OTR 2025 Schedule of Events

THURSDAY 

12 noon OTR opens and welcomes all cavers in celebration of our 74th Annual Reunion!  
12pm-11pm Registration Office open  Registration
12 noon Cooters Pub opens the taps for OTR 2025  
12pm-9pm Decontamination Station open  Map #2
12 noon  Sauna opens  
12pm-4pm  OTR Museum open  
12pm-4pm  OTR Merchandise Sales open  Merch Tent
6-7:30pm Opening Ceremony/Memorial Tribute  Memorial Garden
8pm Welcoming of OTR Virgins  Bonfire
8:30pm Lighting of the Bonfire  
Dusk (±8:30) Movie  Crawl-In Theater
9-11pm OTR Virgin & Sponsor Reception  Event Tent
9pm-12am Live music: Grateful Gary  Pavilion
2am Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)  
4am Sauna closes  

FRIDAY 

9am-11pm

Registration Office open

 

9am

Speleoprintmaking Workshop

 Event Tent

10am

Cooters Pub opens

 

10am

Sauna opens

 

11am-4pm

Speleo-Obstacle Course open

 

11am-4pm

OTR Museum open

 

12pm-9pm

Decontamination Station open

 

12:30pm

The Raunchy River Jam

 River Stage

12:30pm

‘Poured Paint’ Workshop

 Event Tent

1pm

The 8th Annual ROOTs & TOOTs Social

 Cooters

3-5pm

OTR Merchandise Sales open

 Merch Tent

3-4pm

1950s Society Meeting & Social

 Event Tent

5-6:30pm

Live music: Shanty Irish

 Cooters

6:30pm

The Red Queen’s Talent Show

 Pavilion

8pm

Brew Crew opens the taps

 Pavilion

Dusk (±8:30)

Movie

 Crawl-In Theater

9pm-12am

Live music: Megan Jean’s Secret Family

 Pavilion

2am

Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)

 

2am

Last Call at Brew Crew

 Pavilion

4am

Sauna closes

 

SATURDAY 

8am

OTR 5K Run/Walk

meet at Front Gate at 7:30am

8-9am

Yoga for Cavers

Event Tent

9am-9pm

Registration Office open

 

9am

Cable Ladder & Vertical contests begin

 

9:30m

Long-Range Planning Committee

AVP camp (behind WOTR)

10am-12 noon

Sauna Opens – Textiles only

 

11am

The Mad Hatter Tea Party Caving Unfestival

Pavilion

11am

Carbide Lamp, Chug, OTR Trivia, Poster contests begins

Pavilion

11am

Cave Pack, Maggot Races, Sleeping Bag contests begin

Map #22

11am

‘Batman the Magician’

Pavilion

11am

Cooters Pub opens

 

11am-4pm

OTR Museum open

 

11am-4pm

Speleo-Obstacle Course open

 

12 noon

The 8th Annual Bubbles Fun Run

 Memorial Garden

12 noon

Kids Activities

Pavilion

12-4pm

Brew Crew open

Pavilion

12-9pm

Decontamination Station open

 

12:30-3:30pm

Live music: Tim White & JB Stalnaker

Pavilion

12:30pm

The Raunchy River Jam

 River Stage

1-4pm

OTR Merchandise Sales open

Pavilion

     

1-2pm

TRA Town Hall Meeting

between bonfire & Pavilion

3-4pm

Knot Tying with Dan

Event Tent

5-6pm

“Thomas Jefferson’s Old Bones” (Haynes Cave, WV)

Event Tent

6:30pm

West Virginia Speleological Survey Fall (OTR) Business Meeting

Event Tent

7pm

The 37th Annual Doo-Dah Parade

(begins at Entrance ‘Gate Mahal’ – Map #4)

8pm

Brew Crew re-opens

Pavilion

Dusk (±8:30)

Movie

Crawl-In Theater

8:30pm

“1934 Map of Sharp’s Cave”

Event Tent

9pm-12am

Live music: The Darkside Experience

Pavilion

2am

Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)

 

2am

Last Call at Brew Crew

 Pavilion

4am

Sauna closes

 

SUNDAY 

8am

Gathering of Believers

 Memorial Garden

8-9am

Yoga for Cavers

 Event Tent

9am-1pm

OTR Yard Sale

 Pavilion

9-11am

OTR Merchandise Sales

 Pavilion

9am-4pm

TRA Elections

 Pavilion

9am-4pm

Registration office open

 

9:30am-12 noon

TRA Board Meeting

 Event Tent

10am

OTR Quilters Guild Meeting

 Cooters

10am

Sauna opens

 

12 noon

Cutoff for 50-50 raffle tix sales

 Registration

12-9pm

Decontamination Station open

 

12-2pm

OTR Fermenters Forum

 Event Tent

12-4pm

OTR Museum open

 

1pm

Cooters Pub opens

 

2-5pm

River Party – live music: The Jugbusters

 Tygart River

8pm

TRA/OTR Awards Ceremony

 Pavilion

8pm

Brew Crew opens

 Pavilion

10pm

‘Band Aide’ live music benefit: Buzzzzz City

 Pavilion

12am

Last Call at Brew Crew

 

12am

Last Call at Cooters Pub (may close earlier)

 

4am

Sauna closes for OTR 2025

 

MONDAY 

12 noon

OTR 2025 concludes

Please deposit all trash in the dumpsters located along the road on your way out (please take all recyclables with you) and leave the property by 12 noon.