6th Annual Homebrewers Against Hunger
September 15, 2018 12:00 pm Leave your thoughtsJoin the Fairmont Homebrewers Club at the 6th Annual Homebrewers Against Hunger! This is a charity event and all proceeds... View Article
Tag Archive: Entertainment
10 Ways To Entertain Kids On Break
December 27, 2016 12:23 pm Leave your thoughtsThe kids are on break, the house is in total chaos and the excitement of the holidays is wearing off.... View Article
Fall Escapades
August 27, 2016 10:39 am Leave your thoughtsFall is in the air and Marion County just can’t get enough of it! From spectacularly colored leaves to the... View Article
There’s Still Lots of Summer Left in Marion County
August 16, 2016 10:11 am Leave your thoughtsMarion County schools will soon be back in session, but that does not mean summer is over. Don’t miss a... View Article
Marion County’s Famous Artists, Musicians and More
July 15, 2016 2:44 pm Leave your thoughtsFrom our Fairmont’s First Friday concerts to our Palatine Park events, from our small coffee shop shindigs at Joe n’... View Article
Where the People Are: Places for Extroverts in Marion County
July 7, 2016 9:54 am 1 CommentYou’ve spent your 40 hour work week surrounded by the blank walls of a cubicle and the endless stacks of... View Article
Honor Your Father
June 17, 2016 10:13 am Leave your thoughtsA young boy knelt in the dust of the Babylonian sun and carved into a clay tablet. He wanted the... View Article
Music in Marion: 8 Opportunities for Music Lovers this Summer
June 3, 2016 9:11 am Leave your thoughtsWhether you love a good beat on the electric guitar or hanker for a throwback to simpler times with the... View Article
The WV Three Rivers Festival: 10 things to know before you go
May 26, 2016 10:06 am Leave your thoughtsThe end of May in Marion County means more than just hotter temperatures and another day off work. For those... View Article
17 Summertime Activities for Kids
April 28, 2016 3:23 pm Leave your thoughtsAlready fearing the two most dreaded words in any kid’s vocabulary? “I’m bored!” Then read on. Here are 17 Summertime... View Article
The fall fest of fun, fire and fright will commence!
October 12, 2015 11:12 am Leave your thoughtsWarning: Not for the faint of heart. Not for the easily scared. For the brave, by the brave. Finally! The... View Article
What I wish every visitor knew about Marion County
September 23, 2015 10:38 am Leave your thoughtsWhat I wish every visitor knew about Marion County. This statement was posed recently to some North Marion High School... View Article
Hamilton Round Barn Serves Up BBQ and Back Roads
August 20, 2015 9:32 am Leave your thoughtsEnjoy some down-home cookin’ and homegrown bluegrass along with one of the State Journal’s “55 Good Things About West Virginia.”... View Article
August Music
August 7, 2015 3:28 pm Leave your thoughtsRock Out in Marion County This August Wow. If you love live music, just about any genre, Marion County is... View Article
Fourth of July
July 2, 2015 4:24 pm Leave your thoughtsFour Ways to Celebrate the Fourth in Marion County This county takes celebrating our nation’s independence pretty seriously. In fact,... View Article
Find Out Why “Ya Got Trouble” on Stage at Prickett’s Fort
June 18, 2015 3:30 pm Leave your thoughtsFind Out Why “Ya Got Trouble” on Stage at Prickett’s Fort “Ya got trouble, my friend, right here, I say,... View Article
Spring Fever
April 15, 2015 4:29 pm Leave your thoughtsIf you haven’t caught “spring fever” already, guess what? You will! And the only cure is having fun! So take... View Article
Time to Get Your Feast On!
December 12, 2014 12:02 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen it comes to Christmas Eve and the Feast of the Seven Fishes, everyone is Italian. If you’re not from... View Article
Native American Weekend
October 8, 2014 3:43 pm Leave your thoughts“I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.”... View Article
Mekoce Shawnee Honoring the Winged Ones Pow Wow
October 8, 2014 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsA pow wow. A raptor. And some tacos. Where can you find all that in one place? At the Mekoce... View Article
Mekoce Shawnee Honoring the Winged Ones Pow Wow
October 8, 2014 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsA pow wow. A raptor. And some tacos. Where can you find all that in one place? At the Mekoce... View Article
Picture it: Mannington WV 1932
July 31, 2014 12:57 pm 2 Comments82nd Mannington District Fair It all started in 1932. The Mannington District Fair will make its 82nd appearance. The fair... View Article
The 58th Annual Paw Paw District Fair
July 14, 2014 1:12 pm Leave your thoughtsWhat’s in a name? A paw paw by any other name would be a… manana? A paw paw is a... View Article
Johnnie Johnson Blues and Jazz
June 26, 2014 10:46 am Leave your thoughtsDid you ever wonder who “Johnny B. Goode” was? The creator. The originator. The instigator. The father of it all!... View Article
Johnnie Johnson Blues and Jazz
June 26, 2014 10:46 am Leave your thoughtsDid you ever wonder who “Johnny B. Goode” was? The creator. The originator. The instigator. The father of it all!... View Article
Fourth of July in Marion County – Your Guide to Fireworks and Fun!
June 26, 2014 10:01 am Leave your thoughtsYou’ve got to fight for your right… To party! Marion County is host to not 1, not 2, but 3... View Article
Calling all Disc Golfers
June 16, 2014 1:38 pm Leave your thoughtsWe don’t play… we win. Competition loves no one. If you’re serious, extreme, and for real, I dare you to... View Article
Patty Looman
May 27, 2014 12:42 pm Leave your thoughtsPatty Looman: There Goes Treble Festivals, fairs, food, rides— tons of stuff to do this summer! It’s too bad it’s... View Article
Patty Looman
May 27, 2014 12:42 pm Leave your thoughtsPatty Looman: There Goes Treble Festivals, fairs, food, rides— tons of stuff to do this summer! It’s too bad it’s... View Article
Prickett’s Fort: Wait, it gets better.
May 20, 2014 12:36 pm Leave your thoughtsTake a moment to breathe in the fresh mountain air. It’s the beginning of summer. No need for coats or... View Article
A Knight to Remember
May 9, 2014 9:37 am Leave your thoughtsIf you’re into westerns, or famous people from West Virginia, or people with odd names, then this blog is for... View Article
Not for Everyone
April 9, 2014 8:57 am Leave your thoughtsSomething for everyone here in Marion County? Nope… Get on our level! We get it. Not everything everywhere is necessarily... View Article
I Can Hear Music
April 4, 2014 2:32 pm Leave your thoughtsSagebrush Round-Up What began in the 1930’s, continues today. Ok, so there was a brief hiatus… but then it continued!... View Article
Marion County CVB Launches New Website
November 18, 2013 12:42 pm Leave your thoughtsIt just got easier to explore Marion County, WV. A newly launched website for the Convention and Visitors Bureau of... View Article