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Spring Awakening Saturday, May 10

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 The ponies are coming, the ponies are coming…
We had to postpone Spring Awakening because of weather but we are back this Saturday better than ever.

Spring Awakening will be a bit truncated because it’s a very busy time shared with many special groups and happenings. But we will be parading and ponying like the party animals we are.

We are meeting at 11 am at El Sol Brillante, 522 E.12th St between Avenues A & B. We will be  joining the Earth Celebrations parade at noon and march down 12th St to Avenue B.

At Avenue B we will break off from Earth Celebrations and the LUNGS parade will head south on Avenue B to Tompkins Square Park, we will enter the park at 9th St, parade through the park and exit on Avenue B at 8th St.

At about 1:30 pm the pony rides will start on Avenue B between 7th & 8th Sts. The Pony Rides are free but parents must sign waivers for insurance purposes.
Cowgirls and cowboys should be aware the The last pony ride will be at 3:30pm.

2:45 pm Community Garden Tour

Meet Avenue B East 8th St – East 9th St

POSTPONED DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS

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SPRING AWAKENING 2025 Schedule

  • Parade meet up 11:30 am at El Sol Brillante 522 E. 12th St between A & B
  • Get your costume together
  • Parade kicks off at NOON
  • Parade The parade route will go East on 12th St to Avenue C.
    South on Avenue C to 7th St.
    West on 7th St to Tompkins Square Park, parade through the park and exit on 9th St and Avenue B.
    The parade will feature with the marching band, Batala, stilt walkers and our tree goddess.
  • NOON Tabling on Avenue B between 7th & 9th Sts.
  • Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS)
  • Down To Earth Garden Bokashi Composting
  • East Village Community Coalition
  • Green Thumb
  • NYU Garden Flora & Fauna study information
  • Earth Celebrations
  • Lower East Side Girls Club
  • Seed Giveaway
  • 12:45pm Batalá drumline performance
  • 1pm Interactive Chalk Art
  • 1:30 PONY RIDES
  • 2pm Park Rangers Red Tailed Hawk Watch
  • 2:30 “Tilted Axes” Musical Performance
  • 2:45 Community Garden Tour
  • 3-7 pm LIVE MUSIC SERIES in 11th St Community Garden, 422 E.11th St, between First Ave and Avenue A
  • 3pm Stephanie M. Hall
  • 3:30 Gina Healy & Friends
  • 4pm Captain Ronzo and Heide
  • 5pm Ross Daisomont & Friends
  • 6:30 Kieran Murray

SPRING AWAKENING 2023

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SPRING AWAKENING kicks off with our parade led by BATALA, through the Streets beginning at 11am at El Sol Brillante, 522 E. 12th St between Aves A & B, walking east to Avenue C, south on Avenue C to E. 7th St, west on 7th to Tompkins Square Park, meandering through the Park and ending at Avenue B and 9th St.

Avenue B & 8TH ST

1 PM FREE Pony rides, WITH CHARLIE AND NUGGET

PLEASE sign the pony ride waiver to saddle up

Toy Makers workshop

BRING Your old and broken toys and make them into new.
Sonny & Sara reinvent timeless characters and cherished heroes into new, one-of-a-kind friends and legends. You are invited to get creative and build your own creations out of up-cycled toys!

2pm Hawk Nest Tour with NYC Park Rangers Rob and Grant, meet at 8th St & Ave B

In the GARDENS

DeColores, 313 E.8th St btwn Aves B & C

2pm Poetry 

with Eileen DOSTER and friends 

Music

3pm Victor & Carmine and friends

4pm “FAITH” with Felice Rosser

5pm Kid Java

6B  GARDEN, the corner of Avenue B & 6th St

1 pm Let’s make Art!!

Outside on garden fence Art around the Garden, we provide canvas 

La Plaza Cultural, the corner of Avenue C & 9th St

12-3pm Earth Celebrations Climate Solutions Mural Workshop

Crafts from Campos Garden

GreenThumb bringing us the Goods

Loisaida Center Ecolibrium Project

1 pm Wendy Brawer’s Green Infrastructure Tour

1pm time’s up Bike repair class

2pm time’s up garden tour bike ride

4pm time’s up free sailing school
PLUS in Conjunction with
the Earth Month convergence!!

11th Street Community Garden, 422 E.11th St, Between First Ave & Ave A

3-7pm MUSIC

Gina Healy & James Tilson

Coby Petric