Sagebrush Round-Up Cruise-In
August 15, 2020 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsIf you are missing your Sagebrush Round-Up friends, then you’ll want to be on Bunner Ridge for their day of... View Article
Tag Archive: Fairmont
Fitlife Nutrition New To Fairmont
July 27, 2020 11:44 am Leave your thoughtsWe are over halfway through 2020, so I’m here to check in on how those new years’ resolutions are going.... View Article
Soulful Saturday Fest
July 25, 2020 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsJoin us for an evening of soul food and contemporary blues, soul, and funk music featuring Grammy-nominated electric blues drummer,... View Article
Shakespeare in the Park
July 19, 2020 7:00 pm Leave your thoughtsBreak out your yellow stockings, don your favorite fake mustache, and join The Rustic Mechanicals, West Virginia’s Shakespeare Troupe, for... View Article
Appalachian Roots Night
July 18, 2020 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsPalatine Park will be hosting The Bones of J.R. Jones and Duncain.
Father of Rock n Roll Festival
July 11, 2020 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Father of Rock n Roll Festival is a Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event for July. The festival honors... View Article
4th of July at Palatine Park
July 4, 2020 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsEnjoy a family-friendly evening at Palatine Park as we celebrate our nation’s independence! 6pm – Byron “Six Six” Cooper 7pm... View Article
Marion on the Mon
June 30, 2020 3:29 pm Leave your thoughtsSummertime is finally here and with it comes the sun and good times! A stellar way to enjoy the great... View Article
Marion Makes Murals
June 26, 2020 2:35 pm Leave your thoughtsBig things are happening at Palatine Park! Now along with summer fun, visitors can now enjoy a beautiful depiction of... View Article
8th Annual Jerry Ragen Car Show
June 13, 2020 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsThe 8th Annual Jerry Ragen Car Show will be held in conjunction with the WV Three Rivers Festival. Registration is... View Article
WV Three Rivers Festival
June 12, 2020 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsDue to COVID-19 and the current restrictions on large crowds, the WV Three Rivers Festival had to be modified. The... View Article
Three Amigos @ Palatine Park
June 6, 2020 7:30 pm Leave your thoughtsEnjoy an evening of laughter as Palatine Park hosts the Three Amigos during their drive-in movie night. This 1986 classic... View Article
Yoga in the Park
June 2, 2020 7:00 pm Leave your thoughtsLearn and practice yoga at Palatine Park at 7 p.m. every Tuesday. This outdoor community flow is open to all... View Article
Heirloom Plant Sale
May 2, 2020 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsMarion County Master Gardeners are hosting this annual sale at the fort’s visitor center. For questions about the plant sale... View Article
Burnis R. Morris reading from his book, Carter G. Woodson: History, The Black Press, and Public Relations
April 26, 2020 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsBurnis R. Morris will read from his book, Carter G. Woodson: History, The Black Press, and Public Relations. Carter G.... View Article
Spring Craft Show
April 25, 2020 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsCrafters from all over the region will offer a huge selection of quality handmade and retail items. Over 130 booths!
Bonnie Proudfoot reading from Goshen Road: A Novel
April 19, 2020 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsFairmont State University alumnae, Bonnie Proudfoot will read from Goshen Road: A Novel. This work of fiction is about a... View Article
Wood Duck Day @ Pricketts Fort
April 9, 2020 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsWelcome the return of the Wood Duck to Pricketts Fort State Park with Joey Herron. There will also be opportunities... View Article
Ilene Evans portrayal of Coralie Franklin Cook – CANCELED
April 6, 2020 7:00 pm Leave your thoughtsStoryteller Ilene Evans will play Coralie Franklin Cook. Born into slavery, Mrs. Cook was educated at Storer College in Harpers... View Article
Sharyn McCrumb will read from her book, The Unquiet Grave – CANCELED
March 29, 2020 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsNew York Times Bestselling Author Sharyn McCrumb will read from her book, The Unquiet Grave. Known for her “ballad books”... View Article
Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story – CANCELED
March 22, 2020 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsCicero Fain will read from his book Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story. Using interviews and archival materials, Fain details the... View Article
2020 Dueling Pianos – CANCELED
March 20, 2020 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThis is a high-energy live music show for a great cause! Be sure to bring cash for the silent auction,... View Article
Soap Making Class
March 19, 2020 5:30 pm Leave your thoughtsSimple Minded Bath Company owner, Patricia Matthews, will provide each student with the opportunity to make their own 2 lbs... View Article
James Froemel portrayal of cartoonist Charles Schultz – CANCELED
March 17, 2020 7:00 pm Leave your thoughtsJames Froemel will play cartoonist, Charles Schultz. Schulz’s first Peanuts strip was published in 1950 in seven newspapers. At the... View Article
Meet Marion’s Medicinal Maven
March 5, 2020 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsIt was Hippocrates, the famous Greek scholar, who said, “Let food be thy medicine.” But do we? “Years ago, I... View Article
Country Music @ Sagebrush Round-Up
February 29, 2020 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsSagebrush Round-Up is the host of a weekly country music show and houses the Country Music Hall of Fame for... View Article
Mike Makes Movies
February 25, 2020 9:45 am Leave your thoughtsMike Carunchia grew up outside. Well, he grew up at the drive-ins. “Drive-ins were way, way, way better at that... View Article
Fairmont Ice Bowl & Chili Cook Off
February 22, 2020 8:00 am Leave your thoughts
Mmmm Marion
February 20, 2020 10:11 am Leave your thoughts“I actually remember when Linda was at her mall location – when the Middletown Mall was in its heyday –... View Article
A Marion Marvel
February 17, 2020 11:04 am Leave your thoughts“The part I enjoy the most is when somebody new comes in, and they don’t exactly know what they want.... View Article
Marion Makes Meatballs
February 13, 2020 10:26 am Leave your thoughts“I like the grind of it. You know there’s always something to do. There’s not a lot of standing around.... View Article
Fairmont is for Lovers
February 8, 2020 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsEnjoy an evening of : Live music by 4th and Traders Food by Chef Denny Sestito Chocolate fondue fountain Valentine’s... View Article
Marion Meets Miles
February 6, 2020 1:05 pm Leave your thoughtsMountain Creative is a quintessential Marion date night, girls night, kids night and all-around artsy time. Miles Holbert started the... View Article
Marion Makes Mead
February 5, 2020 9:57 am Leave your thoughtsHistorical and heritage tourism are surfacing and gaining in popularity. From civil war to museums to food and now… Mead... View Article
Valentine Roulette ❤️
January 23, 2020 12:46 pm Leave your thoughts❤️ Valentine’s Day is a day rich with history, love, and chocolate. And by sheer coincidence, so is Marion County! ... View Article
Hashtag Hashrun
January 21, 2020 10:11 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s West Virginia, so it’s no surprise that hunting is a thing around these here parts. What you might be... View Article
Celebrating Fairmont’s 200th Anniversary
January 12, 2020 10:30 am Leave your thoughtsTwo hundred years of Fairmont history will come alive in a special church service featuring portrayals of key historic figures... View Article
Run to Read Half Marathon
January 11, 2020 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsKick-off the new year – heck, the new decade – with the 15th Annual Literacy Volunteers Run to Read Half... View Article
New Decade. Who dis?
December 23, 2019 12:21 pm Leave your thoughtsIt. Is. 2020. The beginning of a new year always calls for reinvention, change, transformation. I’m not talking about those... View Article
Merry Country Christmas
December 21, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsCome to the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame for the best of live Christmas music, comedy and fun... View Article
Feast of the Seven Fishes Festival
December 14, 2019 11:00 am Leave your thoughtsGather with family and friends for our annual street fair. Enjoy all things Italian – great wine, live music, artisan... View Article
Festival Cucina
December 13, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe 14th Annual Festival Cucina Cooking School will once again kick off the Feast of the Seven Fishes Festival weekend.... View Article
Holiday Glow Bowl
December 4, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Fairmont Flyers DGC is once again hosting its Holiday Glow Bowl in conjunction with the Celebration of Lights. Photo... View Article
A Perfect Day In December
December 4, 2019 11:20 am Leave your thoughtsThis is the last of the Perfect Day blogs, the last of the Perfect Days in 2019! Of the decade!... View Article
How to Christmas Part II: Holiday Fun
November 20, 2019 11:12 am Leave your thoughtsIn a previous blog, we came to the startling realization that not only is it already November, it is practically... View Article
The Holiday Rush
November 18, 2019 3:16 pm Leave your thoughtsAs if Americans weren’t already busy enough, it’s the holiday season. Anywhere else this time of year would mean the... View Article
Farmington No. 9 Mine Memorial
November 17, 2019 1:00 pm Leave your thoughtsRemember and honor the 78 men who lost their lives in the Farmington Mine Disaster in 1968.
Market in the Park
November 16, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Celebration of Lights is hosting Market in the Park where you can enjoy the 420+ light displays as you... View Article
Jazz Orchestra
November 15, 2019 7:30 pm Leave your thoughtsDon’t miss your chance to hear the Morgantown Jazz Orchestra for a one-night concert for free! Known as North Central... View Article
A Perfect November Day in Marion
November 12, 2019 11:17 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s another month and another perfect day in the making in Marion. Unfortunately, the day I picked to have my... View Article