We spent the weekend camping just a couple of miles from downtown Floyd, 
VA. Downtown is a relative term as Floyd is a literal one stoplight town. 
However, for a town with 440 residents, Floyd punches way above its 
weight in entertainment. On Friday evening there were 3 Americana/Bluegrass jam 
sessions on the streets, plus live music at the artisan's market, plus 2 
venues with touring acts and cover charges. I was told it was a slow 
evening.

Did I mention this is one stoplight town with a population of 440? 

Every shop we went into ended with us in a conversation with the shop 
owner, whether we bought anything or not. It's like something out of a 
Norman Rockwell painting, but with banjos and fiddles. And hippies. Lots 
of hippies.

SW Virginia in general is red America, but Floyd is very much a blue oasis 
in a sea of red.

It's definitely a place to visit if you get a chance. There are not many 
places like it left, at least not in the Mid-Atlantic area.