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4797 Midland Drive, Charleston WV

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Join us for our 8th Annual Salt Fest! Each year Salt Fest is bigger and better, and we're looking forward to this year being the best yet!

Free Entry - Live Music by Kanawha Tradition, Josh Pantry, and Parachute Brigade - 40+ Artisan Vendors - Kid Friendly - Tours of the Salt Farm & the Historic 200 Year Old Salt Works!

Where: J.Q. Dickinson Salt Works
4797 Midland Drive, Charleston WV (right beside Carver Career Center! Just 10 minutes from the Capitol Building.)

Saturday, May 9th
11AM to 5PM

PLEASE READ: SALT FEST FAQ
✷ Can I bring my dog? Salt Fest is dog friendly, but please note in past years it has been hot! Additionally, a leash is required, and you will not be able to participate in our tour of the salt farm as it is a food processing facility.

✷ Are you wheelchair accessible? Our shop and the general event area is wheelchair accessible. However, please note our tours are not wheelchair accessible.

✷ Is this event kid friendly? Yes, children are welcome and there will be a kids' zone!

✷ What if the weather is bad? Salt Fest is rain or shine!

✷ Where is parking? Parking will be in the Carver Career Center lot (right next to us!) and spillover parking will be at Dupont Middle down the road with a shuttle running to the event. Please do not park on the side of the main road.

✷ Will there be food? Yes, we will have food and snack vendors, and a cash/credit bar.

 

CURRENT VENDORS:
Mrs. Mel's ● Shake Your Boba ● Obscura Bakery ● Little Jimmy's Shaved Ice ● Vannick Coffee ● Snack Crush ● Gibson's Goodies ● Villa Ditrapano ● Hernshaw Farms ● Kona Ice ● Angelo's Sausage ● Lysha Valley Farmstead ● Trailer Top Popcorn ● Parties and Peonies ● Made by Meish ● Karen Townsend ● Lace & Sediment ● The Wren & Willow Gems ● Wonder Flora Creations ● Cali Wesson Artwork ● Wild Wick Candle Co. ● Western Regional CASA ● Echo Lit ● Crowded Cat Studio ● Roots Cigar Co. ● Unity Sister Farm ● Misty Vale Leather ● Face Painting by Faith ● Bashful Bee Press ● MarrowBone Glassworks ● Charleston Bee Works ● Country Roads Concessions ● Appalachian Weird ● Yarn Over ● Sugar Bottom Farm ● Chapter Next Art ● Charleston Bread ● Hippie's Daughter ● LaBelle's WV Publications ● Angel Eye Designs ● Gypsy Girl Creations ● Muddy Mountain Farm ● Bloodline Blends ● Moonstruck Maple ● G&G Heritage Farms 

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