Bluegrass and BBQ Festival doubles its attendance!

If you go...
What: Chantilly Lace at a Pretty Place Sock Hop
Where: Chantilly Farm, 2697 Franklin Pike in Floyd
When: Saturday, June 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Charities which serve local families...

Chantilly Farm in Floyd will host a Fall Open House on Saturday, October 15 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The Heart of the Holidays food and clothing drive was at the Chantilly Farm on December 10, 2011 was a huge success! Not only were we able to collect lots of food and clothing for our neighbors in need -- but we had a blast doing it!

   Known as Field Day, the annual event attracts radio operatiors from the two countries to an activity that includes elements of a contest, an emergency preparedness exercise and a public outreach effort.
   For 24 hours, between 2 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, radio operators compete to make the highest number of contacts in a variety of radio frequencies and categories while operating on emergency power.

The first ever "Bluegrass & BBQ Festival" was held at the Chantilly Festival Farm on May 28, 2011. This was the first anual festival that is expected to continue for many more years due to the major success that it was!
   The festival held on Saturday drew "well over 1,000 people," said Dee Dannewitz-Wallace of the LCF Group.

This month, Floyd County will welcome a major new venue for festivals and other organized events, both public and private, that will be held on wooded, rolling farmland just six miles from the Town of Floyd near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
 The initial event at the site is being produced by Festival Farm Productions, LLC, and will feature a showcase of local talent, skills and activities that will offer attendees a good time outdoors with family appropriate entertainment, say the promoters, who bill themselves as the "Wow Special Events Team."
   The title, they say, reflects their focus on offering only family appropriate events that are exceptionally well-planned and executed to elicit a "Wow!" response from participants.
The inaugural event at the site will be the first of an annual "Bluegrass & BBQ Festival" that will be held Saturday, May 28, 2011, between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at a natural amphitheater on the former farmland.

Mark your Calendars: The inaugural season of the National Music Festival is May 29^th – June 11^th, 2011.  Talented Musicians – Outstanding Concerts – Free Rehearsals – Boundless Fun! 

Article appearing in The Floyd Press

November 18. 2010

By Wanda Combs-Editor

 

 

A ceremony at Zion Church Cemetery in Floyd Thursday November 11^th  recognized fallen heroes from Vietnam and Korean Wars, World Wars I and II, the Civil War, and the Revolutionary War. The veterans all buried in the church cemetery have recently received recognition through a Fallen Heroes Monument.