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
Get in the Italian Appalachian Christmas spirit with a screening of the Feast of the Seven Fishes movie. Filmed right here in Marion County, West Virginia, see what you can pick out of the film. Experience Christmas, the Robinson Grand and West Virginia in a new way! Sponsored by the Marion County CVB. Get your tickets today!
*The Fairfield Inn and Suites is running a discount for visitors who book to stay for any of the holiday events throughout December (including the Great Pepperoni Roll Drop). Book under the Marion County Chamber rate for a 20% discount!
Join the Fairview Community for their annual “Home Town Holiday” parade. Following the parade, the Fire Department will host Santa who will pass out treats and take last minute requests.
Come early for soup and sandwiches at the Fairview Senior Center from 3 – 7 pm
Holiday House Tea and Tour
Just up the street from the Feast of the Seven Fishes Festival, the Women’s Club of Fairmont hosts a Christmas tea in the historic Fleming Mansion. Enjoy cookies and other Christmas treats, coffee, hot chocolate and Wassail, served using dinnerware and cups from the house. The house will be fully decorated on all three floors and a beautiful sight.
Thomas Walter Fleming was born in 1846 and spent his life building Fairmont into an industrial center in the northern part of the state. Tour the stately home, complete with a billiards room, a library, dining room, kitchen, servant’s quarters, widow’s walk and 14 closets allowing all the rooms to connect. See how many buttons you can find. Buttons are in the floors and would summon the maids and servants who would travel private staircases to remain unseen.
For more details, email Women’s Club of Fairmont
End the new year the Italian-Appalachian way. It’s a newer tradition (since 2018 to be exact), but pepperoni rolls have never failed us yet. Come out to Mannington on New Year’s Eve to play pepperoni roll themed games, eat pepperoni rolls and pepperoni roll themed foods, listen to good music and wait. At the countdown to midnight, cue Country Roads and a giant pepperoni roll lowering from the sky. It’s a sight to behold and an experience you’ll never forget.
Due to weather, the race will take place on Sunday, January 7th.
13th Annual Run to Read Half-Marathon benefits Literacy Volunteers of Marion County
Registration: Opens at 11:30 am at the Fort on race day
Swag: Long-sleeved tech shirt and medal
Course: Double out & back course. 1% grade. Starting on the paved MCPARC Trail running through the Meredith Tunnel and back to Pricketts Fort. The first section is black top & is about 4.2 miles in length. The second section will be run on the Mon River Trail which is crushed limestone & the race will finish on this trail.
USATF certified course (certification code WV09010MS)
For more information please go to http://www.runtoread.org/
POSTPONED due to potential weather. Rescheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.
Celebrate the founding of Marion County with living history interpreters! Learn about Marion County and its role in West Virginia’s statehood.