8/23-4: Floyd Living Traditions Festival
Join Floyd Center for the Arts at the June Bug Center on Friday, August 23 at 6:00 for our Floyd Living Traditions Festival Kick Off, featuring “The Heron’s Journey” by Appalachian storyteller, Adam Booth, and an opening by Floyd Jams.
“The Heron’s Journey” is a 60-75 minute story told without intermission. It is a neo-traditional, original story about a young boy who finds his true place in life while on a journey during which he transitions into a great blue heron. “The Heron’s Journey” is primarily about identity and creation. Some listeners hear it through the lens of power dynamics, listening to intuition, and environmentalism or access to the natural world. Audiences have been captivated by this tale and find it speaks to them on a variety of very personal levels. All of Adam’s stories are family-friendly in content, however “The Heron’s Journey” is intended for mature listeners. Adam collaborated with three West Virginia artists during the creation of this story.
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The June Bug Center is ADA accessible.
This project is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions program & Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Known for its bluegrass and old-time music, along with a lively arts scene, Floyd, Virginia, will celebrate its rich artistic heritage on Saturday, August 24, 2024, with the Floyd Living Traditions Festival. The festival, hosted by the Floyd Center for the Arts in partnership with the Floyd Country Store’s Handmade Music School, will feature music on two stages and fun for the whole family. More than 70 artists will be on hand to perform, offer works for sale, and demonstrate Floyd traditions such as quilting, spinning, instrument making, weaving, blacksmithing, woodworking, and basketmaking. Food trucks, an outdoor beer garden, kids activities, and opportunities to learn and create firsthand await! Saturday’s all-day event takes place both inside and out at the dairy barn campus of the Floyd Center for the Arts located at 220 Parkway Lane South (VA-8) on the edge of downtown. Admission to the festival is free on Saturday. For more information about the two-day festival and tickets to Friday’s kickoff event August 23rd 6p at the June Bug Center can be found at www.floydartcenter.org
This event is sponsored by Skyline National Bank. This project is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions program & Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
