Monarch Butterfly Festival on August 31 from 10am to 4pm at the Audubon Nature Center, 1600 Riverside Road in Jamestown, NY. Tickets are $8, kids 3-15 are $6. Butterfly release is at 4pm.

ACTIVITIES

  • Free-Flying Butterflies– Experience more butterflies in one place than you ever have before.  Make sure to bring your cameras as we encourage guests to take pictures and post them so everyone can see.
  • Hold a butterfly– Have you ever held a butterfly before? This is a chance to get up close and personal with a Monarch Butterfly and maybe even experience something new!
  • Hold a Caterpillar– Remember the good ol’ days when you used to catch toads and look for caterpillars? This festival will allow you to relive some of your younger days and hold caterpillars once again.  Your children will love all the hands on activities that occur throughout the day, holding caterpillars being just one of them!
  • Watch and learn how scientists tag butterflies– We would know very little about the migration habits and life habits of monarch butterflies if scientists had not developed a tagging system for them.  This system does not hurt the butterfly at all and gives everyone else an inside perspective on their lives as a butterfly.  Watch live and experience these butterflies being tagged right before your very own eyes.
  • Butterfly Garden Tours
  • Butterfly Plant Sale
  • Children’s Crafts
  • Butterfly Release Ceremony–  4:00pm – all tagged Monarchs will be released and sent on their way to Mexico!