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BugFest 2007

Evening Insectival

Join the moths, fireflies and katydids for an exhilarating evening of nocturnal activities!  Get your face painted, battle like a stag beetle, enter a beehive hairdo contest, or go on a guided nocturnal hike.  The street fair, out on Bicentennial Plaza, will feature live bands, street performers and delicious food.  Come inside the Museum to visit breathtaking buggy exhibits, drink a brew, and listen to marvelous live music.

Outside

5 pm - 9 pm
Jones St | The Plaza  |  Bee Zone

Inside

5 pm - 9 pm
First Floor  |  Second Floor

 

Beehive Hairdo Contest

If you would like to be a contestant, wear your best beehive hairdo and sign up at the Marigold Parlour Beehive Demo Tent.  The fun starts at 8 pm in the WRAL Digital Theater!  Contestants will be judged based on audience participation and the winner will receive a special buggy prize.  Open to all ages!

Guided Nocturnal Hike

Join a tour and discover the magic of the evening lives of Downtown Raleigh’s insects!  Tour will meet at the t-shirt tent every 20 minutes starting at 7 pm.  The tour will visit the following stations on the Capitol Grounds:

  • Black Light and Sheet Trap
  • Katydid Sound Trap
  • Nocturnal Pollination
  • Bat vs. Bug!
  • Moth Sugaring

Tours will leave at the following times:
7:00, 7:20, 7:40, 8:00, 8:20 and 8:40 pm


 

Evening Displays Outside the Museum

Jones Street Stage

5 pm: @Risk
Covering The Beatles and other British Invasion groups

8 pm: The Scarlet Divide
Classic and Alternative Rock and Roll

On the Plaza

5–9 pm

  • Stag Beetle Battles
  • Spectacular Stag Beetles
  • Sandy Feat Bugged-Out Sand Sculpture
  • Roachingham 500 Roach Races
  • Get Painted by Paint Savvy!
  • Bug Love
  • BugFest T-shirt Sales: New and Vintage Shirts!
  • Beehive Hairdos
  • Funky Bug Antenna Crowns
  • Nature Art Gallery
  • Bug Cooking Demonstrations
  • Take a Child Outside
  • Doodle Bugs Street Art: see the amazing creations of Pablo Dumlao, and then draw your own!
  • Vintage VW Beetles

The Bee Zone (Capitol Grounds)

  • STAGE: Bee Keeping (shows throughout the day), Bee bearding demos until 7 pm
  • Brushy Mountain Bee Farm: Bee keeping supplies and products

Evening Displays Inside the Museum

First Floor

5–9 pm

  • Terminix: Sponsor of BugFest 2008
  • The Amazing Horseshoe Crab: It’s Not a Crab at All!
  • What is a Bug?
  • Museum of Life and Science: Magic Wings Butterfly House and Bayer CropScience Insectarium
  • Cool Crustaceans
  • Bed Bugs
  • There’s a Bug in My Soup!
  • The Wonderful World of Orthopterans
  • Scorpions and Their Kin
  • Bug Bus—Plant Pathogens and Nematodes Hitch a Ride
  • Tarantulas and other Spiders
  • Wagner Photographic and Los Morphos—Peruvian Insects and Insect Collectables
  • Praying Mantids of the U.S.
  • The Value of Insects
  • Social Insects
  • BUG BYTES: Crustaceans
WRAL Digital Theater
  • 5 pm - Our keynote speaker, David Gracer, Entomophagist Extraordinaire, will speak on the exciting topic of bug-eating and how it will save the world! 45 minutes Ages 7 and older
  • 8 pm - Beehive Hairdo Contest.  You have never seen more bee-u-tiful hair!  Enter the contest or come vote for your favorite beehive hairdo! 45 minutes All Ages
Band Schedule
  • 5:30 pm - Jeff Smith— Arthropod Anthems and other acoustic marvels
  • 7 pm - Gambling the Muse— Alt Country
  • 8 pm - Steve Harvell— All Original Blues/Blues Rock

Second Floor

5–9 pm

  • Special Exhibit: Dead Sea Scrolls (Advance ticket purchase required, last entrance at 7 pm)
  • Dead Sea Insects (open until 7 pm)
  • Discovery Room (open until 7 pm)

*Third and Fourth Floors will be open 6 pm to 9 pm for viewing of regular exhibits.

 

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