Mothman Festival is an annual event held every third weekend in September that commemorates the 1966 Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Mothman sighting, which gave birth to the infamous red-eyed winged legend. People from all over the world gather around our charming Main Street to celebrate their favorite cryptid during this one-of-a-kind event. 

Celebrate all things Mothman at the World’s Only Mothman Festival in downtown Point Pleasant, WV. This is a free, family friendly festival in the heart of West Virginia and the birthplace of Mothman.

7 pm - 11 pm: Mothman hayride

Get up close and personal in the TNT Area on the popular Mothman Hayride. Tickets go on sale Saturday morning of the Festival at the Info Tent (sorry, no pre-sale tickets sold). Hayrides take place at the Mason County Farm Museum starting around 7 PM and usually ending around 11 PM. All tickets are on a first-come first-served basis. $5 cash-only sales. PLEASE BRING THE EXACT CHANGE.

7 am: Mothman 5K

Get the Mothman Festival kicked off and your blood pumping by joining in on the annual Mothman 5K. 

Course Information:

Check in will be at the Mothman Museum at 400 Main Street. You will then walk a few blocks north to 8th Street, where the starting line is located. This walk is the perfect warm up. From the starting line, you will run south on Main Street, go right into Tue-Endie-Wei State Park and run the perimeter, then you will enter through the floodwall and run about one mile between the floodwall and the Ohio River to the turnaround, which is at the end of the floodwall. You will then return the way you came and finish on Main Street.

Register here

Entertainment:

12 PM - Highway 7

1:30 PM - Dog Days

​3 PM - Dragons Eye

4:30 PM - Scott James (Kentucky Lap Fiddler)

6 PM - Dalchord

7:30 PM - Nobody's Fool