Photos: 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä

The Heckert family of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä goes for a ride on the carousel, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä S…

The sternwheeler Valley Gem (foreground) takes off on a sunset cruise from Haddad Riverfront Park, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown Charle…

the carnival midway on Kanawha Boulevard is shown, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta.

Friends Tangela Nunley (at left) and Leona Washington (at right) show off their "Regatta rat" T-shirts, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown C…

Thousands turned out on Kanawha Boulevard, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä for the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta.

Sternwheelers are docked at Haddad Riverfront Park on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta.

Kids go for a swim in the Kanawha River, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta.

Jefferson Starship performs, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at Haddad Riverfront Park in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel R…

Thousands filled the amphitheater at Haddad Riverfront Park in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, for a performance by Jefferson St…

Jefferson Starship performs, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at Haddad Riverfront Park in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel R…

Jefferson Starship performs, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at Haddad Riverfront Park in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta.

Jefferson Starship guitarist and lead singer Cathy Richardson performs on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025 Charles…

Founding member and guitarist David Freiberg performs with Jefferson Starship, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä during the 2025…

Friends Sarah Duterte (center, left) and Amy Peterson (center, right) of Winfield, cheer for Jefferson Starship as they performed, on Sunday, …

200 drones are ready to take off from near MacCorkle Avenue, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, for the drone light show scheduled for the finale of the…

Sternwheelers are docked at Haddad Riverfront Park, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, as thousands turned out in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä for the 2025 Charl…

In this aerial photo at sunset, crowds fill Kanawha Boulevard for the mainstage musical act in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä for the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwhe…

Denise Butler of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä dances to music playing from a disc jockey at the Regatta Family Fun Zone at Slack Plaza Thursday, June 3, 2025. H…

Professor Bubblemaker, of Parkersburg, makes bubbles of varying sizes for folks attending the Regatta Family Fun Zone at Slack Plaza on Thursd…

Professor Bubblemaker of Parkersburg makes a giant bubble as he entertains people attending the Regatta Family Fun Zone at Slack Plaza on Thur…

Miles Jones-Isabelle, 5, plays in foam spraying out of a foam machine at the Regatta Family Fun Zone at Slack Plaza on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Professor Bubblemaker, of Parkersburg, makes a giant bubble around ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin at the Regatta Family Fun Zone at Slack…

Niya Bennett, 6, of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, stretches out her arms to hug Sylvia Pierson dressed as Rapunzel (not pictured) who was with other princesses …

Princesses and a prince from the Children's Theatre of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä wave at three-year-old Harmony Brown of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä (right) as she visits the…