Columbia Heights Monarch Festival

Columbia Heights is a national leader in the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge, working to protect endangered pollinators that are a critical link in our food chain. Come celebrate our success at this bilingual festival! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and enjoy a summer evening with all things Monarchs. We even encourage you to dress like a butterfly (or other pollinator)!

  • Live music & dance
  • Encanto dance party
  • Monarch costume parade
  • Pollinator education activities
  • Food trucks
A girl at a Monarch Festival holds a butterfly cutout while examining Monarch caterpillars on milkweed leaves.

When

CANCELED:

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 @ 5-8pm

CANCELED:

Thursday, August 24, 2023 @ 5-8pm

Due to extreme temperatures, the event has been canceled for the safety of our patrons, volunteers, and performers.

Kids in butterfly costumes do a coloring activity at the 2021 Monarch Festival in Columbia Heights, MN

Where

Past Festivals

Event sponsors

The City of Columbia Heights
First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
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HeightsNEXT
Kiwanis International
Columbia Heights-Fridley Kiwianis
Fridley-Columbia Heights Rotary Club