OTR 2025 Schedule of Events

THURSDAY 

12 noon               OTR 2025 opens
12 PM-11 PM      Registration open
12 noon               Cooters Pub opens
12 noon               Sauna opens
12 PM-4 PM        OTR Museum open
12 PM-4 PM        OTR Merchandise Sales open (Merch Tent)
12 PM-9 PM        Decontamination Station open
6-7:30 PM           Opening Ceremony / Memorial Tribute (Memorial Garden)
8 PM                   Welcoming of OTR Virgins (Bonfire)
8:30 PM              Lighting of the Bonfire
Dusk (±8:30)       Movie (Crawl-In Theater)
9-11 PM              OTR Virgin & Sponsor Reception (Event Tent) 

9 PM-12 AM        Live music: ♪ Grateful Gary (Pavilion)
2 AM                   Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)
4 AM                   Sauna closes 

FRIDAY 

9 AM-11 PM        Registration open
9 AM                   Speleoprintmaking Workshop (Event Tent)
10 AM                 Cooters Pub opens
10 AM                 Sauna opens
11 AM-4 PM        Speleo-Obstacle Course open
11 AM-4 PM        OTR Museum open
12 PM-9 PM        Decontamination Station open
12:30 PM             The Raunchy River Jam (River Stage)
12:30 PM             Poured Paint’ Workshop; Event Tent
1 PM                   The 7th Annual ROOTs & TOOTs Social (Cooters)
3-4 PM                1950s Society Reception (Event Tent)
3-5 PM                OTR Merchandise Sales open (Merch Tent)
5-6:30 PM           Live music: ♪ Shanty Irish (Cooters)
6:30 – 8 PM         Red Queen’s Talent Show (Pavilion)
8 PM                   Brew Crew opens (Pavilion)
Dusk (±8:30)       Movie (Crawl-In Theater)
9 PM-12 AM        Live music: ♪ Megan Jean’s Secret Family ♪ (Pavilion)
2 AM                    Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)
2 AM                    Last Call at Brew Crew
4 AM                    Sauna closes 

SATURDAY 

8 AM                    OTR 5K Run/Walk (meet at Front Gate at 7:30 AM)
8-9 AM                 Yoga for Cavers (Event Tent)
9 AM-9 PM          Registration open
9 AM                    Vertical (rope) Contests begin (behind Pavilion)
9 AM                    Cable Ladder Contests begin (behind Pavilion)
9:30 AM               Long-Range Planning Committee (AVP camp-behind WOTR)
10 AM                  Cooters Pub opens
10 AM-12 PM      Sauna opens – Textiles Only
11AM                   
The Mad Hatter Tea Party Caving Unfestival; Pavilion
11 AM                  OTR Trivia, Poster, & Chug Contests (Pavilion)
11 AM                  Cave Pack, Lamp Assembly, Maggot Races, Sleeping Bag Contest (behind Pavilion)
11 AM                  ‘Batman the Magician’ (Pavilion)
11 AM-4 PM        OTR Museum open
11 AM-4 PM        Speleo-Obstacle Course open
12 noon              The 8th Annual Bubbles Fun Run (Memorial Garden)
12 noon              Children’s Activities (Pavilion)
12-4 PM             The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Caving “Unfestival”
12-4 PM              Brew Crew open (Pavilion)
12-9 PM              Decontamination Station open
12:30 PM             The Raunchy River Jam (River Stage)
12:30-3:30 PM    Live music: ♪ Tim White & JB Stalnaker ♪ ( Pavilion)
1-2 PM                TRA Town Hall Meeting (near Bonfire)
1-4 PM                OTR Merchandise Sales, at Caving Unfestival (Pavilion)
5-6 PM               
“Thomas Jefferson’s Old Bones” (Haynes Cave, WV); Event Tent
6:30 PM               West Virginia Speleological Survey Fall Business Mtg (Event Tent)
7 PM                    The 37th Annual Doo-Dah Parade (Gate)
8 PM                    Brew Crew opens (Pavilion)
8:15-9:15 PM       Photo Booth (Pavilion)
Dusk (±8:30)        Movie (Crawl-In Theater)
8:30 PM               The Red Queen’s Ball Welcome and Introductions (Pavilion)
9 PM-12 AM         Live music: ♪ The Darkside Experience ♪ (Pavilion)
2 AM                     Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)
2 AM                     Last Call at Brew Crew
4 AM                     Sauna closes 

SUNDAY 

8 AM                     Gathering of Believers (Memorial Garden)
8-9 AM                  Yoga for Cavers (Event Tent)
9 AM-4 PM            Registration open
9 AM-1 PM            OTR Yard Sale (Pavilion)
9-11 AM                 OTR Merchandise Sales, at Yard Sale (Pavilion)
9 AM-4 PM            TRA Elections (Pavilion)
9:30 AM-12 noon   The Robertson Association Board Meeting (Event Tent)
10 AM                    Sauna opens
10 AM                    Quilters Guild meets (Cooters)
12 PM                   Cutoff for 50-50 raffle tix sales; Registration
12-4 PM                OTR Museum open
12-2 PM                OTR Fermenters Forum (formerly Winemakers Guild) (location TBD)
12 PM-9 PM          Decontamination Station open
1 PM                      Cooters Pub opens
2-5 PM                   River Party; Live music: ♪ The Jugbusters ♪ (Tygart River; River Stage)
8 PM                      TRA/OTR Awards Ceremony (Pavilion)
8 PM                      Brew Crew opens (Pavilion)
10 PM                    Band Aide live music: ♪ Buzzzzz City ♪ (Pavilion)
12 AM                    Last Call at Brew Crew (Pavilion)
12 AM                    Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)
4 AM                      Sauna closes for OTR 2025   

MONDAY 

12 noon                OTR 2025 concludes – See you next year!