Monarch Butterfly Festival (All)

Saturday, August 26, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

$12 Adults
$9 Nature Center members
$9 Children 3 – 15; free 2 and under

Reservations appreciated, walk-ins welcome.

This day-long educational festival celebrates the life and beauty of one of the best-known native butterflies: Monarchs. Monarch butterflies face ongoing population problems due to habitat loss and other threats including an increased use of pesticides by home owners and farmers. Audubon raises more than 100 Monarchs each year to help boost their population, and hosts the Monarch Butterfly Festival which is designed to educate the public about this unique butterfly species.

Be sure to stop by the ‘butterfly room’ which will be filled with live butterflies and cut flowers creating an indoor butterfly garden. Butterflies will often land on festival participants wearing brightly colored clothes making for a great photo op! The festival includes a variety of both indoor and outdoor butterfly-related festivities and educational opportunities. Festival participants can hold a caterpillar, investigate a tiny butterfly egg, tour Audubon’s butterfly garden, attend mini-educational programs on butterflies, go on a nature hike, enjoy the acoustic music of Alyssa Wismar and so much more. A food truck will also be onsite with food and drinks for purchase. Vendors will sell butterfly themed items. The festivities will end at 4:00 p.m. with the ever-popular butterfly release.  

Thank you to these sponsors: Blackstone Advanced Technology, Ulrich Fabrication, Wegmans, Ashville General Store, Buffamamante, Whipple and Buttafaro, Courier Capital, Mark and Pat Evans and MW Graphics.