On-the-Rise Class of 2026 features 10 up-and-comers
Last week, FloydFest organizers announced the award-winning festival’s On-the-Rise Competition Class of 2026, a quintessential cornerstone of the FloydFest brand, which fosters emerging talent by giving the next generation of up-and-coming performers a stage, a leg-up and an audience.
Last week, FloydFest organizers announced the award-winning festival’s On-the-Rise Competition Class of 2026, a quintessential cornerstone of the FloydFest brand, which fosters emerging talent by giving the next generation of up-and-coming performers a stage, a leg-up and an audience.
Sponsored by Peluso Microphone Lab and Press Press Merch, the On-the-Rise Class of 2026 includes:
- Free Whenever
- Frute
- Jacoozy
- Late Night Special
- Moga Family Band
- New Translations
- Renee Christine
- Stone Throwers
- Tand
- Teddy and The Rough Riders
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Each act will pepper performances over the five days of FloydFest 26~Daydream, the latest annual offering of the Southeast’s premier summer outdoor music festival, taking place Wednesday to Sunday, July 22-26, at FestivalPark, located at 5826 Floyd Highway N. in Check.
Today’s On-the-Rise announcement follows the recent release of FloydFest 26~Daydream’s initial By-Day Schedules, available by visiting www.floydfest.com/schedule/by-day-schedules/. For those unable to commit to all five days of ‘Daydream,’ single-day GA tickets — as well as single-day GA pair+parking bundles — are now on sale by visiting www.floydfest.com and www.aftontickets.com/floydfest26daydream.
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Daydream’s powerful quartet of 2026 headliners — GRAMMY Award-winning rock-and-soul juggernaut Tedeschi Trucks Band, rock-and-roll cultural legends My Morning Jacket, songcraft-alchemist Stephen Wilson Jr., and GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson — join the notable grouping of artists previously announced.
Showcasing Across-the-Way Productions, Inc.’s love and admiration for the remarkable local music scene, FloydFest 26~Daydream’s ‘Local Love’ lineup includes Blue Mule, Cassidy Snider and The Wranglers, Corey Hunley and The Millionaires, Father Sun, Freak Rangers, Jatoba, John and Friends, Kerosene Willy, Leonard Blush and The Camelcals, Ripejive, Solacoustix, The Sugar Hollows, and Virginia Electric.
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All artists on the first five announcements (and all future announcements) can be discovered and explored via extensive bios, links, and playlists at www.floydfest.com/lineup/.
Multiple ticket types are approaching sellout, so patrons are encouraged to secure tickets now by visiting either www.floydfest.com or www.aftontickets.com/floydfest26daydream.
