Live Music And Free Kids' Activities Sunday In Hoboken For Earth Day

HOBOKEN, NJ —The Hoboken Business Alliance and Main Street Pops are hosting a NJ Folk & Music Festival and kids' activities for Earth day this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jackson Street Plaza at 770 Jackson St.

The day will include a range of things to do, from fitness activities to Earth Day crafts to a reptile show. There's also a schedule of musical acts.

While rain is expected the night before, forecasters say it will taper off by 5 a.m. Sunday morning, with a mostly sunny day ahead (get the Hoboken forecast here).

Activities Include:

• Face Painting
• Reptile & Bird Encounters with The NJ Snake Man
• Up-cycled Wrapped Yarn Craft with Hoboken Rainbow Family
• Bird Feeder craft & Lantern Fly education with The Girl Scouts
• Bilingual Earth Day Art Class with Pinta & Play (for toddlers & kids up to age 5)
• En Plein Air art class with Urban Arts (registration closed)
• Free Community Art Project - Join Art educator & artist Elizabeth McParland and create faces out of laundry detergent jugs & bottle caps for a Plastic Pollution Totem Pole.
• Textile Recycling Drive -Bring your unwanted clothing & textiles for recycling
• HHS Environmental Club-Check out their data project
• Shoot For Sustainability-Learn everything you need to know about composting from "The Composting Queen"
• NJ Student Sustainability Coalition - An eco craft project
• Hoboken Charter School "Green Bosses" - Bring your unwanted clothing & textiles for recycling
• Hugs & Bugs Planting project for the kids
• Reed Wellness - Chair massage & table stretch

Musical Acts Include:

The Folk & Bluegrass Festival will feature performances by a wide range of artists. The scheduled lineup includes:

11 a.m. - Gospel Bluegrass with The Dirty Water Dogs - (Gospel music done in the bluegrass tradition)

11:30 a.m. - Hoboken School of Rock - (Local music students)

12:30 p.m. - Brendan Hartnett - (Singer/guitarist playing traditional folk and original songs)

1 p.m. - Demolition String Band - (A string band, weaving rustic harmonies within the bluegrass tradition)

2 p.m. - ALEOfolk Community Jam - Bring your instrument and join them.

3 p.m. - Davey and the Trainwreck - (Original music by a few of Hoboken's Sons celebrating the point where folk became electric)

“Our goal at the Hoboken Business Alliance is to make sure that our local small businesses have an opportunity to thrive in a healthy environment,” Roxanne Earley, Executive Director of the HBA said. “Earth Day is a chance for us to celebrate and appreciate the environment around us, and to remember that being green is a 365 day a year commitment.”

Produced by Hoboken’s Main Street Pops, this year’s Earth Day festival is sponsored by Hair Cult, Hufnagel Landscaping and Muller Insurance.

Get the full schedule of fitness activities, bands, and more by clicking here.