The Wausau Possum Festival happens this year on Saturday, August 1, 2026, and celebrates the ubiquitous opossum, while providing a platform for political candidates to ‘see and be seen’.
Here’s a look back a dozen years, at the Wausau Possum Festival, which occurs each year on the first Saturday in August, since founded by Dalton Carter in 1970, as seen in Parts 1 through 4 (below) of this interview with the Founder of ‘Fun Day and Possum Festival’, as he tells that story in his own words, produced by Goulding in 2013.