Lost River Fiber Festival
Fiber is our featured craft during the month of May. This consists of many mediums, including spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing and hooking. As part of our Memorial Day weekend of activities we will have artists available demonstrating many crafts to enlighten you about the art of fiber. Other artisan demonstrations will also be presented along with live music during the course of the day. Come and spend some time with us. This Saturday the Lost River Artisans Co-op Fiber Fest will be held this Saturday from 10:00-4:00. Among other activities there will be spinning and artist demonstrations, a kiddy craft tent, sheep shearing and the world famous Walking of the Sheep (think running of the bulls, just slower, less dangerous and replace the bulls in the street with sheep meandering to the barn). The Artisans Co-op will be open Friday through Monday so stop on by!
20th Anniversary Spring Festival at Heritage Farm Museum & Village
Celebrate 20 years of Heritage Farm Museum & Villages signature festival as Appalachian artisans preserve interactive crafts of yesteryear! New and exciting experiences await as we unveil the Six Simple Machines Discovery Zone, Generation's murals, and the new state-of-the-art MakerSpace!
MUSIC IN THE HILLS – Way Back Weekend
Join a celebration of folk music history with the Robin Kessinger Music Festival, featuring the West Virginia Flat Pick Guitar Championship and other live performances!
Frostmore Farm – Maple Farm and Sugarhouse Tour
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the 2016 maple season, Frostmore Farm will be offering both guided and self-guided tours explaining the maple syrup making process. In addition to explaining the tree to table process of maple syrup making, samples of our products are available to taste. If the trees are running that day come and help us collect our sap by emptying the buckets off the trees! Our sugarhouse will be open every Friday-Sunday from February 12 through March 27th.
Frostmore Farm – Maple Farm and Sugarhouse Tour
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the 2016 maple season, Frostmore Farm will be offering both guided and self-guided tours explaining the maple syrup making process. In addition to explaining the tree to table process of maple syrup making, samples of our products are available to taste. If the trees are running that day come and help us collect our sap by emptying the buckets off the trees! Our sugarhouse will be open every Friday-Sunday from February 12 through March 27th.
Frostmore Farm – Maple Farm and Sugarhouse Tours
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the 2016 maple season, Frostmore Farm will be offering both guided and self-guided tours explaining the maple syrup making process. In addition to explaining the tree to table process of maple syrup making, samples of our products are available to taste. If the trees are running that day come and help us collect our sap by emptying the buckets off the trees! Our sugarhouse will be open every Friday-Sunday from February 12 through March 27th.
Frostmore Farm – Maple Farm and Sugarhouse Tours
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the 2016 maple season, Frostmore Farm will be offering both guided and self-guided tours explaining the maple syrup making process. In addition to explaining the tree to table process of maple syrup making, samples of our products are available to taste. If the trees are running that day come and help us collect our sap by emptying the buckets off the trees! Our sugarhouse will be open every Friday-Sunday from February 12 through March 27th.
Frostmore Farm – Maple Farm and Sugar House Tours
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the 2016 maple season, Frostmore Farm will be offering both guided and self-guided tours explaining the maple syrup making process. In addition to explaining the tree to table process of maple syrup making, samples of our products are available to taste. If the trees are running that day come and help us collect our sap by emptying the buckets off the trees! Our sugarhouse will be open every Friday-Sunday from February 12 through March 27th.
SPRING BREAK HERITAGE CAMP
Spring Break Heritage Camp is a 2 day experiential learning, mini-camp experience for Kindergarten-5th Graders, throughout West Virginia's only Smithsonian Affiliate, Heritage Farm Museum & Village. From 9am-4pm campers will be encouraged to dream and create in the new MakerSpace. They will learn how the coal and train industry impacted daily life in our region and meet Simon Kenton, a frontiersman known for exploring, Kentucky and West Virginia. Children will tinker with pioneer inventions and toys, while gaining an introduction to the simple machines that still influence today. Other experiences will include photo hunts in award winning museums, wagon rides, outdoor play, and a campfire lunch!
SPRING BREAK HERITAGE CAMP
Spring Break Heritage Camp is a 2 day experiential learning, mini-camp for Kindergarten-5th Graders throughout West Virginia's only Smithsonian Affiliate, Heritage Farm Museum & Village. From 9am-4pm campers will be encouraged to dream and create in the new MakerSpace. They will learn how the coal and train industry impacted daily life in our region and meet Simon Kenton, a frontiersman known for exploring, Kentucky and West Virginia. Children will tinker with pioneer inventions and toys, while gaining an introduction to the simple machines that still influence today. Other experiences will include photo hunts in award winning museums, wagon rides, outdoor play, and a campfire lunch!
Opening Weekend Party: Live Music, Fling Golf, May Day Dance
Join us Friday, April 29 – Sunday, May 1 for a weekend loaded with special events, favorite meals and a great rate package! Weekend Highlights Include: A Friday night front porch concert (Robbie Limon), fling golf, a Saturday BBQ chicken cook out on the Hill and more! Be the first to try a new way to enjoy Capon’s prep course! We will be introducing the latest and greatest recreational activity at Capon: Fling Golf! Come up to the prep course Saturday morning for an introduction and demonstration of this “lacrosse meets golf” game. Then play in our first best “fling golf” tourney! *BONUS: If you really want to be the first official guests of our 2016 season, add on Thursday night, April 28th, and feast on our first steak dinner on the Hill and enjoy a special Bingo Bash under the stars.
HAY EWE! WAY BACK WEEKEND
FUN, FIBER, and FARM...Make wool into clothing in a "Seed to Shawl" experience, Enjoy the "Stitches in Time" Quilt Show, Children's Adventure Hay Maze, Hay Rides, Artisans, Award Winning Exhibits, Unique Food, Petting Zoo, and More at West Virginia's Only Smithsonian Affiliate!
Helvetia Community Fair
THE HELVETIA COMMUNITY FAIR celebrates the rich culture and history of Helvetia, WV, a small Swiss community located in Randolph County. One of the oldest agricultural fairs in West Virginia, the Helvetia Community Fair encourages local families, friends, and visitors to celebrate our harvest and our heritage. Farmers, artisans, and children display their work at the Helvetia Community Hall the second full weekend in September. Canned green beans, yellow squash, pfeffernüsse cookies, tatting, wildflower arrangements, 4-H projects, watercolor paintings, and much more line the hall to honor the past year and to uphold our history. Just beyond the blue ribbon exhibits, the kitchen bustles with volunteers who prepare food for a day full of celebration. Festivities include a parade, Swiss folk dancing, Fahnenschwingen (Swiss flag swinging), Alphorn playing, yodeling, field games, relays, and a square dance. Helvetia’s original settlers proved they could withstand harsh winters and rugged terrain while retaining the traditions of their mother country, Switzerland. Our hope is that the Helvetia Community Fair reflects that character, celebrates our ancestry, and encourages our children and visitors to embrace our traditions.