Woolly Worm Festival 2018

BANNER ELK, N.C. -- Organizers have canceled the rest of the Woolly Worm Festival activities on Sunday due to weather. The 41st annual Woolly Worm Festival has been cancelled for Saturday following significant wind damage that occurred overnight and into the morning.

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So, we are ... Visit www.woollywormfest.com or join the Facebook event page Woolly Worm Festival for news, schedules, and photos for the 2018 Woolly Worm Festival.... The Woolly Worm Festival is an event held each October since 1978 in Banner Elk and Avery County, North Carolina.

[1] The festival celebrates the supposed weather-predicting abilities of the woolly worm, also called "woolly bear" which is a caterpillar or larvae of the isabella tiger moth. For the past 40 years, Banner Elks Woolly Worm Festival has been held every third weekend of October, welcoming thousands of visitors to the community and raising funds for local schools and non-profits throughout Avery County. The 48th Annual Woolly Worm Festival is co-hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Banner Elk and the Avery County Chamber of Commerce.

All proceeds are given back to the community to enhance our schools, childrens programs, and to promote business and tourism in Avery County. BANNER ELK, N.C. (WLOS) The fifth year of Banner Elks Woolly Worm Festival is gearing up to be the biggest and best, starting with a new distinction: Official State Woolly Worm...

Booth # Craft Vendors This is the Woolly Worm Festival, an event centered entirely around the larvae of Pyrrharctia isabella also known as the isabella tiger moth, or the woolly bearand a cultural legend that ...