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April 19th, 2025 in the Switchyard Park Pavilion from 12 - 4 PM
The City of Bloomington welcomes you to the third annual Earth Day celebration at Switchyard Park on Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 12:00-4:00pm. The event is free and open to the public, and will feature live music, food and drinks, local vendors, prize drawings, tree giveaways, and more. This event is hosted as a joint effort between the Department of Economic and Sustainable Development, Go Bloomington, and the Parks and Recreation Department. Registration is not required.
The celebration will be inside the Switchyard Park Pavilion due to the rain forecast.
Event Activities
Events on the Stage
12:00 : Welcoming addresses from the Mayor's office Public Engagement Director, City Council, and County Council; poetry reading
12:30 : Busman's Holiday first set
1:30 : Eco-Heroes Art Competition Awards Ceremony
2:00 : Busman's Holiday second set
3:00 : Parks and Recreation Volunteer Awards Ceremony
3:30 : Zero in Bloomington Spring into Sustainability Challenge Awards Ceremony
3:50 : Earth Day raffle prize drawing
Activities and Attractions Throughout the Event
- Food trucks and drink service by Upland Brewing
- Vendors from a variety of local environmental and sustainability organizations
- Tree seedling giveaway
- Art for Earth art sale
- Electric vehicle interactive display
- Craft stations and interactive exhibits from the vendors
- Face painter
- Free Earth Day tote bags and other swag
- Food waste collection demonstration by GardenQuest
- Raffle prize drawing
- IU athletes providing autographs
Eco-Heroes Art Contest
Any Bloomington resident or student K-12 can submit an entry into the Eco-Heroes Art Contest hosted by the Environmental Commission. This year's theme is "Bugs in Bloom: How Native Insects Are Important to Bloomington" and art of a wide variety of formats and media are accepted by the deadline of Friday, April 11 by 5pm. Winners will be awarded at Earth Day 2025 and the art will be on display in the pavilion throughout the event.
Go Bloomington
Go Bloomington is the City’s platform for alternative mobility options to advance a more sustainable Bloomington by lowering the number of single occupancy vehicles in our community. In advance of National Bike Month (May), Go Bloomington will be co-hosting the Earth Day event, offering registrants the opportunity to be entered into an e-bike giveaway and more. Register for Go Bloomington to learn more.
For questions about Earth Day 2025, please contact sustain@bloomington.in.gov.
