Set within its signature forested grounds, Elements delivers a wide-ranging sonic journey that spans bass, house, techno, experimental, and crossover electronic sounds. Elements’ phase two additions further diversify the festival’s expansive programming, adding top level talent such as techno mad scientist Boys Noize, acid techno powerhouse Charlotte de Witte, Dark, driving house selector Matroda, genre-blending beat selector Tiga, the new collaborative dance project of WANKDAT (Crankdat B2B Wooli), and bass house pioneer Chris Lorenzo.

The billing also levels up with feel-good futurist funk duo Big Gigantic, two sets from fast rising bass sensation Mersiv, psychedelic electronic innovators ATLiens, experimental electronic band Dirtwire, dubstep and experimental base force YDG, high-energy bass producer Ray Volpe, rising star Linska, spacey groove-driven Tractorbeam, and Austeria B2B Sharlitz Web.

These new artists join the previously announced phase one lineup featuring Porter Robinson, Subtronics, Above & Beyond, Chris Lake, Excision, Sub Focus, Of The Trees, Crankdat, Louis The Child (Sunset Set), CloZee (Sunset Set), Cloonee, I Hate Models, Ganja White Night (Sunset Set), LSDream, SVDDEN DEATH, and several more.

“Phase two highlights the diversity of the Elements sound”, says Tim Monkiewicz, Elements Founder. We’re bringing in techno from Charlotte de Witte, live electronic performances from Dirtwire and Tractorbeam, and a huge range of bass and dubstep artists like Big Gigantic, ATLiens and Mersiv. It’s all about creating a lineup where every corner of electronic music has a place.”

Beyond the music, Elements continues to expand its reputation as one of the country’s most immersive camping festivals, offering large-scale art installations, roaming performances, art cars, and community-driven Vibe Villages alongside wellness programming such as yoga, workshops, and sound baths. Sustainability remains central to the festival’s mission through ongoing environmental initiatives supported by the site’s solar infrastructure and participant-centered stewardship, reinforcing Elements’ vision of music, nature, and community coming together.

2026 passes are selling fast, with GA and VIP tickets currently available at Tier 6 on the festival’s official website. Details on specific Pass Types, Vehicle Passes, Accommodation Options, and more can be found here. Like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok and YouTube. Science is real.

Elements Festival 2026 Lineup (ABC BY TIER)
Above & Beyond, ATLiens, Big Gigantic, Boys Noize, Charlotte de Witte, Chris Lake, Cloonee, CloZee (Sunset Set), Crankdat, Daily Bread + Cloud Conductor, Excision, Ganja White Night (Sunset Set), I Hate Models, it’s murph, KETTAMA, Louis the Child (Sunset Set), LSDream + Lightcode, Matroda, Mersiv, Of The Trees, Porter Robinson (DJ Set), Ray Volpe, Sub Focus, Subtronics,  SVDDEN DEATH, Tiga, Tractorbeam, YDG, A-Trak, ACRAZE, Austeria B2B Sharlitz Web, AYYBO, Dirtwire, Hedex, HOL!, jigitz, Level Up, MPH, Walker & Royce, Westend, Zingara, Azzecca, Biscits, Chyl, Discip, Dreya V, Effin, Golden Pony, GorillaT, Ivy Lab, Jackie Hollander, Kaleena Zanders, Know Good, Linska, Lumasi, Marvel Years, MCR-T, Nikita, The Wicked, OPIUO, ProbCause, Roddy Lima, SIPPY, Skysia, Thought Process, Will Clarke, X CLUB., Jelly Bean, Kattana, Papyon, PNTHER

Thursday Pre-Party
Chris Lorenzo, WANKDAT (Crankdat B2B Wooli), Saka x Fly, San Pacho

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Also announced today, a hefty handful of artists who elevate the ‘magic’ of FloydFest to technicolor join the lineup, including Bhakti Kulani, Colonel Josh, Community High School Band, Fluidity Troupe, Handmade Music School, HeadSpin Entertainment, Hunter Rhodes Magic, JAM Kids Presents: The Blue Ridge Stringbenders, Juggling Geoff, Pyrocosmic, Sarah Ernst and Tain Collins.

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, Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast, Jason Scott & The High Heat, lespecial, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Tyler Ramsey, Parlor Greens, MT Jones, Zion Marley, Zach Person, Cruz Contreras & The Black Lillies, Coyote Island, Johnny Mullenax, Supertaste, Brother Wallace, The Animeros, Denitia, Valley Flower, Organ Fairchild, Isaac Hadden, Cam Clark &
His Orchestra, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, Mama Said String Band, Canyon Lights, Bella Rayne, The Weird Sisters, Holler Choir, The Wildmans, Scott T. Smith, Madison Hughes, The Faux Paws, Music Road Co, Big Daddy Love Plays Mo-Grass, William Seymour’s Songwriter Showcase, plus FloydFest 25~Aurora On-the-Rise winner, Florencia & The Feeling, and runner-up, Hash The Band.

Sponsored by Peluso Microphone Lab and Press Press Merch, FloydFest 26~Daydream’s On-the-Rise Class of 2026 includes Free Whenever, Frute, Jacoozy, Late Night Special, Moga Family Band, New Translations, Renee Christine, Stone Throwers, Tand and Teddy & The Rough Riders.

Showcasing Across-the-Way Productions, Inc.’s love and admiration for the remarkable local music scene, FloydFest 26~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 seven rounds of announces to-date 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. FloydFest 26~Daydream’s initial By-Day Schedules are available here.

TICKETS —
Multiple ticket types are approaching sellout — including VIP — so patrons are encouraged to secure tickets now by visiting here or the FloydFest website.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 GA 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 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. More info is available at https://floydfest.com/hotel-travel-packages/.
INFO —
Visit FloydFest.com to discover a wealth of info for FloydFest 26~Daydream:
• FAQs:
• A Site Map, which will be regularly updated up until the festival:
• The valued Partners of FloydFest 26~Daydream:
• The evolving lineup, artist information, playlists and links:
• Rules, a packing list and directions:
• Glamping info:
• Outdoor Adventure info:
• Children’s Universe info:
• New merch for FloydFest 26~Daydream:
• Volunteer info and applications:
• Plus: Access to customer service, booking contacts, vendor info, volunteer info … and more!
As always, FloydFest includes vibrant and varied vendors, quality craft brews and chews, healing arts, workshops and whimsy, camping and children’s activities, outdoor adventure, onsite art installations and a lineup featuring almost 100 artists performing on seven+ stages over five days.

FloydFest takes place at FestivalPark, located at 5826 Floyd Highway North in Check, Va. For more information, visit FloydFest or email info@floydfest.com. Click here for a direct link to tickets. Stay informed on all-things FloydFest by signing up for FloydFest’s E-Blast Newsletters & Text Club here and by interacting with FloydFest on social-media at Facebook, Instagram, X and TicTok. Science is like magic.

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Like Lucy’s love making, the media hustle is rarely predictable or consistent. Occasionally, an outlet has to make the questionable choice of unteathering from the Wranglers and learn the hard truths that come with the moral and spiritual cleaving from the source. A sincere thank you for making us your number one outlet for festival tripe. Are you not influenced? Sometimes in this world, one has to spend money to make money. Or in this case, spend money to make no money. Not for prophet? Yes, Dirttrack Donnie, we still haven’t found a way to monetize the site. Lucienda Rosalita had finally paid the boatsman and figured she was going to get her moneys worth. It was a moral imperative. And she did, but not in the way she expected. And therein lies the rub. Suwannee. What you seek is not what you find. Or rather, you will get what you want, but not in the way you expect. Or maybe a bit too much. Welcome to Aladdin’s lamp. This is the theater of the mind. Open the door to the Suwannee Resonate “26 Freebie. Welcome to Kamp Severe Mental Illness, Kamp Cognitive Dysfunction, or Kamp Extreme Irrational Behavior. Kamp still working on the name. Welcome to thirteenth floor R&D. You get what you pay for.

Lucy shrieked at the idea of paying full price for the festival which was the first time in over five years she’d paid for anything other than Billy shows. Not that it mattered. Lucy and Bagosux arrived with no money and no contraband. They left with seventeen doll hairs. At some point they sold the Legend of Zelda print for twenty doll hairs and spent that on cheap cigarettes.  If Pedro had been here, just the space madness alone was worth three hundred bucks. They arrived Tuesday and would enjoy the fruits of the pre-party. Hopefully the old gypsy woman was full of shit and they could ignore her warning to not fall victim to hubris.

Part One, Dimentia. They had no contraband so he lost no contraband. The connection was easy to see. Others had misplaced their contraband even before the seat belt sign was turned off. Or cameras? Or bracelets? Or whatever…From where Lucienda perched, the parade of the festival traveled right past her stoop and she witnessed the same story on repeat with different actors.

She paid full price and so she was going to get her money’s worth. What did that even mean? She didn’t make it into the show. She hung out with the Gravedigger, who didn’t have a bracelet, like Ma and Pa Kettle, waiting for the boys to return from the Anzio bridgehead. All she wanted to do was sit in the dirt, play guitar songs and debate pertinent sociopolitical topics of the day.

Happy Birthday you son of a bitch. Noah acknowledged that he’d tried to fuck up his own birthday. During Clozzee he puked, pissed and cried. Wise beyond his years, he was aware that most times for your money you could only get one of those. Mississippi blue ribbon king of admonishment? When did Bible names come back en vogue? Not big enough to hold down the seats in the theater and also needed a big woman to help him open the doors at the Hoggly Woggly. He was somehow maintaining and exceeding expectations with no shoes, no guitar and a face layered with a rich crust of diatomaceous earth, drug residue and expired ejaculate.

Lesson number forty two. Lucy learned the hard way: Don’t allow your mind to be folded into concentric origami shapes, lost in a soup of primordial memories and sour ugliness during working hours. Save that for the homies and the late night session. The worst version of air.

Part Two, Schizophrenia. She closed her eyes and played guitar, strangely happy that she was partially deaf. She had no idea what was going on around him. Selective hearing? Selective sanity? Wisconsin Lindsey moved in at some point. “Mind I if encroach?” I’m from Wisconsin. We eat people. Shadow people. For some time she had been voluntarily trying to have herself trafficked and as far unsuccessful, she was beginning to fear that perhaps Arabs didn’t find her attractive. Like her mother always said, maybe she was ugly. She did, however know all the words to Rob Zombie’s “Living Dead Girl” at the request happy hour.

At some point during the affair, people, all the people began losing things. Mostly phones but also drugs and bracelets. It was Shakespearian theater in how often it was happening. All around in a vortex of retarded confusion, everyone asking for help, somehow commandeering the group to search for their, whatever. My back is broken so I am unable to pick up the film canister of my grandfather’s ashes. Do I smell like a hot back brace? It’s really too stupid to be fiction.

Lucy went inside the venue one time, only to make fun of the Dick that is Crystal. Can you make change for a counterfeit ten-thousand dollar bill? Fugazi or not, it was supposed to be filled with cocaine. That was the whole point. In the end, what have we learned? When you lie down with dogs you get fleas. What do you expect to find down in a pig mine? Who had said the Danimal was “disarmingly charming”? Her only job had been to take him a twenty dollar bill sprinkled with Detroit dry wall. Disarmingly charming? How about NO. Crystal Dicks. Danimal sounds like a yogurt tube drink. To be fair, he believed the White Ninja when he said he would “return” with a twelve pack of Twisted Teas. That was his second mistake, right after being born looking like Timber. Kamp Passive Aggressive Daddy Issues?

Shoe Horn. Free Jello shots and childhood nightmares. Guy actually helped his neighbors appear “classy?” by having the megaphone next door. The spectrum of obnoxious had shifted and they were playing par golf. It’s special when neighbors can compliment each other and work in tandem. Lucy had never heard of someone who actually enjoyed being electrocuted. What kind of animal would that look like? The Shoe was the answer to the question, “What would happen to a man who got zapped by the cop prod?” Would he pass out and shit himself or simply shake it off and bring a mighty force to bear? Serious questions that needed to be answered and the Shoe Horn was just the savage to do it. He took two shots to the forearm and bucked with a disconcerting ease. By the end of the festival, the zapper came up missing and that’s likely for the best. Suwannee deputies or shock therapy? The choice is yours.

Part Three, Delusion. Why didn’t you help me when that girl was screaming at me? From where she was sitting, lots of people seemed to be hollaring at eat other. And besides, everyone knows the Gravedigger is a raging lunatic. To fight that one you might as well run backwards into the bulls of Pamplona. And besides, she was busy with Space Cake trying to figure out why the lights had gone out in Georgia.

Bagman noticed that everyone was getting worked over by the forest. The insides were coming outside. Lucy rarely left camp so from her perspective, the festival was ripping by like a Mardi Gras parade. And there were patterns. Things that kept happening over and again, just with different people. Great fun to be sure, but each person though their crisis was unique and spectacular and in the universe of confusion, theater of the mind, it may have been but it was also just really just extradoriily goofy.

Kamp Happiness does not stick the landing. Sometime late Friday night, they heard female screams from next door. Lucy didn’t think they were coming from Shoe’s place. I mean, what kind of girls would go there. Don’t worry, she thinks purple lips are sexy. Two for ten? Old people prices. It was just girls shrieking at each other, which was common enough in mixed circles but Hobo Kamp typically does a reasonable job of avoiding those unfortunate episodes. Apparently, this time. Some time late Saturday night there became some kind of social collapse and females in the kamp began losing their shit on each other. When exactly did everyone lose control? I’m thinking it’s the guy from Wormtown but who really knows? We come to the forest for answers and sometimes she barks, “You can’t handle the truth!”

Lucy woke up to a series of rumors about herself. She’d been busy, apparently involved in a narrative involving a stolen camera, she’d dressed like a transvestite, an although not the perferred vernacular, the Kamp Haappiness has a rotating membership. Many people have decided not to live in the portal, but rather back up a pitching wedge or nine iron. Real talk. We bring plenty of thugs in the kamp and it gets a little slickery. With most of these admitted reprobates, you get the good with the bad. You think Hemmingway or Bukowski didn’t get “sporting” from time to time? Hard yes. Grow up. It comes with the territory. You bought a ticket, might as well see the show.

Lucy walked out of her campsite and sitting in the middle of the street, right up her skirt were two Suwannee Sherrifs SUVs. They seemed extra close. Whoever they were looking for was close. In seconds, the two vehicles morphed into five. The last time anyone had seen this Christopher Michael Sommers went to jail. Lucy immediately checked her pockets for contraband and found none. She considered her kamp and vehicle and whether they would pass the test if combed by Deputies or their drug dogs. Again, it was comforting to have so little and so little to care for. Lucy woke up Sunday to a virtual armada of Suwannee deputies parked right up her skirt. From their spot on the dance floor, they could see all the way to Argentina. Kamp sketch as fuck? Kamp bench warrant? Kamp panic attack? I smell a hit.

Part Four, Neurosis. Lucy was handing out nitrous balloons with Baitbucket breath. She was confessing to others as they sucked old CO2 and still they sucked. Obviously we cannot guarantee your safety. Look around. Toys in the attic. Have you seen this place? Serious thugs slither through these camps. All of these women are on medication for a good reason. Normal people can be tedious. The audacity! Show up with this cattle car of psychosis and there is usually very little “dead air”. Free psychiatric advice. Your first session is free.

You have entered the unsoundness of the mind. Lucy had suffered terrifying visions. Doing experimental drugs in the middle of the day? Poor form ol boy. Learning the same lesson for the thirteenth time. Thrice you have offended me. Apologies would be in order.

Real talk. They said stay off the trails at Manatee Springs. High tick count? Bruh. She was a cracker and claimed to know how to handle Florida critters, but…in…this…case. they were right. Holy shit. Ticks. Ticks aplenty. She managed to rip the bodies out of her flesh, but somehow left the poison head. Lyme’s disease is no excuse for insanity and it’s not cool when Jehovah’s Witness trap their neighbors.

Screaming at each other. Arguing during load-out. Gay. Serotonin Sunday? It felt like a rerun of a sitcom that didn’t stand the test of time. Unfortunate scores from the Canadian judge as Kamp Happiness does not stick the landing. Turned ankle? More like snapped in half. Lucy was somewhat surprised that folks were registering, as if for the first time, that she was an unreasonable asshole. She shrieked, “I’ve been one since the day we met.” Get the memo. Complete douche and an animal product not for human consumption. Me no hear. I can’t people. Broken like the liberty bell. As she woke up on Sunday, she found she’d been busy, somehow involved in a narrative involving a stolen camera, dressing like a transvestite, and while not the preferred vernacular, the real question was whether she was just cross dressing or actually removing her penis. Other reports included pulling a switchblade on an unsuspecting patron, which was highly likely as she was apt to be handling pirate tools. She had managed to stay out of the brown liquor and kept free of roaming brown outs. Talk about the sparrows flying.

Band on the Run. Stevie Nicks and the Mighty Quinn were screwing in the tent when some lonely fraternity boy shouted from his tent, “Take it to the car.” The truth is that we love the bleating of sweet love making in the forest. Yes, Paul and Linda did hire mercenaries to bust them out of a Nigerian jail. One hears a great many strange and unusual things in the wilderness. He thought everyone was supposed to camp around the same fire but maybe fires have a carrying capacity. Sideways insanity also offers a chance for friends to get to know each other better, reset boundaries and learn to love harder.

She had sores everywhere where the tick heads were still pumping their poison juice into her brain. Maybe she already had Lyme’s disease. Maybe that’s what made her crazy. Finally something was making sense. That math mathed. Visit the Suwannee Resonate website and like their social media sites on Facebook, Instagram and X. The math checks out. Measure twice, cut once.

He was glad his phone had been disconnected. He wouldn’t have to listen to how he’d ruined the weekend for everyone. I can’t people. We lost a lot of good men out there today. You can’t fire me. I quit. This is your brain on shrugs. Any questions? What did we learn? You have to believe in what you’re doing, especially when you suspect you may just be full of absolute shit. Like Sam Clemens said, “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).” It was hard for Lucienda to accept full blame, after all, her mother hadn’t breast fed her, so all blame eventually spiraled back to that original neglect. The following week, she would be at Jazz Fest in the bowels of the Crescent City, a framework which would come with its own new set of perimeters and legal questions.

Follow the Wranglers as the Hobo Kamp security force attacks the summer tour with Mountain Music Festival, FloydFest and Jimmy Hoboken’s Fancy Tool Table. This is the eye of the slurricane. Don’t mix tranquilizers and whiskey.

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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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Mountain Music Festival is thrilled to officially announce the 2026 lineup, including Andy Frasco and the UN, the Floozies, Melvin Seals and JGB, Here Come the Mummies, Tropidelic, Big Something, Dirtwire, Bumpin Uglies, Sunsquabi, LESPECIAL, The Spooklights, The Quasi Kings, The Kind Thieves, Captain Midnight Band and more, 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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