No person is more likely to have a winning worm than any other person. There is no home-field advantage, no preferred age for the person who sets the worm on the string; although worms raced by children do seem to win a bit more frequently.

Selecting names for the Woolly Worms is a delightful way to learn how amazingly creative your friends and family members can be. Consider these clever monikers: “Wormzilla”, “Patsy Climb” and “Dale Wormhardt”.

Best of all, there is no other experience in life that can produce the absurd euphoria that comes from cheering for a worm to climb a string. It is so indisputably ridiculous that it is completely liberating!

And the $1,000 first prize on Saturday that accompanies the prestige of having your worm used to pronounce the official winter forecast, doesn’t hurt either.

The Woolly Worm races begin around 10 a.m. Each heat consists of 25 worms. Races continue all day until the grand final around 4 p.m. The winning worm on Saturday is declared the official winter forecasting agent and receives a $1,000 cash prize! The Sunday worm races are for prestige, fun, small prizes and $500 for Sunday’s winning worm.

In addition to the Woolly Worm Races, the festival features crafts, food vendors, live entertainment and much more. Last year’s festival attracted an estimated 20,000 fans, 50+ vendors and around 1,000 race entrants.