FloydFest 2020 -Vision Quest Commeth

They will come from all over. Hither and yon. The Roanoke Mafia will blend in with the folks from the High Country, Columbia and beyond. Hide the women and the corn. It will nigh be time to head back to Ole Dominion and take a roll in the ground glitter with Kamp Happiness as they catch The String Cheese Incident (2 nights), Umphrey’s McGee, TURKUAZ w/ Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew REMAIN IN LIGHT Turns 40, Toots and the Maytals, Leftover Salmon, and Brent Cobb, Grace Potter, Andy Frasco & The U.N., and FloydFest 19~Voyage Home On-the-Rise Competition winners DownTown Abby & The Echoes (winner) and Mason Via & Hot Trail Mix (Runner-Up) and many more. It’s FloydFest 2020-Vision Quest Commeth.

Are you ready for the truth?

Across-the-Way Productions, Inc. invites patrons to embark on a ‘Vision Quest’ to celebrate FloydFest 2020, the latest annual offering of the Southeast’s premier summer outdoor music festival, taking place Wednesday to Sunday, July 22 to 26, 2020, at Milepost 170.5 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd, Va. Due to overwhelming patron demand, The String Cheese Incident returns to the mountain for two nights during FloydFest 2020~Vision Quest, having made their first appearance at the festival for FloydFest 19~Voyage Home. Joining SCI are Brooklyn’s funk all-stars TURKUAZ, who are teaming up with Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads and Adrian Belew of King Crimson, to honor the 40th anniversary of one of rock’s most-iconic albums, Talking Heads’ Remain in Light. Also set to appear are reggae-originators Toots and the Maytals, polyethnic-cajun- slamgrass-masters Leftover Salmon and Grammy-nominated outlaw country singer-songwriter Brent Cobb.

Today’s announcement comes one week after Across-the-Way Productions announced FloydFest-favorite Grace Potter, high-energy up-and-comer Andy Frasco & the U.N., and 2019 FloydFest On-the-Rise Competition winner, DownTown Abby & The Echoes, and runner-up, Mason Via & Hot Trail Mix, in an initial artist release for FloydFest’s
20th installment.

Tickets for FloydFest 2020~Vision Quest are on sale now via the brand-new www.floydfest.com. Click to https://floydfest2020.eventbrite.com for a direct link to tickets. Ticket prices will stay the same through Dec. 31,
2019, with the first price increase — in tandem with the release of single-day GA tickets — scheduled for Jan. 1, 2020. Subsequently, ticket prices increase again on April 1, 2020, again on July 1, 2020, and for the final time when gates open for the festival on July 22, 2020.
“To properly evoke a vision, it’s necessary to understand one’s past, current reality and future hopes. To do this one must consider a community of like-minded people, artists and patrons who come together to celebrate via music and art for a better world,” Kris Hodges, founder and CCO, said. “This year’s 20th installment of FloydFest — dubbed ‘Vision Quest’ — speaks to a carefully curated purposeful program of musicians and tantalizing art installations to evoke this vision for all attendees.”
“Vision comes in all forms and is one of the paths to how the spirit and soul awakes. If you can quiet the self and let the world bathe you in its beauty you can start to find the place where the quest resides. To those that wander to the mountaintop we invite you come help create shared sustainable visions with us and celebrate the music and the magic that is FloydFest 2020~Vision Quest,” John McBroom, co-owner and CEO, said. Recently receiving top accolades from TIME Magazine, Blue Ridge Outdoors and Fox News, among others, FloydFest 2020’s artist lineup includes The String Cheese Incident (two nights), Grace Potter, TURKUAZ with Jerry Harrison Adrian Belew REMAIN IN LIGHT Turns 40, Toots and the Maytals, Leftover Salmon, Brent Cobb, Andy Frasco & the U.N., DownTown Abby & The Echoes and Mason Via & Hot Trail Mix, but will grow to include almost 100 artists, with additional lineup announcements peppered over the next five months.

The String Cheese Incident (two nights). Hailing from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, SCI has emerged as one of America’s most significant independent bands. Since the band formed in 1993, its members have been recognized for their commitment to musical creativity and integrity, blending expansive genres like alt rock and country with funk and the occasional psychedelia to create a unique experience of musical fusion unlike any other.

TURKUAZ w/ Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew REMAIN IN LIGHT Turns 40. The Talking Heads’ show in Rome in 1980 remains one of the most revered live performances ever captured on film. With both Adrian Belew and Jerry Harrison on stage, the band delves deeply into soul, funk and Afro-pop. Add Brooklyn-based Turkuaz and their energetic splashes of funk, alternative, rock, R&B and psychedelia to this mix, and
FloydFest is set to become home to another epic moment in musical history.

Toots and the Maytals
Toots is one of the true architects of reggae, credited with giving the genre its name. Toots and his band, the Maytals, have been covered by the likes of the Clash and the Specials, and have impacted several generations of
rockers and rappers. At the heart of it all is that voice — drenched in soul, rooted in gospel and still breathtakingly powerful after almost four decades in the spotlight.

Leftover Salmon
Over the past 30 years, Leftover Salmon has been a crucial link in keeping alive the traditional music of the past while at the same time pushing that sound forward with their own weirdly, unique style. They effortlessly glide from a bluegrass number born on the front porch, to the down-and-dirty Cajun swamps with a stop on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, to the allowed halls of the Ryman in Nashville, before firing one up in the mountains of Colorado.

Brent Cobb
Born of the location and musical tradition of rural, south-central Georgia, Brent Cobb’s blend of country-soul and funk are the backdrop for his compelling and deeply Southern lyrics. Cobb is widely respected as one of Nashville’s up-and-coming songwriters and musicians.
The unforgettable magic that was FloydFest 16’s (Dreamweavin’), FloydFest 17’s (Freedom), FloydFest 18’s (Wild) and FloydFest 19’s (Voyage Home) Buffalo Mountain Jam returns in 2020 for its fifth-annual installment, with more details due for release in the coming months.
FloydFest 2019 saw the debut of the FloydFest Bus Stop — a psychedelic-painted school bus that has been converted into a professional recording studio — which is set to return again for 2020. The 16 videos created during
FloydFest 19~Voyage Home now appear on FloydFest.com, AtWProductions.com and a dedicated YouTube channel: “FloydFest Bus Stop.”
As always, FloydFest will also include vibrant and varied vendors, quality craft brews and chews, healing arts, workshops and whimsy, camping and children’s activities, onsite art installations and a final lineup featuring almost 100 artists performing on nine stages over five days. FloydFest is located at Milepost 170.5 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd, Va. Detailed directions are available by clicking to www.floydfest.com.

Tickets for FloydFest 2020~Vision Quest are available by clicking to www.floydfest.com or https://floydfest2020.eventbrite.com. For more information, call (888) VA-FESTS or email info@floydfest.com. Stay
informed via FloydFest’s newsletter at http://floydfest.com/newsletter/, and find FloydFest on Twitter (twitter.com/floydfest), Instagram (instagram.com/floydfestva) and Facebook (facebook.com/FloydFestVa).
Patrons can also opt-in for the FloydFest Text Club by texting “FloydFest” to 36000 on their mobile device. The Text Club sends lineup additions and other special announcements directly to patrons’ smartphones, so they can be in the know on the go!

Thanks for keeping up with the wook wranglers as we scour the High Country for music, frivolity and wookish delights.

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