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Albany Wildlife Festival

  • Empire State Plaza (map)

ALBANY- OUR WILDLIFE FESTIVAL is back and better than ever! Meet a sloth, alligator, porcupine, armadillo, opossum, giant lizard, a giant python, tarantula, and so much more coming to you February 21, 22, & 23!

This amazing interactive, educational event will feature our newest exhibit Diversity of Living Things as well as our Animal Ambassador exhibit and we are being joined by New York Emmy Award-winning TV personality Eric the Reptile Guy and some of his amazing animal friends. There will also be 2 highly interactive 30-minute educational programs that will rotate 15 minutes apart each day and boatloads of staff with animals out for people to interact within a family-friendly, hands-on environment. In addition to being fun and educational, it also supports many amazing causes!

Give yourself a good 2 hours to see and do everything.

DATES:
Friday February 21 - 1pm - 8pm
Saturday February 22 - 10am - 5pm
Sunday February 23- 10am - 5pm

PRESENTATION TIMES:
Reptiles and Invertebrates - 10:15/11:45/1:15/2:45/4:15
Mammals - 11:00/12:30/2:00/3:30

LOCATION:
Empire State Plaza
Albany NY

ADMISSION:
Single Admission: $14.00
After 4 people in a group, each additional person is: $10
Kids 2 and under are FREE

SAVE: Buy tickets online and save $2.50 per ticket! This discount is available only before the first day of the event. Buy online tickets here: https://fare.whitelabeltickets.com/en/pages/Albany

OR

SAVE $2 a person and buy tickets at the door by helping us spread the word about the event! If you click INTERESTED AND SHARE and all in your group will save an additional $2 a person. Simply take a screenshot and show us at the door when buying tickets to receive the discount.

*** ACCESSIBILITY $$$ - We do not turn anyone away for financial reasons. Please send us a message email us at info@fareconservation.com if admission is an issue for you and we will make arrangements for you!

*** SPECIAL TIMES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FAMILIES - We have a special sensitivity hour from 9 am to 10 am on Saturday that is FREE for anyone who has a family member with special circumstances that may not be able to attend for one reason or another during the regular operating hours. .

***VOLUNTEERING*** - We have room for 4-5 volunteers each event day to help handle some of the smaller animals and interact with the public. Please email us at volunteer@fareconservation.com if interested in volunteering.

For more info on Little Ray's Nature Center please visit;
www.raysreptiles.com

And for Erik the Reptile Guy visit;
https://edventureshow.com/programs

Earlier Event: February 22
Spontaneous Broadway
Later Event: February 23
Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show & Sale