Experience the magic of the Mariposa Butterfly Festival as you explore Habitat Row, marvel at Jurassic Mariposa, and join in the festivities at the Fairy Village. With train rides, pony rides, bounce houses, and face painting, there's something for everyone to enjoy!

A user-friendly web site and database that shares butterfly and moth species information with the public via dynamic maps, checklists, and species pages.

At the festival, learn about butterflies, the role they play in our ecosystem, their life cycle, their contributions to our community, migratory pattern and release a harvested butterfly into the wild.

Learn about the Mariposa Butterfly Festival! Discover our mission to inspire education, conservation, and community through this vibrant annual event.

Explore the Mariposa Butterfly Festival schedule! Plan your visit with event details, activities, and times for a weekend of fun, education, and community.

See who will be at this year's Mariposa Butterfly Festival. Our vendor directory is a great place to shop, find gifts, home decor, food items, plants, books, jewelry, photography, art pieces, woodworking and more.

Mariposa spreads its wings in a celebration of the butterfly when families and friends honor our unique and fragile ecosystem. Join us for a weekend of education, music, art, food and of course butterflies!

Join us along Mariposa main street for the Mariposa Butterfly Parade! This parade is attended by thousands of visitors near and far and is always a crowd pleaser.

The Mariposa Butterfly Festival is a great showcase for local musical talent, as well as visiting talent from across the state. Musical groups of all kinds perform over the two-day weekend playing Rock, Swing, Country, Pop, Bluegrass and a variety of music.

The festival celebrates the Spanish name of our historic Gold Rush town, "Mariposa," meaning "butterfly."