Join us for our first-ever Hummingbird and Nature Festival. Jumpstart the festival Friday evening at Hummingbird Happy Hour with a signature cocktail, beer, and wine during this adults-only event where you can meet the banders before the public festival. Spend Saturday at the festival enjoying up-close views of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds being banded and released, native plant sale, special guest speakers, live animal shows, scenic bayou views with option of boat ride, kids activity zone, and nature-themed arts & crafts vendors! 

Hummingbird Happy Hour: 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 13

Click HERE for Happy Hour Tickets!

•  Tickets $12 - $15

Hummingbird Festival: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 14

Don't wait in line: Click HERE for Festival tickets!

• Adult Ticket (Non-member) $10 
• Adult Ticket (Center Member) $8
• Child (12 and under) $5
• Child 2 and under free.
• Half Hour Bayou Boat Ride:  Additional $10/person. Purchase at festival entrance. 

At the festival look forward to:

• View Festival MAP HERE
• View Festival SCHEDULE HERE
• Up-close views of Ruby-throated hummingbirds
• Guest speakers - some with live animals!
• Bayou Boat Tours (additional fee $10/person)
• Native Plant Sale- PLANT LIST
• Commemorative merchandise (stemless wine glasses and shirts)
• Children's activity area
• Facepainting for children
• Craft and gift vendors
• Food vendors

• American Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus)
• American snowbells (Styrax americana)
• Aromatic Aster (Aster oblongifolius)
• American beautyberry (Calicarpa americana)
• Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa)
• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
• Blue Cardinal flower (Lobelia siphilitica)
• Blue mistflower (Conoclinum coelestinum)
• Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
• Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
• Carolina Jessamine (Gelesemium sempervirens)
• Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
• Copper Iris (Iris flava)
• Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
• Deciduous holly (Ilex decidua)
• Firepink (Silene virginica)
• Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa 'fireworks')
• Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum)
• Lizard’s tail (Saururus cernuus)
• Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
• Mountain Azaela (Rhododendron canescens)
• Native Blue Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
• Paw Paw (Asimina triloba)
• Pinnate prairie coneflower (Ratibita pinnata)
• Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
• Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
• Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
• Spotted bee balm (Monarda punctata)
• Stokes aster (Stokesia laevis)
• Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron serrulatum)
• Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
• Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora)
• Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticilata)