This year the Festy is taking place at the super funky, kid-friendly IX Art Park, conveniently located just two blocks from Charlottesville’s downtown pedestrian walking mall. Your Festy ticket includes access to 19 world-class bands, craft beer, Virginia wine, artisanal spirits, local food trucks, groove & flow yoga, guided meditations, mindfulness workshops, a giant Kids Zone hosted by Little Planets featuring nature show & tells, tie-dye workshops, and magic shows, premium on-site child care, and discounts to 30+ local merchants all weekend long. Kids 12 and under get in FREE, as always. We can’t wait to see you at the 10th Annual Festy!
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The Festy has always been known for its world-class music, and this year is no exception. While historically we’ve focused on bluegrass and roots music, this year we’ve expanded the lineup to include a more eclectic variety of musical genres and inspirations. The 10th Annual Festy features world-class artists performing American roots-rock, bluegrass, blues, blues-rock, folk, folk rock, indie-pop, jam rock, jazz rock, neo-soul, reggae, rock, soul funk, soul pop, soul punk, and soul rock. So come out and discover your new favorite band! See the full lineup and read all about this year’s featured artists on our Lineup page.
Musical Lineup
In this day and age, as we’re all increasingly living in a digitally-driven world, we want the Festy to be about unplugging and coming together as one community, focusing on the present moment, and striving for a heightened level of consciousness. We’ll be providing mindfulness programming throughout the festival, including yoga, guided meditations, mindfulness workshops, and other activities focused on increasing our body/mind/spirit consciousness. Whether you’re an experienced yogi or a curious newbie or anything in between, we encourage you to participate in at least one mindfulness activity available throughout the weekend to help connect you with yourself and those around you.
Mindfulness Schedule
A core pillar of the Festy has always been its family-friendliness, and this year is no different. From on-site child care, our giant Kids Zone run by Little Planets, non-alcoholic beverage options, and various kids programming throughout the weekend, including nature show & tells, tie-dye workshops, magic shows, and much more, the Festy makes it easy for you to enjoy our festival with your whole family, and maybe even make some new life-long friends in the process.
Kids Schedule
The Festy has always strived to minimize the amount of energy used to produce the festival and reduce the waste created by production and attendees. Our goal is to be carbon neutral and produce zero waste. To this end, each year we engage various strategies, including our steel cup program, on-site recycling/composting, and strict standards for our food vendors. In 2019 The Festy is focused on showcasing the walkability and bikeability of the event in downtown Charlottesville. In addition, we are working with our concessions and food partners to create a program with aluminum and compost waste only! Aluminum is 100% recyclable and is infinitely recyclable. Fun fact: 70% of all aluminum ever created is still in circulation!
