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Whenever you think of the Flat Rock Music Festival, you can be sure that the weekend will be filled with non-stop live music from great local and regional musicians. You can also be sure that there will be lots of food and drink and maybe some other things to do, like a children's activity area or an arts area for a respite from all of the music that drew you to the festival in the first place. The festival, in its seventh edition, featured Americana music in four venues, midnight shows and jams, songwriting contest, guitar and songwriting workshops, children's crafts, food, plus camping, swimming and boating at the 365-acre summer camp. The festival, held each spring and fall at Camp Ton-A-Wandah in Flat Rock, NC, took off Friday afternoon, September 19. This family-oriented music festival offered tent and vehicle camping for the duration of the 3-day event as well as limited cabin facilities.
Workshops included songwriting, and flat-picking and fingerpicking guitar. Roving musicians were compliments of non-profit NCMAMA (North Carolina Mountain Acoustic Music Association), which promotes mountain music and musicians. The esteemed Sam Bush, among headliner alumni, said, "It's such a beautiful setting. This festival is perfect to give exposure to acoustic music, and for artists to be expressive." Proceeds partially benefited local conservation group ECO and annual Camp Merry Times at Camp Ton-a-Wandah, a free week retreat for about 100 cancer-stricken children each year. The Spring 2004 festival has been tentatively scheduled for May 2004. So, musicians and music lovers, take note. Bring the whole family, your instruments, and your lawn chairs, and expect to have a great time.
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Two zany, premier performance art bands, Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS) and Snake Oil Medicine Show, provided multi-media entertainment. There were also three or more top headliners each of the three days. SCOTS, the Stragglers and Michael Reno Harrell performed on Friday; the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Snake Oil and rockabilly Cigar Store Indians on Saturday; and Acoustic Syndicate, the Rangers, and bluegrass wizards, Sons of Ralph, on Sunday. 