Bridge Day Set To Bring Festival Activities To New River Gorge Bridge

Bluefield Beckley Oak Hill, WV, October 13, 2026 —

Bridge Day, described as West Virginia’s largest single-day festival, is set to take place on the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville. The event is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The calendar date was not provided in the available information.

Attendees will be able to walk across the bridge, watch BASE jumpers and visit more than 200 vendor booths. The booths are described as offering food, arts and crafts. No further details were provided about the vendors or the specific activities planned beyond those listed.

The event information identifies the New River Gorge Bridge as the festival site but does not specify how attendees will reach the location, whether traffic or bridge access will be affected, or what arrangements will be in place for visitors. Admission details, including whether tickets are required, were also not provided.

The announcement gives the festival’s operating hours but does not identify an event organizer or provide information about weather plans, accessibility, parking or safety procedures. Those details were not included in the available description. The stated schedule places the festival’s activities within a six-hour window, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bridge Day’s listed program combines a bridge walk, BASE jumping and vendor booths featuring food and handmade arts and crafts. Further information about the event’s date and visitor arrangements was not available in the summary.

Story summarized from the original created by Caleb Pearl on woay.com, see more information here.

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