Attendees walk up and down the rows of vendors at the 2024 Belleville Homecoming. (File Photo)

BELLEVILLE — The 2025 Belleville Homecoming Festival is scheduled to run Friday and Saturday at the Belleville Community Center on West Virginia 68 South.

The festival will feature entertainment, activities, games and attractions and music.

This year’s festival will continue the trend started two years ago, switching from its original three-day format to a more compact two-day event.

This year’s activities also will include laser tag and inflatables with a $5 all-day wristband. There will also be magic shows and bubble shows.

Admission on Friday and Saturday is $7 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 2025 Belleville Homecoming Festival follows:

FRIDAY

* 4 p.m.: Gates Open

* 5-6:30 p.m.: Registration for Truck Pulls

*5:30 p.m.: Registration for Tiny Tot, Little Miss and Mister, Junior Miss and Junior Mister

* 6 p.m.: Kids games begin – pony races, hula hoop contest, money pit/pre-school/grade school, limbo contest

* 7 p.m.: Truck Pulls

* 7-9 p.m.: Professor Bubblemaker Show

*8 p.m.: The Last Hurrah

* 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 (0-36 months)

* 12:30 p.m.: Pet Parade

* 1 p.m.: Horse Show; Pretty Baby Contest

* 1:30 p.m.: Chicken throw

* 2 p.m.: Marble Tournament; Youth Sack Race

* 3 p.m.: Toy Glider Contest

* 3:30 p.m.: Corn Hole Registration

* 4 p.m.: Corn Hole Tournament; Tractor Show/Rodeo Registration followed by contest; Toilet Paper Contest

* 4:30 p.m.: Oreo Cookie Challenge; Color Contest ends

* 5 p.m.: Oreo Cookie Eating Contest

*5:45 p.m.: Color Contest Awards

* 6 p.m.: Johnny Staats Project; Kids Pedal Power Contest

* 7 p.m.: Pick up Exhibits/Awards

* 8 p.m.: Kathy Mattea; Professor Bubblemaker

* 9:30 p.m.: Fireworks

* 10 p.m.: Grounds close