West Virginia Roadkill Cookoff and Autumn Harvest Festival
Marlinton's tongue-in-cheek cookoff challenges competitors to prepare creative dishes from legally harvested wild game in a celebration of Pocahontas County's hunting culture, alongside a traditional autumn harvest market.
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"Held in the historic Civil War village of Beverly, this traditional county fair features livestock competitions, 4-H exhibits, harness racing, and mountain community pageantry in the heart of the Tygart Valley."
Randolph County Fair
"Coinciding with the annual dam release that turns the Gauley River into one of America's wildest whitewater runs, this Nicholas County festival pairs world-class rapids culture with Appalachian music and community celebration."
Gauley Fest
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Clay County Golden Delicious Festival
"Now in its 58th year, this Pendleton County heritage festival re-enacts the 1758 burning of Fort Seybert, stages a grand parade, jousting, muzzleloader contests, heritage teas, and a vast juried craft fair in the mountain town of Franklin."
Treasure Mountain Festival
"Now in its 73rd year, this South Branch Potomac Valley gathering preserves the agricultural and colonial heritage of Hardy County through antique machinery demonstrations, pioneer crafts, and heritage music in Moorefield."
Hardy County Heritage Weekend
"Kingwood's beloved festival celebrates the buckwheat crop that once defined Preston County's mountain agriculture, with buckwheat pancake feeds, a grand queen pageant, livestock shows, and one of northern WV's biggest parades."
Preston County Buckwheat Festival
"A five-day dockside celebration in the small shrimping village of Delcambre where the fleet is blessed, fresh Gulf shrimp is served every style imaginable, and Cajun and zydeco bands play into the bayou night."
Delcambre Shrimp Festival
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"The tiny Bedford County village of Imler gathers its community each August for an old-fashioned whole-ox roast and festival, a vanishingly rare American food custom that draws visitors from across south-central Pennsylvania."
Imler Ox Roast Festival
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PastyFest
"The small UP gateway village of Paradise, near Tahquamenon Falls, celebrates the wild blueberries of the eastern Upper Peninsula with a community festival that draws visitors combining berry picking, local food, and access to one of Michigan's most dramatic waterfalls."
Wild Blueberry Festival