Floyd Living Traditions Festival
Venue: The Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
The Floyd Center for the Arts presents the Floyd Living Traditions Festival on Saturday, August 26, 2023.
The Floyd Center for the Arts is partnering the Handmade Music School to showcase traditional Floyd County arts on the Center's campus. The festival will be your chance to witness the magic of basket making, quilting, spinning, weaving, instrument making, blacksmithing, woodworking, dance and music!
We couldn’t be more excited to feature the work of local practitioners of traditional arts, young and old alike. These tradition bearers continue to tell the story of our shared past through their work!
Highlights include:
• Collection of artifacts on display from of the Old Church Gallery
Demonstrations
• Live music and dance
• Interpretive performances and presentations about our rich local artistic heritage
• Vendors showcasing and selling both traditional and contemporary art
• Hands-on kids activities
• Community Art Project encouraging all festival-goers to join in
• Food vendors
Attendance is free and all are welcome.
The event is rain or shine.
The Living Traditions Festival is made possible by support from the Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions program & Virginia Humanities.
The Floyd Center for the Arts is located at 220 Parkway Lane South, Suite 1 in Floyd, VA.
To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/JnMqBtpD/image.png.
For more information, visit: https://www.floydartcenter.org/living-traditions-festival or https://www.facebook.com/FloydArts or https://www.facebook.com/events/656943139315955 or https://www.instagram.com/floydcenterforthearts/ or call 540-745-2784.
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