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Appalachian Heritage Festival header with photos of guest artists Dave Bing, Jake Blount, and Becky Hill

Featuring WV Vandalia-award winning fiddler Dave Bing, Steve Martin Banjo Prize-winning artist Jake Blount, and percussive dancer, scholar and square Dance Caller Becky Hill 

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Shepherd University’s Appalachian Heritage Festival is now celebrating its 30th anniversary.  Over that time, thousands of community members, schoolchildren, and students have been introduced to the diverse culture of Appalachia and our state through workshops, lectures, and concert performances by our region’s most outstanding artists, historians, and cultural ambassadors.

This year we have worked with our community sponsors, including Experience Shepherdstown, Alma Bea Restaurant, the Jefferson County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and a variety of wonderful community donors to build a weekend packed with free events.

The Appalachian Heritage Festival is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s Central Appalachia Living Traditions program.

Logo for sponsoring organization: Central Appalachia Living Traditions. Blue and yellow MId Atlantic Arts Foundation Logo

The Festival is FREE but pay-what-you-can donations gratefully accepted. For more information, contact Rachael Meads at rmeads@shepherd.edu.

PARKING INFORMATION:

FREE parking is available in all Shepherd University parking lots after 4 pm on Friday.  Visitors are welcome to park in any of the campus lots on weekends (no permit needed). Corporation of Shepherdstown parking info is also available HERE.

VISIT OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS . . .

Alma Bea Restaurant Logo with a Chicken above words Experience Shepherdstown logo Shepherd University logo with McMurran Hall clocktower icon Shepherdstown Opera House logo (Stage and Screen since 1910)
Welsh Sound Company logo Shepherd university program board logo Experience Shepherdstown Logo

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