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Rock the Green all Day Long at Veterans Park September 18

Take a load off at the Rock the Green festival, and while you’re at it, lighten up your eco-footprint.  Rock the Green is a day-long, outdoor concert event produced with eco-friendly methods. It's the Midwests' near zero-waste music festival

Rock the Green will be held on September 18, 2011 at Veterans Park on Milwaukee’s lakefront.

You’ll hear world class music that will hopefully inspire you to incorporate small, eco-friendly actions into your daily life.  It’s not really hard to do, and the producers of Rock the Green believe that  every individual step we make toward a sustainable lifestyle is a collective step toward an overall lighter eco-footprint.  That can only be good, as it means resources will be there when we need them.

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If you’re worried about being pressured, don’t.  The organizers promise the event will provide all the goodies with a no-pressure sustainability experience.  The musical line up includes:

  • The Fray
  • Ben Folds
  • Fitz and The Tantrums
  • Michelle Branch
  • Christina Perri
  • Even Christian

 

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Food vendors will be on hand to offer you fresh locally grown, sustainable and healthy food options in the festival's Farm to Fork program.  The Interactive Area will feature cutting edge ideas, technologies and services in 4 themed arenas:  Earth, air, fire and water. 

One thing you won't be able to do while at Rock the Green is buy botled water.  Instead, you'll recieve a free water bottle just for attending, and you'll be able to fill it up at free fresh water stations located on the grounds

Ticket sales will benefit The Urban Ecology Center and The Park People.

General admission tickets for the entire day of the festival and all six bands are $25 and Premier Viewing tickets are just $50. Get yours today!

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