After being postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic, Rooster Walk 12 took place over Memorial Day weekend at Pop’s Farm in Martinsville, VA.

The family-friendly festival hosted approximately 50 bands on six stages over four days. Performers included Little Feat, who played their 1978 album Waiting For Columbus, Tab Benoit, Andy Frasco & The U.N., and Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, plus later additions to the lineup including Fruition, Lettuce, Moon TaxiBig Something, and The War and TreatyRyan Montbleau Band and Daniel Donato were also among the artists featured, and John Bryant, Roosevelt Collier, Ron Holloway, Josh Shilling, and Wallace Mullinax served as artists at large.

Rooster Walk 12 was originally announced in 2019 with the intention of taking place in 2020. The festival was ultimately postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic, though many would-be attendees chose to hang onto their tickets.

Rooster Walk organizers held a pair of scaled-down events in 2021, including Rooster Walk Reunion at Pop’s Farm. Though the traditional Rooster Walk did not take place that year, moe. hosted moe.morial Day Weekend: A Rooster Walk Family Gathering.

View a gallery of photos from Rooster Walk 12 courtesy of photographer Jody Carbone below.