Event Details

Registration Details

Adult registrations include an event t-shirt. Kids t-shirts are avaliable for purchase. Register by Sept. 24th to guarantee your size!

Online Registration 
(Until  12pm on Fri. Oct. 5)
Adults: $20 (includes t-shirt)
Kids 5-14: $5 (no t-shirt)
Kids under 5: Free (no t-shirt)

Registration at Event
Opens at 9am
Adults: $30 (includes t-shirt)
Kids 5-14: $5 (no t-shirt)
Kids under 5: Free (no t-shirt)

General Admission
Come and enjoy the festivities on the Green and spend the morning with us! Does not include event shirt or walk participation.
Suggested donation: $5 per person

While the PawsFest festival is open to the public for a suggested donation of $5, the fundraising walk is for registrants only.

PawsFest is all about the animals, and your registration fee helps to rescue and care for homeless pets in our community.

To show our love for registrants, we are entering all adult registrants in a drawing for a brand new iPad Mini!

Adult registrations also include a free event t-shirt and a goodie bag from our sponsors!

We are so excited to be hosting PawsFest at Southern Village again this year. After PawsFest, check out the selection of restaurants at Southern Village for lunch - many have dog-friendly patio seating! 

Here are just a FEW of the amazing items in the PawsFest Silent Auction! Pre-event bidding is now open online!

• 5 Disney Park Hopper Passes
• 4 Adult Grand Stand NASCAR Tickets for Charlotte Motor Speedway
• One-night luxury stay at Mayton Inn
• Private Dinner Party with a professional chef.
• 4 Tickets to any NC State Men's Soccer match at Dail Soccer Field in Raleigh
• Billy Joel concert tickets
• Chef Tasting 5 course meal for 2 at
  Bin 54
• 2 "Lemur Live" Tickets at Duke Lemur Center
• In-home beer brewing kit from Fifth Season Gardening
• Bissell SpotBot Carpet Cleaner
• Photo signed by Carolina Hurricane's Teuvo Teravainen, #86
• Carolina Panthers Football lithographed with team signitures
• 60 Minute Massage at Flawless Day Spa

View more auction items and bid today here

PawsFest is fun for the whole family! Bring the kids, bring the dogs, bring your friends! Festivities include:

• Bounce house
• Inflatable basketball
• Lawn games
• Ask-The-Dog-Trainer
• Face painting
• Photo booth
• 50/50 Raffle: winner receives half the raffle ticket sales!
• Kids' crafts 
• Board-breaking with Inner Strength Martial Arts
• Eden Mosaic Arts
• LulaRoe: Debbie Burke Brown
• Ears, Eyes, Nose, and Paws

                   .... and much more!

PawsFest will take place rain or shine on October 6th, unless there is catastrophic weather. If such weather occurs, the event will be canceled and a message will be sent to participants and posted on the event website, Paws4ever' website, and our social media pages. There is no rain date for this event. If the event is canceled due to dangerous weather, registration fes will not be refunded but will be redesignated as tax-deductible donations to Paws4ever.