West Virginia Black Walnut Festival

Spencer, West Virginia

304-927-5616

October 9-12, 2025

Marching Bands Set to Perform

With three weeks until the festival we have 16 high school marching bands set to perform. Several more are anticipated to sign up in the coming weeks. 

The current list of bands consists of: 

Roane County

Meadow Bridge 

Calhoun County 

Williamstown 

Wirt County

Gilmer County

Herbert Hoover

Nicholas County

Tyler Consolidated

Poca

Lincoln County

Brooke

Point Pleasant

Scott

Winfield

Ripley

Shanna's School of Dance to Perform at BWF

Students ranging in age from four years old to teenagers will be dancing three selections at the Black Walnut Festival Queen's Coronation on October 10th at the Spencer Middle School beginning at 7pm.

Dances range from from Mickey Mouse to Jailhouse Rock complete with beautiful costumes & high energy choreography! The Shanna's School of Dance Performance Group, made up of select dancers of various ages from the school, will perform a new hip hop routine with original choreography by Shanna Hall.

Granpa Cratchet

Granpa Cratchet returns to the Black Walnut Festival. 

Enjoy Granpa's shows throughout the day during the festival. Located on the corner of Court and Market St, Granpa is a favorite of both young and old festival goers.