City of Durham - Earth Day Festival

2012 Earth Day Festival (Free Admission)

Mark Your Calendar

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Noon - 5 p.m.

Durham Central Park, 502 Foster St.

“Go Green” at Durham’s Earth Day Festival. Participants will enjoy "green" activities and demos; learn about many green practices and products at the Sustainability Expo and Earth Art Market; and enjoy great music, food and much more!

Plan your trip to Earth Day! Do your part to go green and walk, skate, bike, ride the bus, or carpool to Earth Day!

There is something for everyone ...

Live Music

Eco Lounge

Earth Day Parade

Kids Area

Earth Art Market

Sustainability Expo

Bike Valet

Skate Park Safety Expo

E-Waste/Shredding Station

Bring your old computers, TVs and other electronic equipment to the Durham Earth Day Festival to recycle. Want to shred your confidential documents and recycle them? Bring them to the festival to be shredded. These services are free and open to the public!

Drop off all your materials at the Measurement Inc. parking lot at 400 Roney St. Staff will be there to direct you in the process.

The Main Stage

Earth Day Emcee: Wes Hohenstein, NBC 17

Time Event

Noon Welcome by Durham Officials

12:05 p.m. Lowes Grove Middle School

Drumline

12:20 p.m. Mark Wells & Trio

1:30 p.m. Alonza Smith

2:15 p.m. Dance Theatre South

2:55 p.m. Nina’s School of Dance

3:30 p.m. Earth Day Parade

4 p.m. TROSA Band

Wes Hohenstein

Bull City Open Streets

During the festival, Bull City Open Streets will close the streets to promote biking, walking and physical activities. The tradition of closing streets began with Ciclovia in Bogota, Colombia where every Sunday, 70 miles of Bogota’s streets were closed for traffic and opened for pedestrian activities. American cities from New York to San Francisco now enjoy regular open streets and Bull City open Streets is one of the first of this type in North Carolina. The event promotes health, community, environmental awareness, and downtown’s economic growth.

Bike Activities

Seven Stars Cycles will have the shop open on Earth Day's hours and will be providing free safety checks to the events attendants. Seven Stars Cycles is also sponsoring a community group bike ride (20-30 miles), starting from 723 Rigsbee Ave. at 9 a.m., finishing at Motorco.

Tip-Top Cycles will be on the Bull City Open Streets route providing free check-ups as well as lessons on how to change a flat tire.

Along the route you'll also find Durham Cycles at its tent having a bike rodeo with games and prizes for happy participants. It will also have a display to show off the latest bicycle technology.

Clean Energy Durham will be on route providing bike powered smoothies for those who are willing to pedal for it! For more information visit the website.

Get Involved!

Interested in being a vendor? Submit your vendor application as soon as possible because space is limited. To volunteer, email your interest to DPR Volunteers or fill out the online volunteer application. Be sure to mention the time that you are able to volunteer. Learn about volunteer duties.

The Durham Earth Day Festival is presented by Durham Parks and Recreation and Keep Durham Beautiful, Inc. and media sponsor NBC 17. For information, call (919) 560-4355 or email Tina Chavis.

Earth Day Sponsors