Bruner said to The McDowell News that this year’s festival will have 170 vendors on Saturday coming from all over the nation. He added the farthest vendor will come from Oregon, which is well known for its alleged Sasquatch activity.

The festival will still cover the same section of Main Street as last year’s event. Bruner said the N.C. Department of Transportation would not let organizers take up another block.

But more room has been provided for the festival by having all of the food vendors at the Wells Fargo parking lot.

“All of the food vendors will at the Wells Fargo parking lot,” said Bruner to The McDowell News. “We will have 12 food vendors with barbecue, Bigfoot burgers, Bigfoot hot dogs. You name it we’re going to have it.”

Another change to provide more room for the vendors is having the children’s section off of Main Street. Inflatables and children’s activities will be located at the Mountain Lake Realty Kids Zone on West Fort Street.

There will also not be a car show this time.

To make it easier for folks to get to the festival, a shuttle service will transport people from the parking lots at McDowell High School, West Middle School, McDowell Technical Community College and the Corpening Memorial YMCA.