Here’s the line-up for Earth Day’s Main Music Stage:

12:00–12:30 – The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra

1:00 – 1:45 – Rattlemouth

2:15 – 3:00 – Exebelle & the Rusted Cavalcade

3:30 – 4:15 – Amazing Ghost

4:45 – 5:45 -  Black Girls

6:00 – 7:00 -  Horsehead

A little insight about each band…

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We are hosting a small reception this Thursday evening, April 21st from 6-8pm, at Plant Zero to honor 5 Green Heroes for 2011.

• Suzi and Mark Lilly – Farm To Family
• Elli Sparks – Citizens Climate Lobby
• Suzette Lyon – Volunteer with Friends of Forest Hill Park, Tree Stewards, Reedy Creek Coalition and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
• Nina Zinn – Urban Backyard Edibles
• Honorable, Senator Donald McEachin

Special remarks from Alicia R. Zatcoff, Sustainability Manager for the City of Richmond will close the ceremony.

The cost is $25 per person which includes Cocktails & Heavy hors d’oeuvres. This is a Style Weekly event so please RSVP to Tonie Stevens:
tonie.stevens@styleweekly.com
or 804-358-0614 x 331.

Local Sculptor, Nick Pollok, created an installation just for the Earth Day Festival. ‘Unidentified Floating Objects’ transforms an otherwise neglected and overlooked public space across from Diversity Park into an intriguing and visually stimulating experience.

Says Pollock, “The world is mostly underwater. The surface of the water is the barrier to this mysterious, mostly unknown and hostile environment. Humanity is very active at this surface. This installation draws reference to and and is inspired by some of this activity and interaction. I combine the common objects and imagery and colors associated with both science and water sports such as swimming and fishing into ambiguous objects playing on both the mysteries of the deep and humor.”

Visit Nick’s blog at nickpollok.wordpress.com

The City of Richmond will be selling rain barrels and compost bins at the Earth Day Festival ONE DAY SALE. A portion of the proceeds will go to Enrichmond and the Clean City Commission.

• $50 each for the EARTH MACHINE Compost Bins
• $60 each for the SYSTERN Rain Barrels

Saturday, April 23, 12pm to 7pm at the Earth Day Festival on the Corner of Decatur St. & E 2nd Street

Leave it to Carter, from SAVE THE TRASH, to come up with a crazy challenge like building your own Earth Ball – a cheap, destructible, and eco-friendly source for non-stop fun. See Carter on 3rd street where all the kids activities will take place.