Loose Leaf Notes

Every year I get as excited about the main field installation designed by Erik Davis as I do about the music line-up.

My Thursday afternoon started with catching a set of Blacksburg’s own Isaac Hadden on the Hill Holler Stage.

Isaac’s been coming to Floydfest since he was a baby and has grown up musically at the festival.

The scene was sweet. One young woman at the Teen Tent that Joe heads up said, “I love Floydfest because it’s big enough that you can disappear if you want, and small enough that you won’t get lost.”

A Grateful Dead dance gathering is like church for some Dead Heads.

I found several friends in this mix.

Can you spot Waldo, aka Yours Truly.

Lake Street Dive, a talented mix of songwriting musicians formed out of the New England Conservatory of Boson was a Thursday night highlight on the main stage.

Vocalist Rachael Price sings like a cross between Amy Winehouse and Bonnie Raitt.

The band has performed on David Letterman, Colbert, Ellen DeGeneres and other shows. HERE is a cover of Anyone Who Has a Heart.

Everyone, especially the younger attendees, love the Silent Disco.

Joe and I love us some fun house fun inside the heart installation.

This happened too, a Workshop Porch screening of A Year in the Pit: A Journey Into Music Photography, a documentary by John Woody that prominently features Floydfest. More to come…