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.
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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