I know everyone is all excited about Art Prize but don't forget about Oktoberfest!

Saturday, August 27, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Come join us and help send 300+ monarchs on their way to Mexico. In partnership with Michigan Butterflies, a locally owned company specializing in monarch butterflies, we are tagging and releasing 300+ butterflies. We will also send some visitors home with a monarch chrysalis that will emerge into a butterfly that can be released at home.

The event will run from 11am - 3pm with butterfly releases happening at the top of each hour on the boardwalk that overlooks Monkey Island. Visitors will have the opportunity to enter a drawing to win the chance to hand-release the butterflies. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about monarchs through hands-on activities and witness hundreds fly into the air to begin their magical 2,000+ mile journey southward to Mexico.

All monarch event activities are free with zoo admission. We hope to see you there!

The Kent County String Band will be performing at Juke's Bar on Friday, August 12. The show starts at 9:00 pm with opener Cold Harbor Line. There is no cover for the event.

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