisters, Big Daddy Love Plays Mo-Grass and William Seymour’s Songwriter Showcase. All of today’s additions, plus previously announced artists, are now featured on FloydFest 26~Daydream’s initial By-Day Schedules, available by visiting https://floydfest.com/schedule/by-day-schedules/. For those unable to commit to all five days of ‘Daydream,’ single-day GA tickets — as well as single-day GA pair+parking bundles — are now on sale by visiting www.floydfest.com and https://aftontickets.com/floydfest26daydream. Those who have still not secured tickets to ‘Daydream’ are encouraged to do so this week, before ticket prices increase on March 1. Click to www.floydfest.com for a direct link to tickets, FAQs and much more.

ARTISTS —
Daydream’s powerful quartet of 2026 headliners — GRAMMY Award-winning rock-and-soul juggernaut Tedeschi Trucks Band, rock-and-roll cultural legends My Morning Jacket, songcraft-alchemist Stephen Wilson Jr. and GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson — plus today’s new additions join the notable grouping of artists previously announced: Larkin Poe, Railroad Earth, The Dip, The Word (Ft. Robert Randolph, John Medeski, & North Mississippi Allstars), Andy Frasco & The U.N., Amble, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Creekers, Penelope Road, Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast, Jason Scott & The High Heat, lespecial, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Parlor Greens, MT Jones, Zion Marley, Zach Person, Cruz Contreras & The Black Lillies, Coyote Island, Johnny Mullenax, The Animeros, Isaac Hadden, Cam Clark & His Orchestra, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, Bella Rayne, Music Road Co, plus FloydFest 25~Aurora On-the-Rise winner, Florencia & The Feeling, and runner-up, Hash The Band. Showcasing Across-the-Way Productions, Inc.’s love and admiration for the remarkable local music scene, FloydFest 6~Daydream’s ‘Local Love’ lineup includes Blue Mule, Cassidy Snider & The Wranglers, Corey Hunley & The Millionaires, Father Sun, Freak Rangers, Jatoba, John & Friends, Kerosene Willy, Leonard Blush & The Camelcals, Ripejive, Solacoustix, The Sugar Hollows and Virginia Electric. All artists on the first four announces (and all future announces) can be discovered and explored via extensive bios, links and playlists, as well as listened to on a special FloydFest 26~Daydream Spotify Playlist:
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TICKETS —
Ticket prices increase soon — on March 1 — so patrons are encouraged to secure tickets now by visiting either
www.floydfest.com or here. New for 2026, FloydFest features a few new ticket-types, most notably the highly-requested return of the ‘Park & Camp Pass (20’x20’),’ plus the ‘ADA Park & Camp Pass (20’x20’).’ Another new ticket type for 2026, the ‘FloydFest VIP Glamp-Camp Bundle Package,’ is now sold out. FloydFest’s Glamp-Camp Program continues to be one of the quickest offerings to sell-out annually, and a select few GA Glamp-Camp Bundle Packages remain, thus patrons are encouraged to buy soon. Underscoring Across-the-Way Productions and FestivalPark’s dedication to improving the onsite patron experience, dramatic improvements are underway at FloydFest’s GA Glamp-Camp campus, with sneak-peeks coming soon. Learn more about GA (and VIP) Glamp-Camp Packages by visiting here.

Hotel Travel Packages are now on sale for FloydFest 26~Daydream, with accommodation options at the iconic & historic Hotel Roanoke (VIP) and the modern & plush SpringHill Suites Roanoke (GA). FloydFest Hotel Travel Packages are available paired with either (2) 5-Day GA tickets or (2) 5-Day VIP tickets for FloydFest 26~Daydream, and include a five-night hotel stay (and all associated hotel amenities), roundtrip shuttle transportation to and from the festival Wednesday through Sunday, plus (2) FloydFest Merchandise Bundles. A limited number of GA & VIP Hotel Travel Packages are available, so act fast to claim this new boutique offering on www.floydfest.com or https://aftontickets.com/floydfest26daydream.

Keep up with the Wranglers as we get super high on the hog and maintain our air speed in the eye of the slurricane. Thanks for all you do.

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This announcement is the first of two rounds of artists that will join Daydream’s marquee in February ahead of ticket prices increasing on March 1. Across-the-Way Productions also plans to release its initial By-Day Schedules in tandem with its next round of artists, set for February 25.

Daydream’s powerful quartet of 2026 headliners — GRAMMY Award-winning rock-and-soul juggernaut Tedeschi Trucks Band, rock-and-roll cultural legends My Morning Jacket, songcraft-alchemist Stephen Wilson Jr. and GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson — and today’s ‘Local Love’ additions join the notable grouping of artists previously announced: Larkin Poe, Railroad Earth, The Dip, The Word (Ft. Robert Randolph, John Medeski, & North Mississippi Allstars), Andy Frasco & The U.N., Amble, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Creekers, Penelope Road, Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast, Jason Scott & The High Heat, lespecial, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Parlor Greens, MT Jones, Zion Marley, Zach Person, Cruz Contreras & The Black Lillies, Coyote Island, Johnny Mullenax, The Animeros, Isaac Hadden, Cam Clark & His Orchestra, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, Bella Rayne, Music Road Co, plus FloydFest 25~Aurora On-the-Rise winner, Florencia & The Feeling, and runner-up, Hash The Band.

The fourth round of lineup additions for FloydFest 26~Daydream drop on February 25, with even more to follow in March and April. All artists on the first three announces (and all future announces) can be discovered and explored via extensive bios, links and playlists here, as well as listened to on a special FloydFest 26~Daydream Spotify Playlist.

Ticket prices increase soon — on March 1 — so patrons are encouraged to secure tickets now by visiting either
www.floydfest.com or the Afton ticket site. New for 2026, FloydFest features a few new ticket-types, most notably the highly-requested return of the ‘Park & Camp Pass (20’x20’),’ plus the ‘ADA Park & Camp Pass (20’x20’).’ Another new ticket type for 2026, the ‘FloydFest VIP Glamp-Camp Bundle Package,’ is now sold out.

FloydFest’s Glamp-Camp Program continues to be one of the quickest offerings to sellout annually, and a select few GA Glamp-Camp Bundle Packages remain, thus patrons are encouraged to buy soon. Underscoring Across-the-Way Productions and FestivalPark’s dedication to improving the onsite patron experience, dramatic improvements are underway at FloydFest’s 5826 Floyd Highway North, Check, VA 24072.|

GA Glamp-Camp campus, with sneak-peeks coming soon. Learn more about GA (and VIP) Glamp-Camp Packages by visiting here.
Building on their successful introduction in 2025, Hotel Travel Packages are now on sale for FloydFest 26~Daydream, with accommodation options at the iconic & historic Hotel Roanoke (VIP) and the modern & plush SpringHill Suites Roanoke (GA). FloydFest Hotel Travel Packages are available paired with either (2) 5-Day GA tickets or (2) 5-Day VIP tickets for FloydFest 26~Daydream, and include a five-night hotel stay (and all associated hotel amenities), roundtrip shuttle transportation to and from the festival Wednesday through Sunday, plus (2) FloydFest Merchandise Bundles. A limited number of GA & VIP Hotel Travel Packages are available, so act fast to claim this new boutique offering on www.floydfest.com or Afton tickets.

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The High Country was engrossed in the brace of deep winter. Lucienda had stayed in the mountains the previous year, the Buick encased in an frozen egg, sliding on black ice. No mas. She didn’t ski or snowboard and the closest she came to winter sports was seeing how long she could go each season without slipping and wiping out on the ice. This was the tour that would hit all the sweet spots. Make sure your passport isn’t expired. Welcome to Florida Winter at Alligator Alcatraz and the Invisibility Bubble

Lucy’s head was spinning. It had been a busy couple of weeks and it was hard to ignore the news. Bob Weir had passed, sobering everyone up for a few days. In Minneapolis, Renee Nicole Good had been killed by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who suffered moderate rectal bleeding. The suits were talking about bringing down soldiers from Alaska to help with the crazies. Get the folks in line, they say. Lucy couldn’t imagine why anyone would choose to live in Minnesota in the winter, but that didn’t make things better. If they were looking for Spanish people, Lucy had just spent a week on Miami Beach and saw no ICE agents even though the place was thick with Spaniards. It was for the better, Lucy was scared enough of cops when they weren’t covered up with hunting bandannas. It was a time to remain invisible.

She was hunting something she’d known earlier in life. The Florida Winter. Golly, could she even remember how it was, with its cool breezes and dry afternoons? The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful. It made everything else easier. Now she was untethered and let loose on a populace unaware of how creative and shaky she could really be. There was work to be had all over the state and she was willing to sell “everything”. Even a job as an immigration agents showed up on the board, with a fine starting salary. No experience necessary.

For a while, the mountain folk enjoy winter. Just as the first snow comes on Halloween night, they get busy greasing up their skis and taking bank-calendar worthy photographs of mountains and split rail fences covered with snow. This lasts for a while through November and many continue to find pleasure in this landscape for about two good snows or right after Christmas. The joyfulness is then over and come mid-February, the mountain people manage to find themselves in, what Jimmy called the “lower latitudes”.

Deland– Lucy was already sitting at the bar when the young man entered, obviously in a huff. He sat directly across from her and ordered a double. He knew the bartender and was ready to unload his troubles. The following excerpt is from the original notes.

“So, my girlfriend found out she was pregnant and I was thrilled. We’ve been doing great. I already bought a wedding ring and you know, I just bailed her out for $3,500. Was going to change my last name to hers, because I hate my family. They never include me in family gatherings. Why would I give a shit? My problem is, I just saw her car parked at the tattoo parlor and I know they don’t put tattoos on pregnant women. Christ, I just bailed her out of jail for $3500. The good news is my friend will vouch for me if I want to join the Outlaws.”

Are night terrors contagious? Could they be passed on like mites?

River House, Old Homosassa.Fort Myers– The guy at the flea market said it was the same as regular weed. The lady at the Purple Mushroom suggested that by purchasing cheap glass she was supporting the Taliban. Terrorist glass? All from buying a cheap gas station bowl. But now she was happily smoking gas station weed and it was getting her plenty high, she just wasn’t sure what was in it. Having at one time been a “purist” now, influenced by the Consigliere, she was routinely smoking THCP or A or whatever, in the most recent case, it was Pineapple Express. Both she and the Counselor were too cheap to pay for a Florida medical card and apparently, night terrors no longer counted as PTSD.

She made her way to Safety Harbor, on the north side of the bay. The bar was listening to Guns and Roses. “We’ve been dancing with Mr. Brownstone. He won’t leave me alone. Won’t leave me alone.”

Old Homosassa– Bob Weir’s passing sobered people up for a few days. The last time Lucienda had seen Bobby was with String Cheese the weekend that Phil Lesh passed. The wooks were breathing together. Hoping to live the rest of their life with a “Bob Weir” kind of attitude and approach to things.

The Invisibility Bubble. The gypsy insisted she’d never received a ticket while driving a motor vehicle. While it was impossible to figure she attributed it to the fact she traveled in an “invisibility bubble” that somehow kept her safe from the gestapo. Now Lucienda was traveling around in a 2007 GMC Savanna cargo van that had once been used as an AT&T service vehicle. It came with a emergency light on the back and striped warning tape down the bumper. For all purposes, it was completely invisible and would be perfect for her brand of travel and loose camping.

How can a person control their dietary habits when they sleep eat?

South Beach– On her way to Miami, she missed her turn in Moore Haven and ended up in Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida. Next stop, the South Florida Detention Facility. Alligator Alcatraz. A tent city, immigration detention facility located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. That sounded crazy. A bunch of immigration agents harvesting Spanish people in the middle of the Everglades. Yeesh. She drove forward, wondering what the chance was they might have some kind of t-shirt, gift shop. A sure fire Christmas gift she could give to her Republican Dead Head friends in Texas and the Villages. Or maybe this place had an outside bar with palm frond, chickee roof, Christmas lights and ESPN. Could it be true that immigration agents deported several Miccosukee families back to the reservations in Tonkawa, Oklahoma? Probably just rumors. It was hard to know what to believe and Lucy still had to get to Miami. With a new cast net and three rigs, set to go, she knew that where ever she was in Florida, there’s never more than sixty miles to the coast.

Some of the fam was just getting back from the Friendship cruise and whatever bad dreams accompanied that ugliness, the other group was gearing up for Love Burn and another trip to Miami Beach. It’s February after all. Go to where the climate suits your clothes.

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Mountain Music Festival is thrilled to officially announce the 2026 lineup, bringing together an eclectic mix of national touring acts, regional favorites, and late-night magic for three unforgettable nights on the mountaintop at ACE Adventure Resort. Set against the backdrop of the New River Gorge, Mountain Music Festival continues to carve out its reputation as one of the most immersive music-and-adventure festivals in West Virginia. This is Mountain Music Festival “26 Lineup and Particulars.

When the sun sets and the Main Stage winds down, the party is just getting started. Late-night sets inside the Pigment Sanctuary Art Gallery bring an entirely different energy, blending music, art, and atmosphere into one of the most unique late-night experiences on the festival circuit. Expect deep grooves, psychedelic jams, and boundary-pushing performances from Buddhagraph Spaceship, The Kind Thieves, and Captain Midnight Band, surrounded by immersive visuals and live art installations. These late-night shows have quickly become a signature part of Mountain Music Festival—and a can’t-miss highlight for late owls.

The music doesn’t stop there. Festival-goers can also catch additional performances on The Lost Paddle Lake Stage on Friday and Saturday, offering a more laid-back lakeside setting perfect for afternoon and early evening sets. With cold drinks, waterfront views, and a rotating lineup of talented artists, the Lake Stage adds another layer to the festival experience and keeps the music flowing all day long.

Beyond the stages, Mountain Music Festival is about more than just music. Your ticket includes mountaintop camping, real bathrooms, free showers, fire pits, and easy access to ACE Adventure Resort’s world-class adventures—from whitewater rafting and ziplining to hiking and relaxing by the lake. It’s a weekend designed for exploration, connection, and escape.

Tickets are on sale now, and fans can take advantage of Early Bird deals for the best prices of the year. With three nights of music, multiple stages, late-night art-driven sets, and camping included, Mountain Music Festival delivers unmatched value and an experience you won’t find anywhere else.

The lineup is stacked, the stages are set, and the mountains are calling. Grab your tickets now, lock in early bird pricing, and get ready for Mountain Music Festival 2026. Follow their website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube. The science is real.

Keep up with the Wranglers as we head into the eye of the storm and the 2026 season of the Slurricane. February starts with Love Burn en route to Whippersnap and Amp Jam #2 in Live Oak. The party continues at Suwannee with Spring Reunion and Resonate as we move ever closer to the source. With FloydFest lurking in the summer distance, all roads point to f’sho. Visit these Mountain Music Festival gems from the depths of the archives.

2025 Mountain Sunshine

2024 Snapchat Love and the Blind Spectrum

2023 Lasting Impressions

2022 Grandma Stole the Chatch?

2021 Please Don’t Eat the Cicadas

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2026 Lineup Highlights:
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe — Led by the longtime Rolling Stones touring saxophonist
Karl Denson — a powerhouse funk/jam collective known for explosive, horn-driven live shows.
Spafford — East Coast–based improvisational rockers blending jam and prog with fearless
energy.
Thumpasaurus — California’s high-voltage “love child of Talking Heads, Devo, and Primus,”
delivering outrageous funk theater.
Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes — The New Mastersounds guitarist teams up with
soulful vocalist Shelby Kemp and St. Pete rhythm duo Ashley and Taylor Galbraith for a groove-
forward, all-star set.
Plus COPE, Ajeva, Guavatron, Joe Marcinek Band, Flow Tribe, MiniM, The Heavy Pets, Dizgo, and Whale Feral. Artists-at-Large: Kanika Moore, Alex Steele, Joe Marcinek, and Sooza Horns sitting in across the weekend, plus tribute sets from Antelope (Phish) and Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads).
“Whippersnap has always been about more than music,” says festival producer Shane LaVigne. “We’re creating a space where people can connect, recharge, and celebrate community. Every year, the energy grows, and we can’t wait to share what’s in store for 2026.”

Beyond the Music
● Two non-overlapping stages for seamless listening all day and night.
● Late-night acoustic pop-ups in intimate corners of the ranch.
● Live art and installations from Dreem Lume and Planet Zuton.
● Kid-friendly workshops and wellness classes (yoga and tai chi).Elevated production: Immersive stage lighting and signature laser shows that transform the ranch after dark.
Camping options for every style: 200+ RV sites with electric/water hookups, shaded car camping, and primitive camping under the oaks.
“Our aim is a true Florida February tradition: world-class acts, excellent local food and craft beer, and nights under the oaks with friends and family,” LaVigne adds. “That balance of high-quality production and grassroots spirit is what makes Whippersnap special.”

Local vendors will serve a wide range of Florida flavors. Dunedin Brewery, the state’s oldest
craft brewery, returns with fan favorites and the exclusive festival brew, Snippersnap IPA.Tickets
Tickets are on sale now.
● $50 Wednesday pre-party
● $175 three-day admission (Thu–Sat)
● VIP packages available
● RV and camping passes, plus golf cart and pet passes

Florida Sand Music Ranch (formerly Sertoma Youth Ranch) is an 80 acre, wooded camping and event retreat located between Brooksville and Dade City, Florida. Experience old Florida camping under a natural hardwood canopy with the modern convenience of hot showers and indoor restroom facilities. Set up your tent in our primitive camping area or bring an RV / travel trailer, etc. and hook up with water and electric service.

Visit the Whippersnap website and like their social media sites on Facebook and Instagram. Sponsors include Dunedin Brewery, Cookies Dispensary, Whink Seltzer, HomeTeam Events, Photo Moxie Studios, Music Festivals Podcast and Second Hand Talent Podcast
“At the end of the day, Whippersnap is about love — for the music, for the people, and for the experience we create together,” LaVigne says. “That’s what keeps everyone coming back.”

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“Jam by Day downtown, Asheville at Jack Of The Wood, Asheville Music Hall & One Stop

Music Hall: Red Clay Revivial, The Snozberries, Cody Jasper, Bob, New Dawn Orchestra

One Stop: Nick Mac & The Noise, Doobe & the accomplices, Solvivor, Coyote Rodeo, Joe Marcenick Band Feat. Jason Hann, Josh Clark, Marcus White & more…

While Songwriters were Rounding up at Jack Of The Wood the wooks were wrangling at Asheville Music Hall & One Stop. The festivities started the night before at the Orange Peel. Gill Francis played the One Stop and an Allstar cast of Asheville musicians joined Melissa McKinney at the Music Hall and closed the night with Joe Marcineck and Friends…

After staying up all night Day zero, it felt wrong to be at the One Stop so early, normally the place doesn’t open til dark but never the less its Time for Christmas Jam by Day!

Reporting begins during Coyote Rodeo packing out the One Stop downstairs with rip roaring Bluegrass Originals and Covers. Ashevilles hottest new Jamgrass Band takes the scene & the foots get stompin’. Featuring James Schlender on fiddle the whole set and sit in by Jason Hann.

As New Dawn Starkestra is raging in the Music Hall wooks start appearing from the woodworks with kittens on shoulders and Rebekka Todd is blowing folks away with her powerhouse voice Workin on a Buildin. Featuring Isaac Haden, Quinn Sternberg and local legend Jeff Sipes. They play a heavy set paying homage to the late and great Colonel Bruce Hampton.

Joe Marcenick, Jason Hann, Josh Clark and Marcus White declare “It was a good day” You know its a good day when Marcus White breaks the key board! Time to head to Harrah’s Cherokee center for a 7 hour Marathon Christmas Jam begins.

Songbird Holler sings us into the escapade with roots music and that true Appalachia sound with miced Instruments and Clawhammer banjo action. Singing sweetly “I’ve Endured” by Ola Belle Reed. With family ties to Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead they close out the set harmonizing on Cold Rain and Snow with Warren Haynes and Graham Lesh!

Daniel Donato warms up the big stage with a 4 song set. Bringing the unc in disco country he quite literally rocks his hat off during Dance in the Desert for his first arena set and last show of the year.

Edwin McCain and Warren Haynes 20 min set on the side stage was like a blast back in Millenials love life brought us all into highschool dance flashback with “I’ll Be”.

Asheville’s hometown hero MJ Lenderman & The Wind delivered an elegant set of originals bangers off of albums Manning Fireworks & Boat Songs.

Indie Alt vibes meets Christmas Jam with originals like Rudolph, Shes Leaving You, Wristwatch, Riptorn and You Have Bought Yourself A Boat. Might not have been everybodies cup of tea but there was a lot of hype and Chad loved it!

Back to the side stage with Cody Jasper opening up with Paranoid by Black Sabbath. Stone Temple Pilots straight “worked it” playing all the fans favorites and bringing nostalgia amongst the crowd with hits like “Plush” and “Interstate Love Song” closing the set with “Sex Type Thing”.

They soon slip down to the side stage to join Warren and Maggie Rose with everyones panties dropping as she sings “Angel From Montgomery”. Closing that Set with “Mississippi Queen”

Turns out Warren Haynes has more Friends on the Main Stage where the Jams truly commenced! Louis from Govt Mule, Kevin Scott, Greg Osby keeping it saxy, with local legend Jeff Sipe on drums and  “The” Duane Trucks back up Warren and they slay the whole set including hits from The Allman Brothers “Dreams” & “Whipping Post”. He’s still got it yall! 

Last Side Stage act members from MOE. Al Schnier & Vinnie Amico got sentimental about the American Songbook and preserving our beautiful tapestry of folk music playing Sylvio>Peggy-O and Like A Rolling Stone. Topping off the night with a beautiful and well executed tribute to Phil Lesh!

Comin in with China Cat>Rider, and Cumberland Blues. Maggie Rose hits the highs on Sugaree melting faces and hearts. During Darkstar you can find the Billy Tour Kids and retired Asheville Dead Heads barefoot spinning in the back over sticky floors with spilt beer and candycane juice. Graham does justice to his father during Unbroken Chain and Box Of Rain. Not fuckin it up at all.

Slowdance to Stella Blue and every silver linings got a Touch of Grey…They played another song too, whats that other one? ALL IN ALL we made it through the night drunk enough to not feel the cold. We lost Brandi and her phone is dead but I’m sure well find her at home.”

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Daydream’s powerful quartet of 2026 headliners — GRAMMY Award-winning rock-and-soul juggernaut Tedeschi Trucks Band, rock-and-roll cultural legends My Morning Jacket, songcraft-alchemist Stephen Wilson Jr. and GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson — now have even more remarkable company on FloydFest 2026’s marquee. With even more artists to be announced in the New Year, today’s additions include Railroad Earth, The Dip, Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Parlor Greens, Zach Person, Zion Marley, The Animeros, Cam Clark & His Orchestra, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, Bella Rayne, plus FloydFest 25~Aurora On-the-Rise winner, Florencia & The Feeling, and runner-up, Hash The Band. Daydream’s headliners and today’s powerful additions join the remarkable grouping of artists also on FloydFest 2026’s initial announcement: Larkin Poe, The Word (Ft. Robert Randolph, John Medeski, & North Mississippi Allstars), Andy Frasco & The U.N., Amble, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Creekers, Penelope Road, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast, Jason Scott & The High Heat, lespecial, MT Jones, Cruz Contreras & The Black Lillies, Coyote Island, Johnny Mullenax, Isaac Hadden and Music Road Co.

The third round of lineup additions for FloydFest 26~Daydream will come shortly after the New Year, with even more to follow over the subsequent months. All artists on the first two announces (and all future announces) can be discovered and explored via extensive bios, links and playlists here, as well as listened to on a special FloydFest 26~Daydream Spotify Playlist.

TICKETS —
Patrons are encouraged to secure tickets now for FloydFest 26~Daydream by visiting the website or the Afton ticket site. Ticket prices increase (Tier 2) on March 1, 2026, with the third and final move to Tier 3 pricing scheduled for July 1, 2026, if tickets remain.
New for 2026, FloydFest features a few new ticket-types, most notably the highly-requested return of the ‘Park & Camp Pass (20’x20’),’ plus the ‘ADA Park & Camp Pass (20’x20’).’ Another new ticket type for 2026, the ‘FloydFest VIP Glamp-Camp Bundle Package,’ is now sold out. FloydFest’s Glamp-Camp Program continues to be one of the quickest offerings to sellout annually, and a select few GA Glamp-Camp Bundle Packages remain, thus patrons are encouraged to buy soon. Learn more about GA (and VIP) Glamp-Camp Packages by visiting this page. Building on their successful introduction for FloydFest 2025, Hotel Travel Packages are now on sale for FloydFest 26~Daydream, with accommodation options at the iconic & historic Hotel Roanoke (VIP) and the modern & plush SpringHill.

As always, thank you for your undying patience. We are still figuring out this thing called life and no matter what those crows told you in county. Keep up with the Wranglers as we head forth into the fray. Stay close.

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