Nashville Earth Day

Nashville Earth Day will take place on Saturday April 19 2025 from 11 AM to 5 PM at the Centennial Park Bandshell. This free family event brings the Nashville community together to celebrate our planet inspire positive environmental change and support sustainable small businesses & nonprofits. Nashville Earth Day will feature engaging & educational activities from a variety of exhibitors and vendors including: local growers & makers nonprofits sustainable small businesses and state/metro government agencies. Nashville Earth Day is presented and underwritten by our many generous sponsors.

Nashville Earth Day Highlights Include:

The EarthTalks Tent supported by TedX Nashville will feature a diverse lineup of local experts speaking on a variety of environmental issues including home composting gardening recycling and more. Full speaker and topic list available at nashvilleearthday.org. 

Live Music will be presented throughout the day with performances by local artists including Erin Rae Kyshona Josh Okeefe Cane and Cancino and Jarren Blair.

Kidsville’s Active Play Zone will include a Nashville Earth Day passport sketchbook for kids to get stamped at select booths as well as a nature sculpture area to spark imagination and creativity. Plus kids are invited to take a Storybook Walk on the Centennial Park Walking Trail around Lake Watauga and explore the pages of the book Be A Tree! by Maria Gianferrari and Felicita Sala

The 3rd Annual EV Car Show in partnership with Drive Electric Nashville will provide Nashvillians with a hands-on experience to learn about a variety of electric vehicles on the market and speak with EV owners. A Nissan ARIYA ride-and-drive will also be available courtesy of Downtown Nashville Nissan.

The Kidsville Earth Day Parade will take place from 3:45 to 4:00 p.m. The parade will allow kids to use recycled supplies (available all day at the Kidsville area) to create props or costume pieces that tell about their favorite plants creatures and other wonders of the earth.

Nashville Tree Foundation with sponsorship from Amazon will be onsite distributing free trees to event attendees on a first-come first-serve basis.

WM returns as Nashville Earth Day’s official sustainability partner. With their support in 2024 Nashville Earth Day festival was able to divert 500 lbs of recycled materials out of landfills a 15% increase from 2023 and increased the amount of compostables by 30%. WM will continue to coordinate with vendors on material management lead a team of volunteer Rubbish Wranglers to ensure compostable recyclable materials and trash are all diverted to the correct space with Compost Nashville and provide a post-event sustainability report.

Small World Yoga will offer a complimentary 45-minute class from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in front of the event stage. 

Turnip Green Creative Reuse will host the Reuse Village and provide free crafts and Creativity Kits for festival-goers with all craft materials diverted from the landfill. Patrons can participate in hands-on projects or take them on the go.

The Artisan Market will provide opportunities to shop local for recycled reused up-cycled and natural products from sustainable small businesses.

Nonprofits and Government Agencies will provide education and inspiration for sustainable living and positive environmental change.

Food will be offered by a variety of local food trucks and vendors including The Grilled Cheeserie Retro Sno Wacomole Mexican Food Bondi Bowls and more.

The Earth Day Pub will serve craft beer wine and cocktails for patrons 21 and over along with water and juice options.

Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee will be sharing sustainable Earth Day fashion tips and helping attendees get ready for the festival. Follow them on social media to get the latest tips and learn about their contest; one person will win a $100 Goodwill gift card. 

Host or Publisher hannah taylor