
EmilyAnn Theatre Butterfly Festival April 21, 2018
EmilyAnn Theatre Butterfly Festival April 21, 2018

EmilyAnn Theatre Butterfly Festival
Nothing says “spring” for those of us in Wimberley like the yearly Butterfly Festival held on the third weekend of April each year. This year, the Annual Festival is coming up on April 22, 2017 and since my youngest is in high school I am anxiously looking around for any children I can commandeer to experience this magical day with me. Not that she won’t go with me – she loves the Butterfly Festival too, but there is something about the joy on the face of a younger child as they watch a “newborn” butterfly crawl around on a slice of cantaloupe while thousands more flutter around the gardens. (butterflies, not kids).
EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens





The Festival began as a fundraiser for the theatre, but also as an experiment for local Wimberley kids. Since all three of mine went through school here we experienced the life cycle of a butterfly during kindergarten, fifth grade and in girl scouts – twice! Each year, local classrooms, day cares, businesses, churches and organizations take on the responsibility of caring for the caterpillars and cocoons. Then, on release day, volunteers release the cases of thousands upon thousands of butterflies. Every half hour, little ones line up with their $1 slice of cantaloupe or watermelon and watch the tiny translucent wings of the butterflies as they crawl around and explore their temporary juicy home – and finally take the leap and join their brothers and sisters up in the trees. There is also entertainment during the day – elementary school children performing their spring play and other performances by local musicians.
EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens
