Vendor applications will be available in May or contact vacofwilson@nc.rr.com and request a vendor application.

Free & Both Days!

Saturday – November 7
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday – November 8
12 noon -  5 p.m.

Whirli-Kidz Choir
Whirli-Kidz Stage

100 Volunteers are needed for the Whirligig Festival during the first weekend in November.

A Volunteer application is available to volunteers 15 and older.  Please contact vacofwilson@nc.rr.com.

Wilson Whirligig 100K Annual Bike ride.  Saturday November 07, 2009.

For more information and registration forms log on to:

http://groups.google.com/group/CyclistsOfWilson-COWs/web/cows-home-page

Award winning barbeque chefs and other local talents compete in the 4th Annual Whirligig Festival Barbeque Cook-Off.  For more information on the Barbeque Cook-Off contact vacofwilson@nc.rr.com

Whirligig Festival – Downtown Wilson

Whirligig Festival officially opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning in downtown Wilson with multiple events beginning simultaneously up and down the festival site on Nash Street.

The Daily Times will publish a special section in Friday’s paper, “Whirligig Festival 2008,” which will include a complete schedule of festival events, listing times and locations. Descriptions of all musical entertainment, as well as an easy-to-read map with information about vendors, parking, restrooms and stage locations will be inside the section.

The 2009 WilsonWhirligig Festival Schedule will be available in July!!!

 The event lasts for two fun-filled exciting days during the first weekend in November each year. The “main street” of Wilson is closed, as well as many of the surrounding side streets, and filled with stages, vendors, artisian booths, non-profit tables, kids games and more! Many of the downtown organizations, such as the Art Council and Imagination Station Science Museum sponsor additional events during the weekend. There is fun, shopping and food for the entire family.

The Whirligig Festival is held the first weekend in November each year. The 2009 Wilson Whirligig Festival will be Saturday, November 7 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) and Sunday, November 8 (12 noon – 5 p.m.).

For more information, contact the Judi Clayton, Festival Coordinator by calling (252) 237-7411 or email at: wilsonwhirligig@gmail.com

Last year our entertainment line-up was as follows:

 2008 Whirligig Festival Schedule of Events:

Saturday, November 1
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Band Performances:
10:30 am   UpperLine Up jazz band (yellow stage)
11:00 am   The Country Roads Band (blue stage)
12:00 pm   Sherlocke classic rock (yellow stage)
1:00 pm     The Tams (green stage)
2:00 pm     Mickey Mills & Steel reggae (blue stage)
3:00 pm     Ginger Thompson Band R&B (yellow stage)
3:30 pm     The Delfonics (green stage)
3:45 pm     Seaside Band (blue stage)

International Performances:
10:30 am  International Parade of Nations
11:00 am  International Parade Presentation (yellow stage)
11:45 am  Tang So Do martial arts demonstration (yellow stage)
1:30 pm    Raq Mundi belly dance performance (blue stage)
2:15 pm    Kuntaw Palace Philippenes dance and karate demo
4:40 pm    YMCA Line Dancers

Events:
9:00 am   100K Bike Ride (library lawn)
1:00 pm   Whirligig Contest judging (downtown)
3:00 pm   Whirli-Kidz Choir (courthouse steps)
3:30 pm   Whirligig Contest winner announced (green stage)

Sunday, November 2
12 noon – 5 p.m.

Stage Performances:
1:15 pm   Band of Oz (green stage)
2:30 pm   Band of Oz (green stage)
4:00 pm   Band of Oz (green stage)

Events:
2:00 pm   Whirli-Derby check in (Pine Street parking lot)
3:00 pm   Whirli-Derby races begin (Pine Street parking lot)

Choir and Chorus Performances:
1:00 pm   Hunt High School chorus (courthouse steps)
1:15 pm   Le Semillia Choir of Farmington Heights Church(blue stage)
 2:00 pm   Fike High School chorus (courthouse steps)
2:15 pm   St. John AME Zion choir (blue stage)
3:00 pm   Beddingfield High School chorus (courthouse steps)
3:15 pm   Peace Church choir (blue stage)
4:00 pm   Barton College Gospel Choir (courthouse steps)
4:15 pm   Wilson Praise & Worship  (blue stage)

Whirli-Kidz Stage:
2:00 pm   Imagination Station: Pop/Fizz/Boom!
3:00 pm  Tip Toe Dance

Green Stage - located near the intersection of Nash and Pine streets
Blue Stage - located near the intersection of Nash and Tarboro streets
Yellow Stage – located near the intersection of Nash and Douglas streets 

The 2009 schedule will be available in July!

A new addition to the annual Whirligig Festival will be the Whirli-Derby. The derby is a human-powered, push-pull cart race with crazy costumes, enthusiastic race teams and a golden trophy for the winner. 

Chicken Run cart

Taking inspiration from major metropolitan cities, the derby will be set in the Pine Street parking lot, downtown Wilson with a racetrack ready to challenge any team. Each cart must have ”whirl factor”. Teams will build their own interpretation of a “whirligig in motion”. 

 

 

Registrations are preferred by October 29th. Walk-ins will be welcomed as space permits.  Turn forms and fee in at Imagination Station.

Click here for printer friendly information:

derby-registration-form
derby-rules

Teams will race around the track in three differenct categories:

• Level 1 – Children
• Level 2 – Adults
• Level 3 – Senior Citizens

Cart ideas:

Train cart

Cowboy cart

Little Tikes cart

Nun cart

Bunny cart

Whirligig Contest – sponsored by the Wilson Daily Times

Simpson Whirligig

Build a whimsical, colorful, kinetic outdoor sculpture usually made of found materials and WIN!  Bring together your friends, family, neighbors or co-workers and particpate in the annual Whirligig Festival in a creative way. Search you back yard and garage for unused materials and create your own Whirligig to win $$! Build it high, low, wide or even with a theme – just build it!  Make sure it whirls in the wind and stand back while Wilsonians oooohhh and aaahhh at your creation.

Contest Prizes:

• 1st Place = $250
• 2nd Place = $150
• 3rd Place = $100

Categories:

• Individual / Solo
• Family
• Nonprofit Organizations (schools, churches, service clubs, neighborhood associations)
• Other (business, corporations)

Things to remember:

• Whirligigs are made out of recycled or “found” materials.
• Whirligigs must whirl by wind power only.
• All entries must be hand delivered and completed/installed by the artist no later thatn Saturday, November 7 at 9:00 a.m. at the designated display area in the festival.
• Judging will include orginial Wilson Whirligig creator, Vollis Simpson, and other distinquished guests.
• Ribbons for recognition and honorable mention may be determined by the judges.
• All entries will remain on display until the close of the festival at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 8.
• All entries must be picked up and removed from the display area by 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 8.
• Any unclaimed entries become the property of the Whirligig Festival.

To enter the contest contact the Wilson Daily Times with:

• name
• address
• phone number
• title of sculpture
• email 

2006 Big Red sculpture

Donkey whirligig

Whirligig displays