Festivals, tours, markets and music. See what’s coming up in Marion County.
Remember and honor the 78 men who lost their lives in the Farmington Mine Disaster in 1968. This annual event is typically held on the Sunday preceding or close to the November 20 anniversary date (marking the 1968 explosion).
Kick off the holiday season with Fairmont’s tree lighting ceremony!
Adams Street Green Space
Annual charity glow disc golf tournament held every December in Fairmont, West Virginia, to benefit the United Way.
The Celebration of Lights stays up throughout the holiday season for drivers, walkers – and disc golfers! Play your way through the Seth Burton Memorial and Orange Crush Disc Golf Courses using the holiday lights to guide your throws.
Friday, December 5th @ 7 p.m. at the Frank and Jane Gabor Folklife Center
It’s not about Christmas, but it is about the Italian American coal mining heritage and the history that lives in these Appalachian hills. This day focuses on a swap meet, where coal miners, history lovers and others can sell, buy and trade memorabilia and books. It’s a great way to share history with one another.
Hosted on or near Dec. 6, it remembers the Italian and miners who died in the Monongah Mine Disaster in 1907. Learn more about that fateful day. While you’re here for the holidays, take a trip out to Monongah to see the memorials: the Monongah Memorial, the Monongah Mine Memorial Bell, gifted from the Italian region of Molise, and the Monongah Heroine, a statue dedicated to the miners’ widows.
Saturday, December 6th @ 7 p.m., 2025 at the Frank and Jane Folklife Center