The Floyd Radio Show brings a jam-packed hour of original radio dramas, music and comedy skits—performed by a team of local actors and musicians. It brings colorful, true stories of life in Floyd, its wit and wisdom, and the characters that inhabit it.

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Ralph Berrier stopped by and interviewed Anna & Elizabeth, The Hosts of our newest program The Floyd Radio Show. Check out the story!

On the Crooked Road: Floyd Country Store & County Sales from Carol Jennings on Vimeo.

February 4 – Tickets $5.00, On Sale Now!
The February Radio Show will feature Chance McCoy, the Crooked Road Ramblers and Junk DNA with Carol Burch-Brown, Ann Kilkelly & Patrick Turner!

Upcoming Shows:
March 3 – Tickets $5.00, on sale 2/4
April 7 – Tickets $5.00, on sale 3/3
May 5 – Tickets $5.00, on sale 4/7

Come one, come all! This fall, the first Saturday of the month, from the Floyd Country Store, springs a new old timey variety show, broadcasted live to the New River Valley!

In the style of the Opry shows of old, the Floyd Radio Show brings a jam-packed hour of original radio dramas and comedy skits—performed by a team of local actors. It brings colorful, true stories of life in Floyd, its wit and wisdom, and the characters that inhabit it, brought to life for the radio.
The show’s hosts, Anna and Elizabeth, bring together some of the finest old time, bluegrass and folk musicians in the area for the show, to sing sweet harmonies, and bear down on barnstorming fiddle tunes!

The live show airs the first Saturday of every month with a full lineup of  local & regional musical acts! The variety hour is an hour, to be followed by an extended musical concert event!

Fiddler Anna Roberts-Gevalt and ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle, of Floyd and Smyth Counties, perform as a duo; they have performed and taught at music camps and festivals across the country, and abroad, and at numerous schools and nursing homes, locally.

Here’s a sneak peak from November’s show…….Video by Doug Thompson.

We can provide the space for your private party, business meeting, reception or cooperate event. In house catering is available with your favorite Country Store foods and desserts.  Plan your child’s next birthday party here and let us provide the cake, ice cream and more.

Check out our Room Rental Options and Prices and our Special Event menus.

Room Rental’s for Profit Rates
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Group Breakfast & Lunch Menu
Group Dinner & Desserts Menu

Tour Buses and Large Group Visits:

Floyd is a delightful and appealing community and our visitors typically leave with a smile and a wish to return.

When planning a visit please remember that this is a very small community: Floyd is a town of 480 people and the Floyd Country Store Jamboree is a 5,000 Sq. Ft. venue.  On Friday evenings the store gets very crowded and it is not possible for us to guarantee seating for our visitors.

There are a number of restaurants in town proving food and music on Friday evenings and we suggest that you encourage guests to take in the whole experience of the town.  When the weather is good there are musicians and jams out in the streets and you can get a real feel of our musical heritage.

With appropriate notice we can accommodate a group up to 25 people on Friday evenings and larger numbers at other times.

For something special we can create a custom “Jamboree” experience just for your group with traditional music, dancing, hot dogs and popcorn and even a dance lesson if you wish.  Contact us for more information.

New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters

The Dry Hill Draggers

The Whitetop Mountain Band

Mac Traynham & the Mountain Boomers

The Slate Mountain Ramblers

The Jugbusters

Windfall

The Buck Mountain Band

The Half Bad Bluegrass Band

Janet Turner and Friends

Red Head Express

Gill’s Creek Grass Bluegrass Band

Mac and Jenny Traynham

Sigmon Stringers

Victory Express

Wayne T. Holt Band

Read the wonderful article she wrote for the New York Times! Mountain Music by the Mile

We’ll look forward to seeing you and your family next time Sarah!  Thanks for coming!

Check out the video here!

By Associated Press, Sunday, March 20, 12:01 AM

FLOYD, Va. — Bob “Granpa” Miller recalled the thrill felt when his hands first cupped a harmonica.

“I reckon I was about 6 or 7 years old,” he said. “My aunt sent me one of them little harps through the mail. And I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.”

Last month, on the eve of turning 100 years old Feb. 12, Miller celebrated his birthday by playing one of his 14 harps at the Floyd Country Store. The world-famous venue hops during Friday Night Jamborees when bands assemble from near and far to perform bluegrass, gospel and old-time mountain music.

Miller sat in with a group and played “Turkey in the Straw” and “Old Joe Clark” and “Wreck of the Old 97.”

Eleven days later, Miller grinned remembering the crowd’s reception.

“They give me a mighty big hand,” he said. “They tore the roof down. And then, boy, after I got off the floor, you talk about a stomp-down, flatfootin’, stompin’ the floor. I just wish I could have got in there with them on that flatfootin’.”

Woody Crenshaw owns Floyd Country Store. After Miller played, Crenshaw announced from the stage that from that day forth anyone turning 100 will be eligible to sit in with a band.

“To me, Granpa Miller showed that he still has passion for his life and wants to live it fully,” Crenshaw said.

More than 90 years ago, after receiving that first harp at his musical family’s Bland County farmhouse, Miller’s determination reared like a frisky horse.

“I was going to learn to play it. I’d get out on the front porch, even in the wintertime, you know, sit down in a rocking chair and play,” he said.

Miller demonstrated the blow-and-draw breathing required to wring music from the small wind instrument.

Read the complete article here!