CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Downtown Clarksburg will come alive with lights and celebration during Winterfest this weekend.

Winterfest, which will run from Friday night through Saturday evening, will include the Clarksburg Christmas parade, a Holiday Market at Jackson Square, food trucks, Christmas caroling performances by local school choirs and other activities.

The event is planned and coordinated by multiple groups, including the First Fridays Planning Committee, the Progressive Women's Association and the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival Committee.

First Fridays Committee Chair Mike Spatafore said his organization "works side-by-side with Winterfest."

"For First Friday, what we do in December, we kind of piggyback off of Winterfest. So we help to promote it, and we participate in a

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