Cicada Mania! Festival - June 3, 1-5 pm
Ryerson Conservation Area
21950 N Riverwoods Rd, Deerfield, IL
Celebrate the emergence of Brood XIII at this free festival for the whole family at a site with lots of cicadas.
- Cicada discovery. Forest Preserve naturalists will explain and answer questions as you observe the insects in an emergence zone.
- Presentations by Dr. Gene Kritsky, periodical cicada expert.
- Cicada costume contest. Kids, come in your best cicada costumes! We'll have a parade and award prizes.
- Explore the hands-on exhibits of the CicadaMobile.
- Illinois Natural History Survey Traveling Science Center.
- Music, games, crafts and wagon rides.
- Shop for cicada-related merchandise.
- Free refreshments.
- Inside the Ryerson Woods Welcome Center:
- Screenings of The Return of the 17-year Cicadas, an award-winning short film documenting the Brood X emergence in Ohio in 2004.
- Cicada sculpture by artist Don Rambadt.
- Cicada life cycle exhibit.
- Display of real cicadas from around the world.
- Download a program and event map
