NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Bucket Brigade will host New Orleans Earth Day Fest in partnership with the Cheek Law Firm on Saturday, April 11. The festival will take place at The Broadside in Mid-City with doors opening at 11 a.m.
This is the second consecutive year the Louisiana Bucket Brigade is hosting this event, which is free and open to the public. Doors open at 11 a.m. and performances begin at noon. This year, the event is much larger and is expanding into the parking lot of the Broadside with vendors, artists and food throughout.
“We are proud to host Earth Day Festival – it’s a festival with a purpose,” says LA Bucket Brigade’s Founding Director Anne Rolfes. “At every turn, there are giant corporations that want to take our land in pursuit of relentless industrialization of all we hold dear. The festival is a reminder of what we cherish – our music, our food, our culture. If we want our home to remain habitable into the future, we have to stand up. Our Earth Day Festival is an important way to make connections and have fun so that we can stand strongly, together.”
What to expect:
- 20+ green businesses, vendors and artists who provide sustainable products and services
- Seven non-profit groups doing work in the green, climate and environmental justice space
- Five live performances (schedule below)
- Bike Easy Bike Valet parking bikes
- Ms. Val’s Food Truck & snowballs
- Crawfish by Ham Bone Small Batch Boils
Performance Schedule:
12 p.m. T. Marie & Bayou JuJu
1 p.m. Gov’t Majik
2:15 p.m. Cultural Ties Dance & Percussion Collective
2:45 p.m. Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars
4:30 p.m. The Soul Rebels
Vendors, artists and nonprofits tabling include: Solar Alternatives, Abby Lapporte Ceramics, The Zen Garden, Swiet Stuff, No Remnants, Fun House Dyes, Bike Easy, Grounds Krewe, Mary Scinto Prints, SkiNOLAgy, Pixie Dust, Reverb, Glass Roots, Copperhead Studios, Portal Press, Depaul USA Art & Wellness, Nino Manana Upcycled Clothing, Fay and J Art Collective, By Our Hands.
Festivalgoers are encouraged to go green and travel by bike or streetcar/foot. Bike Easy Valet will provide safe and easy bike storage. The Broadside is located mere feet away from the Greenway bike path and is less than a 10-minute walk from the Canal St. streetcar line. Street parking is available in the area. Solar Alternatives will provide a phone charging and a water refill station. We encourage attendees to bring refillable water bottles.
More information can be found at labucketbrigade.org/earthdayfest26.