CHARLESTON â West Virginiaâs annual celebration of the stateâs traditional arts and culture is returning in 2021, albeit in a highly condensed form.
The Vandalia Gathering, typically a sprawling event held at the state Capitol Complex over Memorial Day Weekend, has been reduced to a two-hour concert Saturday, May 29.
The concert will be free to the public and will also be streamed live online.
âI consider Vandalia to be our big West Virginia homecoming,â said Randall Reid-Smith, curator of the Department of Arts, Culture and History. âItâs all of our music, all of our crafts. I think it would be so bad to have to take another year off.â