Dirt Fest, a free community Earth Day celebration featuring music and educational workshops, will be held from 1 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. April 21 at the Grand Traverse Circuit, 225 W. Fourteenth St., Traverse City.
Sponsored by the NMC Office of Student Life, Dirt Fest is open to students and community members. The event aims to show participants how to get involved with environmental issues through a dialogue with music, art and interactive workshops.
Workshops:
- 1:30 p.m. – Bike Commuting with TART Trails
- 2 p.m. – Paint & Plant with NMC’s Art Club
- 2:30 p.m. – Home Composting with Bay Area Recycling for Charities
- 3:30 p.m. – Local Foods: A Conversation with Pleasanton Bakery
Each workshop runs between a half hour and and an hour except for Paint & Plant, which will continue throughout the early evening. There will also be recycled crafting with SCRAP TC throughout the event.
Music:
- 1:30 p.m. – Blake Elliott & the Robinson Affair – a folked up, funked up, blues-you-away, indie duo
- 3 p.m. – Medicinal Groove – high energy electric-funk-jazz-fusions of dance-worthy rhythms
- 4:30 p.m. – The Naughty Neighbors – one-of-a-kind instruments and haunting melodies create a unique style that varies from sultry jazz to new age indie rock
- 6:30 p.m. – FunDubMentals – multiple singers play a mix of dub, roots reggae, ska, and dance hall.They have been said to be single-handedly keeping reggae alive in Northern Michigan
- 8:30 p.m. Galactic Sherpas – their highly improvised style creates a sonic experience drawn from all corners of the musical universe
Prior to Dirt Fest, NMC Student LIfe is co-sponsoring the movie Princess Mononoke, showing at 11 p.m. Friday at the State Theatre.
Co-sponsors include the NMC Art Club, Higher Grounds, Garden Goods, The Redheads, Pangea’s Pizza Pub, SCRAP TC, Bay Area Recycling for Charities, The State Theatre, TART Trails and Oryana.