SOAR Family Day

Name: SOAR Family Day
Start: 2025-03-02T11:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-03-02T15:00:00-06:00
Location: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Schedule

Sun Mar 02 2025 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

McFaddin-Ward House Museum | Beaumont, TX

This March, the McFaddin-Ward House will present the 3rd Annual SOAR Celebration, a month-long vibrant display of butterflies throughout the outdoor gardens that will feature several special events beginning with the admission-free SOAR Family Day on Sunday, March 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the museum’s grounds (1906 McFaddin Ave., Beaumont).
SOAR Family Day will include live music performances by “Fire & Rain” and “Crossroads Band,” food trucks, picnicking on the grounds, family activities, garden and butterfly related crafts, local artist Butterfly Garden display, butterfly ride-on bikes, the Houston Museum of Natural Science Bug Cart, booths from All Saints Episcopal School, Beaumont Botanical Gardens, Beaumont Public Library System, Big Thicket National Preserve, Magnolia Garden Club, Moore Honey Observation Hive, Sabine-Neches Texas Master Naturalists, Tyrrell Park Nature Center, and more. Adding to the festive springtime spirit, a colorful outdoor installation of soaring butterflies will be on display throughout the grounds all month long.
SOAR Family Day will also kick off the museum’s new “Mac the Caterpillar” community art project. Artists of all ages are invited to paint a garden rock and add it to “Mac the Caterpillar,” which will “grow” along the sidewalk in front of the museum’s Visitor Center at 1906 Calder Ave. in Beaumont. Rocks will be available at the museum, or participants may provide their own. “Mac” will be on display until March 30.
Other new SOAR offerings during March will be SOAR Saturdays (3/8, 3/15, 3/22 & 3/29) featuring live piano music played on the McFaddin-Ward House baby grand piano during admission-free tours of the historic home and SOAR Ceramics China Painting Classes held in the museum Visitor Center on 3/8, 3/15 & 3/22. SOAR Ceramics participants will be provided all materials to paint a small butterfly dish. Cost per participant is $25. Registration is required at 409-832-2134. Reservation deadline is Feb. 17.
The month-long celebration will also include an admission-free Music at the McFaddins’ event featuring The Stringbenders, a Houston-based group performing a mix of country, rock-n-roll and Zydeco-style music, on Friday, Mar. 28. Gates open at 6 p.m. with music beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the McFaddin-Ward House lawn (1906 McFaddin Ave., Beaumont). Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and refreshments for a great evening of live entertainment.
In case of inclement weather, SOAR Family Day and “Music at the McFaddins’” will be cancelled.
For more information, call 409-832-2134 or visit mcfaddin-ward.org.