The Wilson Whirligig Festival is an annual arts and crafts festival held the first full weekend of November in Wilson, NC. The festival began as the Golden Leaf Festival celebrating the history of tobacco in Wilson. Read more about our history. Over time the festival shifted focus and transformed into a energetic down-town street festival focusing on arts and whirligigs! Each year the festival has grown and expanded to an estimated attendance of 20,000 people.

 

Wilson Whirligig Festival Planning Committee: 

The Whirligig Festival Planning Committee meets February - November and accepts new members  each year. Positions are open for volunteer community members with great ideas, enthusiasm and a desire to help North Carolina see Wilson as the "Simply Wonderful" community we know it to be. Join the festival planning committee and change your community!

To learn more about the Planning Committe click here.

Meetings:

• 2nd Tuesday each month March - November
• 12 noon
• Wilson Arts Council
• BYOL (bring your own lunch)

Current members are:

 

• Fesitval Coordinator - Theresa Mathis
• Festival Sponsorships - Michael McHarg
• Chair - Jennifer McHarg
• Secretary - Kendra Howell
• Treasuer & Historian - Judi Thurston
• Webmaster - Jonathan Brooks
• Publicity - Angela Height
• Entertainment - Danny & Barbara Harrell
• Site & Logistics - Coordinator
• Arts & Crafts Vendors - Bill Aberle and Frances Boomer
• Food Vendors - Sheryletta Lacewell
• Non-Profit Vendors - Joseph Knight
• Whirli-Kidz Zone - Elisa Suarez and Jeremy Munn
• Decorations - Wendy Winstead
• Volunteers - Angela Zimmerman
• Bike Ride - Cynthia Whalen
• Arts Council Activities - Barry Page
• Whirli-Kidz Stage - Martha Nida & Pamela Small
• Veteran's Zone - Frans van Baar
• Chef's Tent - Wilson Business Alliance
• Side Street Shows/Displays - Angie Harold
• Downtown - Kimberly van Dyk and Udeshi Harrgett
• Whirligig Park - Jenny Moore
• Golf Tournament - Bruce Beasely