Wake Up the Earth 2022 is happening!
Date: May 7, 2022 (rain date: May 8, 2022)
Times: 12:00pm-6:00pm
Parade Gatherings: 10:30am. To join the parade, please contact Zafiro.
Parade Route: This year parades will start at Curtis Hall, the Curley K-8 School, and the Egleston Square YMCA. Jamaica Plain and Roxbury parades will meet at Jackson Square and continue together along Lamartine to kick off the Festival at Stony Brook.
May Day Mural: See the May Day Mural on the Fence around the corner from Stony Brook T-Station. Watch Judith Woodruff’s presentation here to learn more.
Zero Waste Festival: Please help us protect the earth by BRINGING YOUR OWN CUTLERY AND CUPS/MUGS!
Performance Schedules
Moon Stage (Stony Brook Station):
1:00PM Isaura Oliveira - Power of Skirts (Afro Brazilian Dance with Live Drumming)
1:15PM BOMBAntillana - Bomba (Boriken/PR) - Participatory & performance based live drumming, singing and dancing
1:55PM Kendra Lara City Councilor, District 6
2:05PM Ellison Parks Elementary Room 206 Dance performance
2:20PM ZUMBA! with Nancy!
2:55PM Emily Bloomenthal - Dance performance
3:00PM Ritmo En Accion - Dance performance
3:10PM Jitterbugs & Boston Lindy Bomb Squad
3:45PM Dance party with MetaMovements (mini lessons, games & follow alongs)
4:30PM A Trike Called Funk! Boogaloo/Funk/Locking
Sun Stage (New Minton Street):
12PM Deep C Divers
1:10PM Brave Light
1:30PM Mike Weidenfeller
1:45PM Foundation Movement & hi-fi Monk
3PM Lovewhip
4:15PM Chicomania
Skate Stage (Skate Park):
12:00PM People of Earth
12:30PM The Instamatics
1PM The Jacklights
1:30PM The Grimly Pleased
2:00PM Kermit’s Finger
2:30PM KloroformKidz
3:00PM Stray Bullets
3:30PM The Grommets
4:00PM The Ray Liriano Experience
4:30PM The Muzzins
5:00PM The Angelic Slugs
5:30PM The Manglers
Popular Theatre (Amphitheater by Stony Brook/Amory Street)
12:30PM School of Honk
1:30PM Puppeteers Cooperative Pageant
3PM Hippie Hour All Stars
The Wake Up the Earth Festival
The first Wake Up the Earth Festival took place in 1979 on land that had been cleared for the Highway (I-95) during the late sixties but which fortunately was stopped by a strong grassroots movement embodied in the South-West Corridor Coalition. Close to Jackson Square along Lamartine Street, a community garden and greenhouse (The Farm) were built on the rubble left by the demolition that had already started and the Festival served as a celebration of the defeat of the highway. It was an attempt to bring together the different communities that lived on both sides of the (then) wall and railroad tracks, in celebration of spring and an appreciation of the piece of earth that was saved. The music, performances, banners, parades, and celebrations spring from the diversity of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain.
Opportunities to get involved:
Join a Thursday or Friday workshop, more info here!
March in the parade! Contact the Parade Coordinator, Zafiro.
Videographers and photographers are needed to document the whole process of the festival. Please contact Femke.
Be a coordinator!!!! If you would like to be a coordinator, check out the list below. Some of these positions have small stipends available. Contact Mark ASAP if any of this interest you.
Parade Coordinator
Stage Managers
Vendor Coordinator
Farmers’ Market Coordinator
Waste Management Specialist
Children’s Activities Coordinator
Children’s Slide Coordinator
Be a Volunteer!!!! If you would like to volunteer before, during and/or after the festival, contact Paula. Information and sign up for volunteer jobs available here.
Be a Donor!!!! If you would like to donate towards the Festival, please click here.
If you have a business and would like to be a sponsor, please contact Mark.
We are going to work towards making the event a zero waste event, If you are interested in helping with this contact Bridget.
If you are a vendor, please fill out the appropriate apllication below. Please send questions here.
