Friday, August 27, 2010
Friday, August 27 ... Festival in full swing!
Hillbilly Breakfast
Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Business Challenge Day - Treat your Employees and/or clients!
Remember those hearty breakfasts grandma used to make? Oh you can just smell the biscuits baking and the sausage gravy simmering. Enjoy a full plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits with sausage gravy, and grits served by the fun and loving volunteers of Hospice of Southern WV. Sit down with your family, neighbors, and friends or make new ones at the Hillbilly Breakfast where traditional Appalachia fare is on the menu for a good start to your day! Breakfast in a box to go!
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All proceeds will go to benefit the works of Hospice of Southern WV who serve the needs of the people who are suffering from a life-limiting illness and the family members caring for them. As a non-profit organization, Hospice depends on the generosity of the community for donations and volunteers. Breakfasts are $10.00 per person. Tickets may be ordered by calling Hospice at 255-6404 or by emailing info@hospiceofsouthernwv.org. Tickets are also available at the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber office.
46th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair!
Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Amazing handiworks from over 100 artisits and craftsman. Come prepared to shop and enjoy! Live music by: Rob Taggart & Lost Cannon Bluegrass Band. Come hungry and feast upon a varity of festival fare!
Coal Mine Tours
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine at New River Park
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The Exhibition Coal Mine is the largest and most popular coal heritage destination in the region and has recently completed an extensive renovation that includes a company store, visitor center, coal museum, fudgery and gift shop. The actual tour takes visitors below ground, under the supervision of an experienced veteran coal miner. Traveling 1500 feet beneath the hillsides of New River Park, visitors are carried along track, riding authentic "man cars" from the mine entrance, to old working areas of the coal mine and back. Stops throughout the tour explore the history of low-seam coal mining from the hand-loading days into the era of modern mechanization.
Admission to the Mine is discounted during the Appalachain Festival by showing your ticket stub from the Appalachian Festival Arts & Crafts Fair.
Craft Demonstrations
Tamarack
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Craft demonstrations by Stephanie Danz (stained glass), Charlie Brown (wood turner) and Teresa holcomb (woodworker).
Friday in the Park
Word Park in Uptown Beckley on Neville Street Park
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
A great way to enjoy a beautiful day! Live music and food vendors. On stage: Lost Cannon Bluegrass Band & Rob Taggart, folkwind soloist
Live Music - Outdoor Theatre
Theatre West Virginia
Grandview Park
8:00 pm
Phil Dirt and the Dozers. Go with Theater West Virginia for a ride into yesteryear! For one night only, prepare to be transported to back to a simpler time of those days gone by, with music from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. Bring your whole family out for a night of music, fun and laughter as Phil Dirt and the Dozers entertains everyone with music from the olden days, along with their very own unique sense of humor. Ticket prices for Phil Dirt and the Dozers are: $15 in advance and $20 the night of the show.
EVENT CANCELLATION – The Rockabilly Bash scheduled for Friday evening August 27 has been cancelled for this year.