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2025 Floyd Small Town Summer with Nefesh Mountain & Empty Bottle String Band with Movie: Mufasa
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Floyd Small Town Summer, Nefesh Mountain, The Empty Bottle String Band
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 11:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Town of Floyd continues their 8th Annual Floyd Small Town Summer event series with Nefesh Mountain and opener Empty Bottle String Band in concert with a Movie Night showing the film "Mufasa: The Lion King" on Thursday, July 31, 2025 outside at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

The New York based Progressive Americana group NEFESH MOUNTAIN has been hailed as one of the formative boundary-pushing ensembles in roots music. The band’s creators and dynamic husband and wife team of Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff have created a world and sound all their own; blurring the lines between Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Jazz and Blues with a masterful hand as songwriters, instrumentalists and composers alike.

The band, declared “A Powerhouse Unit” by Rolling Stone and "Introspective lyrics and world class musicianship” by American Songwriter, takes the listener on a deeply personal journey that embodies their own wild nature and unbridled free spirits, bridging compositional prowess and prolific songwriting with deft instrumentals and jams.

The band has recorded and shared the stage with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bryan Sutton, John Doyle, Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers), Mark Schatz (Bèla Fleck, Nickel Creek), Mike Gordon (Phish) and Tony Trischka among others. The Troubadours along with their band continue to forge new paths in unknown territory, armed with Zasloff and Lindberg’s strong, smokey, and folksy vocals and Lindberg’s soulful and masterful skills on guitars and banjo alike.

Links:

• https://www.nefeshmountain.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/nefeshmountain
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuvFuxnqMAOJ_OhaYwCVyLg
• https://www.instagram.com/nefeshmountain

The Empty Bottle String Band specializes in playing toe-tapping, highly danceable traditional Appalachian music. They are known for their upbeat tunes and feel-good music. Their sound is inventive, while still staying close to the old time string band tradition of the 1930's.

Their impressive stage presence is coupled with a delightfully self-effacing strength and confidence in their music. They have become a festival favorite wherever they go and are one of the Appalachian region’s most popular old-time groups.

Links:

• http://www.emptybottlestringband.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/emptybottlestringband
• https://www.youtube.com/c/theEmptyBottleStringBand/videos

After the music ends, stay for a special showing of Disney’s 2024 film "Mufasa, The Lion King" on our giant blow-up movie screen. The computer animated animal adventure stars the voices of Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tiffany Boone and is rated PG.

Film Synopsis:
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

For more information on the film, visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13186482/.

The Kid’s Zone will have water-themed bounce houses (Parents: come prepared for water), face painting, live goats, the Bookmobile and our featured Kid Zone community organization Sojourn Church bringing a Photo Booth with free prints in your best costume and other treats. We will also be celebrating any kids that participated in the Library Summer Reading Program by giving away free ice cream. Kids can go see Sally at the Bookmobile for their ticket to use for free ice cream.

There will be yard games, creative activities with Springhouse Community School and Floyd Friends of Asylum Seekers, drinks courtesy of Floyd Chamber of Commerce, an exhibit by NRV Naturalist Group, and Byan Dowd, local Allstate Agent, will be running an art tent in the Kid’s Zone. Floyd County Public Schools will also be making bookmarks and have a drawing for prizes.

The June Bug Center and Floyd County High School Speech team will be selling cold drinks and hot popcorn.

The Floyd Small Town Summer Festival Event Series is free and open to the public.

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 from June 5, 2025 until August 28, 2025.

Bring your lawn chair and/or blanket.

Gates will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 PM.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/g2N16BcN/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/9689242464493331/ or https://www.instagram.com/floydsmalltownsummer/.