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Improving logistics to make a better customer experience might lead to a future move, though, the event's chief operating officer said.

Action from Wednesday night and Thursday morning at FloydFest ’21.  072321-roa-ex-floydfest-01 Volunteer Jacob Moody, 15, of Lynchburg sprays disinfectant on portable toilets at FloydFest on Thursday. The canister contains a mixture of alcohol, hydrogen peroxide and distilled water. The innovation — dubbed the BonAirosol pack — was developed by Kyle Falwell, who owns Lynchburg aviation company Bon Air Brokerage and created the pack to keep his planes clean during the pandemic. HEATHER ROUSSEAU, The Roanoke Times 072321-roa-ex-floydfest-02 Jacob Moo...

Southwest Virginia’s long-running musical amusement park, FloydFest, is back for another late July run. FloydFest 21~Odyssey runs Wednesday through July 25, after a year off due to COVID-19. The event, which is operating at reduced capacity even as Virginia restrictions have fallen, is sold out. Quite a few things have changed in the nearly two years since the last time. As of July 1, cannabis possession was legalized in Virginia, with multiple caveats. Most people spent months wearing masks and practicing physical distancing in public, if they went out at all. And the adult beverage Whi...

Southwest Virginia’s largest music festival is planning its return this year, which has been made easier with Virginia’s new COVID-19 guidelines.

The latest email blast from Across-the-Way Productions further confirmed a seemingly inevitable and welcome return to normal: FloydFest is going to happen on schedule this year. Tuesday’s mail was not unusual for the festival’s typical run-up pattern. On-the-Rise contest performers and local acts, plus a new “glamping” option, were in the message. But after a coronavirus summer of 2020, during which the festival was among countless events canceled due to pandemic concerns, it was more welcome than the usual blast. Festival spokesman Sam Calhoun said that he received about ...