The RiffRaff Arts Collective

08/28/2025

𝐍𝐄𝐖: Flip through the Culturefest 2025 Program Guide below! 🗺️🎶

Plan your wander, circle your can’t-miss sets—then pick up a 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐭 at The Dream Bean & RiffRaff, available this weekend, and all next week for the festival.

Sept 4–7 • Free • Grassroots District • Princeton, WV

🌐 Details at culturefestwv.com

The official program guide for the 22nd annual Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival in Princeton, WV, featuring the full schedule, artist biographies, workshop and vendor information, previews of upcoming events, and messages from our sponsors.

08/27/2025

Meet your Vendor Village for Culturefest Sept. 4-7! 🛍️
Handcrafted wares, natural body-care, bright spices on the breeze—the lineup is set.
Check out the program page + map your wander for Sept 4–7. 🧭

𝐀𝐑𝐓 & 𝐉𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐑𝐘: Wild & Wander • Jacmel Arts Center • Lulu creations• Barefoot & Brazen • RiffRaff Art Boutique • Chloe Blankenship • Stream of Thought

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒: The Gaia Den • Wildflower Massage & Bodywork • WildKat’s Herbal Oasis

𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 & 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊: Vonte’s Kitchen • Hidalgos Kitchen • Lou Lou's Lil' Orbits

𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃: Jimmies Restaurant • The Dream Bean • Danny's Bar• The Hatter's Bookshop • Holler: Gallery • Associated Photography • Hammer & Stain • Mercer Street Bicycle Co-Op and Mercantile • Daydream Games • and many more!

Find text only versions of this info, the full schedule + details at culturefestwv.com

Culturefest • Sept 4–7 • Free • Grassroots District, Princeton WV

08/25/2025

Ready to map your Culturefest? 🗺️

🎶 The full schedule is LIVE—performances across downtown stages, hands-on workshops, Kidspace magic, and 🌿 healing & movement sessions. Find your moments: fire arts at dusk, breaking at high noon, music in every pocket.

Circle your can’t-miss sets and plan your wander → culturefestwv.com (bios + links on every listing + text only versions)

🛍️🍽️Vendors & food drop later this week—stay tuned.

Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival
📅 Sept 4–7 • Free • 📍 Grassroots District • Princeton, WV

08/23/2025

The RiffRaff Art Boutique crew says hi! 👋 It’s been a minute, but the shop is blooming again—NEW art across the gallery, a whole garden of metal flowers 🌼 (if you’ve been waiting for one, now’s your moment), and a fresh Kevbot Chocolate restock (WV-made, bean-to-bar and so good). 🍫

If you haven’t been by lately, come wander the color, meet the team, and say hello to Vladys, our fluffy gallery cat/door host. 🐱
We’ll be open and ready for Culturefest Sept. 4-7—make us one of your stops! 🎶🎨

Beautiful Team Photos by Indie Soul Photography

08/21/2025

Two weeks out from the 22nd Annual Culturefest (Sept 4–7) and we’re shouting out the crew who makes it happen—from the baristas brewing ☕️ magic at The Dream Bean to the production wizards wiring stages, the music-makers, the storytellers, and the visionaries steering the ship. We’ve been building together for two decades (some since day one!).

We teamed up with the amazing Indie Soul Photography—longtime Culturefest + RifRaff fam—to capture these beautiful humans behind the scenes. Come say hi and meet everyone at Culturefest, Sept 4–7, in the Mercer Street Grassroots District. Free to attend, full of music, art, and community.

PS: RiffRaff Arts Collective is a nonprofit—every latte, your presence, and your contributions help keep programs like Culturefest, Open Stage, The Dream Bean, Downtown Countdown, and more thriving. 💚

More pics incoming—stay tuned.

08/20/2025

✨ In just 2 weeks, the sounds of SO MUCH LIVE MUSIC will fill the Grassroots District.

We want to send a special THANK YOU to the Levitt Foundation for their support of the 22nd Annual Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival. Levitt partners with changemakers and nonprofits in towns and cities across America to create joyous, inclusive destinations where the power of free, live music brings people together of all ages and backgrounds, creating more healthy, equitable, and thriving communities. Learn more: levitt.org

Their support helps us bring all this to you for FREE — acts like:

🎶 Jonathan Scales Fourchestra – Steel pan like you’ve never heard it before. A fearless fusion of jazz, funk, and classical that’s taken them from NPR’s Tiny Desk to stages across the world.

🌊 Høly River– An ethereal indie-folk duo carrying the heartbeat of earth folk, weaving soundscapes that call us back to nature.

🍬 Sugar Bomb – An Asheville groove-jazz trio that’s as sweet as it is explosive. Expect mind-bending grooves and playful, soulful energy.

And that’s just three of the 25+ performances filling the Grassroots District with music Sept 4–7. Explore the complete lineup with links and more at culturefestwv.com.

💛 Tag a friend you want to share this amazing experience with — because Culturefest is better together.

📅 September 4–7 · Princeton, WV
🎟 FREE to attend · culturefestwv.com

08/12/2025

💛 Less than a month ‘til Mercer Street comes alive with the music, movement, art, food, and community of Culturefest— and you’re invited!

🌈 Share the official poster with friends, family & neighbors so nobody misses out — and start making plans!

🎶 Four days · Multiple stages · Dozens of artists from near & far
🍲 Flavors from Appalachia & around the globe
🎨 Workshops · Healing arts · Kids’ activities
🛍 Unique shops, galleries & public art at every turn

📅 September 4–7 · Grassroots District · Princeton, WV
🎟 FREE to attend! · culturefestwv.com

08/11/2025

This past weekend, some of the RiffRaff crew took a little field trip to Brush Creek Holl'r to check out WV’s first mountain coaster — located right here in Princeton… and wow. 🚀 It was epic!

And of course, Robert couldn’t resist making a video so you could ride along with us. 🎥

With Culturefest just one month away (Sept 4–7), we’re already thinking about all the ways to make your festival trip unforgettable. 🌄🎶

There is SO much to explore when you Visit Mercer County, WV— and the Mountain Coaster is one of the many reasons to come.

If you’re traveling in for Culturefest, add this to your adventure — on your way to or from the festival. And if you’re local, we highly recommend checking out this incredible new addition to our landscape.

We love seeing visionary, big-thinking folks bring something totally unique to our area… and this is definitely one for the books. 🎢💛

08/09/2025

✨ The faces of Culturefest tell the story best.
The joy, the connection, the celebration of music, art, and community — it all comes alive because of the people who gather here year after year to celebrate together. 💛

We can’t wait to see your smiling face here in just ONE MONTH — alongside friends old and new — in the Grassroots District the 22nd Annual Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival!

📅 Sept 4–7, 2025 | Downtown Princeton, WV | FREE
🎶 View the lineup + plan your trip: culturefestwv.com

📸 Joyful moments captured by Eric Proffit

👇 Tag your Culturefest crew so they know it’s time to make plans!

08/07/2025

🎪 Last Call for Vendors — Culturefest 2025! 🎶
We’ve been curating a beautiful mix of food, art, and retail vendors for this year’s festival—and just a few spaces remain!

If you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time to jump in. We’re especially looking for:
🧵 Original creations
🌐 Distinctive imports + one-of-a-kind retail items
🍲 Food vendors with a passion for unique flavors, culinary tradition, and creativity

Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival returns to the Grassroots District Sept. 4–7, and it’s shaping up to be a beautiful celebration of community and creative expression.

Vendor space is limited and we avoid overlapping offerings, so apply soon! We curate our vendor lineup carefully to keep offerings unique and complementary.

🔗 Apply here: https://www.culturefestwv.com/vendors

Let’s create something magical together. 🌀

08/05/2025

⏳ The countdown is ON!
In just ONE MONTH, the streets of downtown Princeton come alive for the 22nd Annual Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival— four magical days of music, dance, art, food, and community... and it's FREE to attend!

🛏️ Need a place to stay?
Trust us—you don’t want to sleep on this:
✨ Lake Mountain Manor's treehouses are the hot ticket — peaceful, dreamy, and just six miles from the fest. They will sell fast, so don’t wait.
👉 Book yours now: lakemountainmanor.com

🏨 Prefer a hotel? We’ve secured special discounted block rates just for Culturefest guests from our generous partner hotels:
• Quality Inn Princeton
• Country Inn & Suites
• Sleep Inn & Suites
🔗 Find the booking links here: culturefestwv.com/information

⛺️ Prefer the great outdoors? Fantastic camping is available nearby at nearby Camp Creek State Park as well as Brushcreek Falls Rv Resort.

🎶 Check out the performance lineup at culturefestwv.com — and stay tuned for the full schedule with workshops, vendors, kids activities, and more dropping later this month.

📍Sept 4–7 in the Grassroots District, Princeton WV
Come be part of the magic. 💫


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