This year marks the 20th anniversary of Friends of Butte Creek hosting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour! This year’s festival will occur 9/24 – 9/26/26 and includes two-nights of films and day time field trips throughout the Butte Creek Watershed. Event tickets can be bought separately — so come to one event, or come to all!
Film nights
Each night will feature films hand selected from the 2026 Wild & Scenic Film Festival held in Grass Valley and Nevada City. Catch both nights to see all the films selected this year.
- Night One: ‘Flock of Films’ Co-sponsored by AltaCal Bird Alliance
- Thursday, 09/24, 6-9 p.m. at the Pageant Theatre in Chico.
- Featuring inspiring films all about bird conservation and research.
- Night Two: ‘Mobilize‘
- Saturday, 09/26, 6-9 p.m. at the Paradise Performing Arts Center.
- Featuring films about innovative wildlife and habitat conservation and compelling stories of hopefulness and re-wilding. Including films on Golden trout, Yosemite toads, black bears, and more.
Wild and Scenic Guided Field Trips
We will be offering several guided field trips on Friday, 09/25 and Saturday, 09/26 to locations throughout of the Butte Creek Watershed. Purchase tickets to join us on excursions where you’ll get to learn more about the watershed, spring-run Chinook salmon, conservation efforts, and more.
Trips include:
- Forks of the Butte – Forest Health and Forest Therapy
- Butte Creek House and Willow Creek
- CDFW Floodplain Restoration Project
- Spawning tours
More details on field trips coming soon.
Tickets for all events go on sale 08/06. Stay tuned for our on-sale announcement to buy tickets.
If you’d like to volunteer and/or sponsor this year’s festival, Contact us.
