GOLDENSEAL’S “Folklife*Fairs*Festivals” calendar is prepared three to six months in advance of publication. The information was accurate as far as we could determine at the time the magazine went to press. However, it is advisable to check with the organization or event to make certain that the date or location has not been changed. The phone numbers given are all within the West Virginia (304) area code unless otherwise noted. Information for events at West Virginia State Parks and other major festivals is also available by calling 1-800-CALL-WVA.
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March 16-17 12th Annual Sisters Fest
Sistersville (771-8699) www.sistersfest.com
March 16-18 George Washington’s Bathtub Celebration
Berkeley Springs (1-800-447-8797) www.berkeleysprings.com
March 16-18 Upper Potomac Spring Dulcimer Festival
Shepherdstown (263-2531) http://upmw.smad.us/index.html
March 17 26th Annual Irish Heritage Festival
Pipestem Resort State Park (466-1800) www.pipestemresort.com
March 17-18 W.Va. Maple Syrup Festival
Pickens (924-5096) http://pickenswv.squarespace.com
March 23-25 Civil War Weekend
Hurricane (562-0518) http://civilwardayswv.com
April 14-15 Wildwater River Festival
Webster Springs (847-2145) www.websterwv.com
April 20-22 Dogwood Arts & Crafts Festival
Huntington (696-5990) www.bigsandyarena.com
April 21 74th Feast of the Ramson
Richwood (846-6790)
April 21 Scottish & Celtic Heritage Festival
Parkersburg (740-423-4744)
April 27-29 20th Spring Mountain Festival
Petersburg (257-2722) www.gowv.com
April 28 Helvetia Ramp Dinner
Helvetia (924-6435)
April 28 64th Annual Quartets on Parade
Wardensville (897-8700)
May 4-6 Scottish Heritage Festival & Celtic Gathering
Bridgeport (842-0370) www.scots-westvirginia.org
May 5 16th Annual W.Va. Marble Festival
Cairo (269-5006) www.magwv.com
May 5 Cheat River Festival
Albright (329-3621)
May 5 Engines & Wheels Festival
North Bend State Park (643-2931) www.northbendsp.com
May 5 Heritage Farm Spring Festival
Huntington (522-1244) www.heritagefarmmuseum.com
May 5-6 Antique Steam & Gas Engine Show
Point Pleasant (675-5737)
May 11-12 18th Annual Bluegrass Festival
North Bend State Park (643-2931) www.northbendsp.com
May 12 Bramwell Spring Home Tour
Bramwell (248-8381)
May 12 St. Albans Founders Day
St. Albans (395-0155) www.stalbanshistory.com
May 12-13 Mother’s Day Founder’s Festival
Webster (265-5549)
May 13 104th Observance of Mother’s Day
Grafton (265-5549)
May 16-20 71st W.Va. Strawberry Festival
Buckhannon (472-9036) www.wvstrawberryfestival.com
May 18-20 Cass Railfan Weekend
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park (456-4300) www.msrlha.org
May 18-20 Siege of Fort Randolph
Point Pleasant (675-7933) www.fortrandolph.org
May 24-26 Three Rivers Festival
Fairmont (368-1123) www.wvthreeriversfestival.org
May 24-27 Webster County Woodchopping Festival
Webster Springs (847-7666) www.websterwv.com
May 24-28 Dandelion Festival
White Sulphur Springs (536-5060)
May 25-27 River City Festival of the Arts
Rowlesburg (329-1240) www.rowlesburg.org
May 25-27 36th Vandalia Gathering
State Capitol Complex/Charleston (558-0162) www.wvculture.org
May 30-June 3 Blue & Gray Reunion
Philippi (457-2368) www.blueandgrayreunion.org
June 1-2 50th Annual Calhoun County Wood Festival
Grantsville (354-9725) www.calhouncountywoodfestival.com
June 2 Mountain Music Festival
Caretta (875-3418) www.bigcreekpeopleinaction.org
June 4-5 13th Annual Bluegrass & Gospel Festival
Hamlin (824-7748)
June 4-9 22nd Annual Bend Area Gospel Jubilee
Cottageville (882-2049)
June 8-9 Greek Food Festival
Clarksburg (624-5331) www.stspyridon.wv.goarch.org
June 8-10 Hatfield-McCoy Reunion Festival
Matewan (426-6275) www.matewan.org
June 8-10 Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival
Shenandoah Junction (1-800-624-0577)
June 9 Lower West Fork River Fest
Worthington (287-7240) http://marioncvb.com
June 15-17 Hometown Mountain Heritage Festival
Ansted (1-800-927-0263) www.newrivergorgecvb.com
June 15-17 Old Central City Days Festival
West Huntington (544-4880)
June 15-17 Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival
Parkersburg (428-5554) www.movmcf.org
June 15-24 FestivALL
Charleston (470-0489) www.festivallcharleston.com
June 19-23 W.Va. Coal Festival
Madison (369-9118) www.boonecountywv.org
June 20 W.Va. Day Celebration
Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park (420-4800)
June 20-23 32nd Music in the Mountains Bluegrass Festival
Summersville (706-864-7203)
June 21-23 W.Va. Quilt Festival
Summersville (636-4531) www.wvquilters.org
June 21-24 W.Va. State Folk Festival
Glenville (462-5000)
June 22-24 Little Levels Heritage Fair
Hillsboro (1-800-336-7009) www.littlelevelsheritagefair.com
June 28-30 22nd Annual Point Pleasant Sternwheel Regatta
Point Pleasant (593-2404) www.pointpleasantregatta.org
June 30 South Branch Valley Bluegrass Festival
Romney (813-7265)
July 4-8 46th Annual Pioneer Days
Marlinton (1-800-336-7009) www.pocahontascountywv.com
July 5-7 Mountain State Art & Craft Fair
Cedar Lakes/Ripley (372-3247) www.msacf.com
July 14 New Deal Festival
Arthurdale (864-3959) www.newdealfestival.org
July 22-28 68th Annual W.Va. Poultry Festival
Moorefield (530-2725)
July 22-29 62nd W.Va. Gospel Singing Convention
Summersville (622-0546) http://wvgospelsing.com/calendar.html
July 27-29 Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival
Wheeling (233-1090) www.italyfest.com
July 28 Alpine Lake Bluegrass Festival
Terra Alta (1-800-752-7179) www.alpinelake.com
July 28 NettleFest
Hillsboro (653-4891) www.highrocks.org
July 30-August 4 Cherry River Festival
Richwood (846-2596)
August 1-5 Appalachian String Band Music Festival
Camp Washington-Carver/Clifftop (558-0162) www.wvculture.org
August 2-4 Pickin’ in Parsons
Parsons (478-3515) www.fiverivercampground.com
August 2-4 W.Va. Blackberry Festival
Nutter Fort (622-3206) www.wvblackberry.com
August 3-5 Multifest
Charleston (347-7663) www.multifestwv.com
August 4 Swiss National Holiday
Helvetia (924-6435) http://helvetiawv.com
August 10-12 Augusta Festival
Elkins (637-1209) www.augustaheritagecenter.org
August 10-12 Avalon Folk Festival
Paw Paw (947-5600) www.avalon-resort.com
August 10-18 State Fair of West Virginia
Fairlea (645-1090) http://statefairofwv.com
August 12 Mahrajan Lebanese Heritage Festival
Wheeling (233-1688)
August 13-18 Town & Country Days
New Martinsville (455-4275) http://wetzelcvb.org
August 17-19 Jefferson County African American Cultural & Heritage Festival
Ranson (725-9610)
August 22-September 2 Oak Leaf Festival
Oak Hill (1-800-927-0263) www.newrivergorgecvb.com
August 24-26 Appalachian Festival
Beckley (252-7328) www.appalachianfestival.net
August 25-26 32nd W.Va. Honey Festival
Parkersburg (1-800-752-4982) www.wvhoneyfestival.org
August 31-September 2 Jackson’s Mill Jubilee
Weston (1-800-296-7329)
August 31-September 3 W.Va. Monarch Butterfly Festival
North Bend State Park (737-4411) www.northbendsp.com
August 31-September 2 33rd W.Va. Italian Heritage Festival
Clarksburg (622-7314) www.wvihf.com
September 1-2 Apple Butter Weekend
Blennerhassett Island (420-4800) www.blennerhassettislandstatepark.com
September 1-2 Holly River Festival
Holly River State Park (493-6327) www.hollyriver.com
September 1-3 Rowlesburg Labor Day Celebration
Rowlesburg (454-2441)
September 6-9 CultureFest 2012
Pipestem (320-8833) www.culturefestwv.com
September 7-8 43rd Nicholas County Potato Festival
Summersville (1-866-716-0448)
September 7-9 W.Va. Black Heritage Festival
Clarksburg (641-9963) www.wvblackheritagefestival.com
September 7-9 W.Va. State BBQ and Bluegrass Festival
Hedgesville (264-8801) www.panhandlepickin.com
September 8-9 Elizabethtown Festival
Moundsville (845-6200)
September 8-9 Hampshire Heritage Fest
Romney (822-3647)
September 13-15 44th Annual Oil & Gas Festival
Sistersville (652-2939)
September 13-16 Treasure Mountain Festival
Franklin (358-3884) http://tmf.squarespace.com
September 15-16 Country Roads Festival
Hawks Nest State Park (658-5196)
September 15-16 Helvetia Fair
Helvetia (924-6435)
September 20-23 Golden Delicious Festival
Clay (587-7323) www.claygoldendeliciousfestival.com
September 21-23 Mothman Festival
Point Pleasant (675-9726)
September 27-29 W.Va. Molasses Festival
Arnoldsburg (655-7371)
September 27-30 Preston County Buckwheat Festival
Kingwood (379-2203) www.buckwheatfest.com
September 28 W.Va. Storytelling Festival
Prickett’s Fort State Park (363-3030) www.prickettsfort.org
September 28-30 Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival
Shenandoah Junction (1-800-624-0577)
September 28-30 Volcano Days
Waverly (679-3611) www.mountwoodpark.org
September 29 W.Va. Roadkill Cook-Off
Marlinton (1-800-336-7009) www.pccocwv.com
September 29-30 Capon Bridge Founders Day
Capon Bridge (856-1118) www.cbfoundersdayfestival.com
September 29-October 7 76th Mountain State Forest Festival
Elkins (636-1824) www.forestfestival.com
October 4-7 28th Salem Apple Butter Fest
Salem (782-3565) www.salemwv.com/applebutterfestival
October 4-7 W.Va. Pumpkin Festival
Milton (634-5857) www.wvpumpkinpark.com
October 5-6 Huntersville Traditions Day
Huntersville (1-800-336-7009) www.pocahontascountywv.com
October 5-6 Pine Bluff Fall Festival
Shinnston (592-1189)
October 5-6 Southern W.Va. Italian Festival
Bluefield (589-3317) www.visitmercercounty.com
October 5-7 Oglebay Fest
Wheeling (1-800-624-6988) www.oglebay-resort.com
October 5-7 Wardensville Fall Festival
Wardensville (874-3424)
October 6 Bergoo International Cook-Off
Webster Springs (847-7291)
October 6 Heritage Farm Fall Harvest Festival
Huntington (522-1244) www.heritagefarmmuseum.com
October 6 Irish Road Bowling
Holly River State Park (493-6353) www.hollyriver.com
October 6 October Sky Festival
Coalwood (297-4960)
October 6 Oktoberfest
Bramwell (1-800-221-3206) www.bramwelloktoberfest.com
October 6-7 39th Annual Old-Fashioned Apple Harvest Festival
Burlington (289-6010)
October 11-14 W.Va. Black Walnut Festival
Spencer (927-5616) www.wvblackwalnutfestival.org
October 12-14 Lumberjackin’ Bluegrass Jamboree
Twin Falls State Park (294-4000) www.twinfallsresort.com
October 18-21 32nd Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival
Martinsburg (263-2500) www.msahf.com
October 20 Bridge Day
Fayetteville (1-800-927-0263) www.officialbridgeday.com
October 27 Halloween Train
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park (456-4300) www.cassrailroad.com
October 20-21 & October 27-28 Hinton Railroad Days
Hinton (466-5420) www.hintonwva.com/railroaddays.html
November 2-4 Fiddler’s Reunion
D&E College/Elkins (637-1209) http://augustaheritagecenter.org
December 7-9 18th Century Christmas Market
Prickett’s Fort State Park (363-3030) www.prickettsfort.org
December 8 Feast of the Seven Fishes
Fairmont (366-0468) www.mainstreetfairmont.org
GOLDENSEAL requests its readers’ help in preparing this listing. If you would like your festival or event to appear in the 2013 “Folklife*Fairs*Festivals,” please send us information on the name of the event, dates, location, and the contact person or organization, along with their mailing address, phone number, and Website, if available. We must have this information by January 7, 2013, in order to meet our printing deadline. GOLDENSEAL regrets that, due to space limitations, Fourth of July celebrations are no longer included in this listing.