Vulture Festival 2025
October 25, 2025
Join us for the 12th Annual Athens Vulture Festival! Saturday, October 25th!
The ACC Vulture Festival is a celebration of "nature's clean-up crew," the vulture! Vultures are key to a healthy ecosystem. Just like the Solid Waste Department, they help keep the environment safe and clean by picking up the "leftovers." Vultures are often under-appreciated or even cast as the villain or outcast in cartoons and stories. Every year, during this week, we shine a spotlight on this amazing creature, which includes a wide variety of species from all over the world. We also shine a spotlight on our landfill property, which serves to do more than just bury your trash - we strive for waste reduction in all that we do, including composting organics such as food scraps, leaf & limb, and biosolids, as well as recycling materials and reclaiming landfill gasses to convert into electricity. Join us this week for a series of educational and fun activities, programming, and community!
Even though we LOVE animals, please leave all pets at home!
WHEN?
Saturday, October 25th from 8 AM - 12 PM
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:00 AM - Bird Walk with Oconee Rivers Audubon Society
8:30 AM - Festival Begins - Family Activities, Informational Tables, Artist Market, Live Animals
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Auburn University Raptor Center Program Presentation (#1)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Guided Tour of ACC Composting Operations
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Guided Tour of ACC Landfill Operations
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Auburn University Raptor Center Program Presentation (#2)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Guided Tour of ACC Composting Operations
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Guided Tour of ACC Landfill Operations
11:45 AM - Announcement of Costume Contest Winner!
12:00 PM - Festival Ends