Webster County Woodchopping Festival
Welcome to the
61st Annual
Webster County Woodchopping Festival
Home to the Southeastern World Championship
Jack & Jill Choppin' with Skill
Free Live Music All Weekend with admission onto Baker's Island
Please Visit
The
Woodchoppers Souvenir Shop
Located in the Souvenir Shop in The Baker's Island Facilities Building
A large selection T-shirts, Long Sleeve T's, Sweatshirts and other souvenir's to remember the festival.
2025 Woodchopper Royalty
Miss Woodchip - Callahan Clayton
Jr. Miss Woodchopper -
Adlie Legg
Miss Woodchopper -Kylee McKinney
And all around Champion 2025
Jason Lentz
Webster County Woodchopping Festival Committee Members 2026
Jack Alsop - Co-Director
304-644-5062
Tom Clark - Co-Director/Timers
304-651-3888
Anna Casey - Co Director/Pageants
304-651-6223
Donnis Davis - Secretary/Board Member, BIG Breakfast
304-644-4202
Sheryl Funk - Financial Comm.
304-644-2668
Linda McCourt - Treasurer/Gate Coordinator
304-689-0330
Arden (Jamie) Cogar - Chopping Competition/acogar@miclaw.com
304-555-5434
Don E. McCourt - Board Member/Entertainment/Fireworks
304-644-9605
Judy Tanner - Board Member/Woodchoppers Banquet
304-402-8527
Heather Dennison - Souvenirs/Firemen's Dinner/Pageant/ Choppers Banquet
304-644-5432
Morgan Miller - 5K Run
304-6442502
Roxanne White - Parage/Pageants/Arts & Crafts
304-644-1985
Steve White - Parade/Pageants
304-644-0910
Evon Snyder - Window Decorating
304-847-5405
Thomas Baker - Car & Truck Show
336-909-0707
Allison Pyle - Coffee Hour
304-644-9064
Missy Hamrick - Pet & Bicycle Parade
304-644-4082
Sharon Stewart - Comm. Member/Souveniors
423-383-6864
Leslie Markle - Coffee Hour
742-747-0318
Kenny Clevenger - Commerical Vendors
304-644-5864
Katie Anderson - Pageant Coordinator
304-644-0616
Alissa Clayton - Committee Member
304-644-7774
Macy Clayton - Pageant Committee
304-644-1084
Matt Petrey - Committee Member
304-415-3636
Mary Gladwell - Saturday Morning Breakfast
304-847-5636
Mike Hall - Kids Night
304-847-2727
Samantha Cool - Committee Member
304-644-7939
Southeastern US World Championship
The Webster County Woodchopping Festival
On Memorial Day Weekend, the Town of Webster Springs will be a busy place, with the sound of hot saw competitions, the excitement of axes slapping logs as choppers try to beat world records, ad the thrill of the exciting and verve wrenching Spring Board competitions, when over 100 world-class Timber Sport athletes come to the area to compete for the title of Southeastern World Champion Woodchopper. The competitors will also compete for a purse of prize money worth over $30,000.
About Us.....
Each Memorial Day weekend, the Southern U.S. World Championship Woodchopper title is won at the annual Webster County Woodchopping Festival in Webster Springs, WV. The festival has grown out of a long timbering heritage from which has come some of the finest woodchoppers and lumbermen in the world. The choppers come from as near as the scenic mountains of Webster County and as far away as Australia and New Zealand to compete.
The hometown festival was the natural outgrowth of the multi-talented, All-around champion, Arden Cogar, Sr. Arden began competing in 1956 and has since won 47 championship titles in the United States and Australia. In 1960 the Webster Springs Lions Club sponsored the first woodchopping event at Camp Caesar 4-H camp. The festival was then moved to the Webster Springs area for two years. The festival moved again, this time to the Diana area for one year. After a struggling few first years, the festival found its home in Webster Springs where it remained and has become a world renowned event.
Accompanying the Woodchopping contest are many exciting events such as the sports Weekend Tournaments, Car and Truck Shows, Motorcycle Show, West Virginia State Firemen's Rodeo Championship, the Grand Feature Parade, Arts and Crafts Shows, and the West Virginia State Turkey Calling Championship, all in addition to live music concerts. The festival concludes on Sunday with a Gospel Sing and Fireworks display. These events, just to name a few, are only a highlight of the week long events that occur. The Webster County Woodchopping Festival offers something for everyone and is certain to provide lasting memories for all those that attend. So come out and join us, while you pick out your favorite timber man and cheer him on as you watch one of the fastest growing spectator sports in the world. The Webster County Woodchopping Festival committee takes great pride in our festival and its family oriented atmosphere. We invite you and your family to spend time here in Webster County for one of the best festivals in the State of West Virginia.