The Floyd Country Store
The Floyd Country Store is internationally renowned for its authentic Appalachian music and dance. People come from all over the world to experience the unique and time-honored culture celebrated by one of Southwest Virginia’s top tourist locations. However, the Floyd Country Store also prides itself on being dedicated to the local community through food, locally made goods, and music.
The Floyd Country Store
The Store is primarily known for its thirty-five-year-old tradition, the Friday Night Jamboree. During this weekly event, three bands play on the stage; typically offering a gospel set and two dance sets, while dancers of all ages fill the dance floor. While the scheduled fun is happening inside, the summer months will also have musicians filling the streets outside for spontaneous jam sessions.
When poor or cold weather comes, they play upstairs at The Floyd Country Store, in the Soda Fountain next door, across the street at County Sales, and even in the Floyd Barbershop.
On Friday nights, the town comes alive with music, dancers, and folks enjoying the evening revelry. In addition to dances on Fridays, as well as occasional Saturdays, the Floyd Country Store is also known to host some of the biggest names in Bluegrass and Americana. For intimate concerts in a room that seats around two hundred people, acts such as Gillian Welch, Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn, and Dan Tyminski have performed just in the past few years.
The Floyd Radio Show also occurs each month, from September through May. This popular show features three musical acts, skits, interviews, jokes, and more. It harkens back the days before television became popular, when radio was king. On Saturdays and Sundays, the Store hosts free music! And new this year, they have extended the free music fun to Tuesday and Wednesday evenings! But this isn’t just a place for music to be heard, it’s also a place for music to be learned. The Floyd Country Store is home to the Handmade Music School; offering lessons and workshops in traditional music and dance throughout the year.
The Cafe at The Floyd Country Store is well-known to the local community for providing excellent, homemade food for lunch or dinner. The menu offers made-from-scratch soups and stews, quiches, salads, and sandwiches. Other offerings include hearty favorites like the Pinto Bean Platter, which comes with homemade pinto beans, collard greens, skillet-baked cornbread, and chow-chow. Daily specials are also available, such as savory hand-pies, Brunswick stew, grown-up grilled cheese sandwiches, and black bean burgers with homemade pesto mayo.
In early 2019, the Floyd Country Store made substantial upgrades to its kitchen and subsequently extended business hours to include dinner:
Tues – Thurs: 10 am – 8 pm
Friday: 10 am – 10 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 9 pm
Sunday: 11 am -7 pm
The new dinner hours come with hearty new specials, as well as live music most evenings. This includes the new, free live music on Tuesday and Wednesday nights; featuring local bluegrass, old-time, and Americana artists. With the installation of the new kitchen, the Store now offers a pickup catering menu! It includes everything on the regular menu, plus party platters and desserts. These catering packages are great for parties and family gatherings, and can be made to suit any occasion.
Also new as of Fall 2019, is the Soda Fountain at The Floyd Country Store. Located right next door, this new space is a trip through time; offering classic sundaes, malts, milkshakes, soda floats, banana splits, and homemade ice cream sandwiches.
The decadent ice cream comes from local Homestead Creamery, and the waffle cones are made fresh, in-house. The Soda Fountain also makes two kinds of dessert waffles, which can be ordered with fresh bananas and real maple syrup. They can also be ordered as the base for a sundae, piled high with ice cream and toppings.
The new ice cream shop itself is beautifully decorated with bright turquoise walls, local art, and furnishings by Floyd artisans.
If you’re shopping for a unique gift, The Floyd Country Store offers something for everyone. The kids’ section is stocked full of different toys, games, music makers, and art supplies. Outdoor lovers will be pleased to find a good selection of Carhartt boots and apparel, Darn Tough socks, Buck knives, and insulated drink ware.
The Floyd Country Store
Looking for something made locally? Check out the selection of local honey, jams, sauces, and candies, as well as an abundance of soaps. There are lavender candles and bath salts from local farms. There are hand-carved walking sticks, wooden spoons, rag rugs, corn husk wreaths, and more! The Store also stocks musical instruments and supplies, as well as instructional books, songbooks, and CDs.
And if you’re interested in bluegrass, country, or Americana music, check out the newly-reopened County Sales music store across the street for recorded music, books, and vintage vinyl. The Floyd Country Store is a one-of-a-kind stop for food, shopping, music, and of course, ice cream!
Visit today to experience everything new and to see all the Store has to offer.
The Floyd Country Store 206 S Locust St, Floyd, VA floydcountrystore.com info@floydcountrystore.com 540-745-4563