Step into my parlor and sit a spell said the spider to the fly. Leave your pride and reputation at the door, you won’t need it here. Welcome back to the eye of the slurricane and the and the flip phone weatherman forecast calls for moderately hazy with a high chance of roaming brownouts. This is the second edition of the FloydFest lineup drop and, great gravy miss lady, the proof is in the pudding. July 22-26, 2026 hillbilly heaven returns to FestivalPark in Check, Virginia for one of summer’s bestest treats. This is the FloydFest Daydream 2nd Round. Capitalize both Fs. And yes, every band name uses an ampersand.
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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