SPACE's 35th Birthday Earth Day Bash!
April 20th 2024
| 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, April 20, 2024
10am - 2pm
Glendale Shoals Preserve
Join us as we celebrate 35 years of the Spartanburg Area Conservancy and the importance of local conservation! This will be a great day full of music, food, outdoor activities, and family friendly fun! SPACE members and volunteers get in FREE! (Not a current member, no problem! Purchase a ticket that includes an annual membership at the RSVP link below!)
Schedule of Events
- 10 am - 2 pm - PAR-TAY!!! Visit vendors, eat good food, make art, listen to great music, dance, play games, toss a frisbee, visit the nature trading post, meet a hawk, pet a lizard, hula hoop, check out a new book from the bookmobile, take a hike, enjoy being outside, and have fun!
- 10 am - Yoga with Katy Skye Corbin - Bring your yoga mat and meet Katy at the amphitheater near the waterfall at 10:00 for a session of animal inspired yoga poses - all levels welcome!
- 11 am - BBQ will be served by Cribb's Catering. Choice of pulled pork BBQ, chicken hash, and veggie hash and sides!
- 10 - 11:30 am - Blue Notes Band performs on the Mill Tower stage
- 11 am - Nature Walk with SPACE's Lynn Rhodes & the Local Hiker (Meet at the SPACE tent.)
- Noon - Birthday Cake and remarks by Sam Parrott, SPACE Executive Director @ the Mill Tower Stage
- 12:30 - 2:00 pm - Wilder Things Than Us performs on the Mill Tower stage
- 1:00 pm - Guided hike with John Lane and Sam Parrott - take a walk down the nature trail to view the new potential park property. (Meet at the SPACE tent.)
Activities and Participants
- Spartanburg Science Center is bringing Parachutes for the Planet, a collaborative community art project and call to action to raise awareness about the climate emergency
- Spartanburg County Public Libraries Bookmobile
- Spartanburg Creative Reuse Art Project - make and take an upcycle craft!
- Subaru of Spartanburg will have an electric vehicle on display!
- Watershed Ecology Center
- Nature Trading Post - hosted by USC Upstate Sustainability
- Falconer Brantley Broach will have his trained hawk and answer questions about falconry!
- Kids Zone featuring The Secret Cirkus with hula hoops, fun performances, and giant bubbles!
- Face painting by the Spartanburg High School Teacher Cadets
- Yard Games, disc golf, and corn hole provided by the Local Hiker
- BBQ - presented by Cribbs Kitchen and Rockers Brewing Company
Local Vendors
- At Home Apothecary
- BURG Apparel
- Carolina Bamboo
- Jim Weitzel Art
- Glendale Outdoor Leadership School
- Palmetto Council Scouts
- The Local Hiker
- Love Where You Live
- Spartanburg Water
- Vintage View Adventures
Special thanks to our generous sponsors:
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