Woods Humane Society invites the community—including leashed and friendly dogs—to its San Luis Obispo campus for the biggest local pet celebration of the year, the Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival, on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The free, fall-themed pet celebration, offers a kids’ and canines’ costume contests, trick-for-treat training challenges, canine carnival activities such as a stuffed-animal pull, and a Pet Fair with pet-themed vendors, local food, face painting, and more. Guests can also get photos taken with Santa Paws and snap pictures at the Woods Pup-kin Patch.
Festival vendors include Paradise Shaved Ice, Buzzle Bee Face Painting, A Dogs Life Scarf, Gentle Touch Dog Training, Paws in Poppies and many more.
New to this year’s event, Woods Humane Society and neighboring SLO County Animal Services will be offering half-off dog and cat adoptions during the event. There will also be added free public parking at the nearby parking lot on Oklahoma Avenue, as well as in other designated areas, to accommodate the more than 800 expected guests.
“With nearly 3,000 Woods pets finding loving homes in this community each year, we have so much to celebrate with our friends and supporters, and can think of no better way to thank them than by hosting the biggest pet party on the Central Coast,” says Woods CEO Emily L’Heureux. “In honor of the dogs and cats who bring endless joy and laughter to our lives, we hope the Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival will embody that same spirit and bring the animal-loving community together for an afternoon of pure tail-wagging fun.”
Sponsored by Subaru of San Luis Obispo as well as Gold Coast Toyota Dealers, Pacific Heating and Sheet Metal, Phillips Flooring, American General Media, American Riviera Bank, Creekside Pet Boarding, Cuesta Park Animal Hospital, KSBY, Las Tablas Animal Hospital, Lemos Feed & Pet Supply, New Times SLO, Pismo Beach Veterinary Clinic, Springdale Pet Ranch, Sunset Honda, and TrueSense Marketing, the Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival will be held at Woods Humane Society SLO, located at 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. For more event information, visit www.WoodsHumane.org/FallFestival or call (805) 543-9316.
