Events

The February 2018 Tuesday Tour on February 27, 2018, at 7 p.m. will include an interactive mystery game taking place throughout the Museum and a book signing with Michael Connick. Connick’s “Afghan Mirrors” is the third and final entry in a series of Cold War historical spy novels. “Afghan Mirrors” is published by CreateSpace, an... View Article

"Come On Down" The Price Is Right Live™ is the hit interactive stage show The Price Is Right Live™ is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to "Come On Down" and play classic games from television's longest running and most popular game show.  Contestants can win cash, appliances, vacations and... View Article

Please join the A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series in partnership with the Birke Fine Arts Symposium in celebrating National Women's History Month and Contemporary American Letters with two literary events. The first event will will be a literary lecture with poets Rebecca Gayle Howll and Matthew Oldzmann on Wednesday, February 28th @ 5:30 p.m. in... View Article

The Marshall Thundering Herd hosts Florida Atlantic at the Cam Henderson Center March 1 at 6pm! Visit www.herdzone.com for ticket information.

Join us for the National Tour of Wizard of Oz in Ashland, KY! This production of THE WIZARD OF OZ is a spectacular celebration of that classic 1939 MGM film. It’s a new, refreshed and lavish rendition of the beloved classic. Audiences young and old, seeing it for the first time or the fifth, will... View Article

Writers Christa Parravani, Rebecca Gayle Howll, and Matthew Oldzmann will present at  7:30 p.m. in the Shawkey Room, Memorial Student Center. The reading will be followed with an audience Q&A and book signing. The event is free and open to the public.  

The Marshall University School of Music continues its Ninth Annual Festival of New Music on Friday, March 2, featuring the music of festival guest composer, Dr. Elainie Lillios, professor of music at Bowling Green State University. The School of Music hosts the festival each year to promote new music and provide opportunities for regional, national,... View Article

Join the Center for the Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia (CSEGA) and the 2018 Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Fellow Dr. Wendy Perkins as she presents on her research “The Acceptance of Rape Myths by College Students in Appalachia” at the Francis Booth Experimental Theater, March 3 at 7pm. Reception to follow presentation

Buffalo, NY hip hop artist, Chuckie Campbell, stops in Huntington, WV, on the way to the largest music festival in the United States, SXSW, to rock the crowd at Mix Nightclub. Coming with him is a full band -- drums, guitar, bass, and a full horn section -- not to mention the sounds of New... View Article

The Original Harlem Globetrotters are preparing for their action packed 2018 World Tour! A star-studded roster will have fans on the edge of their seats to witness the ball handling wizardry, basketball artistry and one-of-a-kind family entertainment that thrills fans of all ages. Join Globetrotter stars after the game where they will stay for an... View Article

Five for Fighting will be performing at the historic Keith-Albee Theater March 8, 2018 at 7:30pm. Ondrasik, a Los Angeles native, who goes by Five for Fighting (a five-minute penalty in hockey for on-the-ice fist-a-cuffs), has had his music featured in 350 films, TV shows, and advertisements ranging from the The Blind Side to Hawaii... View Article

Doors open all day with show starting at 8pm. Admission is $5. The Press Club is an all ages venue. For more information or questions please visit www.facebook.com/pressclubwv or call (304)522-6362

Join Ariel and some of the cast of The Paramount Players production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid for a fun afternoon of refreshments, photos, and crafts. Each child must have one adult (free admission) accompany them to the event. Additional adults or siblings not participating require a $10 ticket. Event includes photo opportunities with cast... View Article

Doors open all day with show starting at 8pm. Admission is $5. The Press Club is an all ages venue. For more information or questions please visit www.facebook.com/pressclubwv or call (304)522-6362

Casting Crowns with special guest I Am They will perform at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena March 15 at 7pm. Multi-platinum selling and GRAMMY® winning group Casting Crowns will hit the road in 2018 for the final leg of its hugely successful "The Very Next Thing" Tour, featuring special guests I AM THEY. “The Very... View Article

Doors open all day with show starting at 8pm. Admission is $5. The Press Club is an all ages venue. For more information or questions please visit www.facebook.com/pressclubwv or call (304)522-6362

Hosted monthly since July 2009, the Huntington Critical Mass (open to all skateboarders and cyclists) is a family friendly, flat 6-mile ride to the West End, through downtown and then back to Ritter Park along 10th Street, which is part of the share the road portion of the PATH. Meet at the Ritter Park fountain... View Article

Doors open at 8pm with show starting at 10pm Admission is $7 at the door Ages 18+. For full band bios, visit www.vclublive.com.

Enjoy the spirit of St. Patty's Day with Downtown Huntington! Purchase a Lucky Charm for $10 at Pullman Square and earn a pot full of savings while you shop, dine and play from over 30 places on St Patty’s Day! Your chance to purchase a charm ends at 4pm, but the charm savings last in... View Article

Help us find the pot of gold in Ritter Park! In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the next GHPRD Hike of the Month will be a Shamrock Hunt! The Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District and New Heights Church are teaming up to fill the trails of Ritter Park with LUCK! Lucky shamrocks will guide... View Article

The Kindness Easter Bunny event will provide a calmer environment for children with sensory disorders. The music and the lights will be off and there will be a sensory friendly play area for children while they wait. The children will be able to visit the Easter Bunny when they are ready without the stress of... View Article

Sarah McDermott will present Geographic Narratives within Artist's Books at the March 19th 6:30pm meeting of the Huntington Area Art Society. This talk will discuss how landscape features function within artist's books to tell stories, convey information, explore ideas, or attempt to represent the human experience of the environment. McDermott will present her own artist's... View Article

The Huntington Blues Society proudly welcomes Honey Soul Caravan to the V Club stage for their monthly super jam. Doors open at 7pm with show starting at 8pm Admission is $1 at the door Ages 18+. For full band bios, visit www.vclublive.com.

Cole Swindell performs at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena March 22 at 7:30pm In just over three years since he made his debut on Warner Bros. Records, Cole Swindell has racked up an impressive and incomparable record-breaking SEVEN No. 1 singles (the only solo artist in the history of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase to top the... View Article

Doors open all day with show starting at 8pm. Admission is $5. The Press Club is an all ages venue. For more information or questions please visit www.facebook.com/pressclubwv or call (304)522-6362

Spend a special Friday night with Big Rock and the CandyAss Mountain Boys with Bo back singing lead vocals on a bunch of jugband and early blues and jazzy pop standards. Music starts at Black Sheep Stage at 9pm.

Please join us for a PowerPoint presentation titled "The Great Migration from Appalachia and the South: Struggle and Artistic Expression" on March 24, 2018, at 2 p.m. at HMA. Admission to this presentation by Tim Keny and John Moe, who are experts on self-taught art, is free.

Please join us for our Folk Art-themed March Tuesday Tour at 6 p.m. March 27, 2018, highlighting the exhibit titled “Drawing From a Deeper Well: Self-Taught Art From Appalachia and Beyond,” which is on view from March 3 through July 1, 2018. Demonstrations by artists Minnie Adkins and JoAnn Butts will take place, as well... View Article

The Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District is pleased to announce the return of your canine’s favorite event, the Paws in the Park Easter Egg Hunt! Bring your leashed dogs to the Ritter Park Fountain Area Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at 6 p.m. for an egg hunt like no other! This free event will feature... View Article

Marshall University alumna Emily Cain, who is now a cultural heritage consultant at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, will return to Marshall Thursday, March 29, to present a workshop and a public lecture. From 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 402 of Drinko Library, Cain will give a lecture titled “Collections and Communities:... View Article

Doors open all day with show starting at 8pm. Admission is $5. The Press Club is an all ages venue. For more information or questions please visit www.facebook.com/pressclubwv or call (304)522-6362

The local scene returns to the Purple Pig in Barboursville WV Friday, March 30th! Hosted by Real Ones Entertainment, some local favorites will be performing throughout the night , as long as some of the best DJs and EDM specialist the area has to offer! Artists include -King Nique -Green T -L.I.T. Music -Thyrd Wyrld... View Article

Doors open at 8pm with show starting at 10pm Admission is $10 at the door Ages 18+. For full band bios, visit www.vclublive.com.

Enjoy a night filled with music written and performed by a few of the music scene's most talented women. Doors open all day with show starting at 8pm. Admission is $5. The Press Club is an all ages venue. For more information or questions please visit www.facebook.com/pressclubwv or call (304)522-6362

The Easter Bunny is on his way back to Ritter Park for the Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District’s Annual Easter Egg-Stravaganza! Join us on March 31 at noon for an Easter Egg Hunt of epic proportions, with over 20,000 eggs! The Hunt starts promptly at noon so don’t be late! We don’t want you... View Article

Toddlers to middle schoolers get to gather eggs with classmates and friends in grade-level marked areas around the Maddie Carroll House and grounds.. Toddler-Preschool, Kindergarten-1st grade, 2nd-3rd grade, 4th-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, and handicap. After prizes are distributed, tours of the house will be offered until 4pm.