Jeep and Jam Music Festival held to benefit fire department
Roni Crowe (left) from Roanoke, Virginia, with her jeep Pale Ryder, and Lexi Haaland, from Stuart’s Draft, Virginia, and pup Luna with her jeep Fluffy, are off-road jeep drivers. “It’s so much fun,” said Crowe. Haaland trains dogs to assist humans with disabilities. Image: Sharon Walker/Times Virginian

There was music for everyone at the Appomattox Jeep and Jam Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 10, with music playing from 2 to 11 p.m.

Southland Band was the highlight, with opening bands such as Rare Form, Starlett & Big John, Steel Young and Dunn, and New Standard playing traditional country music, classic rock and bluegrass.

Nevermind the rain — by the time Southland Band took the stage at 9 p.m., they played to a crowd of about 250.

The music was only one part of the festivities. Southland Band and Friends, celebrating their 20-year anniversary this year, decided to put on the festival as a tribute to and earn proceeds for the Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department (AFVD).

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