Festival de la Ardilla 2025

in partnership with Future Front Texas and SnoRide
presented by H-E-B

April 12, 2025

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4-10 PM

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Pease Park (1100 Kingsbury Street)

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April 12, 2025 🌿 4-10 PM 🌿 Pease Park (1100 Kingsbury Street) 🌿

4:00 - 8:00pm
Music, Activities, Food, and FuN

Play Bird Bingo with Illustrator and Naturalist Emily Tolipova of Where’d The Wild Things Go

Watch a Puppet Show from Small Wonders Puppet Theater

Dance to Tunes by DJ HoneyPocket

Go Mothing with Dr. Curtis Eckerman

Learn to dance with J Wagner

Make a Forest Friend with Clay Artist and Ceramicist, Tanya Zal

DIY Friendship Weavings using Reclaimed Materials with Alyssa Clark of Future Front Texas

Nature Painting Picnic with Kayla Kennedy

Get your Face Painted by Maria Larraga

Create Squirrel Origami with JASGA

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Stop by these booths for info & activities

JASGA
Liquid Death
Mobile Bar Texas
Texas Conservation Corps
Thinkery
Travis Audubon

A Rocha
Atreyu Running Group
ATX Kids Club
Austin Youth River Watch
CapMetro
Families In Nature

Find these food AND DRINK options

8:00 - 10:00pm
Movie on the lawn

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Keep Squirrel Fest Free and Open to All

Getting to Squirrel Fest

We highly encourage alternative modes of transportation such as walking, biking, public transportation, carpooling, or rideshare when visiting Pease Park.

If you drive there will be FREE parking at the Austin Recreation Center parking lot (1301 Shoal Creek Blvd) or the ACC Rio Grande Parking Garage (824 W 12th Street) throughout Squirrel Fest. Both of these options connect to Pease Park via a short walk along the Shoal Creek Trail.

Get walking directions to Pease Park from these parking options here.