Mariposa Butterfly Festival Schedule of Events

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Mariposa Butterfly Festival 2010 Schedule of Events  

Friday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friends of Library Book Sale - Library (Members only - Membership Available at door)
  • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Chalk Art - Along Mariposa Creek Walkway
  • 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. School Butterfly Releases - Between 5th & 6th St. at Mariposa Creek Walkway
  • 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Butterfly Festival 'Opening Reception' - Mariposa Fairgrounds -  Building A
    Reception includes:
    “Taste of Mariposa”, Butterfly Hat Contest & Raffle 
Saturday
  • 7 a.m. - 11 a.m.  Strawberry Waffle Breakfast - American Legion Hall
  • 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. or Until Sold Out - Master Gardeners Plant Sale - Mariposa Fairgrounds
  • 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friends of the Library Book Sale - Library
  • 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Sierra Classics Car Show (Lion's Club) - Historic Mariposa County Courthouse
  • 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Art and Artisan Show Opens - Arts Park
  • 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Katerpillar Kids Area Opens - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. 7th Street Fair - For Habitat for Humanity on 7th Street
  • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Butterfly Garden Club Plant Sale - Between 6th & 7th St. on Hwy 140
  • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Quilt Show - Mariposa Museum and History Center
  • 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Quilt Show - Bed Turning - Inside Mariposa Museum and History Center
  • 11 a.m.  - 12:30 p.m. 'Winged Wonders' Parade - Downtown Mariposa
  • 11 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Mountain Outlaw Band (Classic Rock) -  Music on 7th Street
  • 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Line Dancing with UPS Sue - Arts Park Stage
  • 1 p.m. School Butterfly Releases - Between 5th & 6th St. at Mariposa Creek Walkway
  • 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. Chrysalis Youth Area - Mariposa County Park
  • 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. 'Battle of Bands' - Amphitheater at Mariposa County Park
  • 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. 'Steve Johnson and the BOBtones' - Concert at Arts Park
  • 1:30 p.m. Michael Ross (Story Time) - Katerpillar Kids Area - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 1:30 p.m. -4 p.m. Electric Blue (Classic Rock) -  Music on 7th Street
  • 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Skate Board Competition - Skate Park - Mariposa County Park
  • 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Quilt Show - Bed Turning - Inside Mariposa Museum and History Center
  • 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. 'Steve Johnson and the BOBtones' - Concert at Arts Park
  • 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Quilt Show - Bed Turning - Inside Mariposa Museum and History Center
  • 4 p.m. Butterfly Release - Between 5th & 6th St. at Mariposa Creek Walkway
  • 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Children's Cowboy Poetry by Wendy Brown-Barry -
    Katerpillar Kids Area - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Quilt Show - Bed Turning- Inside Mariposa Museum and History Center
  • 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. 'Charlie's Country Band' - Concert at Arts Park
  • 5:30 p.m. Raffle - Second Stage - Between 5th & 6th St. at Mariposa Creek Walkway 
  • 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 'DeWitt and Franklin' - Concert at Arts Park
  • 7 p.m. Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Website - Fiester Auditorium at Mariposa High School 
Sunday
  • 7:30 a.m. - 8 :30 a.m.  Sunrise Worship Service - Arts Park
  • 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friends of the Library Book Sale - Library
  • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Art and Artisan Show Opens - Arts Park
  • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Katerpillar Kids Area - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 7th Street Fair - For Habitat for Humanity on 7th Street
  • 10 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. 'Crossroads' - Concert at Arts Park
  • 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Church Service - Mariposa Christian Fellowship - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 'Mariposa Red and the Wildcats' - Music on 7th Street
  • 11 a.m.  MMAA - Karate Demonstration - Katerpillar Kids Area - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 12 p.m. Story Reading -Regina Hill-Zeck - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Butterfly Seminar by Monarch Alert - 'Mariposa Christian Fellowship Church' Building at Bottom of 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 12 p.m. -3 p.m. 'Battle of the Bands' Winner's Showcase - Amphitheater - Mariposa County Park
  • 1 p.m. Butterfly Release - Between 5th & 6th St. at Mariposa Creek Walkway
  • 1 p.m. Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Website - Ahwahnee Hotel - Yosemite Valley
  • 1:15 p.m. - 2 p.m. Butterfly Seminar by Monarch Alert - 'Mariposa Christian Fellowship Church' Building at Bottom of 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 1:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. 'Beth Healy' - Concert at Arts Park
  • 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Fremont the Dog - Katerpillar Kids Area - 5th Street Parking Lot
  • 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. 'Beth Healy' - Concert at Arts Park
  • 4 p.m. Final Butterfly Release - Between 5th & 6th St. at Mariposa Creek Walkway 
  • 4:15 Raffle Drawings - Second Stage – 5th Street Parking Lot 


The 'Butterfly Shuttle' 
Runs Through the Town of Mariposa


Saturday from 9 a.m. to (approx.) 7 p.m.
Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.