Monadnock Region Earth Festival

Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025 12:00PM
End: Saturday, April 26, 2025 4:00PM

Join us for the 2025 Monadnock Region Earth Festival! We’ll celebrate some of the many things that make this region special: a commitment to ever-greater sustainability, healthy communities for all, and preserving and sustaining our planet, which is increasingly threatened by climate change’s impacts. Visit the festival learn about what others are doing and making, buy delicious food, learn something new, enjoy performers and activities throughout the Co-op, Railroad Square, the bike path & amphitheater (behind the Co-op)! Join others in our community to celebrate everything we are doing well and renew our commitment to keep striving ever onward. Earth Fest BBQ from MFC’s Prepared Foods Team! Join our Prepared Foods team for a BBQ from 12 pm – 4 pm in the amphitheater behind the store! Enjoy Live Music from Local Bands! Featuring Dimitri Flamouropoulos & more to be announced! We still have some openings: Apply to be a vendor here! Drive Electric Event The absolute best way to learn about EVs is to talk to actual EV owners who have driven their EVs for years, and sometimes decades. You will find these friendly and knowledgeable EV owners at the upcoming Drive Electric EV Showcase hosted by Monadnock Sustainability Hub. You will find a wide variety of EV models from Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Rivian, Tesla, and others. There will also be mini-talks with information about charging or taking trips in an EV. ROOTED Film Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker Germaine Jenkins After the festival, join Monadnock Food Co-op and the Monadnock International Film Festival for an Earth Festival encore at Hannah Grimes! ROOTED is the story of Germaine Jenkins, a North Charleston resident, activist, and mother who, in 2014, convinced the City Council to lease her a sliver of land so she could grow food and start a grocery store, Farm Fresh Food. For decades, her community has been ravaged by the racial and social inequalities exacerbated by living in a food desert. This film ignites a powerful dialogue about the threats of food insecurity and its intersection with the history of racism and economic inequality in the American South. Enjoy a tasting of freshly-grown food and a special Q&A with Filmmaker Germaine Jenkins and local agriculture advocates after the screening! Don’t miss the Spring Textile Drive on Sunday, April 27th!