Jim Lloyd

Join us, MONDAY, July 28, at 7 p.m. in Festival Barn for a concert with Jim Lloyd. Jim doesn’t fit in a single neat category of musician or entertainer. Much like Doc Watson, his mountain upbringing provided a much more eclectic background than just the traditional music they mastered, including the pop and jazz they heard on radio and records. Jim, further, never made a choice between bluegrass and old-time, between open back and resonator banjos, between overhand and Scruggs style banjo playing. Jim’s musical roots extend back through at least four generations of musicians from the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia.
Lloyd is an Appalachian barber, musician, storyteller, presenter, music teacher, banjo historian, radio host, and life-loving comedian. His accomplishments extend through old-time, bluegrass, storytelling, and event organizing. His latest release, Play Guitar in Seven Days, captures the variety of music that he interprets through his mountain lens.
We’ll have standard seating available, first come first serve. We also have a family-focused social area of picnic tables in the back. You’re welcome to bring your dinner, card games, carving, sewing project, or set up on the grass and let your kids play. A donation of $5-15 per adult is suggested, but all are welcome regardless of contribution. Any funds raised help with equitable pay for performers.