Make some tracks and join the Flint RiverQuarium Saturday, September 25, for an annual celebration of all creatures great and small at the Water, Wings and Wildlife Festival.

Water, Wings & Wildlife Schedule

Festival admission is included in the cost of regular Flint RiverQuarium admission rates. A few activities, as noted below, have additional fees.

9:00 am – Butterfly Breakfast (additional fee)

9:00 am – Discover SCUBA (additional fee)

10:00 am – Water, Wings & Wildlife Festival gates open

10:00 am - Discover SCUBA (additional fee)

10:30 am – Birds of Prey show

11:30 am – Imagination Theater movie: Alligator Kingdom

Noon—Native Plants Program by Coastal Plain Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society

Noon - Discover SCUBA (additional fee)

1:30 pm – Birds of Prey show

2:00 pm – Imagination Theater movie: Alligator Kingdom

2:30 pm – Storytelling Performance by Lee County High School students

3:00 pm – Reptile & Amphibian Program

3:00 pm – Discover SCUBA (additional fee)

4:00 pm – Butterfly Release

Additional presenters in the Flint RiverQuarium Plaza all day:

• 4C Academy – Bird House Building
• Albany Audubon Society

• Albany Parks & Recreation Department – Children’s Crafts
• Albany State University – Host Fish Project

• Butterfly House -- sponsored by Molson Coors & Mark’s Greenhouses

• Coastal Plain Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society
• Crisp County Extension Office

• Discover SCUBA

• Flint Riverkeeper
• Flint RiverQuarium – Children’s Crafts
• Georgia DNR – Fire Ecology
• Georgia Reptile Society
• Monarchs Across Georgia
• Quail Forever
• SOWEGA Beekeepers
• Thronateeska Heritage Center – Physics of Flight Activities
• And more!

Food Trucks

• Foodie Pops
• Hope’s Grill
• Beer & Wine Garden – Miller Products & Albany Beverage Products

 Butterfly Breakfast

Events kick off at 9 am with the Butterfly Breakfast, an event designed especially for children ages 2-5 and their parents. After an adventure with the Butterfly Queen, which includes a light breakfast, butterfly story, craft, and song, participants will enjoy an exclusive visit to the mobile butterfly house filled with hundreds of fluttering butterflies, as well as a duck race down the RiverQuarium water steps. Break out those wings -- children are encouraged to dress up! 

Due to COVID safety protocol, tickets are being sold by the table instead of individually in order to allow for groups to social distance. Tables of eight are $135. Flint RiverQuarium and Water, Wings & Wildlife admission is included with a Butterfly Breakfast purchase. Members receive a 10% discount. Space is limited and pre-paid advance ticketing is required. Tickets may be purchased online at https://flintriverquarium.regfox.com/butterfly-breakfast-2021.

 Discover SCUBA

Participants will be able to get their fins wet in the Flint RiverQuarium Blue Hole and gain firsthand experience with everything SCUBA in an introductory class taught by staff from Adventure Dive Center. By the end of the lesson they will be swimming with the gentle giants of the RiverQuarium collection, the

striped bass and Atlantic sturgeons. 

Participants must be over the age of 12 and those under 18 must have a parent/guardian present. No previous experience with SCUBA diving or equipment is needed. Participants must bring their own bathing suits, towels and change of clothes. All SCUBA diving gear, wet suits and flippers are provided. Water, Wings & Wildlife Festival admission is included with cost of Discover SCUBA lesson. Space is limited and pre-paid advance ticketing is required. Tickets are $40 and may be purchased online at https://flintriverquarium.regfox.com/discover-scuba-water-wings-and-wildlife-2021.

The Flint RiverQuarium is southwest Georgia’s premier aquarium, featuring more than 1,000 animals that call the Flint River watershed home.  The Flint RiverQuarium is located at 101 Pine Avenue in downtown Albany, Georgia. Regular operating hours are Monday-Sunday 10 am-5 pm