The annual October Sky Festival will be held on October 7, 2006 in Coalwood, West Virginia. Cape Coalwood, the location of the launch pad described in the memoir Rocket Boys, and shown in the movie October Sky, will be open for rocket launches. Please contact my assistant Alexandria Terry at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com for more information, or go to
The October Sky Festival is a charity event. 100% of the proceeds (mostly from sales of my autographed books on the day of the festival) go to support the youth activities of the town.
- - Homer Hickam