2020 Arts and Crafts Application

This application is for Arts & Crafts vendors to join our virtual market place. The market place will open on Saturday, Nov. 7 and remain open thru Sunday, December 20, 2020.

This is the 16th year of the annual North Carolina Whirligig Festival. The event started as a way to celebrate what was unique to Wilson, NC - the innovative and whimsical folk art whirligigs created by Vollis Simpson. At the heart of the festival is a park containing 30 of the giant medal structures that spin in the wind. The festival includes home-made arts and crafts, food vendors, non-profit agencies and sponsors. Entertainment is provided on several stages with live music, a free kids zone, a kids performance stage, strolling artists and art demonstrations. More than 30,000 visitors attend over the 2-day festival weekend in historic downtown Wilson. The festival is run by a group of dedicated volunteers and is held each year the first full weekend in November. Due to the pandemic, this year the festival has gone VIRTUAL!

All vendors participating in the Virtual Market place must abide by the NC Whirligig Festival guidelines. A PDF of those guidelines is provided below.