05/16/2025
The date has been set!
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.
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🎈 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 – Todd Meany & Ace Molar Band!
📺 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.
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“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
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🗓️ Sunday, October 5, 2025
📍 Downtown Vermilion, OH
🎟️ Learn more: woollybearfestival.com
📧 [email protected] | 📞 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. 🐛💛
Fox 8 News