Wilmington Earth Day

Come join us to celebrate and learn about the Earth, our local ecosystem, and how you can make an impact. We will have over 50 exhibitors and vendors, live music, food trucks, beer, and wine. And it's FREE!

Here are this year's details, including the music schedule and parking info:

Wilmington Earth Day Alliance invites you to the 35th annual Wilmington Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 26, from noon to 6:00 p.m. in Long Leaf Park. It’s a fun-filled afternoon of live music, good food, environmental information and activities for the whole family—and it’s free!

This year’s theme is “Our Power, Our Planet™.” More than 50 environmentally-minded exhibitors and vendors will be there, explaining issues that affect our environment and illustrating how you can get involved.

Come enjoy live music, dancing on the lawn, food trucks, and a Kids’ EcoZone for children to engage in environmental activities. One lucky raffle prize winner will go home with a Hurricane Kayak donated by Great Outdoor Provision Co. There will be recycling and composting stations to help this be a zero-waste event. Bring your own refillable water bottle! T-shirts featuring the 2025 festival logo—designed by Atrox Designs—will be for sale.

"The Earth Day Festival is one of my favorite annual events in Wilmington!” said Wilmington resident Haley Hopkins. “It's the perfect place to get informed about sustainability and Wilmington's environment, meet like-minded people, find new volunteer opportunities, and enjoy awesome food and music. I look forward to it each year."

Enjoy live entertainment provided by Au Naturales, Tercel, and Righteous Roots. The Rapping Red Oak will lead the children’s Nature Brigade Parade at 1:30 and perform children’s songs. Anyone is welcome to join the Community Drummers and Dancers drum circle at 3:30.

Performance schedule:

12:00–1:30p.m. Au Naturales – Americana and “old school” rock

1:30–2:00p.m. Rapping Red Oak and the children’s Nature Brigade Parade

2:00–3:30p.m. Tercel – Indie rock

3:30–4:00p.m. Community Drummers and Dancers

4:00–5:30p.m. Righteous Roots – Reggae

Food trucks on site will be Johnny Cheesehead, A&M’s Red Food Truck, and all-vegan food trucks Well Fed Ed and Arabelle Cookin’. Chocolatey treats will be available from Chocolate and S’more. Beverages available for purchase include beer from Fermental Beer & Wine, Good Hops Brewing, Wilmington Brewing Company, and Bill’s Brewing Company; and wine from Noni Bacca Winery. Panacea Brewing Company will sell kombucha and hard kombucha. Culligan Water will provide drinking water, and guests are encouraged to bring their own reusable water bottles.

The festival strives to be zero-waste: food scraps will be composted and festival beverage cups will be compostable. Food trucks will offer vegan and vegetarian options and will serve their food in compostable packaging and offer compostable cutlery.

Parking is free at the park and at the New Hanover County Senior Resource Center at 2222 South College Road. (The entrance is on Shipyard Boulevard.) Wave Transit will offer fare-free shuttle service between the Senior Center and the Festival all afternoon. In honor of Earth Day, Wave Transit fixed-route bus and RideMICRO services are fare-free all day Saturday, April 26.

Leashed pets are welcome in the grassy areas (not inside the tents or in the food area). Only trained service animals may accompany their humans on the WAVE Transit bus.

FESTIVAL SPONSORS: City of Wilmington Stormwater Services, New Hanover County Parks and Gardens, Heal Our Waterways, Hurricane Kayaks, Great Outdoor Provision Co., Modern Sound and Staging, Atrox Designs, Wilmington Brewing Co., Fermental, Good Hops Brewing, Bill’s Brewing Company, Coyle Solar, Cape Fear’s Going Green, Wave Transit, Wilmington Compost Company, and Culligan Water.