Free Pasadena Earth and Arts Festival Saturday

Earth Day is on its way April 22 and Pasadena is celebrating with the 11^th Annual Pasadena Earth and Arts Festival Saturday, April 20.

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The free family-friendly festivities will go down at Memorial Park (85 E. Holly St.) and the Armory Center for the Arts (145 N. Raymond Ave.) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Author and KPCC radio commentator Sandra Tsing Loh will act as master of ceremonies.

Here is some of what to expect Saturday, April 20, according to the City of Pasadena:

Eco-Marketplace
Local businesses and non-profit groups will be on-hand to promote a green living lifestyle, energy and water efficiency, composting, organic foods, green building design, alternative transportation and renewable energy technology. 

Arts & Crafts
In addition to free youth art workshops throughout the day, festival-goers will be able to create pop up collages, 3-D relief landscape paintings and hand puppets made of recycled materials courtesy of the Armory Center for the Arts.

Beer
As part of sustainable and eco-friendly business practices, locally brewed beers will be available for sale inside the festival’s Sustainable Beer and Wine Garden, serving up local artisan lagers, ales and wine from Pasadena’s own Craftsman Brewing Company, Everson Royce and Eagle Rock Brewery.

Metro Perks 
If you use the Metro Gold Line, just show your Metro pass at the City’s Department of Transportation booth and you’ll get a free Earth Day reusable bag, while supplies last. Just take the Gold Line to the nearby Memorial Park Gold Line Metro stop.

Bike Ride
Join the 5.7-mile Earth and Arts Festival Bike Ride through town, led by C.I.C.L.E.  The bike ride is perfect for riders of all ages and skill levels and the guided tour will showcase Pasadena’s safe bike routes and some of the City’s public art.

For more information, visit www.cityofpasadena.net/earthday or call (626) 744-4721.

See easy ways you can go green in our Going Green series here.

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