Cheat River Festival Revival 2022!
Cheat Fest planning is in full swing. Check out our poster below for the 2022 musical lineup!
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2021 Virtual Cheat Fest is in the Works!
Howdy Cheat Festers! Spring is just around the corner – and Friends of the Cheat is kicking it into high gear – weaving together all the details of the 27th Annual Cheat River Festival. Sadly, Cheat Fest is VIRTUAL again this year, but we are planning all sorts of great content for you including: live-streaming […]
Some Ideas for Organizing A Virtual Event
Tips for Other Organizations Moving to the Virtual World Organizing a virtual festival is quite different than an in person one – what a learning curve it was! Below are a few tips that we learned from our experience that we hope might help other folks who are exploring this space. One of the big […]
It’s A Wrap, Folks! Thank You All.
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 Update!
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
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 […]
SATURDAY – Cheat Fest From Home!
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 […]
FRIDAY – Cheat Fest From Home
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 […]
Cheat Fest From Home – Thursday
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 – Cheat Fest From Home
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 […]