Upcoming Events and Activities

Pennyroyal Opera House Features Crandall Creek

The Pennyroyal Opera House will host a bluegrass show on Friday January 10th featuring Crandall Creek.

Crandall Creek is a high-energy bluegrass group comprised of members with impressive lead and harmony vocalists, award-winning instrumentalists, and acclaimed songwriters. Founding member, guitarist, and songwriter, Jerry Andrews brought together a wealth of talent, including the stellar vocal talents of Carly Greer, who has brought a new life and energy into the band. When Andrews created the band in 2015, he envisioned a group that created its own music with an ear toward the mountain harmonies he heard as a child. He succeeded in that effort when he linked up with Kathy Wigman Lesnock, a West Finley, Pennsylvania songwriter. They met through a mutual friend – Jamie Peck, who owns a recording studio in Wheeling, West Virginia, where the band still records their albums. Crandall Creek also includes multi-instrumentalist Dustin Terpenning on banjo and mandolin, Sav Nelson on bass, and Steve Acord on fiddle.

Opening band that evening is New Wells South .

The kitchen and doors open at 5:00 and the show begins at 7:00.  Tickets are $20 per person, 12 and under are free.

The Pennyroyal Opera House consists of a 100% volunteer staff and is located in Fairview Ohio just off Interstate 70 at exit 198.

Union Local Free New Year’s Day Meal Delivery

Once again, this community service is presented by the Union Local High School Marching Band.  “Do you know someone in the Union Local School District who needs a warm delicious meal and a little kindness to start the new year?”

The meal will consist of pork roast tenderloin, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, roll and light dessert. 

 Meals will be delivered between 12:00 and 4:00 Wednesday, January 1. 

Plans are to prepare 350 meals.   Meals are free to participants thanks to generous sponsors and fundraising efforts for band equipment by Christmas Day.  Suggested donation is $20 per meal with a goal of $7,000 to cover the costs.  

For donations or to register please contact Suzanne Bretz by FB messenger, text to 740.340.8377 or by email to ulbandboosters@gmail.com  

Farmer Breakfast Series Launches

 OSU Extension Belmont County and Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District launch a Belmont Farmer Breakfast Series in the new year. The events will take place on the first Thursday each month from 8:00-9:30 at their offices on Roscoe Road, St. Clairsville 

The topic on January 2 is “Ohio Fence Laws”. Peggy Hall, attorney and director of the OSU Agricultural Resource Law Program, will provide an overview of the Ohio Revised Code and answer common questions.  

All are welcome to attend, and the cost is $10. To RSVP, contact Belmont County Extension at (740) 695-1455 or Belmont SWCD at (740) 526-0027.

Pasture Management Workshop on Tap

(ST. CLAIRSVILLE) – Has your farm been affected by the drought?

Belmont Soil and Water Conservation District, along with the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resource Conservation Service, will be offering a workshop to discuss pasture management and how to prepare for extreme weather events in the future.

This workshop will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Belmont Soil and Water office, located at 45422 Roscoe Road, St. Clairsville at the Belmont County Fairgrounds.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Belmont SWCD at (740) 526-0027.

Square Dance & Cakewalk Benefits LifeWise

A Square Dance and Cakewalk will take place at the Somerton Community Church, Saturday, January 18 to benefit the LifeWise program. The event will feature the Buckeye Travelers. Doors open at 6:00 with the event taking place from 7:00-10:00. For more information call (740) 885-0516.  The Somerton Community Church is located on SR 800 at 54400 Washington Street, Somerton.    

Foster Hope Ohio Valley Murder Mystery Dinner

Tickets are on sale through January 10 with limited seating for the Foster Hope Ohio Valley Murder Mystery Dinner. The Event “An Awards Fright Night” is set for Wednesday, January 22 at the Main Street Barrel House, 137 East Main Street, Barnesville.  Doors open at 5:00. Guests should arrive by 5:45 with the program beginning promptly at 6:00.   

Join us for an evening of glitz and glam for the 2025 Academy Awards Festival

All attendees are encouraged to use this evening as an excuse to get all dolled up and dressed in their best red-carpet attire!

Purchase your tickets here.