BANFIELD PARK EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: Cleanup, Climate Talk, & Silent Disco

Let's get gather in community to celebrate Earth Day with a Banfield Park cleanup, action-based climate talk, and three channel, multi-genre silent disco!

The Nulla Project & Silent DJ Victoria are collaborating again to bring you another unforgettable Earth Day Celebration-- a combination of being of service, learning together & pledging action steps, and dancing. Dance & Joy are powerful acts of resistance in these times.

FLOW OF THE AFTERNOON:

PARK CLEANUP: 1-2pm

CLIMATE TALK: 2-3pm

SILENT DISCO: 3-5pm (3 Djs, 3 channels, all playing at the same time so you can switch between genres)

MUSIC:

Channel 1: House music DJs (TBA)

Channel 2: with DJ Britta Dee, aka Brittany Dunstan

CHANNEL 3: eclectic ecstatic dance music--a mix of global fusion, tribal percussion, disco, funk, & pop dance hits with SISTr aka Mary Lloyd

... Feel the music deep in your bones, let loose, and have a blast, surrounded by incredible natural beauty. Bring some friends & family or come solo and meet like-minded new friends.

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SILENT DISCO TICKETS:

$15-Early Bird, until Sat Apr 18

$20- Adults

$10-$15-$20 Sliding Scale- for adults who do the park cleanup &/or climate talk (you choose)

$5-- Kids

RESERVE your spot:
-on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/silent-dj-victoria-31599471691
-or by e-transfer to: [email protected] (pls put “earth” in your e-transfer message & a way to contact you if we need to)
-free Volunteer spots available: we need volunteers to help set up at 1pm & hand out headsets at 2:45pm or pack up at 5pm

MORE INFO:

-Some materials for the park cleanup will be provided, thanks to Surfrider; if you have extra tongs, gardening gloves & buckets, please bring them!

-During the Climate Talk, we'll be lead through the Pachamama Alliance’s “four levels of action” framework and other actions we can take in our community

-You can join in at any point in the afternoon

-Walk, bike, or ride the bus, if you can. There are bike racks off Styles St., near the dock

-Partial proceeds go to The NULLA Project, a Victoria-based initiative that aims to improve single use, "To Go" culture with its reusable containers, cups and glasses. Check out this awesome local project here: https://thenullaproject.ca/The Nulla Project - Reusable Cup Service. The founders will be at the park cleanup, climate talk, & silent disco to answer any questions.. and they'll be offering cultured kombucha by donation too!

BRING:

-Dress for the weather, bring lots of water, and bring your moves and your glow & flow toys, if you’d like to add some extra fun to your dance experience! We'll supply some dance props too.

We look forward to seeing you out,
Mary, Nancy, Brittany & friends

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We would like to respectfully acknowledge that the territory on which we dance is the ancestral & unceded land of the Lekwungen-speaking people of the Coast Salish family. We acknowledge their rich cultural history that has been affected by the ongoing processes of dispossession and colonialism.

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