The City of Berkeley,
Marina Experience Program presents the Bay Festival,
at the Berkeley Marina on
Saturday, April 13, 2013 11-4:00 pm
This wonderful FREE event first happened 76 years ago
when the Marina first opened in 1937.
The Bay Festival now showcases activities and environmental education
that are available here at the Marina and all around the region.
Come celebrate the earth and our Bay
by listening to Music, eating wonderful food, and enjoying a day by the Bay.
Entertainment for all ages.
The 2013 event is for all ages,
providing information about green building
as well as summer program offerings and locations for educational trips.
It is held outdoors in the Shorebird Park
and will be the only outdoor Earthday festival in Berkeley.
Our Food vendors Zen Grill , Fist full of Flour pizza co.,
Kernal Korn and Smoke Berkeley will provide wonderful food for you .
The entertainment will be spirited with
Gary Lapow -children's music in the morning ,
Dana Smith an entertaining juggler
and The Bay Area Back pages (Oldie goldies),
jamming for you.
The Adventure Playground will be open for children to build
with hammers, nails, saws and paint ( and parental supervision),
The dragon boat and Cal Sailing Club will provide a splashing experience in the bay
if you join them for a ride.
11-4pm
Main event on the lawn area of Shorebird Park in front of the Nature Center.
Here you'll find environmental education groups and Recreational activities.
All exhibitors have hands-on activities.
Still waiting to hear fromall the groups this year,
but Last years groups included:
Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District,
Artist & Craftsman supply ,
Barefoot Books,
Bath fitter Northern Californis.
Bay Nature Berkeley Animal Care Services,
Berkeley Day Camp,
Berkeley Partners for Parks,
Berkeley Racing Canoe Center
and the DragonMax Dragon Boat Team,
Berkeley Paddling and rowing,
Berkeley Yacht Club,
Berkeley Waterski Club
,Cal Adventures, Cal Sailing Club,
California Coastal Commission,
Citizens for East Shore Parks,
Clean stormwater Program,
Berkeley office of Energy and Sustainable Development,
Farm Fresh to You
,Hayward Shoreline interpretive Center,
Kids for the Bay
,Lick Your eyeballs The Marine Mammal Center,
Micacoo Pigeon and Dove Rescue ,
Oikonos, Roughing It Day Camp,San Francisco,
Renewal by AndersenBay Keeper,
Rising Sun Energy Center,
Save the Frogs, Sierra Club ,
The Watershed Project, Go on a tide pool tour.
Eat great food, listen to great music and acts!
On the Stage in Shorebird park you will find:
11:45-12:30 Gary Lapow- Childrens music
1:00-1:45 Street Theater-Circus Arts Dana Smith
2:00-4:00 Rock and Roll oldies- The Back pages
11-4pm
Off the South basin dock there will be free sailboat rides offered by the Cal Sailing Club
and sign-ups in the main festival area to go out today for paddling lessons in the Berkeley Dragon Boat,
Thought out the day,
our unique Adventure Playground will be open to the pubic.
In Adventure Playground,
kids of all ages are encouraged to build, paint, climb, and ride the zip line.
Parents must supervise their children in the park and sign the waiver as they enter.
To help the environment,
we encourage alternate transportation and carpooling,
if you are riding your bike, you can park it next to Adventure Playground during the event.
Ask at the info table.
We will be having tours through our new environmentally sensitive classroom and our straw bale building. Come meet the architects and green product providers.
11-4 Tour the new environmental education classroom, next to our Strawbale visitors Center. See our microscope lab, our touch table and new aquariums.
and 1:30 -3:00 See the Berkeley Firetruck in the lot in front of Adventure Playground, talk to the firemen!
Hands on activities for all ages, Great way to spend the day at the Berkeley Marina! Meet great people who work at great places to visit with your family. Environmental education groups from all over the Bay area.
