Friends of the Cheat's annual Fundraiser and Outreach event for river enthusiasts, families, musicians, and artists!
Cheat Festival was featured in a recent article by the Preston County News & Journal! Check it out below! Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:00 am by Monica Ammons Phillips CORRESPONDENT ALBRIGHT — The sleepy town of Albright will soon spring to life, as the Cheat River Festival rolls into the canyon on […]
Cheat Fest is more than great music and wild whitewater. For years now, local potter Gail Anderson has been organizing the Cheat Festival Art Market, a place where local and regional artists showcase and sell their original work. This year’s market will include many long time veterans as well as some new faces, working in all types […]
Click here to run the 2015 Cheat Fest 5K on Saturday May 2nd. Proceeds benefit Rail Trail projects in Preston County On Tuesday, project partners Preston County Parks and Recreation Commission (PCPaRC) and Friends of the Cheat (FOC) announced that ten miles of the former West Virginia Northern railroad corridor between Kingwood and Tunnelton has […]
Memories of Ken Ellie Sanders expressed extreme gratitude for the proceeds generated to help her with expenses following the loss of her husband Ken. Friends of Ken Sanders are thankful for support from Liquid Logic, PS Composites, FOC, and all those who donated by purchasing t-shirts, river gear or […]
A little bit about where the 2015 Festival T-Shirts are coming from (Pre-order yours now) As this year’s festival coordinator, I am thrilled to share that Friends of the Cheat is partnering with SustainU to produce the Fest T-Shirts. Below are the results of a recent conversation I had with the company’s founder, Chris Yura. […]
Yesterday the Friends of the Cheat office received a call from an eager festival-goer inquiring about the water level of the Cheat. While we would LOVE to know what kind of water we will have festival weekend a month out (holy smokes, CF is almost one month away!) it’s pretty impossible to say. We always […]