ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Skilla Baby Coming To Mountain Health Arena For 2023 Marshall Homecoming
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. If you’ve been paying attention to Marshall University recently, you’ve probably noticed a change in the university culture. As MU becomes a nationally prominent, world-class research institution, the days of being a regional “suitcase”...
The ‘Rat King,’ Theo Von Returns To Downtown Huntington Nov. 2023
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Stage and internet sensation Theo Von returns to the Jewel City for a night of comedy at the Mountain Health Arena on November 11, 2023. Time TBA. Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski, known professionally as “Theo Von,” grew up...
Dawg Dazzle Returns To Riverfront Park For 2023
Photo by Zach Inscoe of Dawg Dazzle 2019 at Harris Riverfront Park. The Tri-State’s largest Independence Day party, “Dawg Dazzle,” is returning to Harris Riverfront Park for 2023, the first time since 2019. Kindred Communications and 93.7 the Dawg’s “Dawg Dazzle” will...
I Heart Summer Concert Series Returns To Pullman Square For 2023
Pullman Square announced on their Facebook page that the 2023 Summer Concert Series presented by I Heart media will begin on Thursday, June 1, and continue through August 31. All concerts are free and open to the public and will be held on Thursdays from 6PM-9PM. Lawn...
American Countess Riverboat Coming To Huntington June 2, 2023
The Huntington Area Convention & Visitors Bureau invites the community to welcome The American Countess Riverboat to Huntington this Friday, June 2, for the afternoon. 160 passengers are booked on this trip. The Countess will arrive around 10:30 to 11 am Friday...
Huntington Pride Festival Returns For 2022 October 22nd
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. After a two-year hiatus, Huntington’s annual Pride Festival returns to downtown Huntington on Saturday, October 22, 2022. Pride Festival comes from Huntington Pride, a non-profit organization which hosts social and educational events for...
The Griffith Pumpkin House: A Classic Huntington-area Tradition Returns For 2022
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Nothing says fall more than apple cider, cinnamon and clove, deep-colored leaves, crisp mornings, campfires, and football. However, of all the things we associate with fall, perhaps nothing represents the season more than pumpkins. While...
‘One Hundred Badass Women’ To Open At The Huntington Museum of Art
A new art exhibit entitled “One Hundred Badass Women” will debut at the Huntington Museum of Art (HMOA) on November 5, 2022 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The series, which took months to create, comes from local artist Sassa Wilkes. John Farley, Senior Curator for the HMOA...
NRG: A Gorge-ous West Virginia Vacation Destination
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. It has been my experience that most cities around the country have a preferred vacation spot when one wants to get away for a little bit and Huntington is no different. While the beaches of Virginia and the Carolinas remain popular, if my...
‘Hauntington’ Halloween 2022 Weekend Events Announced
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. It’s that time of year when it is starting to get cooler in the evenings, dew is forming on the ground in the mornings, and pumpkin spice is entering its annual season of popularity. That means there is one thing on many Huntingtonians’...
Huntington Fire Prevention Parade Returns For 2022
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Huntington’s most popular parades, the Fire Prevention Parade, is back for 2022. The annual Huntington Fire Prevention Parade returns to downtown Huntington at 7 p.m. Monday,...
Huntington Symphony Orchestra Announces Fall/Winter Schedule
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The Huntington Symphony Orchestra (HSO) announced five upcoming concerts on Wednesday. This is part of the HSO’s 52nd season in downtown Huntington. The HSO can trace its roots back to the first orchestra organized in West Virginia in the...
‘Alice In Wonderland’ Experience Coming To Downtown Huntington In October
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The Alice in Wonderland Experience is coming to downtown Huntington on October 1, 2022. This event is an “immersive outdoor experience,” according to CluedUpp Games, the organizer. Downtown Huntington will come alive with the universe of...
St. George Greek Festival Returns For 2022
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Opa! Huntington’s St. George Greek Orthodox Church’s annual Greek Festival is back for its 40th year September 23rd and 24th. Located at the corner of 7th Street and 11th Avenue in South Side, St. George invites the public to experience...
Foam & Glow Luau Comes To Riverfront Park Sep. 3rd
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Hawai’i comes to Huntington for the Tri-State’s first authentic luau on Saturday, September 3, 2022 from 3 p.m. – midnight! The 2022 “Foam & Glow Luau” festival is the product of local event firm Imperial Events in a partnership with...
HMAF 12 Week Returns To Downtown Huntington
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The 12th annual Huntington Music and Arts Festival (HMAF) returns to downtown Huntington for a week of events starting Monday, August 29, 2022. The first event on Monday night is the HMAF 72 Hour Film Sprint. Over 20 local filmmakers have...
Huntington Symphony Orchestra Announces Battle Of The Bands with Marshall Marching Thunder
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The Huntington Symphony Orchestra (HSO) will be hosting a “Battle of the Bands” with the Marshall University Marching Thunder on September 10, 2022 at Harris Riverfront Park on the Ohio River. The concert is part of the HSO’s regular...
Marshall University Announces 2022 Homecoming Parade Date
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The 2022 Marshall University Homecoming Parade will be on Thursday, October 27 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Huntington. If tradition is any indication, the parade will line up at 10th Street and move east on 4th Avenue to about 14thStreet...
Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center Launches New Website
Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center Board President Bob Plymale announced in August that "The Keith" has launched an updated website. This was accomplished with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History and the National...
West Virginia Tourism Releases 2022 Fall Foliage Map
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The West Virginia Tourism Office has released its 2022 predictive map for fall foliage, estimating the peak of the leaf-peeping season to begin in the highlands of the West Virginia mountains in late September. The end of the peak should...
2022 Marshall Thundering Herd Pep Rally Scheduled for August 26
Kick-off the 2022-23 academic year at 9th Street Live on the 300 block of 9th Street in downtown Huntington on Friday, August 26 from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Join Marshall University coaches, student athletes, the Marching Thunder, Marco, and more as the Herd thunders into the...
Annual Diamond Teeth Mary Festival Returns To Heritage Station Aug 20
Join the Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District, the Huntington Blues Society, and the Heritage Station shop keepers for the 13th Annual Diamond Teeth Mary Blues and Arts Festival at Heritage Station on Saturday, August 20, 2022! Enjoy music, friends, food,...
Cruise Avenue Returns To Downtown Huntington Sep 4th
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Many who grew up in Huntington, West Virginia, before the construction of Pullman Square, remember when that location was a vacant lot known as the “Superblock” which lasted from Urban Renewal in the 1970s through the early 2000s. For...
New Summer Concert Series Coming to Ninth Street in 2021
The theme of “Yes Chevrolet/Yes Ford 9th Street Live” will be local. Locally-owned and operated restaurants and bars, locally-owned and operated media, locally-owned and operated sponsors as well as local government and local musicians are all coming together to...
PHOTOS: Huntington’s Funniest Person Contest
Huntington's funniest standup comedians competed for the top spot in the area Thursday, May 30, at EvolvE on a show headlined by local favorite Cody Lambert. Fish Stark took home the win. Photos by Larry Kendall below. [gallery link="file"...
Funktafest 2018 Headliners Bring Da Funk
How many times have you been surfing YouTube and found a great underground band and thought "Why can't they come to Huntington!?" Well, you're in luck this week end, as two such bands, After Funk and Marbin, will be headlining Funktafest 2018 at the Ritter Park...
Funktafest: Bring In Da Art, Bring In Da Funk
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Who’s looking to get funked up? If you are, then you’re in luck. The third annual Funktafest is coming on September 29, 2018! Funktafest is a daylong music festival at the Ritter Park Amphitheater featuring some of the...
Funktafest Returns For Third Installment
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Who’s looking to get funked up? If you are, then you’re in luck. The third annual Funktafest is coming on September 29, 2018! Funktafest is a daylong music festival at the Ritter Park Amphitheater featuring some of the region’s top funk,...
American Queen Riverboat Returns To Jewel City
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The largest river steamboat ever built, the American Queen, will return to Harris Riverfront Park in downtown Huntington on Thursday, July 19, as part of her 2018 Ohio River cruise from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Louisville, Kentucky....
Creek Don’t Rise: A Conversation
Written by Alexis Faye. The anxiously awaited first EP "Sometimes It Rains" from Huntington's own Creek Don't Rise will be released on Friday, March 23, 2018. The album follows an extremely busy and successful 2017 for the band, which describes its sound as a...
Downtown Establishments to Host Super Bowl LII Watch Parties
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The Super Bowl is a pretty big deal in most households every year. From the ads, to the halftime show, to the game itself, there’s usually something for just about everybody. While some people choose to stay home or go to a friend’s house...
February Kicks Off With Weekend Of Music
Written by Alexis Faye. Huntington has a lot of music venues and it seems that all of them have a cool show happening this upcoming weekend. Breaking it down by day, here's a list with links to the bands and Facebook events. Go out and listen to some music this...
Strange Constellations Land in Huntington
Written by Alexis Faye. Photo by Lisa Sullivan. Fresh off of what I'm sure was an amazing show in Beckley, West Virginia, along with Huntington's Of the Dell, Morgantown's son and Huntington's adopted beautiful blonde boy, William "Billy" Matheny has come back to us....
Huntington’s Hottest Bands Heading Into 2018
Written by Alexis Faye. Huntington, West Virginia, has a thriving music scene. So much so, that thriving might be an understatement. On any given day of the week, you can usually hit multiple venues and be treated to some type of live music. That’s a big part of what...
The Dividends Looking Forward To 2018
Written by Alexis Faye. After an extremely busy 2017, the Dividends are starting 2018 off the right way. They will be on stage at the V-Club on Saturday, January 13. Joining the Huntington-based band will be Morgantown’s Hello June and another Huntington favorite, Of...
Jesse Thornton: Reflection In A Pool
Written by Henry Culvyhouse. The old adage goes, a “picture is worth a thousands words.” However, for one Huntington photographer, it isn’t the words he tries to capture—it’s the magic of the moment. We all know the feeling. We see something intriguing...
Sleep, Rinse, Repeat: Ona at the V-Club
Written by Alexis Faye. Ona is a touring indie-rock band based out of Huntington. In 2017, they have performed shows from Birmingham, Alabama, to New York City, New York. This Saturday, Dec. 23, they return to the V-Club in downtown Huntington. Consisting of two...
Joshua Murdock and the Jewel City Sky
Written by Henry Culvyhouse. Local photographer Joshua Murdock likes to push himself in all aspects of photography, and that's one reason he’s excited to become a contributor to DowntownHuntington.net. Publishing his pictures of the Jewel City on this popular website...
Downtown Upbeat 1.1
Written by Alexis Faye. “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Twilight of the Idols aka How to Philosophize with a Hammer. Music is a staple in most people’s daily lives. Living in Huntington, you might know a musician. You probably...
Biscuits Painted Fresh Daily
For one Huntington artist, Tudor’s isn’t just for breakfast. It’s also inspiration.
Tyler Childers Shows Rescheduled
According to Tyler Childers' management, the up-and-coming singer/songwriter has experienced a death in the immediate family and will be rescheduling this weekend’s shows at the V Club in Huntington. The new dates are set for Friday January 5th and Saturday January...
Welcome To DowntownHuntington.net
Welcome to DowntownHuntington.net, your number one source for what’s happening in the Jewel City! Longtime followers and newcomers to Downtown Huntington on social media can now get the inside scoop on the city’s burgeoning music and arts scenes, excellent eats and...
The Fall Of (Funny) Bone And The Regeneration Of Comedy
Written by Henry Culvyhouse. It’s been almost seven years since the Huntington Funny Bone closed its doors. At the time, this closure was viewed as an almost insurmountable obstacle for local comedians. However, it appears that the comedy scene is a long way...
Honky Tonk Heroes Host Third Annual Toy Drive
Mark your calendars for 7:30 p.m. on December 9—and be sure to bring your dancing shoes! Honky Tonk Heroes is putting on their third Annual Toy Drive, and it’s sure to be a blast. The last couple of years’ events have featured both local and national talent.
