Join us for the 3rd Annual Florida Bat Festival!
Turning bat notions upside down

Sat 27th October , 12 Midday - 3.30 pm.
At Lubee Bat Conservancy, 1309 NW 192nd Ave, Gainesville Florida.
 

Good news – the Bat Festival movement within the USA is growing! While Halloween is traditionally a time to fear the spooky side of bats, it also presents a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the beneficial side of bats and campaign to Save our Nightlife!

Last year nearly 800 people from the greater Gainesville area came to spend an afternoon meeting the gentle giants of the bat world. The event is a one-day educational event for families and folks of all ages, which includes a tour of Lubee Bat Conservancy and the unique opportunity to see live fruit bats with 5 ft wingspans! Talks introducing bats as pollinators and about the native bats of Florida will be given, along with information about ways that homeowners can avoid conflicts with bats and how maintaining healthy bat habitats benefit other Florida plants and animals. Groups including Florida Bat Conservancy, The Sierra Club will have tables/displays, and there will be plenty of craft activities to participate in, including mask-making crafts and batty face-painting. And of course viewing of the bats eating spectacular edible pumpkin sculptures Comments about the festival include “It’s the best place we’ve ever been” and “We’ll be late home, we can’t get the kids to leave”. If you would like to become a partner and/or sponsor of Florida Bat Fest 2007, and join the campaign to “Save Florida’s Nightlife”.

For more information, please email us at info@lubee.org

Bat Fest Sponsors 2005, 2006

• Pitman Produce
• The Produce Distribution Center
• The Garden Wholesale Produce
• Grandiflora nursery
• Hatchett Creek Farms
• Hippodrome State Theater
• Sweetwater Organic Coffee
• Skate Station Funworks
• Cabana Cove Caribbean Grille
• Starbucks Coffee Company
• Alley Katz Corner
• Lowe’s
• Romano’s Macaroni Grill
• Earth Pets
• Harry’s Seafood Bar & grill
• Coffee Culture
• PetSmart
• Hip Moves
• Wild Birds Unlimited
• O2B Kids
• Terry Zinn/Wildflowers Ltd.

2007 Sponsors

• Hippodrome State Theater
• Leonardo’s

Directions

Lubee is located approximately 9 miles north of Gainesville at 1309 NW 192nd Ave. (take NW 34th street over NW 13th st./HWY 441 past the highway patrol station until CR 231 forks off to the right. Follow CR231 for several miles, then turn right onto 192nd Ave. Lubee is ahead on your right) Please note that we will only be open to the public on the afternoon of the festival. Visitors at other times are not permitted. Don’t miss this unique opportunity!!