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NEXT WATER FESTIVAL EVENT:
| Kalamazoo Water Festival |
| Arcadia Creek Festival Site/Verburg Park, Kalamazoo MI |
| Aug 14th, 2010 |
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VERBURG PARK
ARCADIA CREEK FESTIVAL SITE
FEATURING MUSIC BY:
- THE STARLIGHT SIX featuring Seth Bernard, May Erlewine, Rachael Davis, Josh Davis, Dominic John and Mike Shimmin
- The Red Sea Pedestrians
- Dunuya Drum and Dance
- Who Hit John?
- Kinetic Affect
- The Cornfed Girls
- Red Tail Ring
- Joe Reilly
A celebratory call to action for citizens concerned about clean water, a healthy
Kalamazoo River and Watershed, and sustainable Great Lakes.
Celebrate your water at the first annual Kalamazoo Water Festival! Bring your family
and friends and enjoy activities, great bands, and poetry. Interact with passionate
advocates, organizations, and businesses to explore ways to ensure clean, plentiful,
sustainable water for future generations.
*Arcadia Creek Festival Place portion of Festival opens at Noon*
*Free afternoon admission*
Tentative music schedule:
1-1:45 Joe Reilly
2-2:45 Red Tail Ring
3-3:45 The Corn Fed Girls
4-4:45 Kinetic Affect
5-5:45 Who Hit John?
-DINNER BREAK-
*$7 ticket for evening concert*
7:30-8:15 Dunuya Drum and Dance
8:30-9:15 The Red Sea Pedestrians
9:30-11:30 The Starlight Six (Seth Bernard, May Erlewine, Josh Davis, Rachael Davis, Dominic John and Mike Shimmin)
Water Festival organizers, sponsors, participants, and artists are committed to cleaning up old pollution and preventing new pollution. Like you, we know that water is the
beating heart of the Great Lakes state, and that an active, connected citizenry can
protect its water. Proceeds from the Water Festival will be set aside for the next festival
and Kalamazoo River Watershed Council programs.
Jeff Spoelstra, Kalamazoo River Watershed Council coordinator says: The Council
sees connections everywhere we look in the Kalamazoo River Watershed between
sustainable agricultural, healthy local food programs, protected wild places, sustainable
cities, contamination cleanup, connected land and water trails, and critically important groundwater (it's what you drink, and its under your feet). Join us as we celebrate water connections up and downstream of where you live, work, and play!
Walk or bike to the Festival on the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. Bring a reusable
water container. Food and beverages will be available for purchase all afternoon.
Free morning activities and features at Verburg Park on the Kalamazoo River waterfront
between 9:00 a.m. and noon:
1. Take a short Kalamazoo River paddle trip from Comstock with the Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition, part of Kanoe the Kazoo 2010, see www.kalamazooriver.org to find registration links
2. Calling all anglers, try your hand at catching a Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery backyard bass! Young anglers can get a helping hand learning how to cast rods equipped with casting plugs and can fine tune their accuracy attempting to land one of our plastic backyard bass
3. Lee's Adventure Sports will be on hand providing you the opportunity to try a
kayak on the pond
4. Take a walk on the riverfront Kalamazoo River Valley Trail and learn about the
developing Kalamazoo River Watershed Heritage Water Trail
Free afternoon activities and features at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place between noon
and 6:00 p.m.:
1. Talk with over a dozen organizations working every day to restore and protect
water resources in the cities, towns, and on the farm
2. Kids - explore the soil and water tunnel with the Allegan County Conservation
District, run through the sprinkler, try Gyotaku "fish printing", and enjoy Joe Reilly
who will sing songs just for you!
3. Listen to guest speakers and take home information about your role in water
protection
4. Listen to out of this world poetry by the duo Kinetic Affect
5. The Kalamazoo Nature Center will be on hand using LIVE animals, skins, skulls, and games to highlight the animals and plants we find in our Michigan wetlands. Stop by and meet some local critters or help their frogs get to their lily pads in a fun game of Habitat Hop!
6. Explore Stormwater Otter World on the playground
7. Learn about local Michigan Earth Corps projects completed in August and meet
the Earth Corps crew
Evening concert celebration at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place ($7). Minors under 17
must be accompanied by an adult:
1. Wine from Fenn Valley Vineyard and Wine Cellar will be available for purchase
after 6:00 p.m. Several beers from the Great Lakes region will be available.
Special guests will speak on important sustainability topics between musical acts.
Organizing sponsors:
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Kalamazoo River Watershed Council
Great Lakes and Activity Sponsors:
Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition
Kalamazoo Environmental Council
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery
Allegan County Conservation District
City of Kalamazoo/Public Services Department
Fenn Valley Vineyard and Wine Cellar
Calhoun County Conservation District
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
Arcadia Creek Festival Site/Verburg Park, Kalamazoo MI - Kalamazoo Water Festival
August 14, 2010
PAST EVENTS
Riverside Park - Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids Water Festival
June 20, 2009
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