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FloydFest 7’s theme is “Family Affair.” And it’s loaded with the fest’s musical family members, both old and new.

In the “old” column, you have Donna the Buffalo, who have played Floyd several times. David Grisman, the Avett Brothers, Railroad Earth and New Monsoon have also seen their share of Julys in the Patrick County hills.

In the “new” column, you have Amos Lee and Rusted Root. Also new to FloydFest are African pop stalwart Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Blueground Undergrass, Tea Leaf Green and many more.

If you’re into the homegrown music scene, you can see at least eight bands from the Roanoke and New River valleys, and several more with ties to the region.

Music and other performances begin Thursday on seven stages — including one specifically for children that features puppet shows and parades — at the Blue Cow site.

To see which stages your favorites are hitting, go to http://atwproductions.com.

Don’t sweat too much if you might have to miss a band one day, because that same band is likely to be on another stage or two before the festival is over.

Who's playing when

THURSDAY

Donna the Buffalo, Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, Eli Cook and Electric Holy Firewater, My Radio, Madrone, Chatham County Line, Jordan Harmon Band, Cashmere Jungle Lords, Alliens

FRIDAY

Railroad Earth, Tea Leaf Green, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Gokh-Bi System, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Alliens, Turbo Pro Project, 3 Minute Lovin’, New Monsoon, the Rev. Frank Newsome and Elizabeth Laprelle, BuzzUniverse, iRon Lion, Golem, Oneside, HuDost, Bucktown Kickback, the everybodyfields, Jennie Arnau, DJ Williams Projekt, Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko, Thunderdrums, Shane Gamble and the Gentlemen, Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, Mac and Jenny Traynham, Katie Pearlman Band, Moossa, Junior League, Kat Mills

SATURDAY

Rusted Root, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Jonny and the Jambusters, Lynx, New Monsoon, the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band , Crooked Road All-Stars, Jamie McClean, Stephanie Rooker, Oliver Mtukudzi, Blueground Undergrass, SciFi, Amos Lee, David Schultz, Crooked Still, Oneside, David Grisman Quintet, Nationbeat, Bombadil, Jamie McClean Band, Paleface, Izzy & Chris, Indigenous Gourd Orchestra, Superpowers, Williams Walter & Co., HuDost, Jan Smith Band, Blue Mule, Kat Mills, Eli Cook (solo)

SUNDAY

Avett Brothers, Tony Trischka and Steve Barr banjo workshop, Tony Trischka & Double Banjo Bluegrass, Olumide, Adam Larkey, Cadillac Sky, No Speed Limit, The Speckers, Adam Larkey & Mountain Time, Thunderdrums (children’s workshop)