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As the calendar has turned to September and fall is approaching, festivals and festivals are entering into full swing across the Ohio Valley — and valley residents could be foolish to not go to.

The enjoyable has begun this week with the Belmont County Fair, a 176-year custom that gives all the traditional honest of rides, livestock reveals, meals video games and extra. The identical will be mentioned this week for the West Alexander Fair simply throughout the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border.

Barnesville will get into the act on Sept. 22-25 when it hosts its annual Pumpkin Festival. That not solely options honest and competition favorites, but in addition contains the crowning of the King Pumpkin on the annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off. That’s all the time a sight to behold. Last yr, the successful pumpkin weighed in at a whopping 2,196 kilos.

And the West Virginia facet of the Ohio River will get into the act nearly a month from now, when Oglebayfest and the Ohio County Country Fair are held Oct. 3-5, each at Oglebay Park Resort. That occasion brings friends and distributors from all throughout the area.

These festivals and festivals give people a implausible alternative not solely to see their buddies and neighbors, but in addition see what their buddies and neighbors are creating, whether or not its artwork, meals or crafts. The area is filled with gifted folks, and these occasions are an ideal alternative to pattern their wares.

And it’s an opportunity to take pleasure in the fantastic thing about the Ohio Valley because the air turns crisp and sweater climate creeps again into the realm. The valley has all the time been a burst of colour within the autumn months, and there’s no higher technique to take pleasure in it than to take a stroll via it.

So seize that sweater and head out to any of the a number of festivals and festivals the Ohio Valley options this fall. Local surroundings, native leisure and native merchandise from native distributors make for an exquisite mixture. Don’t hesitate to take it in for your self.