The decades-long traditions is known not only locally but to people across the world.

The records store opened in 1953 in Floyd.

The Floyd Country Store isn't the only venue at the heart of the Appalachian music scene.

Downtown Floyd felt normal for the first time in a long time Friday night with the return of the Friday Night Jamboree.

FLOYD COUNTY, Va. – People will soon be able to enjoy their favorite old-time and bluegrass tunes while basking in the sun. The Floyd Country Store announced that its Friday Night Backyard Jamboree is returning to outdoor in-person performances next month. Last summer, the store held the Jamboree outdoors for a few months before winter. Prior to July 2020 and since late last year, all other Jamborees have been only virtual. If you can’t make it, the shows will still be live-streamed on the Floyd Country Store’s Facebook page or YouTube.

Handmade Music School, located inside Floyd Country Store, believes with more time at home what better time to pick up a new instrument. The school usually sees an uptick in interest in lessons and workshops at the start of the year. From the fiddle to the banjo and even the mandolin, Handmade Music School teaches the region’s traditional music, oftentimes on locally handmade instruments. Continuing lessons and workshops amidst a pandemic is special to Handmade Musical School because it’s supporting musicians. Learning to play a new instrument can be a little intimidating but Small doesn’t want that to stop anyone interested.

FLOYD, Va. – Gingerbread houses are no longer a four-wall home with icing and gumdrops, and this annual competition proves just that. Floyd Country Store and Floyd Tourism have come together to host gingerbread house contests for about 10 years now, but this year they took it up a notch. You can see the houses in-person at Floyd Country Store but you don’t have to go inside, they are on display in the store’s window. The country store even made a house of their own outside of the contest. Posted by The Floyd Country Store on Thursday, December 17, 2020If you don’t feel comfortable visiting in-person, you can look at videos and pictures of each gingerbread house.

FLOYD, Va. The banjos and fiddles are quiet at the Floyd Country Store this summer. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the famous Friday Night Jamborees are on hold. And thats what the store depends on, is the shopping and the restaurant sales, to be able to keep it going. So in the absence of that, the stores having a hard time, said Lydeana Martin with Friends of the Floyd Country Store. Martin said sales were down about 80% for the first two months after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted lockdowns and stay-at-home orders.

FLOYD, VA. – It wouldn’t be a summer in Floyd with the famous Friday Night Jamboree, but hundreds of people packed inside the Floyd Country Store just isn’t possible right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So after moving the show online, they’ve changed things up again to try to get people back to the music. There’s pickin’ and dancing and a whole lot of fun in downtown Floyd on Friday. Even if things looked a little different than they usually do, Floyd Country Store owner Dylan Locke said the show must go on. The weekly Friday Night Jamboree is usually inside, but Locke had to cancel it due to the pandemic.

FLOYD, Va. – The Floyd Country Store unveiled a new window display to spread a four-letter message, sending love from the heart of Floyd. Right now, there are pictures in the storefront windows that spell out L-O-V-E. Each letter is made up of pictures taken inside. While the pandemic has shut down the usual Friday night music and dancing gatherings, the owners said it’s the perfect message for a hurting world. It's leaving their differences at the door and it's celebrating life in simple ways like playing music, dancing, having conversations, eating good food and that's what we represent at the Floyd County Store,” said Dylan Locke, Floyd Country Store owner. Locke said the Blue Ridge Mountains staple started working on the store front in response to COVID-19, but it has taken on a whole new meaning.

Jim Sharkey shares some of his beautiful music on the Harvester Performance Center Stage. Catch him Friday 3/17 at Soaring Ridge Brewery, and Saturday 3/18 at the Floyd Country Store.

FLOYD COUNTY (WSLS 10) - Stop 8 on the Virginia Proud Weather Tour took Jeff Haniewich to the Floyd Country Store in Floyd County. On Friday nights, the store is host the Friday Night Jamboree. That's what we do," said Dylan Locke, the owner of the Floyd Country Store. Floyd County recently opened a new visitor's center and a new website, visitfloydva.com. On Tuesday, the tour will be in Rockbridge County and Lexington.