On Saturday, June 13, the Audubon Community Nature Center will host its Dragons and Fairies Festival. In addition to a drum circle, the festival includes story telling, puppet shows, artisans at work, horse-drawn carriage rides, live music and food.

The Audubon Community Nature Center will host its annual Dragons and Fairies Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 13.

Visitors can try their hand at kid-safe archery, join a drum circle, listen to the Fairy Queen’s stories, watch a puppet show, play games, go on scavenger hunts, and get their pictures taken at the Fairy Garden Photo Booth. Adults and children alike are encouraged to wear their favorite costumes. Kids receive a treasure bag at the info booth that they will use to collect treasures throughout the festival.

The schedule for the day is:

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – vendors, crafts, food trucks, scavenger hunts, Nature Center building exhibits, Ogre dice rolling game, mushroom ring toss, obstacle course, kids archery and Fairy Garden photo booth

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – face painting

10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – live music by Water Horse

10:30 and 11:30 a.m., 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. – story time with the Fairy Queen

11 a.m.; 12, 1 and 2 p.m. – Three Heron’s Nest presents Aksot and Friends’ Puppet Show

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – horse-drawn carriage rides, with reservations recommended)

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – drum circle.

There will be demonstrations of glassblowing, weaving and spinning, and leatherworking and bookmark making. Visit AudubonCNC.org/dragons-and-fairies for details and to reserve a time for a Magic Moments horse-drawn carriage ride. Rides are scheduled every 15 minutes from 11 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. They may be available for walk-ins, but are not guaranteed.

Food trucks include 3 Cs Catering and Gelati’s Italian Ice. Vendors are Geo’s Traveling Gem Mine and Kristie Dunham Jewelry.

Parking is free. Admission is $12 for adults, $9 for Nature Center members and children ages 3-15, and free for children ages 2 and under. Some things cost extra. Cash is helpful, as there is no ATM onsite and limited credit card readers are available.

Volunteers are needed for a variety of important tasks from taking admissions or aiding crafts to working at the photo booth or archery range. For more information contact Sharon Tefft, volunteer coordinator, at 716-569-2345 or STefft@AudubonCNC.org.

Sponsors include Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, Colecraft Commercial Furnishings, Courier Capital, Lawley Insurance, and The Glenora Radio Network.