North Austin YMCA Nature Festival & Spooktacular
- When: Saturday, October 24, 2026, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- Location: 1000 W. Rundberg Ln., Austin TX 78758
- Cost: Free
Celebrate trees, pollinators and the magic of fall with our free, family‑friendly, outdoor festival!
Enjoy tree climbs with Austin Forestry, live performances and interactive drumming, facepainting and wing-painting, a live butterfly release, sapling and pollinator adoptions, garden tours, hands‑on crafts for all ages, library displays, demos from local pollinator experts and more! Come for the nature fun and stay for the YMCA’s Spooktacular event beginning at 5 p.m. with bounce-houses, trunk-or-treating, maze, games, popcorn, and more. Everything is free and open to the public.
3:00-5:30 Tree Climbing with Urban Forestry
3:00-5:30 Professional Face Painting
3:30-4:00 Dance Performance
4:00-5:30 Interactive Drumming with Soulshine Rhythm
5:00-5:15 Butterfly Release
5:30-6:00 Storytelling with Ambray Gonzales
5:00-7:00 YMCA Spooktacular
Presenters:
TreeFolks-tree adoptions
Monarch Sanctuary Project-milkweed germination demonstrations
Keep Austin Beautiful-waste sorting activity
Seedy Society-plant propagation give-aways
Austin Public Library-library cards & book displays
North Austin Community Garden-Scavenger Hunt
Squeaky Frog Farms-plant give-aways
Austin Nature & Science Center
Austin Climate Action & Resistance
Austin Resource Recovery
Beevo Beekeepers
A New Start Wildlife Rescue & Rehab (ANSWRR)
UT Biodiversity Center
UT Insect Collection
Austin Public Library is proud to host the Nature Festival & Spooktacular as part of the City of Austin's Roots & Wings Festival, which celebrates nature in our city. Learn more about the festival at RootsAndWingsFest.com.
Free and open to the public
- Website: library.austintexas.gov
- Contact Phone: (512) 973-9622
- Category: Free
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