Kevin Burkeman offered live demonstrations of forging flowers Saturday at the 2021 Belleville Homecoming. (File Photo)

BELLEVILLE — The 2022 Belleville Homecoming Festival is scheduled to run Sept. 16-18 at the Belleville Community Center on West Virginia 68 South.

The three-day festival will feature entertainment, activities, games and attractions, including music by this year’s headliner, country band Confederate Railroad and others.

The fiddle contest registration will begin at noon Sunday with the competition to begin at 2 p.m. The prizes will be $350 for first place, $250 for second and $150 for third.

This year’s activities also will include laser tag, water roller and kiddie paddle boats with a $5 wristband covering all day.

Admission to the homecoming is free on Friday only.

Admission on Saturday and Sunday is $6 for adults, $2 for children ages 3-12 and free for children under 3 years of age. A few events during the festival also will require a special entry fee plus proof of admission.

The Belleville Homecoming Parade will be 10 a.m. Saturday on W.Va. 68. The lineup begins at the Belleville Hydro-Plant entrance road at 9 a.m. There is no entrance fee.

The Belleville Homecoming Cruise In will be held Saturday at the Belleville Community Building. Car registration begins at 11 a.m. and the show is noon-3 p.m. The entry fee is $15. There will be drawings and door prizes.

The schedule for the 2022 Belleville Homecoming Festival follows:

FRIDAY

* 6-7 p.m.: Enter exhibits

* 7-9 p.m.: Teen Dance with The Music Factory

* 10 p.m.: Grounds close

SATURDAY

* 8 a.m.: Ground open

* 9 a.m.: Parade line-up

* 10 a.m.: Belleville Homecoming Festival Parade; Tug tractor pull registration and pull; Lawn tractor pull registration and pull

* 11 a.m.: Opening ceremonies; Color Contest begins; Cruise-in registration; Horse show registration

* Noon: Pretty Baby Contest registration

* 12:30 p.m.: Pet Parade

* 1 p.m.: Horse Show

* 1:30 p.m.: Chicken throw

* 2 p.m.: Haybale throw

* 2:30 p.m.: Cornhole registration; Youth sack race

* 3 p.m.: RC Racing (entry fee $8); Watermelon eating/seed spitting contest

* 4 p.m.: Hula hoop contest; Cornhole tournament; Toilet Paper Contest; Oreo Cookie Challenge

* 4:30 p.m.: Landon McFadden

* 5 p.m.: Coloring Contest ends

* 6 p.m.: Matt VanFossen

* 8 p.m.: Confederate Railroad

* 9:30 p.m.: Fireworks

* 10 p.m.: Grounds close

SUNDAY

* 10 a.m.: Grounds open; Tractor show/rodeo registration

* Noon: Truck pull registration; Fiddle contest registration

* 1 p.m.: Truck pull; Tractor show/rodeo; Tootsie roll spitting contest; Corn shelling contest

* 2 p.m.: Fiddle Contest; Marble Tournament

* 2:30 p.m.: Oreo Cookie eating contest

* 3:30 p.m.: Kiddie Pedal Power

* 6 p.m.: Grounds close