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Photos from the annual Batfest! -- an Arts, Crafts, and Music festival at the location of the world's largest urban bat colony, Austin's Congress Avenue bridge. Photos courtesy Steve Hopson.

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Austin's Bat Festival may be no more if two local business don't agree to sign a petition that supports the partial closing of Congress Avenue and the Ann Richards Bridge. The festival, now in its fourth year, is scheduled to be held Labor Day weekend and is expected to draw a crowd of 40,000 bat lovers. In order for festival organizers to obtain the necessary permits required to close down portions of Congress Avenue, the city requires that the promoter get a petition signed by 90% of the businesses that will be affected.