Banner Elk Woolly Worm Festival 2025. Join us on october 19 and 20, 2025 in banner elk, north. This festival is annually attended by an estimated 20,000 guests.

 — banner elk woolly worm festival officials have announced the cancellation of the 2025 event due to the damage caused from hurricane/tropical store helene. Every autumn during the third weekend of october, the blue ridge mountain town of banner elk becomes the woolly worm racing capital.