The 2025 Owl Festival will have face painting on Saturday and Sunday.
Kids will enjoy making a variety of owl crafts, or trying out some owl activities.
​Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 10:30 – 2:30
Sunday, March 9, 2025 from 10:30 - 1:00
Houston High School - Admission wristband is required.

Face-painting will be with the vendors in the Houston High School
Admission wristband required
Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 9:00 - 4:30
Sunday, March 9, 2025 from 9:30 - 1:00

Ruby the great horned owl
"Owl Music" book reading

​Author Kat Beaulieu will be reading and doing a presentation about his book "Owl Music." The program should last 15-20 minutes.
When the author first read “Owl Music” to Owl Center staff, it instantly shot up to one of our favorite-books-of-all-time status. Owl Music is an ageless book about a young boy, an owl and a feather. Its profound message coupled with simple but elegant illustrations will evoke tears as it reawakens a deep understanding of our relationship to nature.
"Owl Music is pure magic. It does what owls themselves do: It enchants us and shows us how to be in the world and what we can learn just by listening." -Jennifer Ackerman, author of the New York Times bestseller, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds.

Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 at 11:00 AM at the International Owl Center
Ruby the great horned owlRuby (c)Tom Severson
Short Meet an Owl program

For all the kids who want to see an owl and learn a bit more, but don't have the attention span to sit for an hour, this program is for you! Ruby will come out with an educator and you'll learn more about Great Horned Owls and be able to ask questions. The program should last 15-20 minutes.

Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 immediately following the book reading at the International Owl Center
Header (c) Alan Stankevitz