NEW MARTINSVILLE — Town & Country Days, Wetzel County’s annual festival, offers a host of fun and entertaining events Aug. 13-20 just east of New Martinsville. The festival also has a heaping helping of quality entertainment, delicious food, crafts, farm and home displays from ...
MOUNDSVILLE — The annual Elizabethtown Festival will be held Sept. 10-11 at the former West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville. The festival celebrates the traditions and customs of the past. Marvel at demonstrations by artisans making apple butter, churning butter, making bread, weaving, woodcarving, creating bagpipes and decorative painting. A strolling barbershop quartet, the Elizabethtown Idol contest and musical inspiration for everyone will take place throughout the weekend. Established by the Moundsville Economic Development Council (MEDC), this heritage festival takes ...
WEIRTON — Sacred Heart of Mary Parish in Weirton will celebrate their annual Polish Fest on Sunday, Aug. 7 from noon-8 p.m. at the Serbian Picnic Grounds in Weirton. The festivities will begin with a Polka Mass at noon. Music for the Mass will be provided by Tom Zielinsky on his accordion. Musical entertainment will be provided after Mass by Tom Zielinsky until 4 p.m. when the Honky Express Band arrives from Cleveland, Ohio to take the stage until 8 p.m. Traditional Polish cuisine including cabbage rolls, haluski, kielbasa, and pierogi will be available after Mass. Roast beef, ...
WHEELING — The parishioners of St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church, 2215 Chapline St., Wheeling, are hosting their 16th annual Grecian Food Festival on July 27-30 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. Since the year 2000, the community of St. John the Divine has hosted a multi-day Grecian Food Festival. Each year, the committee tries to provide something new for their faithful patrons and this year is no exception. In 2013, the church celebrated its 100th anniversary as the first Greek Orthodox Church in West Virginia which was established in1913. Back by popular demand ...
WHEELING — Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Wheeling will host its 83rd annual Mahrajan — a Lebanese Festival — on Sunday, Aug. 14 at Oglebay Park. The Mahrajan will open with a Maronite Catholic Liturgy to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Continuing the traditional Maronite Rite, parts of the mass will be recited in Aramaic. Monsignor Bakhos Chidiac, pastor of Our Lady of Lebanon Church will preside over the Liturgy, which will be held on the festival grounds at 10:30 a.m. Since 1933, church volunteers and community supporters throughout the ...
WHEELING — The Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival will once again heat up Wheeling’s Heritage Port on July 22-24. The annual festival will bring the sights, sounds and tastes of Italy to the Friendly City as vendors line Water Street and the port grounds. The festival opens at ...
