October 17, 2025
Film Series: Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song
Mimi Pickering’s 2002 film follows the life and career of West Virginia native Hazel Dickens. Born in Montcalm in Mercer County, Dickens’ songs blazed many trails and influenced generations of songwriters, musicians and activists. After growing up in the southern West Virginia coalfields, she moved to Baltimore where she worked in factories and became an outspoken advocate for unions. One of the first women to play bluegrass, she was a champion of the working class and often stood with miners at rallies and picket lines. In 2001, The National Endowment for the Arts awarded her a National Heritage Fellowship. Her music has appeared in films including Harlan County USA and Matewan. The film includes interviews with Alison Krauss, Naomi Judd, Billy Bragg, and Mike Seeger.
Mimi Pickering is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked at Appalshop, a media, arts, and education center in Whitesburg, Kentucky, since 1972. Born in California, she moved to West Virginia in 1971, drawn by the beauty of the mountains and the strength of the people - as well as the mining and extraction economics of Appalachia. Her other films include The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man, Buffalo Creek Revisited, Chemical Valley, and Anne Braden: Southern Patriot.
Friday, October 17, 6:30 p.m. The WV Museum of Music in The Charleston Town Center.
Info: 304/342-4412; wvmhof@gmail.com

July 10, 2025
Film Series: Dancing Outlaw and Junkumentary  
The WVMHoF’s Glotfelty Film Series continues on July 10 with Part 1 of a series showcasing the groundbreaking work of WV filmmaker Jacob Young.  
The first installment features Dancing Outlaw (1991), Young’s cult faborite which introduced Jesco White to legions of fans of psychotronic Appalachia. Also that evening you can catch a rare screening of Young’s first film, Junkumentary (1987).
Young will be there to take questions and talk about the making of the films, as well as the unexpected trajectory of Dancing Outlaw and his unlikely relationship with Jesco and Norma Jean White.
Thursday, July 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The WV Museum of Music in The Charleston Town Center.      
Info: 304/342-4412; wvmhof@gmail.com

June 1, 2025
Fly Away Home Fest – A Celebration of the 100th Birthday of Hazel Dickens
Live musical performances all day. All proceeds to benefit the Black Lung Association. Click here for tickets, donations, and more information.
Sunday, June 1, 12 noon to 8 pm — Glenwood Park, Princeton, WV

April 12, 2025
West Virginia Music Hall of Fame 10th Induction Ceremony
Join us as we celebrate our Class of 2025 Inductees and our anniversary. Click here for more information and tickets.
April 12 — Culture Center Theater on the Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV
Lobby opens 6 pm; Theater opens 7 pm; Ceremony begins 7:30 pm.

March 29, 2025
Special Exhibit: “Blue Skies Will Haunt You From Now On: A Mini Retrospective of the Artwork of Daniel Johnston”
Curated by Johnston’s former tour manager, friend, biographer and bandmate, Don Goede. Click here for more information.
March 29 — Exhibit Opens — WV Music Hall of Fame, Charleston.

March 28-29, 2025
Film Series: The Devil & Daniel Johnston
Award-winning film on the life and artistry of “outsider” musician Daniel Johnston. Click here for more information.
March 28 — The Lewis Theater, Lewisburg, 7 pm. $15.
March 29 — WV Music Hall of Fame, Charleston, 6 pm. Pay what you can.

March 2, 2025
Film Series: Young@Heart
Extraordinary documentary proves the magic and power of music is ageless. Click here for more information.
March 2 — WV Music Hall of Fame, Charleston, 2 pm. Pay what you can.