The 2024 Festival
February 22–25, 2024
Each year since 1996, the Whooping Crane Festival in Port Aransas, Texas has celebrated the annual return of the cranes to their wintering habitat at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. In 2024, the festival is back and ready to celebrate it's 27th anniversary!
The four-day event will feature renowned speakers, birding trips, boating trips, nature tours, photography workshops, a trade show, and much more.
TICKETS ON SALE NOVEMBER 2023
Make Your Way to Port A to Celebrate the 27th Annual Whooping Crane Festival.
About the Whooping Crane
The endangered Whooping Crane is the rarest of all cranes and among the oldest living bird species on the earth.
Host Hotels
Need a place to stay while you're in town for Whooping Crane Festival? Check out these host hotels, who have generously donated rooms for festival speakers and presenters.