2023 Floyd Small Town Summer Series w/Sol Roots Band & Star City Swag & Animated Movie (Now Inside)
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Sol Roots, Star City Swag
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2023
Time: 6:00 - 10:15 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Class
Cost: Free
Description:
Update: We will be moving tonight's Floyd SmaTown Summer inside due to the weather forecast. We hope you'll join us at Dogtown Roadhouse for the music Sol Roots Band and Star City SWAG starting around 6:00 PM. The movie will be at The Floyd Country Store starting at 7:00 PM.
The Town of Floyd continues its 6th Annual Floyd Small Town Summer series with their End of Summer Celebration featuring music from Star City Swag and the Sol Roots Band on Thursday, August 3, 2023 outside at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.
Updated Schedule:
At Dogtown Roadhouse:
6:00 Introductions
6:15 Star City Swag
7:15 Intermission
7:30 Sol Roots Band
At Floyd Country Store:
7:00 Movie: Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
The Town of Floyd offers this series of free events to provide a fun, family-friendly atmosphere in downtown Floyd, VA. Featuring music, movies, face-painting, inflatables, games, food and beverage and special activities presented by a variety of community organizations!
The End of Summer Celebration features water slides, foam parties and more fun activities for your kids! Bring a bathing suit and a change of clothes to enjoy!
The Sol Roots band performs a mix of New Orleans funk, raw blues, energetic rock, deep grooves, and southern soul. Sol is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who has toured with many roots, funk, and blues legends around the world as a part of Music Maker Revue. Sol's talent stretches from fiery rock to laid back jazz, and from funky innovative grooves to soulful ballads, drawing on a deep background in raw down-home blues.
The Sol Roots band has performed at many premier festivals and venues across the east coast US, and have shared the stage with acts such as Jon Cleary, Soulive, Dumpstaphunk,The Wood Brothers, Robert Randolph, Eric Lindell, Booker T Jones, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Shemekia Copeland, Jackie Greene and more.
Paying homage to the greats, and with a love of Universal Music as the guiding light, Sol steps out on a path with a powerful group unique and talented band of musicians.
Links:
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https://www.solrootsmusic.com/•
https://www.facebook.com/SolRootsMusic•
https://www.twitter.com/solroots•
https://www.reverbnation.com/SolRoots•
https://www.instagram.com/SolRootsMusic/Star City Swag performs straight-ahead jazz and vocals honoring the greats from a by-gone era like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Carmen McCrae and many more!
Links:
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http://starcityswag.com/•
https://www.facebook.com/StarCitySwag"Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania" is at 2022 animated adventure comedy starring the voices of Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez and Kathryn Hahn and is rated PG.
Movie Synopsis: Van Helsing's mysterious new invention transforms Drac and his pals into humans, and Johnny into a monster. With their new mismatched bodies, Drac and the pack must find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.
For more information on the film, visit:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9848626.
The Small Town Summer Event Series is free and open to the public.
Bring your lawn chair and/or blanket.
Gates will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 PM on all Floyd Small Town Summer events. Movies will begin when the sun goes down.
The events take place on alternating Thursdays from mid-June to the end of August.
To view the event flyer, visit:
https://i.postimg.cc/P5CSVXzn/image.png.
For more information, visit:
http://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or
https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/ or
https://www.facebook.com/events/221861257210621.