Berkeley Frog Fest 2026

A free, family-friendly, community-oriented art and science festival held at UC Berkeley by frog nerds and their friends
About this Event

The first Berkeley Frog Fest is being held on August 29th on UC Berkeley campus! See more information on our website:
Scheduled events

1:15 pm Deadline to drop off art for display

2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 pm: Tours of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

2:30 pm Live performance by Tiny Rock

3:30 pm Art competition winners announced

All day

View amphibian-themed artwork

Take a picture in a frog terrarium

See live amphibians

Learn about how frogs jump (& make origami)

Learn about what frogs like to eat (& play a bean toss game)

Learn about frog habitats (& make a cyanotype)

Save frogs from the worst pandemic in history (& play a collaborative board game)

Learn about amphibians from an amphibian expert (meet members of the AmphibiaWeb steering committee, view frog embryos through a microscope, ask all your questions)

Amphibioscope: learn about your amphibiological sign and read your horoscope

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)
• The Ink Stone gift card ($25)
• Berkeley Frog Fest merch
• Frog and Toad books
• More TBA…

The first 500 attendees will receive a FREE Frog Fest sticker!


Berkeley Frog Fest will be held on UC Berkeley's campus at the Genetics and Plant Biology Building lawn.