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Poughkeepsie Celebrates Earth Day
April 21, 2017 - April 22, 2017
Poughkeepsie Celebrates Earth Day, April 21 and 22
The Poughkeepsie Earth Day celebration this year is a 2-day community-wide celebration beginning on Friday, April 21 @3:30 pm, on the Civic Center Plaza at Poughkeepsie City Hall, with Music, Info Tables, Restaurant Discounts, Food Trucks, Free Bicycle Repairs, and sign-ups for City-wide clean-ups. On Saturday, April 22, there will be volunteer clean-up sites throughout all 8 wards of the City of Poughkeepsie from 10 am – 12 noon.
Headlining the musical entertainment on Friday will be an acoustic and intimate performance by the Grammy-Nominated, Blues Hall of Famer
JOE LOUIS WALKER with MURALI CORYELL.. Also performing will be Frenchy and The Punk, as well as local performers: Rapper Louis Corbet, the Strawberry Hill Fiddlers, The Well Rounded , Arlington Steppers the Poughkeepsie Drumming Circle – And More!
Earth Day is partnering with the March for Science Hudson Valley. Those wishing to participate in the march will assemble on Saturday at 1:30pm, in Mural Square, 253 Main Street, Poughkeepsie
For full info and a line up of artists and clean up locations, see the Poughkeepsie EarthDay page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoughkeepsieEarthDay/ or the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/386029295101342/