Friends of the Cheat's annual Fundraiser and Outreach event for river enthusiasts, families, musicians, and artists!
The Cheat River Festival, Friends of the Cheat’s annual kick-off to summer, was started by paddlers and river stewards to raise money to restore the Cheat River’s waters polluted from a century of coal mining. It’s now a celebration of two and a half decades of successful clean up efforts, essentially a family reunion, and […]
T-SHIRT ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT! Our wonderful t-shirt printing company, SustainU, recently reopened for business!! We are going to continue selling fest shirt pre-orders through May 26th; after that we’ll place our final order. We don’t yet know how long the shirts will take to print given COVID19 complications, but will keep folks up to date […]
Thank you everyone who joined together from afar for our Cheat Fest From Home Week. Extra big thanks to the FOC staff, board, all of our volunteers, the musicians, speakers, community members, and sponsors, those who donated, those who ran the 5K, those who made art, those who tuned in from home to dance, and […]
Cheat Fest From Home Live Streaming Begins at 2PM Saturday, May 2nd! All videos streaming on our Facebook & Youtube Channels Saturday: 2:00PM – Forever: Music & Dancing All Day (Sched TBA) All of the bands slated to play Cheat Fest are PLAYING CHEAT FEST! Thank you to these wonderful musicians. Enjoy music from members […]
Happy CHEAT FEST FRIDAY! OVERVIEW: Ed Eddy TV: Cheat Fishing Update at 5PM Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers LIVE at 7-8:30PM Rumpke Mountain Boys 8:40-10PM AND – More Kid’s Fun, Community Song Shares All Day, Virtual Silent Auction, Virtual 5K, Online Raffle, & Festival Tees SATURDAY: A Full Day of Music (2-9PM) From all of the Festival […]
Welcome to Thursday of Cheat Fest From Home Week with former FOC Restoration Project Manager, Kevin Ryan Reminder: The FOC Campground is Closed – Please do not gather there right now. Community Song & Poetry Share Today is Gold! Wanted Rivers, a Poem by Susan Sauter Kelsey & Joanna Loyalsock by Emily Carlson Mermaids of […]
Wednesday Welcome from FOC’s Beth Warnick Community Song Share Another Big Thanks to all of the folks who’ve been sending in their songs, we love you! George Bell Honeysuckle and Thorn by Emliy Carlson Dirt by Ben Dube Eric Pifer playing Fire & Rain by James Taylor Pap’s Cabin by Nae Paugh Diane Henderson Too […]
Ellie Bell Welcomes you to Tuesday’s Cheat Fest From Home Living Room Set from Members of Two Ton Twig – Tonight! (Tuesday) at 6:30PM Two Ton Twig explores of the fringes of traditional bluegrass and string band music with their eclectic blend of modern influences. Tune in tonight at 6:30 to see these Cheat Fest […]
Hey, thanks for being here. We have a lot in store for you, and we hope you enjoy a little bit of the Cheat Fest magic from wherever you are right now. We also hope that you’re hanging in there, and finding some beauty within the chaos. Cheat Fest is at it’s heart a community […]
Cheat Fest From Home Monday, April 27 – Sunday, May 3, 2020 Despite having to cancel all in person aspects of this year’s festival, we’re planning to still gather from afar during Cheat Fest week, and we are working on some fun we can all experience from home! From Monday, April 27 – Sunday, May […]