Friday nights in Floyd, VA during the summer are very busy. The biggest reason for this is because this is the night that the weekly Jamboree featuring traditional bluegrass music is held at the Floyd County Store. Not only is the store itself packed every Friday but there there’s also plenty of overflow of banjo and mandolin players into the streets.

And beginning this summer there’s also been an artisan market right every Friday evening featuring everything from hamburgers (local grass fed) from Oddfellas, to didgeridoos, to ocarinas, to handmade jewelry from Oliver Jewelry. This market is a very short walk from the Jamboree (right next to The Station shopping center which features art boutiques, a toy store, a wine shop, and a music shop.)

Downtown Floyd has a fun festival atmosphere on Friday. And I haven’t even mentioned the new pizza/bar place (Dogtown Pizza) that only opened up a couple of weeks ago yet. They’ve got great pizza (and beer.) They’ve also usually got live music there on Friday nights. The bands that have played there so far have been “groove” oriented. Decidedly not bluegrass (which adds some much needed variety to the musical choices on South Locust St.)

You should definitely check out Floyd on Friday nights if you haven’t yet done so.

And if you’re looking for a great hotel to stay at in town (that’s located within easy walking distance to the Floyd County Store and the artisan market) then you should stay at the Hotel Floyd (make reservations early, they often sell-out on the weekends!)

Tags: Bluegrass, Floyd County, Jewelry, Music