Greater Cincinnati Earth Day Festival at Summit Park, Blue Ash

2025 Earth Day Theme:
Our Power, Our Planet

FREE – Saturday April 26, 2025, Noon until 5 pm, Summit Park, Blue Ash – FREE

The Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition produces an annual Earth Day celebration. It’s a community event for not-for-profit organizations, businesses, government agencies, and individuals from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Tri-State region who work cooperatively and actively to promote the beauty and environmental quality of the Tri-State area.

Over 125 exhibitors, local music, local vegetarian foods, and Madtree Brewing Company’s craft beer make the festival one of the best environmental education events in the region. Typically, attendance is over 8000. Activities and presentations about environmental education will be featured at the event. Families from all over the region are encouraged to get out and enjoy Earth Day even if it’s only at their local park, traditionally the first fun family outdoor event of the year!

Bring your reusable water bottles, we have filling stations on site! And bring your reusable bowl and silverware to use at the food trucks.

Interested in volunteering?  You can sign up here to volunteer on the day of the event.

*New this year* Also at the festival is the Environmental Career Fair, with interactive booths, exhibits, and career education opportunities. This initiative aims to inspire and empower students to explore rewarding careers in environmental fields, trades, and professions, addressing the growing demand for skilled professionals in the Green Jobs sector.

Thrift Store Fashion Show & Recycled Costume Contest

Celebrate sustainable style and Earth Day 2025 with our “Thrifted Threads” Fashion Show! We’re inviting the tri-state to showcase their creativity and eco-consciousness by creating stunning fashion statements entirely from thrift store finds. This is a fun and educational way to engage young designers in celebrating our planet.

Prizes: $100 each for Grade School, High School, College and Other

Rules and Objectives:

Create a wearable fashion statement using only items purchased from thrift stores, reflecting the 2025 theme, “Our Power, Our Planet.”

Design a large poster (suitable for stage visibility) displaying a sketch of your outfit and a list of the thrifted items used.

Contestants will:

• Model their thrifted outfit on stage.
• Explain to the judges how their fashion statement embodies the yearly theme.
• Invite family and friends to Summit Park to witness your sustainable style!
• A teacher or authorized adult must accompany students to the stage area.

Judging Criteria:

• All items used in the outfit must be sourced from thrift stores.
• The concept and design must be original student creations and effectively communicate the yearly theme.
• Outfits can incorporate a variety of thrifted materials, including clothing, accessories, and other repurposed items.
• NO glass or items that can splinter or shatter are permitted.
• Judges will consider the diversity and creativity of the thrifted items used.
• You may use tape, glue, paste, thread, etc., as needed to construct your outfit.
• Models should not be on stilts or raised platforms, and outfits should not contain mechanized elements, for safety reasons.

Fill Out The Registration Form NOW

Once registered, you will receive more details about the show, including directions and the contestant staging area at Summit Park. You can register the day of the event.

Questions? Contact contest@cincinnatiearthday.org