WV Hippie Fest!!

Welcome to West Virginia Hippie Fest! (updating for 2011!)

This site is a listing of festivals and events in and around 'the Mountain State', which are of interest to alternative community / hippie-type** folk.

Music festivals, Interfaith/Pagan festivals, Peace Festivals, Nature Festivals, basically any festival where you can expect cool vendors, food (healthy and unhealthy), live often spontaneous music, drum/fire circles... a 'hippie good time' as one of my friends would say!

There are also sections where you can find info on other, more generic type festivals as well as political/activist ralleys (yeah sorry, I'm not going to list conservative political ralleys - get yer own website, and notice the 'Friends of Coal' thing isn't listed here? That's on purpose - there is no such thing as 'green coal' - let's work on researching alternative, sustainable energy sources).

So, if you consider yourself to be a hippie-type person, alternative lifestyle person, or just enjoy that atmosphere, sit back, browse around and maybe you'll find something fun!

Website Features:

Multiple Festival and Event listings (below)
NEW!! Open Mic listings for Southern WV!
A GROOVY new CALENDAR VIEW!! (thanks Google Calendar!)
There is a message board with a section for each major festival listed, to catch up with your friends!
We are now listing regular DRUM CIRCLES!
Vendor Page - Find that cool vendor you saw at the fest!
Performer Page - Listing of performers who play at the festivals
Cool Spots - Neat places to visit and hang out
Political - (coming soon - though I do now have a political/activism section of the message board) Hook up with political activists in your area!

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**Note: I've gotten some flack about using the term 'hippie' here, so please let me clarify. The 'hippie movement', as it is now called, wasn't some special club that folks joined by having long hair, wearing love beads, dropping acid, smoking joints and living in San Francisco. It was a label given to a broad range of experimental, rebellious individuals who decided that it was time for society to change, and they each contributed to that attempt to change it in their own unique ways.

I don't have super long hair, I don't smoke pot, I've never dropped acid and I take regular baths... but yes, I am angered and disgusted by the way our greedy society uses and uses and abuses everything it comes into contact with. I walk to the beat of a different drummer. Hell, I walk to the beat of my OWN drum. When the rest of the flock turns right, I wait and ask 'why?'. I revel in the revolutionary rhythm of rising resistence.

So, call me a 'hippie', with my short hair and relatively clean body, for lack of a better word, and maybe call yourself that too, or don't. To me, it's a tribute to that loosely connected web of incredible folks, young and old, who dared to try and make a difference.


When	Where	Time	Contact	Link
3rd Sundays @ 5:30 PM	Unitarian Universalist Congregation 520 Kanawha Blvd West, Charleston, WV			http://www.uucharlestonwv.org/

Southern WV Open Mic Locations (check websites for most current information)
City	Days/Times	Venue	Cost	Link
Princeton	Mondays 7pm	The Room Upstairs	$5 spectators or $2 for performers	Homepage
Becklely	Mondays 8-11pm	McBees Irish Pub			All Ages
Beckley	Tuesdays 7-10pm	Calacino's Pizza			All Ages
Beckley	Thursdays 9-12pm	Fosters Bar and Grill		Homepage
Bluefield	First Friday of the Month 7 -10pm	Gary Bowling's House of Art	Free	Facebook Page
Hinton	Saturdays 7pm	Chestnut Revival Coffee House		Facebook Page
2012 Schedule
Date	Location	Name (click Name for website if available)	Held At	Link	Focus	Cost (if any)	Comments
5/4 - 5/6	Black Mountain, NC	LEAF Festival	Lake Eden 377 Lake Eden Road Black Mountain, NC	http://theleaf.org/index.php/thefestival	Handcrafts and Folk Arts, Healing Arts, Poetry, Music	$155 (weekend) $105 (day)
6/9/2012 - 9AM Saturday	Paw Paw, WV	Blues, Bikes and BBQ	Avalon Resort	http://www.avalon-resort.com/	Blues, Bikes & BBQ is a festival celebrating great Blues music, the motorcycle, good BBQ and our right to do all of the above naked (if you so choose)	tba	Blues, Bikes & BBQ return to Avalon Resort in Paw Paw, WV Saturday, June 9, 2012. Back by popular demand providing live Blues is Paul Pfau and the Hellboys. Avalon Resort, ‘Your getaway to the friendliest clothing-optional resort!’ has a variety of lodging options available from lodge rooms, cabin, chalet and condos to a year-round campground. The 12th annual motorcycle show is again sponsored by Montgomery Motors (see website for schedule)
6/22-23/2012 Sat-Sun	Colonial Beach, VA	Colonial Beach Rock N Blues Fest		http://cbbluesscociety.com	Blues Festival to benefit Autism research	$1000+	Headliner is Johnny Winter on Saturday Sunday's headliners are The Derailers and Johnny Kirchen 17 bands in all dozens of vendors right on the beach with performances in Tiki Bar on the beach
6/23/2012 - 9AM Saturday	Paw Paw, WV	Avalon Faerie Fest	Avalon Resort	http://www.avalon-resort.com/	Avalon Faerie Fest is festival celebrating all things faerie. Since Avalon Resort is a clothing-optional resort one does not have to worry about what shows when you don your faerie finery.	tba	Join us on June 23 and let out your inner magical faerie, connect with others, or just be a part of the whole faerie experience that only Avalon Resort can provide. Experience the spirit of faerie, dance, music, food and fun. Dress in your best faerie finery without concern about what is showing. Avalon Resort is 'Your getaway to the friendliest clothing-optional resort!'. Various camping and lodging options are available for you or your group. Lodge rooms, condos, a 3-bedroom Chalet and a 2-bedroom cabin are available. Campsites with full hookups (w/e/s) are available as well as primitive sites for tent camping.
7/26-7/29	Floyd, VA	Floyd Fest 11 - 'Lovers Rock'		http://www.floydfest.com/	Music, arts, performers	$60 (Sunday Only) - $175 (4-day pass)	Getting to be a bit more 'commercial', but this is still a great gig with a hippy trippy feel to it. Several stages, awesome musicians, impressive fire circle and all-night drum circles in the 'Global Village' area.
7/28/2012 - 10AM Saturday	Paw Paw, WV	Rock on the Lawn	Avalon Resort	http://www.avalon-resort.com/	Rock on the Lawn is a rock-fest. Avalon welcomes recording artists Funny Money to the front-lawn stage for the first time. Rock your socks of at Avalon Resort, ‘Your get-away to the friendliest clothing-optional resort!’	tba	Rock on the Lawn is another all day music event on the front lawn of Avalon Resort. The Pennsylvania band and crowd favorite, Doghouse, gets the crowd warmed up. Avalon then ‘kicks’ up the dancin’ and rockin’ by introducing recording artists FUNNY MONEY on the Avalon stage for the first time. FUNNY MONEY front man and lead vocalist Steve Whiteman, “the man known for his stage antics and vocal acrobatics with Atlantic Records recording artists KIX,” is joined by Jimmy Chalfant (Drums), Dean Cramer (Guitar) and Mark Schenker (Bass). It’s sure to be a rockin’ good time you won’t want to miss. Come 'Rock on the Lawn' and dance your socks off as the aroma of fair and festival food fills the air. There will be food and drink on the lawn all afternoon and evening.
8/1 - 8/5	Clifftop, WV	Appalachian String Band Festival	Camp Washington Carver	http://www.wvculture.org/stringband/	Old-Time Music, dancing, contests, crafts, arts, games	$15(day) $90 (weekend)	Experience some of the best old-time musicians in the world in a festive, yet laid back atmosphere.
8/10-12/2012 Fri - Sun	Paww Paw, WV	Avalonfest 2012	Avalon Resort	http://www.avalon-resort.com/	Avalon Fest is a music/arts/craft festival held annually at Avalon Resort. The stage on the front lawn is the venue for 3 days of music.	tba	Avalonfest, a music/arts/craft festival at Avalon Resort in Paw Paw, WV. Avalon Resort is 'Your getaway to the friendliest clothing-optional resort!'. An eclectic mix of music on the outdoor stage combined with a large Vendor Marketplace and all the amenities of Avalon Resort add up to a fun weekend. Lodging and camping available. Free tent camping with 3-day fest tickets. Details on the Avalon Resort website.
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2012 Schedule