A new list of acts for the next FloydFest includes a band coming in for its 12th appearance there.
Railroad Earth topped the list of performers added to the schedule for FloydFest 26~Daydream, set for July 22-26. The Dip, a funk, soul and R&B outfit from Seattle, and Americana favorite Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes join Railroad Earth atop the list.
Also part of the festival’s Thursday announcement: Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Parlor Greens, Zach Person, Zion Marley, The Animeros, Cam Clark & His Orchestra, Joslyn & The Sweet Compression and Bella Rayne. FloydFest 25~Aurora On-the-Rise winner Florencia & The Feeling and runner-up Hash The Band round out the announcement.
Those acts join previously announced headliners Tedeschi Trucks Band, My Morning Jacket, Stephen Wilson Jr. and Lukas Nelson.
According to the FloydFest website’s list of previous performances, Railroad Earth made its first gig there in 2004, the fest’s third version. Since then, the group has played 10 more of the events. The New Jersey-founded septet delivers a melody-and-groove-centric, bluegrass-leaning Americana mix with plenty of instrumentally dense jams.
The Dip in April brought a seriously rhythmic set to Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mount. The tick-tight seven-piece combo featured three blasting horns and induced plenty of audience movement.
Prophet and his old band, The Mission Express, played the Harvester in July 2018, but a few years before that did an unlikely bill at Parkway Brewing Co., in Salem, before the brewery’s live music space was built out.
Neither memory nor Google surfaced the exact date, but it was not long after the place opened, and a load of people were getting their first pints of Parkway’s strong ales and porters. Plenty didn’t know what they were getting into, and got a bit wobbly, adding to the evening’s ambience.
The southern Californian’s new act explores the Latin American cumbia style, which he leaned on during treatment and recovery from a stage four lymphoma diagnosis, according to his record label.
Festival tickets are available at aftontickets.com/floydfest26daydream, and more information is posted at floydfest.com.
Correction 9:47 a.m. Dec. 12, 2025: Railroad Earth has played Floydfest 11 times to date. An earlier version of this article had an incorrect number.
