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2018 Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival
October 20, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
2018 Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival — October 19 – 21, 2018
The Festival takes place during peak Monarch migration season in San Antonio, October 19 -21, when migrating monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains funnel through Texas on their way to Mexico to roost for the winter. It’s a story of Butterflies without Borders.
The festival includes:
Butterflies Without Borders Forum – October 19 at The Pearl Stable
Art Show – runs October 4-January 6 at Southwest School of Art and Blue Star Contemporary
Bat Talk – October 19 at Confluence Park
Teacher Workshop – October 20 at Confluence Park
Bug Lunch – October 20 at San Antonio Botanical Garden
and finally…
Sunday, October 21
MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND POLLINATOR FESTIVAL and Parade
at The Pearl, 312 Pearl Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78215
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM FREE
Get your wings on for our third annual Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival!
It takes flight at the Pearl with a People for Pollinators Parade, monarch butterfly tagging demos, educational booths and activities for the whole family. The highlight: a high noon butterfly release at Pearl Park. Five of the hundreds of butterflies tagged at our Festival last year made the successful trek to Mexico and were recovered on the forest floor there in March of 2018.
Don’t miss this special day of celebration and citizen science that unfolds during peak monarch butterfly migration season in our very own “Texas Funnel.”
Check back here for more information and a schedule of events for all festival activities.
Color codes for the calendar are as follows:
- Orange: These are events for BCMG members only.
- Blue: These are public events for which BCMG members can also receive CEU credit.
- Green: These are events that are open to the general public.