Second Weekend in June

The second weekend of the West Virginia Renaissance Festival at the Hanlon-Lees Action Theater and Hollow Hills Farm in Lewisburg is this Saturday and Sunday from 11am-8pm .

This weekend theme is Celtic Crossing. They will have Celtic music from various acts and a best knees costume competition. Kilts will be sold on site.

The festival will have jousting, artisans and merchants, food and local brews, games of skill, music and dance, a petting farm, dragons and unicorns, jugglers, magicians, rope walkers, mermaids, comedy acts, and all kinds of things to see and do.

Admission is $18 for adults, $8 for children 6-12, and free for children under 6. A family package special of $38 for a family of four is available for this weekend.

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BuckhanaCon is Saturday at the Stockert Youth and Community Center in Buckhannon on Saturday from 11am to 6pm.

Events include a panel from Dream to Life Cosplay, Cosplay Lip Sync Battle, Floor is Lava Competiton, Slime Lab, raffle, cosplay contest, Supernatural Trivia, fire performance from Out of Ashes, Saber Demonstration from Centauri Prime, Buckhana Quest adventure search, and various vendors.

Event is $10 for teens and adults, kids 4-12 for $5, and kids younger than that for free.

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Nitro Mini-Con at the Nitro Memorial Living Park in Nitro from 10am to 5pm on Saturday. There will be vendors selling comics, toys, collectibles, and plenty of other fun stuff. Appearances from an Ecto-1 and General Lee cars plus the band Alien Super Jesus.

The whole thing is free to attend.

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Wizarding Weekend at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels is this Saturday at 4pm till Sunday at noon.

This year they are having a Murder Mystery Weekend as students at Wizard School. A three part series on the quidditch fields, at the great hall and at breakfast. There will be dinner and breakfast , a social hour with magic inspired cocktails, wizard school trivia, and each student will receive a school notebook.

Buy tickets to the three murder mystery events with dinner and breakfast or buy the overnight stay.

This is no ordinary Murder Mystery Weekend. Wizard School Students must assemble for a three part series: 4pm: A Gathering on the Quidditch Fields, 6pm: A Feast in the Great Hall, and 11am: Breakfast Banquet to finish.

Students are encouraged to dress in their favorite wizarding wardrobes for the event.

Schedule of events included in your ticket/stay:

2020 Event Calendar Updated

I have compiled a list of all the nerd related events I could find/think would be interesting.  Conventions, expos, big gaming events, certain festivals, and general times for fellow fans and odd balls to join together.

UPDATED: Added Mountain State Pop Expo and

January 11 WV Pathfinder Society 8th Anniversary Extravaganza in Julian; a day to play long form content of Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs.

January 17-19 Sports Card & Collectible Show at Barboursville; first of the year for a regular card show at the Huntington Mall, they also do ones at the Holiday Inn nearby sometimes.

January 31 Wizard Weekend in Fayetteville; series of Harry Potter related events around Fayetteville.

February 22-23 Kanawha Valley Model Train & Craft Show in Saint Albans;

March 7-8 Classic Plastics Toy Expo in Parkersburg;

March 6 The Tournament of the White Hart XXIII in Barboursville; SCA event.

March 14 HerdCon in Huntington;

March 28 The Donnan Party in West Liberty; SCA event.

April 4 Wild & Weird Con in Logan; new event for fans of UFOs, cyrptids, and the like.

April 11 MiniCon in Ripley; little event at the Ripley Library.

April 18-19 US Quidditch Cup 13 in Dunbar; I think this is a big deal, feels like a big deal.

April 23-26 Blackstone Raid XXIX in Gandeeville; more SCA action.

April 24-26 Causeacon in Beckley;

May 15-17 1d4Con in Shepherdstown;

May 23 BuckanaCon in Buckhannon;

June 5-7 Women’s Para~Retreat Weekend and Conference in Moundsville;

June 6-7 Huntington Comic & Toy Convention in Huntington; taking over for Tri-Con.

June 6-7 first weekend of West Virginia Renaissance Festival in Lewisburg; runs every weekend in June.

June 13 JediCon WV in New Martinsville;

June 29 Natsu no Tsubasacon in Huntington; picnic event from Tsubasacon.

June 26-28 Quest for the Orchard Grail in Martinsburg; SCA

June 27 WV Penitentiary Para-Con in Moundsville;

July 17-19 CharCon in Charleston;

July 18 Southern Gaming and Pop Culture Convention in Logan;

July 18 Grave City Haunted Relic Expo In Moundsville;

July 25 BrickUniverse Charleston LEGO Fan Expo in Charleston; first time for this traveling show.

August 21-22 FearFest WV in Pipestem; second year of this.  I missed hearing about it last year.  Horror and heavy metal fest.

August 29-30 WV Pop Culture and Comic Book Convention in Morgantown;

September 4-6 Wizarding Weekend at Glade Springs Resort in Daniels

September 19-20 Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant;

October 9-11 Tsubasacon in Charleston;

November 7-8 Mountain State Pop Expo in South Charleston

No dates yet from Bonus Round, Parkersburg Pop Con, Beckley Gaming Expo, Rocket Boys Festival, WV Game Developers Expo, or Vandalia-Con.

If you know any other events to update this list with, post them and I’ll update it till the end of the month.

WV’s First Wizarding Event

Wizarding Weekend at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels on Labor Day Weekend (Friday August 31st to Saturday September 1st).  The weekend is dedicated to capturing the spirit of magic and enchantment in a fun environment.  The event is open to both adults and children both.  There is no required dress for the event, but costumes are welcomed.

Everyone will be able to pick which of the four Orders of Enchantment they wish to join (Ruby, Emerald, Gold, Sapphire) when registering.  All members will be given a token to identify what order you belong to.  Info on each order is on the website.

The Wizarding Weekend Package at the Glade Springs Resort starts at $106 per person per night.  The Package includes: Friday and Saturday night accommodations, Wizardly Breakfast on Saturday, Sorcerer’s Scavenger Hunt, Wand Crafting, Quidditch Demo and Practice with WVU Quidditch, Wizardcatures, Saturday night Wizard Feast, After party, shopping with Books-A-Million, and Sunday breakfast buffet.

If you do not want to stay, or pay, for the full weekend, for $38 you can just attend the Saturday night Wizard Feast.  You will get to enjoy a Social Half Hour before the feast to mingle with other with an Elixir Bar with themed drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and Magical Mirror photo booth.  The feast will be held in fully decorated Great Hall with a themed dinner.  Everyone will be seated based on order and Famous Wizards Trivia will be held during dinner between orders for the wizard’s cup.  There are two dinner seating’s, one at  5pm and one at 7:30pm.  The menu is on the website.

Fans of Harry Potter should give a look to the event.  Very much more a social event than a convention, but still good times.