Mark your calendars for EcoFest CR at the NewBo City Market on April 22, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Corridor’s premier Earth Day celebration brings together dozens of community partners for this family-friendly festival. Enjoy interactive educational activities, eco-products, eco-practice demonstrations in how to reduce our consumption of resources, fun ways to reduce and reuse household items, local foods, arts and free live music! Admission is free thanks to our generous sponsors: the City of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Cedar Rapids-Linn County Solid Waste Agency, Frontier Co-Op, Alliant Energy, and KCRG’s Show You Care. Our planned activities are possible thanks to the EcoFest committee and partners, including the Sierra Club, Trees Forever, Indian Creek Nature Center, Prairiewoods, The District, Cedar Rapids Community Schools, Matthew 25, Green Iowa AmeriCorps, the Cherry Building, Iowa Ceramics Center, and NewBo City Market.
EcoFest CR Main Stage:
10am | Yoga
11am | ADE (singer, rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist)
12pm | Eco Champ Awards & Recycle Fashion Show
1pm | Jim Swim (hip-hop, indie soul, and bedroom pop)
2pm. | Cedar County Cobras (acoustic rockabilly, dancing bluegrass, or old-time country with the gritty sound of soulful blues)
Additional Activities:
The Iowa State University Insect Zoo will showcase more than 100 living arthropods, from beetles to roaches, tarantulas and scorpions. Come get up close and personal with some very important animals.
Meet Real Live Raptors in the Courtyard Behind the Ceramics Center: The RARE Demonstrations at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Face Painting
Bring Your Own T-Shirt! FREE shirt printing
Compost Give-away
Chickens on the lawn
Pots, Plants and Prints Artist Market: seed bomb making, wheel throwing demonstrations, and drop-in worksho
Celebrate Earth Day with EcoFest CR
April 20, 2023