Join your fellow Austinites in honoring Mother Earth at the annual Earth Day ATX festival on Saturday, April 27 from 12-6 p.m. at Huston-Tillotson University. Get to know many local eco-friendly organizations, enjoy music, food trucks, and lots of free fun for the kids! (This event was originally scheduled for earlier in April but was postponed until April 27 due to weather.) Enjoy a beautiful Saturday outdoors with the family celebrating, learning and having fun!

This annual event is very family-friendly with hundreds of activities including a rain forest listening experience, butterfly walk-through, cooking demos, box city construction, trampolines, rock climbing, repurposed crafts, electric bike demos, movement classes, service projects and much more. Click here for the full list of things you can find in the Kids Zone. All of the activities at Earth Day ATX are free to the public and offers something exciting for everyone. Take a look at the video highlights from last year’s Fest to get a peek at all that awaits…

This year’s festival theme is “Honoring Our Home”, giving you an opportunity to explore the many local organizations and community leaders working to make Austin a beautiful and healthy place to call our home. Engage in an extraordinary array of fun, immersive and educational activities. 

Photo credit: Robert Hein

There are plenty of easy, eco-friendly transportation options to get you to and from the event while lowering your carbon footprint. Click here for a full list of travel ideas. For a map of the festival and more details about logistics, click here.

For much much more info, please visit the event website or Facebook page.

See you there!

*Cover photo by Ismael Quintanilla