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Upper Ohio Valley Summertime Fun

2018 Fireworks & Festivals Guide

By Emily Schloss June 21, 2018

Summertime fun for the whole crew! Start planning your family's close-to-home outings, keeping the fun easy and entertaining! Following are local events, mostly festivals and concerts with free admission, for the remaining month of June. More summer listings are coming! Be the first to see updated lists by subscribing to the Weirton-Steubenville Macaroni Kid newsletter. Do you know of an event that should make the Steubenville-Weirton Macaroni Kid Fireworks & Festivals Guide? Email me at emilyschloss@macaronikid.com and I'll be happy to get it on the list! Enjoy all the local fun with your sweet families!


Festivals Guide for June:

June 21: 

  • Heritage Port Story Time: M is for Mountain State, By Mary Ann McCabe Riehle, The Wheeling Waterfront, 11 a.m.
  • Tiltonsville Gazebo Summer Concerts: Light Touch, Variety, Warren Township Park, 7 p.m.
  • Fort Steuben Summer Concert Series: House of Soul, Soul Night, Historic Fort Steuben, 6:30 p.m.

June 22: 

  • Summer Kickoff Party, Valley Harley-Davidson, The Highlands, 6-9 p.m.
  • Weirton Event Center: De Ja Vu, Kylar Kuzio, Variety, Downtown, 7 p.m.
  • Marshall County Summer Concert Series: Ron Retzer Trio, Variety, at Moundsville Riverfront Park, 7-9 p.m.

June 22-23: 

  • Ohio Valley Rib and Chicken Cookoff, The Wheeling Waterfront, noon-11 p.m.

June 24: 

  • Oglebay Summer Series: Sierra Hull, Blues/Folk/American, Anne Kuchinka Amphitheater, 7 p.m.

June 25-30: 

  • Harrison County Fair, Cadiz, Ohio

June 26

  • St. Clairsville Summer Concert Series: Radio Tokyo, Pop/Current, Central Park Complex, 7-9 p.m.
  • Toe Tappin' Tuesdays: The Sarah Hays Band, Classic Rock and Blues, Warwood's Garden Park, 7 p.m.

June 27: 

  • Dillonvale Midweek Melodies: Stevie Lynn, Country/Variety, City Park Gazebo, 6-8 p.m.
  • Waterfront Wednesdays: The Hoard and Jones Band, Variety, Wheeling Heritage Port, 7 p.m.
  • Wells Township Concert Series: 40+ Band, Oldies, Classic Rock/Country, Brilliant, Former Buckeye North Field, 7-9 p.m.

June 28: 

  • Fort Steuben Summer Concert Series: The Diamond Project, Neil Diamond Tribute, Historic Fort Steuben, 6:30 p.m.
  • Heritage Port Story Time: When I Was Young in the Mountains, By Cynthia Rylant, The Wheeling Waterfront, 11 a.m.
  • Tiltonsville Gazebo Summer Concerts: Poor Man's Heaven, Classic Rock and Country, Warren Township Park, 7 p.m.

June 29: 

  • Marshall County Summer Concert Series: Brett Cain Duo, Top 40 and Rock Favorites, Glen Dale Park, 7-9 p.m.

June 29-30: 

  • Thunder in the Ville, Indian Creek High School, Wintersville

June 30

  • St. Clairsville Summer Concert Series: Community Day Celebration, 4 p.m. featuring Jukebox, Variety, Central Park Complex, 7-9 p.m.
  • Weirton Event Center: Beatlemania Magic, Beatles Tribute, Downtown, 7 p.m.

June 30-July 3: 

  • Independence Celebration: Oglebay Resort


Fireworks Guide for June:

June 22: 

  • Valley Harley-Davidson, The Highlands

June 30: 

  • Weirton Event Center, Downtown
  • Thunder in the Ville, Indian Creek High School, Wintersville, 10 p.m.


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