Arts, Leisure and Sports
Announcing the SECOND ROUND of lineup additions, with many more on the ‘Horizon, according to the FloydFest staff. Remaining tickets are on sale now and are expected to sell out soon, with 70 percent of ticket holders from the canceled 2023 event rolling them over to 2024.
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead • Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers • Jupiter & Okwess • The Nude Party • Eggy • Neighbor • Hogs
Top football teams from the nation’s oldest historically black athletic conference are facing off this Saturday. WFIR’s Alex Torres has details:
Terrence Edwards had 24 points and Raekwon Horton made a 3-pointer with 8.6 seconds left in overtime, sending James Madison past No. 4 Michigan State for a 79-76 victory. Tyson Walker scored 35 points for Michigan State, but he had the ball poked away from behind in the closing seconds of the season opener. The Spartans shot 36.1% overall. They missed 19 of 20 3-point shots and made just 23 of 37 free throws. Walker made a layup to give Michigan State a four-point lead with 1:26 left in regulation, and it lost the advantage at both ends of the court.
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(fromLiberty.edu) LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty gave its Homecoming Weekend crowd more than just another win to cheer about with its 56-30 Conference USA win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday. With the victory, its program-record ninth-straight win, Liberty secured the chance to host the CUSA Football Championship game at Williams Stadium on December 1.
The Flames finished the game with a season-high 602 total offensive yards and nearly doubled up the visiting Bulldogs, who finished with 388 yards.
Sierra Ferrell courtesy FloydFest
FloydFest 24 -Horizon has announced the first round of performers that are slated to appear next July 24th through the 28th at its new home off US 221 in the Floyd County town of Check. Among the names announced today are Sierra Hull, Circles Around the Sun, Sierra Ferrell, Caitlyn Krisko and the Broadcast and local favorite The Jared Stout Band. Remaining tickets for FloydFest 24 go on sale today; availability is limited since the majority of patrons who had tickets for this summer’s canceled Festival – after the new site wasn’t ready – rolled them over to next year. FloydFest promises future announcements will include “more headliners.” Sam Calhoun is Chief Operating Officer for Across-the-Way Productions:
Today’s announcement: • Sierra Hull • Circles Around the Sun • Maggie Rose • Orgone • Sons of the East • The Hip Abduction • The Heavy Heavy • Town Mountain • Cat Clyde • The Vegabonds • Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast • Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers • Sexbruise? • The Wilson Springs Hotel • Palmyra (FF22 On-the-Rise Winner) • The Jared Stout Band (FF22 On-the-Rise Runner-Up)
It’s Halloween, and a Triple-A spokesperson says it’s a time for fun, not tragic nightmares causing injury, or worse. WFIR’s Alex Torres has more on what to be aware of tonight:
Ginger Poole-Bella Muse photo
Several recent stories in the Washington Post and from the Associated Post pointed out that many regional theaters across the country have still not seen attendance at their live stage shows return to pre-COVID numbers. Mill Mountain Theatre is feeling some of that pain, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
