Bat Fest

Besides carnival games, a spooky movie, delicious treats, and nature booths, NorCal Bats will be showing live bats and Bat Conservation International is leading an educational bat hike! 

The Wildlife Education Rehabilitation Center will be presenting live animals, REI is hosting a lounge area, and Palmer College will have chiropractic interns on site to promote healthy living. 

DJ Alex Reyes will be in the house! 

Be sure to bring blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy popcorn, cotton candy and your favorite drink while watching the movie Addam’s Family (1991) under the night sky.

Enter the silent auction and purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win local art, camping equipment, gear from Bass Pro Shop, gift cards from REI, Bronca, Paint'n With Friends, Target, and another beautiful gift basket from Los Gatos Bird Watchers, and more!!

General Admission: 

Tickets for ages 16+ are $20 each.

Tickets for children aged 6 to15 are $5.

Children 5 and under are free.

Parking is free.

Founded in 2018 in San José, California, by environmentalist Richard Tejeda, Saved By Nature is an environmental and social justice 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonprofit organization. Our mission is to expose and connect people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and abilities to the natural wonders & recreational opportunities of the outdoors. We collaborate with partners to ensure mental, physical, and spiritual healing in nature.

Tentative Schedule:

4:00pm-4:30pm Opening Ceremony & Land Acknowledgment

4:00pm-7:00pm Ongoing (Face painting, games, crafts, activities, partner booths, chiropractors, auction & raffle)

4:00pm-9:00pm Ongoing (Food, photo area, pumpkin patch, DJ, REI lounge, movie area)

4:30pm-5:30pm Live Animal Presentation (Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center)

5:30pm-6:30pm Take a Bat Walk with Bat Conservation International

6:15pm-7:15pm Live Bat Presentation (NorCal Bats)

7:15pm-7:20pm Announce Raffle & Auction Winners

7:20pm-9:00pm Movie Begins Addam's Family 1991

9:00pm Event Ends

Partner Booths:

Bat Conservation International

REI

Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD)

Garden to Table

Latino Outdoors

Bay Area Ridge Trail

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Palmer Chiropractic College

Wildlife Education and Rehabilitiona Center (WERC)

Vendors:

Queen Bee Face Painting

Tacos Los Tres Hermanos

NorCal Bats

Wildlife Education and Rehabilitiona Center (WERC)

In-kind Donors:

DJ Alex Reyes

Marigolds Moon Art

San Jose Spotlight

Los Gatos Bird Watcher

Hobee's

Bass Pro Shop/Cabela's

Paint'n With Friends Art Studio

Target

Bronca

Book wisely as there are no refunds. 

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