Berkeley Frog Fest 2026
Overview
A free, family-friendly, community-oriented art and science festival held at UC Berkeley by frog nerds and their friends
The first Berkeley Frog Fest is being held on August 29th on UC Berkeley campus! See more information on our website: www.tarvinlab.org/frog-fest
Activities include:
- Learn about Bay Area frogs and salamanders
- View entries from the art competition (see below)
- Frog-themed photobooth
- Frog origami
- Children’s games
- Live frogs
- Tours of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
- Amphibioscope: learn about your amphibiological sign and read your horoscope
- Meet members of the AmphibiaWeb steering committee
- SlimeMates! Amphibian-themed speed dating
- More TBA…
Submit your artwork to the children (< 13 yo) and adult (13+) art competitions by August 26th. Prize categories are Weirdest, Cutest, Most Frog, Most Bay Area, Most Educational. Prizes include:
- Western spadefoot (Spea hammondii) survey experience in Tracy, CA
- Pegasus Books gift card ($25)
- Moe’s Books gift card ($25) + frog-themed greeting cards
- 5 Little Monkeys gift card ($25)
- A small frog tattoo (or $150 towards any other tattoo) from Patrick Mathews at the Best Day Ever Tattoo shop
- Fern’s Garden basket of frog goodies
- Games of Berkeley frog-themed board game
- BLICK Art Materials gift card ($25)
- Oakland Roots 4-ticket voucher (worth $80)
- Berkeley Frog Fest merch
- Frog and Toad books
- More TBA…
The first 500 attendees will receive a FREE Frog Fest sticker!
Good to know
Highlights
- 4 hours
- all ages
- In person
- Paid parking
- Doors at 1 PM
Location
University of California, Berkeley
Genetics and Plant Biology Building
Berkeley, CA 94720
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