Nicholas County Potato Festival

09/02/2026

🎤 ARE YOU READY TO BE THE NEXT POTATO IDOL? 🥔⭐

Step up to the mic and show us what you've got at the Potato Idol Talent Search during the Nicholas County Potato Festival!

📅 Saturday, September 12
📍 City Pavilion
📝 Registration begins at 4:00 PM
🎶 Rehearsal begins at 4:45 PM
🎤 Competition begins at 5:30 PM

There are four age groups: 5–10, 11–15, 16–20, and 21+, with $50 awarded to the winner of each category and $100 to the overall Potato Idol!

Registration is $25, and forms are available on our website.

Think you've got what it takes? Come take the stage! 🎶🥔

09/01/2026

Just 10 days until the Nicholas County Potato Festival! 🎉

It's almost festival time! Make plans to join us September 11–12 in downtown Summersville for two days packed with live entertainment, great food, family activities, and everything that makes Potato Festival weekend so special.

We'll see you there!

08/29/2026

Walk, run, or hop your way to the Nicholas County Potato Festival! 🥔🏃🐰

Whether you’re hitting the streets for the Spud Run 5K or hopping toward the finish line in the Kids Potato Sack Race, there are plenty of ways to get moving at this year’s Nicholas County Potato Festival!

📅 September 11–12
📍 Downtown Summersville

08/27/2026

🥔 There’s a lot happening at the 2026 Nicholas County Potato Festival!

Want to make sure you don’t miss anything? Check out the full festival schedule on our website and start planning your Potato Festival weekend!

📅 September 11–12, 2026
📍 Downtown Summersville

Discover the Nicholas County Potato Festival Schedule for 2026 with detailed event timings and downloadable schedules. Don't miss out!

08/27/2026

🎉 TURN UP THE PLAYTIME! 🎉

HypedUp is bringing a ton of FREE fun to the 2026 Nicholas County Potato Festival! 🥔

Come check out the Twister Gyro Machine, Wrecking Ball, 8ft Fiesta Water Slide, Mountaineer Maze, 68ft Retro Racer Obstacle Course, Ocean Wave Bounce House Slide Combo, 9-hole putt-putt, axe throwing, Tropical Bounce House and more!

📅 Friday, September 11 | 5–10 PM
📅 Saturday, September 12 | 12 PM–10 PM

And the best part? It’s all FREE!

08/26/2026

🥔 READY, SET, HOP!

Two Potato Festival favorites are back for the kids! Join us Saturday morning for the Spud Hunt & Sack Race at the Brown Oaks.

🔎 Spud Hunt — 10:00 AM
🏁 Sack Race — 10:30 AM
📅 Saturday, September 12
📍 Brown Oaks

Both events are open to children 12 years old and younger.

A big thank you to the Summersville Area Chamber of Commerce and Jackson’s Meat Shop for sponsoring these events!

08/25/2026

🥔 Come hungry to the Nicholas County Potato Festival!

Cotton candy, sno-cones, pizza, popcorn, funnel cakes and plenty more.

Here’s a look back at just a few of the food vendors who have served up some favorites at past festivals!

What’s the first thing you’re looking for when you get to Potato Fest? 👀

📅 September 11–12, 2026
📍 Downtown Summersville

08/24/2026

🏃‍♂️🥔 Ready to run, walk & SPUD?

The 20th Annual WVU Medicine Summersville Regional Medical Center 5K Spud Run returns during the Nicholas County Potato Festival!

Join us Saturday, September 12 for a 5K Run or 5K Walk through Summersville.

📅 Saturday, September 12
⏰ Race starts at 9:00 AM
📍 Meet at the Summersville Baptist Family Life Center
💲 $30 entry fee

Online registration is open through September 5, with race-day registration beginning at 8:00 AM.

08/22/2026

Only 20 days to go! 🥔

The Nicholas County Potato Festival returns to downtown Summersville September 11–12, and we can't wait to celebrate!

Whether you're coming for the entertainment, food, contests, shopping, or simply to enjoy the festival atmosphere, there's something for everyone. We'll see you soon!

08/21/2026

🎶 Two days of live music at the Nicholas County Potato Festival! 🥔

The City Pavilion Stage will be packed with live entertainment September 11 & 12 in Downtown Summersville!

🎤 Friday, September 11
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. — 7 PM

🎸 Saturday, September 12
Aaron Beam & the Do-Gooders — 7 PM
Matt Jones & The Road — 8:30 PM

All performances are FREE to the public, so grab your lawn chair and come enjoy a great weekend of live music at the 2026 Nicholas County Potato Festival!

📅 September 11–12, 2026
📍 Downtown Summersville