LEARN. EXPLORE. CELEBRATE.
San Antonio sits in the heart of the Texas Funnel, a vital migratory corridor used by billions of birds, butterflies, bats, and other species journeying south to Mexico and beyond for the winter. As they pass through, our city becomes a critical pitstop. The plants in our yards and community gardens provide essential nectar, rest, and habitat for these traveling pollinators.
This October, we celebrated Migratory Month, a tribute to the people, pollinators, and migrating species that travel through our city, and the shared stories that connect us across borders, cultures, and generations.
And it’s not just wildlife that flocks to San Antonio. We’re also a beloved destination for human visitors, and San Antonians know how to show them a good time.
migratory month events
migratory month events
Over the last 10 years, the Monarch Butterfly & Pollinator Festival has blossomed into Texas’ grandest celebration of the monarchs, plants, animals and people that comprise our ecosystems, welcoming over 8,500 San Antonians in 2025.
For its 10th anniversary, the festival invited the community to join the celebration with what San Antonians do best: a fiesta. Attendees dressed up in butterfly, bat, or bird wings and came ready to eat, dance and play in a joyful celebration of our ecosystem as we welcomed migrating monarchs and other pollinators to our city.
The FREE Festival is an intentionally curated, hands-on educational playland where attendees can discover, learn, and grow, leaving inspired to support the ecosystem we all share. This year's festival, held at Brackenridge Park, collaborated with over 50 mission-aligned organizations to provide nature education experiences alongside Blooming with Birdie’s large-scale installations like the Monarch Migration Obstacle Course, Lights Out! Bird City Maze, People as Pollinators Experiment and more.
