Birding Festival of the South

12 PM - 7 PM - Pass Pick-Up Open & Vendor Hall Open Hot Springs Convention Center 5:30 PM - 6 PM - Opening Flock-tail Party Hot Springs Convention Center 6 PM - 6:30 PM - Black Diamond Dash Ostrich Fun Run Hot Springs Convention Center ( Free to Attend ) 6:30 PM - 8 PM - Melissa Carper Performance Bridge St. LIVE! Entertainment District ( Free to Attend ) 8 PM - 8:15 PM - Samuel Henderson Bird Calling Performance Bridge St. LIVE! Entertainment District ( Free to Attend ) 8:20 PM - Sad Daddy Performance Bridge St. LIVE! Entertainment District ( Free to Attend ) Friday, October 9, 2026 7:25 AM - 10:25 AM - Birds on the Brain Meditation and Bird Walk with Bonner Black Garvan Woodland Gardens 7:30 AM - 11 AM - Birding with Secretary Shea Lewis Middle Fork Barrens Natural Area 8 AM - 10 AM - Birding with Ted Floyd ( Sold Out ) Hot Springs Greenway Trail 8 AM - 10 AM - Counting Feathers on North Mountain ( Sold Out ) Hot Springs National Park 8 AM - 10 AM - Birding without Barriers: Birdability Car Birding ( Sold Out ) Andrew H. Hulsey State Fish Hatchery  8 AM - 10 AM - Birding at Lake Balboa ( Sold Out ) Hot Springs Village 8 AM - 11 AM - Birding with Alison Kondler ( Sold Out ) The Northwoods Trails 8 AM - 4 PM - Vendor Hall Open  Hot Springs Convention Center 8 AM - 4 PM - Pass Pick-Up Open  Hot Springs Convention Center 9 AM - 10:30 AM - Guided Hike: Birding the Ouachita Forest ( Sold Out ) Lake Catherine State Park 9:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Birding by Boat: Eagle and Winter Waterfowl Watch Tour ( Sold Out ) Lake Ouachita State Park 11 AM - 12 PM - Live Birds of Prey with Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Hot Springs Convention Center 12 PM - 1 PM - Watercolor Workshop - Painting Birds with Jeri Hillis Hot Springs Convention Center 1 PM - 2 PM - The Changing World of Birding Presentation - Badgerland Birding Hot Springs Convention Center 2 PM - 3 PM - Bird ID Challenge with Beasts of Birding Hot Springs Convention Center 4 PM - 5 PM - Birding & Nature Study in the Digital Era with Ted Floyd Hot Springs Convention Center 5 PM - Musical Performance by Extremely Accurate Birds Hot Springs Convention Center 5:30 PM - Musical Performance by Bonner Black Hot Springs Convention Center 7 PM - Wild Inside Screening -- Hot Springs  Documentary Film Festival (Birding in Film Pass Required) Oaklawn Hot Springs Saturday, October 10, 2026 6 AM - 1 PM - Bird Banding Up Close: A Morning at Little Rock Audubon Center 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Early Bird Woodland Walk Garvan Woodlands Gardens (Birding Pass Not Required / Garvan Woodland Gardens Pass Required) 8 AM - 11 AM - Birding with Badgerland Birding ( Sold Out ) Andrew Hulsey Fish Hatchery 8 AM - 11 AM - Birding with Ted Floyd ( Sold Out ) The Northwoods Trails 8 AM - 4 PM - Vendor Hall Open  Hot Springs Convention Center 8 AM - 4 PM - Pass Pick-Up Open & Vendor Hall Open Hot Springs Convention Center 9 AM - 10 PM - Bird Banding on Plushies  Hot Springs Convention Center 9 AM - 11 AM - Birding with Extremely Accurate Birds ( Sold Out ) Hot Springs Greenway Trail 9:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Birding by Boat: Eagle & Winter Waterfowl Watch Tour with Samuel Henderson ( Sold Out ) Lake Ouachita State Park 10 AM - 11 AM - Birder's Watercolor Class Garvan Woodland Gardens (Birding Pass Not Required / Garvan Woodland Gardens Pass Required) 10 AM - 11 AM - Wildlife Photography in New York with Jacqueline Emery & David Lei Hot Springs Convention Center 11 AM - 12 PM - Drawing Live Birds with Anne Greenwood Hot Springs Convention Center 12 PM - 1 PM - Live African Penguins Presented by Little Rock Zoo Hot Springs Convention Center 1 PM - 2 PM - Songwriting Workshop with Extremely Accurate Birds Hot Springs Convention Center 1 PM - 2 PM - Birding Origami Hollywood Park ( Free to Attend ) 2 PM - 3 PM - How to eBird with Ted Floyd Hot Springs Convention Center 2:30 PM - 8:30 PM - Red-cockaded Woodpecker Tour Ouachita National Forest 3 PM - 4 PM - Gardening for the Birds with Minnie Hahn Hot Springs Convention Center 4 PM - Birds Heard in Words - A Creative Approach to Learning Bird Sounds with Alison Kondler Hot Springs Convention Center 5 PM - Little Rock Zoo Live Raptor Demonstration & Work in Progress of Jackie & Shadow: A Love Story -- Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Birding in Film Pass Required) Arlington Hotel 7:15 PM - Secret Screening -- Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival  (Birding in Film Pass Required) Arlington Hotel 9:30 PM - Steam City Records Presents Multimedia Event Bird is the Word: A Fashion Flash  Steam City Records in Arlington Hotel ( Free to Attend ) *Schedule subject to change The following events are open to the public and do not require a Birding Festival