Tag: FestivALL

  • FestivALL Nature Weaving

    FestivALL Nature Weaving

    Celebrate Festivall in Charleston with a fun and free-form weaving workshop! In this make-and-take class, participants will create whimsical yarn trees using natural sticks and colorful fibers, inspired by the tree weaving technique of Eemamuiciki. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary—just come ready to create and enjoy the process.

    LOCATION: Kanawha City Yarn Company
    5132A MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV 25304

    TIME AND DATE: Sunday, June 1 at 1PM

    Note: Click link below to register and be sure to scroll to June 1 in the workshop listing to find this event. 


    REGISTER HERE!

  • Attack Theatre Contemporary Dance Workshop

    Attack Theatre Contemporary Dance Workshop

    May 31 | 10am

    Join the professional dancers from Attack Theatre to learn phrases from their repertoire and most recent performance.

    This 90-minute class will begin with a warm-up, move across the space, and conclude with phrase material from Attack Theatre’s recent show Some Place Not Here. Participants will learn about the inspirations for Attack Theatre’s work, both embodied and conceptual, as well as their approach to dance making that highlights the artistic possibilities in everyday life.

    This class is open to all movers and dancers.

    Registration: (Limited to 30 spaces) $5 for students, $10 for adults
    Location: Capital High School | 1500 Greenbrier St., Charleston, WV
    Sponsors: Charles & Mary Fayne Glotfelty Foundation, Truist WV Foundation



    RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!

  • “Some Assembly Required” – Attack Theatre Performance with Charleston Office of Public Art

    “Some Assembly Required”

    Attack Theatre Performance with The Charleston Office of Public Art

    May 31st | 6PM

    Kanawha Co. Public Library, 123 Capitol St.

    Experience art like never before! Attack Theatre returns with a dynamic, interactive performance alongside a striking installation by the Office of Public Art—live on the library plaza.

    A vibrant event for all ages!

    Stop by to see a larger-than-life temporary public art piece by FestivALL and the Office of Public Art. Attack Theatre will interact with the audience and this new public art for a 45-minute performance you don’t want to miss.

    Location: Kanawha County Public Library, 123 Capitol St.
    In partnership with: Charleston Office of Public Art, Kanawha County Public Library
    Sponsors: Charles & Mary Fayne Glotfelty Foundation, Truist WV Foundation

    *FREE EVENT*


  • Annual Kanawha County Public Library Used Book Sale

    Annual Kanawha County Public Library Used Book Sale

    May 31 | 10am – 3pm

    This year’s Annual Kanawha County Public Library Used Book Sale, in conjunction with the Capitol Street Art Fair and Children’s Art Fair, will be held at the Main Library in Room 311.

    All proceeds help fund library programs and services.

  • Sunset Yoga and Sound

    Sunset Yoga and Sound

    June 1 | 7pm

    Find your Zen after a full day of FestivALL activities.. Join Nina Ratliff, owner and yoga instructor of The Folded Leaf Yoga & Wellness Center, for a nourishing 60-minute all-levels yoga practice. Class will end with a 15-minute sound healing savasana.

    Beginner friendly.

    Some mats and props will be provided, but please you own if you have one. Bringing a blanket is recommended.

    Location: Haddad Riverfront Park, 600 Kanawha Blvd.

  • Poems While You Wait

    Poems While You Wait

    May 31, 12-2pm

     

    WV Poet Laureate Marc Harshman, along with poets Kirk Judd and Sara Henning, will create original one-of-a-kind poems designed just for you!

    Stop by Taylor Books while you are out enjoying the Capitol Street Art Fair and take home a little memory.

    Donations: $5 donation to purchase a poem goes back to FestivALL 

    Location: Taylor Books Annex Gallery, 226 Capitol St.

  • Community Drum Circle

    Community Drum Circle

    May 29 | 6pm

     

    Create beautiful rhythms with drummers of all levels and ages. No experience is necessary! Instruments will be available, but bring a drum or shaker if you have one.

     Facilitated Chris Higgins.

    Location: Haddad Riverfront Park (Schoenbaum Stage), Charleston, WV

  • Yoga on the River

    Yoga on the River

    May 31 | 9am

     

    Find your Zen before a day full of FestivALL activities.

    Join Beth Moore, Yoga Instructor at Folded Leaf Yoga & Wellness Center, for a 60-minute all-levels Yoga practice.

    Beginner friendly.

    Some mats and props will be provided. If you have your own, please bring them, and bringing a blanket is recommended!

    Location: Haddad Riverfront Park, 600 Kanawha Blvd. E

  • Downtown Open

    Downtown Open

    May 29 – June 22

    Each summer, the sidewalks of downtown Charleston transform into a pop-up putt-putt course. This temporary course features more than 20 holes – which have each been sponsored and customized by a local business or organization. The result is a unique, one-of-a-kind miniature golf course that allows people to explore our downtown, showcases regional companies and small businesses, and provides free entertainment to friends and families.

    Putters and balls are available at these locations: Taylor Books, Adelphia Sports Bar & Grille, Art Emporium, and Tony the Tailor.

    Want to be a part of the fun?

    Businesses and organizations can sponsor a hole for $250 ($150 if you’re reusing your hole from a previous year)

    2025 Downtown Open Hole Sponsorship

    This event is presented by the Charleston Area Alliance

  • FestivALL Capitol Street Art Fair (Sunday)

    FestivALL Capitol Street Art Fair presented by Burke & Herbert Bank

    Saturday, May 31 – Sunday, June 1

    The annual two-day Capitol Street Art Fair welcomes you to enjoy art, music, and more in the heart of downtown Charleston!

    Over 70 local and regional artisans will sell and display their wares in bath & body, books, fine art, jewelry, glass work, pottery, photography, printmaking, woodwork, textiles and more. Live music stages, roaming performers, and other entertainment will also delight you for two days of fun.

    Make sure to check out the Children’s Art Fair, and more while you are there.

    Additional sponsors: CAMC/Vandalia Health, WV Lottery

    2025 Artisans

    Bath & Body
    Appalachian Botanical Co
    Exclusive Pastime Creations LLC
    Simple Minded Bath Company LLC
    Wild Mountain Soap Company

    Face Painting
    Alto Design FacePainting
    The Doodlin’ Roo

    Fine Art
    Art By Larry Garnett
    Bashful Bee Press
    Cali Wesson Art
    Cathy Fulks
    Charles Ott
    Echo-Lit
    HepCatz Design
    John Wirts Art
    LosAngled
    MarisaMade LLC
    Matt Smith Makes
    MY Art
    Patty Stewart Art

    Jewelry
    Bear Branch Designs
    Connie McColley
    Diet Sweater
    M. Benson (formerly The Artisan’s Menagerie)
    Mick’s Media Jewelry
    Mystical Crystal Jewelry
    On Cord Creations
    Sacred Totems
    SHEA NEW
    Teresa Gail Designs
    The Queen of Arts~Curiosities by Adrienne
    WV Mountain Ears

    Metalwork/Sculpture
    Fire and Steel Artistic Creations
    Steel blooming LLC

    Photography
    Deylight Photography
    Randall Sanger Photography
    West Virginia Homeplace (Betty Rivard)

    Pottery
    The Beard and The Bun Pottery
    Ellie’s Emporium
    Lake Shore Pottery and Jewelry
    Love For Pottery
    MegFerg Pottery
    Siren Pottery
    Wingard Pottery

    Printmaking
    Made by Meish
    Sugar Pop Press

    Specialty Food
    DARN Good Candy
    Hill & Holler Herbal Company

    Textiles/Fiber Art
    Cedar Olivet Orientals
    Knotty Lady Macrame
    Thomas Ruggiero Art & Design
    Yarn.0ver

    Woodwork
    Art by Petey with Weese Woodgems
    Black Locust Woodshop
    Heirloom Footstools

    Misc.
    C R Stuff
    Echo-Lit
    Hippie’s Daughter
    Rob Cleland (Caricatures & Fine Art)

    Sunday, June 1 (City National Bank Stage Schedule)

    11am-12pm   O’Ryan The O’Mazing
    12-1pm   Friendly Fire
    1-2pm   Woodbine
    2-3pm   East End Ghouls (family-friendly)
    3-4pm   Matt Malinoski
    4-5pm   Cariño