I live in whimsical and weird Arcata CA. I would love to host an event called WormFest: A celebratory and educational festival focused on worms, soil, and the ecosystem services they provide. The main event of WormFest would be a worm grunting competition. (Video for context of a similar event in England: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayQkFgQsQxY&ab_channel=Britclip). We would have prizes for most worms, biggest specimen, most creative approach, and best costume. In addition, we would have live funk music with a "worm" dance move contest. We would also invite food trucks who could offer worm or soil themed food. We would invite local environmental agencies to discuss vermicompost demo/education, soil health education and general soils education. We would also invite craft vendors with worm themed art. I have created a WormFest sticker that says "I wiggled at WormFest" to spread the word for future years. We want this to be a family friendly community event to excite Humboldt County CA to strive for good soil health practices and be thankful for the soil and of course our wiggly worms.