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The State Fair of Virginia will host new acts and returning fan favorites, showcasing more attractions than ever before.

The story of the music, the people and this region make up an ambitious project centered on the Floyd Country Store.

Live music and more in the valleys and beyond …

Interested in a finely crafted, six-string beauty? Want to help out a Floyd music school that teaches mountain music styles? Luthier Jackson Cunningham and Handmade Music School have teamed up for just those sorts of things. The nonprofit music school hopes to sell 800 tickets at $25 a pop to fund programming at the organization, which does traditional music and dance lessons, workshops and camps. Cunningham, an Oregon native, moved to Southwest Virginia to learn his craft from the likes of Aud...