 | The Green Apple Music Festival is America’s largest Earth Day celebration. Founded by music producer and former Wetlands Preserve club owner Peter Shapiro and Relix Magazine, the annual event features an eclectic array of musical performances in venues and rock clubs, as well as large-scale free public outdoor concerts. |
| History of the April 22 Earth Day Each year, the April 22 Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting the status of environmental issues onto the world stage. Earth Day on April 22 in 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Earth Day 2000 sent the message loud and clear that citizens the world 'round wanted quick and decisive action on clean energy. Earth Day 2007 was one of the largest Earth Days to date, with an estimated billion people participating in the activities in thousands of places like Kiev, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; Tuvalu; Manila, Philippines; Togo; Madrid, Spain; London; and New York. The Green Apple Music Festival & Earth Day The Festival’s mission is to raise environmental awareness by combining live musical performances from diverse genres with educational outreach and cultural events suitable for all audiences. The festival is held around Earth Day, April 22, the world’s largest secular holiday observed by over a billion people each year. In 2006, the event’s first year, the Green Apple Music Festival took place in New York City. A year later, the celebration had spread across the United States to over 60 live music venues featuring over 200 performances in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. In 2008, continuing its partnership with Earth Day Network, Green Apple Music Festival will expand to additional U.S. cities including Miami, Washington D.C., Dallas and Denver. Approximately 500,000 people are expected to attend the all-inclusive, interactive and free public events in New York City (Central Park), Washington, DC (The National Mall), Chicago IL (Lincoln Park Zoo), Miami FL (Bicentennial Park), Denver CO (City Park), Dallas TX (Fair Park), San Francisco CA (Golden Gate Park) and Los Angeles CA (Santa Monica Pier). Green Apple Festival has mandated a paperless event. They use organic cotton t-shirts for staff, bio-diesel generators for power, serve organic food and encourage patrons to take public transportation, bike or get to our events on foot. Event: The Green Apple Music Festival Date: April 18 (Friday) - 20 (Sunday), 2008 Locations: New York (Central Park) | |
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