If you haven't explored the Mountain State, you're missing more than wild and wonderful scenery. West Virginia fall festivals cram the autumn months with great music, ethnic food and dancing, superior art and crafts, Civil War history, and other things that made up life in this part of Appalachia. Many of the state's towns host celebrations while the leaves are beginning to blaze on the hills.
You will find things of interest no matter what you like or who you're planning for. Check out the calendar of special events posted on the official WV website. If you like music, you'll find bluegrass, country, jazz, rock, and classical. There are many arts and crafts demos and sales all over the state.
There are antique steam engine shows, parades, pig roasts and apple butter making, grape stompings and wine tastings, and something totally mysterious called the Mothman legend. The Civil War is not forgotten, with reenactments, cannon demonstrations, and period shopping venues. West Virginia is very scenic, so even the trip to get to your destination will be memorable.
With so many events to choose from, you might have to go by which ones are nearest you. If you are in the Northern Virginia or DC area, the eastern panhandle is not far away. Pennsylvanians can just cross the state line. The western part of the state is even more mountainous than the rest, so you can add high-excitement white-water rafting to the visit, go hiking or bird-watching, hunt and fish, or just enjoy the scenic overlooks.
Events go on all through the spring, summer, and fall; September is full of them. Culturefest 2014 is three-days of music, ethnic food, art, and dance. It's probably the main reason most people visit Pipestem, WV.
The Mercer County Heritage Festival in Princeton is a living history event that goes for three days. There are story tellers, Civil War reenactments, and many vendors, period sutlers, and crafts demonstrations and sales.
The small town of Summersville is home to the annual Nicholas county Potato Festival. This local event features a pet pageant, the Fireman's Parade, and hands-on activities like Corn Hole contests. Later on in the month, the Kirkwood Winery just outside of town invites visitors to its two-day event to stomp grapes, enjoy live music, shop for crafts, eat great food, and taste their fine wines.
Point Pleasant is the place to find out about the Mothman. This is the WV version of a seldom-seen but convincing apparition that may or may not be real. To learn more, go to the source for documentaries, eye-witness accounts, a pageant, and Mothman Band performances.
Enjoy a pig roast, see apple butter in the making, buy an authentically hand-made Civil War Reproduction, see hundreds of juried crafts and art exhibits, learn to clog, and see antique steam engines. Attend a roadkill cook-off (a major annual draw) and try to cram almost one hundred activities into one day at the Mountain State Forest Festival, the oldest and one of the biggest events of all.
You will find things of interest no matter what you like or who you're planning for. Check out the calendar of special events posted on the official WV website. If you like music, you'll find bluegrass, country, jazz, rock, and classical. There are many arts and crafts demos and sales all over the state.
There are antique steam engine shows, parades, pig roasts and apple butter making, grape stompings and wine tastings, and something totally mysterious called the Mothman legend. The Civil War is not forgotten, with reenactments, cannon demonstrations, and period shopping venues. West Virginia is very scenic, so even the trip to get to your destination will be memorable.
With so many events to choose from, you might have to go by which ones are nearest you. If you are in the Northern Virginia or DC area, the eastern panhandle is not far away. Pennsylvanians can just cross the state line. The western part of the state is even more mountainous than the rest, so you can add high-excitement white-water rafting to the visit, go hiking or bird-watching, hunt and fish, or just enjoy the scenic overlooks.
Events go on all through the spring, summer, and fall; September is full of them. Culturefest 2014 is three-days of music, ethnic food, art, and dance. It's probably the main reason most people visit Pipestem, WV.
The Mercer County Heritage Festival in Princeton is a living history event that goes for three days. There are story tellers, Civil War reenactments, and many vendors, period sutlers, and crafts demonstrations and sales.
The small town of Summersville is home to the annual Nicholas county Potato Festival. This local event features a pet pageant, the Fireman's Parade, and hands-on activities like Corn Hole contests. Later on in the month, the Kirkwood Winery just outside of town invites visitors to its two-day event to stomp grapes, enjoy live music, shop for crafts, eat great food, and taste their fine wines.
Point Pleasant is the place to find out about the Mothman. This is the WV version of a seldom-seen but convincing apparition that may or may not be real. To learn more, go to the source for documentaries, eye-witness accounts, a pageant, and Mothman Band performances.
Enjoy a pig roast, see apple butter in the making, buy an authentically hand-made Civil War Reproduction, see hundreds of juried crafts and art exhibits, learn to clog, and see antique steam engines. Attend a roadkill cook-off (a major annual draw) and try to cram almost one hundred activities into one day at the Mountain State Forest Festival, the oldest and one of the biggest events of all.
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