Frankly, this sounds totally awesome. A happy accident indeed.

<blockquote>Things for FloydFest 8 were about as perfect as event organizers could have dreamed -- until about 8:10 p.m. Friday.

That was when most of the grounds went dark. The next hour and a half answered the question: What happens when a large, electricity-driven music festival way out in the sticks loses power?

The answers came quickly: Bands at stages small enough for intimacy went acoustic. As folks wandered away from the main stage, groups of musicians seized on the chance to strap on their instruments and perform along the main trail. Listeners gathered in circles around them, some in crowds four and five deep.

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By 9:40 p.m., the lights were back on. Main-stage hands who had already cranked up about 50,000 watts of generator power switched back to the grid.<strong> Grace Potter and the Nocturnals hit the main stage just before 10 p.m. to play a long set of often brilliant original soul, blues and rock music to the big and patient crowd.</strong></blockquote>

<a href="http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/213165">Full article at the Roanoake Times</a>

