More About 2025 Woollybear Festival
A Fuzzy Forecast of Fun! 🐛🎶
The 2025 Woollybear Festival returns Sunday, October 5th!
Presented by the Vermilion Chamber of Commerce & FOX 8
Get ready, Vermilion! Ohio’s quirkiest and most beloved one-day bash is BACK, and fuzzier than ever! 🐾🌤️
Join us for the 53rd Annual Woollybear Festival, where woollybear caterpillars take center stage as we celebrate the heart, humor, and legacy of Dick Goddard, the legendary Fox 8 meteorologist, animal advocate, and founder of this whimsical tradition.
🎈 This Year’s Highlights Include:
🐛 Woollybear 500 Caterpillar Race – the most adorable race you’ll ever cheer for!
🐾 Animal Look-a-Like Costume Contest – dress your pets like woollybears and strut your fluff!
👑 Kids Costume Contest – with the crowning of the 2025 Woollybear King & Queen!
🎉 The Famous Woollybear Parade – floats, bands, critters, and community pride!
🎤 Live Entertainment
📺 FOX 8 Personalities – meet your favorite faces from the forecast!
☃️ FOX 8’s Official Winter Weather Prediction – what will the woollybear say?
🍔 Food & Craft Wonderland – savor local bites, local merchants and handmade treasures from local vendors.
“Dick Goddard wasn’t just a broadcasting icon, he was my friend. He believed in kindness above all else.
‘Be kind to all animals, great, small, furry, and even the crawling little bugs.’ That’s the spirit he left us, and it’s what the Woollybear Festival is all about. We’re proud to carry his legacy forward, with love, laughter, and a whole lot of Woollybear wackiness.”
~Sandra Coe, Executive Director, Vermilion Chamber of Commerce
🗓️ Sunday, October 5, 2025
📍 Downtown Vermilion, OH
🎟️ Learn more: woollybearfestival.com
📧 info@vermilionohio.com | 📞 440-967-4477
📲 Follow the Woollybear Festival on Facebook at Woollybear Festival
Let’s make this the kindest, warmest, and most joy-filled festival yet, just the way Dick would’ve wanted. 🐛💛
The 2025 Woollybear Festival returns Sunday, October 5th!
Presented by the Vermilion Chamber of Commerce & FOX 8
Get ready, Vermilion! Ohio’s quirkiest and most beloved one-day bash is BACK, and fuzzier than ever! 🐾🌤️
Join us for the 53rd Annual Woollybear Festival, where woollybear caterpillars take center stage as we celebrate the heart, humor, and legacy of Dick Goddard, the legendary Fox 8 meteorologist, animal advocate, and founder of this whimsical tradition.
🎈 This Year’s Highlights Include:
🐛 Woollybear 500 Caterpillar Race – the most adorable race you’ll ever cheer for!
🐾 Animal Look-a-Like Costume Contest – dress your pets like woollybears and strut your fluff!
👑 Kids Costume Contest – with the crowning of the 2025 Woollybear King & Queen!
🎉 The Famous Woollybear Parade – floats, bands, critters, and community pride!
🎤 Live Entertainment
📺 FOX 8 Personalities – meet your favorite faces from the forecast!
☃️ FOX 8’s Official Winter Weather Prediction – what will the woollybear say?
🍔 Food & Craft Wonderland – savor local bites, local merchants and handmade treasures from local vendors.
“Dick Goddard wasn’t just a broadcasting icon, he was my friend. He believed in kindness above all else.
‘Be kind to all animals, great, small, furry, and even the crawling little bugs.’ That’s the spirit he left us, and it’s what the Woollybear Festival is all about. We’re proud to carry his legacy forward, with love, laughter, and a whole lot of Woollybear wackiness.”
~Sandra Coe, Executive Director, Vermilion Chamber of Commerce
🗓️ Sunday, October 5, 2025
📍 Downtown Vermilion, OH
🎟️ Learn more: woollybearfestival.com
📧 info@vermilionohio.com | 📞 440-967-4477
📲 Follow the Woollybear Festival on Facebook at Woollybear Festival
Let’s make this the kindest, warmest, and most joy-filled festival yet, just the way Dick would’ve wanted. 🐛💛
Date & Time
October 5, 2025
Location
Vermilion Chamber of Commerce
5495 Liberty Ave
Vermilion, OH 44089
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