Woollybear Festival
| Woollybear Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | festivals |
| Location(s) | Vermilion, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41°25′18″N 82°21′41″W / 41.421728°N 82.361327°W |
| Country | United States |
| Years active | 51–52 |
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Website | www |
The Woollybear Festival is held every Fall in downtown Vermilion, Ohio, on Lake Erie. The one-day, family event, which began in 1973, features a woolly bear costume contest in which children, even pets, are dressed up as various renditions of the woolly bear caterpillar.
The festival is held every year around October 1 on a Sunday on which the Cleveland Browns either have an away game or are not playing. It is touted as the largest one-day festival in Ohio, with attendance over 100,000.