The RiffRaff Arts Collective

The RiffRaff Arts Collective Inspiring and empowering the arts and creativity in downtown Princeton, West Virginia and beyond.

12/18/2025

Ring in the New Year on Mercer Street ๐ŸŽ‰

Seven live music venues. One walkable downtown. Music everywhere you go. ๐ŸŽถ

From high-energy performances to that unbeatable street vibe, Downtown Countdown is where you want to be this New Yearโ€™s Eve. Walk from show to show and welcome 2026 with unforgettable energy and live music all night long. ๐Ÿ‘Ÿโœจ

Check out the full event details at www.downtowncountdown.org and make your plans!


12/17/2025

This is how we do New Yearโ€™s Eve. โœจ

Live music pouring out of doorways ๐ŸŽถ
Kids laughing. Friends wandering.
Fireworks at midnight ๐ŸŽ†

Downtown Countdown on Mercer Street.
Princeton, WV.

Weโ€™d love to share it with you.

๐Ÿ”— downtowncountdown.org

12/05/2025

Welcome to Candy Cane Lane! ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿฌโœจ

Experience the magic of the City of Princeton's Christmas Parade live on Mercer Street, where floats roll, lights glow, and the whole community comes alive in holiday spirit โ€” or enjoy it from the comfort of your living room! This special broadcast brings all the sparkle, music, and hometown joy of this spectacular parade straight to your screen. Grab a cozy blanket, settle in, and enjoy the parade just as if you were standing right downtown โ€” all streaming here on Facebook.

Monday, December 8th at 7pm! ๐ŸŽฌ

โœจ Missed Small Business Weekend? No worries.The season is just beginning โ€” and so is our neighborhood holiday tradition....
12/01/2025

โœจ Missed Small Business Weekend? No worries.
The season is just beginning โ€” and so is our neighborhood holiday tradition.๐ŸŽ„

Weโ€™re extending our Limited-Edition Mercer Street Ornament through the end of the year (or until theyโ€™re gone). ๐ŸŽ

Spend $50 total at 2+ Mercer St. businesses, bring your receipts to RiffRaff, and weโ€™ll gift you this yearโ€™s keepsake โ€” featuring an original winter photograph by Robert Blankenship. โ„๏ธ

Because we believe in keeping creativity flowing, lights glowing, and this community rising. โœจ

Prefer to purchase one directly? Youโ€™re welcome to buy this yearโ€™s ornament at the gallery โ€” and last yearโ€™s too, if youโ€™d like to complete the collection. ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ’›

11/26/2025

Enjoy this holiday sparkle from our corner of Mercer Streetโ€ฆ๐ŸŽ„

๐Ÿ’› Come stroll with us. Magic lives here!
โœจ Support the dreamers. Share the love. Shop local this season.

๐ŸŽ„๐‘จ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’“๐’๐’๐’•๐’” ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’š & ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’…๐’‚๐’š! This yearโ€™s limited-edition holiday ornament...
11/25/2025

๐ŸŽ„๐‘จ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’“๐’๐’๐’•๐’” ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’š & ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’…๐’‚๐’š!

This yearโ€™s limited-edition holiday ornament is a showstopper! Featuring a breathtaking snowy scene of Mercer Street captured by Robert Blankenship, itโ€™s a true piece of homegrown holiday magic. โ„๏ธโœจ

๐ŸŽ„ Want one? Hereโ€™s how to claim yours:
Spend a total of $50 or more at two or more Mercer Street businesses, then bring your receipts to redeem your prize:

๐Ÿ“ Black Friday โ€“ Redeem at RiffRaff
๐Ÿ“ Small Business Saturday โ€“ Redeem at Town Square booth

โœจ ๐‘ท๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘บ: ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐‘ด๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’• ๐’‘๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’”๐’†, ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’“๐’๐’๐’•๐’” ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‘ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐Ÿ’›

These ornaments are limited-run and always go fast โ€” donโ€™t miss your chance to take home a piece of the magic.

๐ŸŒ€ Brought to you with love by RiffRaff Arts Collective ๐Ÿ’›
Because we believe in keeping creativity flowing, lights glowing, and this community rising.

The ornament is printed right here in the District at Jo-Lene's Mystique Creations.

11/12/2025

๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ What a night! We love coming together with the community to celebrate Mercer Monster Mash, one of our favorite annual traditions on Mercer Street!

Huge thanks to everyone who made it spectacular โ€” the sponsors, participating businesses and organizations, the artists, our MCs, and every single person who showed up with your epic costumes! ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธโœจ

And big shoutout to Eric Proffit for capturing the magic in this fantastic video recap. ๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿงก

๐ŸŽฌโœจ Thereโ€™s movie magic brewing in our neck of the woods...
11/04/2025

๐ŸŽฌโœจ Thereโ€™s movie magic brewing in our neck of the woods...

11/03/2025
โœจ Last week was something else.Weโ€™re still buzzing from ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™€๏ธ Mercer Monster Mash; huge thanks to everyone who helped bri...
11/02/2025

โœจ Last week was something else.
Weโ€™re still buzzing from ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™€๏ธ Mercer Monster Mash; huge thanks to everyone who helped bring the street to life once again! ๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŽถ

And as we await those spectacular photos, weโ€™re also glowing from the โญ Create Your State Convening , which wrapped up one week ago today. Creatives from across West Virginia + beyond came together to explore, connect, and dream about how creativity can transform our communities.

Weโ€™re so grateful for this growing community of visionaries and changemakers across Appalachia, and excited to keep learning and growing together. ๐ŸŒˆ

๐Ÿ“ธ Thank you to Eric Proffit for capturing these beautiful moments from the convening with inspiration flowing.

โœจ Moments from the Create Your State Convening (Oct. 24โ€“26), where creatives from across West Virginia + beyond gathered to connect, learn, and dream about transforming communities through creativity. ๐ŸŒˆ

๐Ÿ“ธ Photos by Eric Proffit

๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ Happy Halloween, friends! Since 2013, Mercer Monster Mash has been raising Mercer Street from the dead โ€” and weโ€™re ...
10/31/2025

๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ Happy Halloween, friends!
Since 2013, Mercer Monster Mash has been raising Mercer Street from the dead โ€” and weโ€™re at it again tonight!

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž:

๐Ÿงก Princeton Community Hospital * Xfinity * Conn-Weld Industries * Martin Dental Associates * City of Princeton * Public Works * and Participating Grassroots District Businesses ๐Ÿ™

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ:

Princeton Rescue Squad, Princeton Fire & Police Departments, Valkyries Ladies Club, New River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Optimum, Mythical Collectorโ€™s Unauthorized Vehicle Collection, STAR 95-9, WildKatโ€™s Herbal Oasis , The Gaia Den, and Trophies & More.

๐“๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž:

๐ŸŽƒ 6โ€“8 PM โ€” Trick-or-Treat on Mercer Street

๐Ÿ•บ 6โ€“8 PM โ€” Mystic Dance Party Monarch, 801 Mercer Street (New River UU + DJ Terpsacore)

๐Ÿ”ฎ 6โ€“8 PM โ€” Tarot & Astrology Readings @ The Listening Room, 867 Mercer (The Gaia Den)

๐Ÿชฆ 6โ€“11 PM โ€” Paranormal Investigation @ The Renaissance Theater (Appalachian Ghost Tours)

๐Ÿ”ฅ 6โ€“9 PM โ€” Cirque Performances with Fluidity (fire spinning and more)

๐ŸŽƒ 6โ€“8:30 PM โ€” Performance Pumpkin Carving by Shannon Gerasimchik

๐Ÿง›โ€โ™€๏ธ 8โ€“9:30 PM โ€” Costume Contest @ Town Square Stage (prizes for kids and adults)

๐Ÿšง Mercer Street is closed to traffic between Bee and 5th Streets for a safe, walkable Trick-or-Treat experience.

Come take it all in โ€” the costumes, the lights, the music, the mischief โ€” and celebrate Halloween, Grassroots style.

๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญโ€ฆ ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ฏ๐ž!

Address

865-869 Mercer Street
Princeton, WV
24740

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+13044256425

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