Building Community Through Local Events and Live Music

Kanawha Valley Hustlers · Oct 21, 2025 · 5m

I talk with Cristen Michael, who runs Charleston Events. She manages a community calendar called cwvevents.com that tracks what’s happening around the city. As we record in mid-October, she says there are more than 25 events in Charleston on one Saturday alone and nearly 20 on Friday. She updates the site daily and says October is always packed because people like to be outside in the fall.

Cristen explains that she started the calendar while working at a local hospital. She wanted to help medical residents from other parts of the country find things to do around Charleston. Once she saw how…