West Virginia Cares Festival is a new regional event celebrating all that we CARE about this great Mountain State.

WE CARE about our people, our veterans, our culture, our environment, our history, our talent and our future.

The event highlights Appalachian music, dance, arts, crafts, foods and the hospitality of mountain folk.

The event will benefit the West Virginia Chapter of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, a group of combat veterans who raise funds for other veteran programs and their national amputee program and Friends of the Cheat, a non-profit founded in 1995 to restore, preserve and promote the natural qualities of the Cheat River watershed.

The two-day event features nearly a dozen music groups, arts and crafts, food vendors, a motorcycle show and many other activities.

A Bike Photo competition, sponsored by Triple S Harley Davidson in Morgantown, includes a ride through the region and culminates at the festival grounds on Saturday.

8/11: 7:00 – 8:30pm The 19th Street Band