14th Annual NH Monarch Festival

Admission

Festival Tickets

Grab your tickets and come celebrate with us! Admission fees help support festival costs and conservation donations so we can continue to bring this festival to the community year after year.

Costume Bonus: Any child or adult who arrives in an appropriate costume gets in FREE — so come dressed as your favorite butterfly, caterpillar, or garden creature!

Children

$4

Ages 3 – 12 years

Purchase

General

Adults

$7

Ages 13 – 64 years

Purchase

Seniors

$5

Ages 65 & older

Purchase

FREE Admission

Children 2 years and younger are always FREE. Any child or adult who arrives in costume receives complimentary admission — wings, antennae, and caterpillar suits especially encouraged.

Find Us

Venue & Parking

Join us at Tioga Pavilion at Belmont Village for a day of monarch education, conservation, and community fun!

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Date & Time

Saturday, August 22, 2026 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Location

Tioga Pavilion at Belmont Village · 18 Mill St, Belmont, NH 03220

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Parking

Free parking on-site · Accessible parking available · Parking map coming soon

Plan Your Visit →

Day of Event

Schedule & Timeline

Details to come closer to festival date

Check back as we get closer to August 22, 2026 for the full schedule of events, presentations, and activities!

10:00

Festival Opens! 🎉Gates open — activities, booths, and presentations begin

5:00

Festival ClosesFestival ends at 5:00 pm — thank you for celebrating with us!

Attendees gather on the festival lawn for a presentation — one of many throughout the day

Tons of Fun for Everyone

List of Activities

There's something magical around every corner — earn your wings, watch monarchs transform, and parade like a migrating butterfly. Here are some of the potential activities we hope to offer this year (to be determined closer to festival date):

Kid Activities

We offer lots of things for kids to enjoy at the festival. Check back closer to the event date for a full list of activities. Some of this year's activities may include:

A child looks up in wonder at the monarch enclosures — one of the festival's most beloved moments

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Build a Flying Monarch

Craft your own paper monarch butterfly to take home.

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Pollinator Passport

Pick up your Passport at the entrance, collect stamps at each station, and turn it in for a special prize!

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Caterpillar Crawl

Complete this activity by molting into different instars!

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Migration Race

Red light, green light — race like a migrating monarch south to Mexico!

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Milkweed Mayhem Egg Hunt

Search through fake milkweed for the one hidden monarch egg.

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Monarch Masks

Make and decorate your own monarch butterfly mask.

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Kaleidoscope Tree

Hang your origami or colored butterfly on our community butterfly tree.

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Face Painting

Professional face painter on-site throughout the day.

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If a Human Were a Caterpillar

Scale comparison showing how big you'd grow in just two weeks!

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Photo Backdrops

Wooden cutouts — caterpillar, butterfly, milkweed bugs, and more.

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Scavenger Hunt Trivia

Find the monarch egg symbol and answer the science questions for a prize.

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Costume Contest

Prizes for the best butterfly, caterpillar, or pollinator costume!

Adult Learning Opportunities

Native plant gardening mini talks from vendors
Nature journaling with a local guide
Monarch learning stations with helpful information and free seeds
Host plants and how to grow them
"Test Your Knowledge" monarch trivia quiz — turn in your form for a prize
Garden design consultation with expert gardeners
Local bee club information and demos
Conservation group presentations and data sharing
Citizen science projects and opportunities to contribute
Latest technology and science studies

Marketplace

Vendors & Exhibitors

Explore booths filled with native plants, local art, delicious food, conservation science, and so much more. Every table is a new discovery!

(Vendor information will be updated closer to the festival date. Please check back later for a full list.)

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Native Plants

Milkweed, pollinator plants, and natives to take habitat home with you.

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Science & Research

Citizen science projects, OE testing, nanotagging, and Monarch Watch data.

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Native Artists

Butterfly-inspired pottery, fine art prints, fiber arts with plant dyes.

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Conservation Groups

NH Audubon, Newfound Lake Region Association, Belmont Conservation Commission.

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Local Food & Farm

Herbalists, tea makers, local farms, baked goods, and food trucks.

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Education

UNH Cooperative Extension, NH Fish & Game, nature guides, and children's books.

Apply to Vend at NHMF 2026

We welcome local artisans, native plant nurseries, environmental nonprofits, food vendors, and community science organizations. Space is limited.

Vendor Application

Gallery

Festival in Pictures

A glimpse into the magic of past festivals — tagging ceremonies, wonder-filled moments with live specimens, community gatherings, and the breathtaking monarchs themselves.